Joplin, Missouri Relief Fundraiser Musical Line-Up

Just a quick update, because I am totally exhausted…….WE RAISED OVER L1,120,000 this weekend!!!! More news to come. I am just too tired right now to go into all of it….it is amazing what a little love can do.

That is exactly what this is.  A two day jammed pack musical line up as follows:

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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH

1pm – Anek Fuchs                  Bubbblez Buccaneer hosting
2pm – AcousticEnergy Nitely       Kiran Sporg hosting
3pm – Karter Stonecutter            Rich Reynaud hosting
4pm – terrylynn melody              Rich Reynaud hosting
5pm – Satin & Erin                       Agatha Nowels hosting
6pm – Chris Evermore             Bonnie Woodward hosting
7pm – Blue Loxely                      Jezebel Bailey hosting
8pm – Edward Kyomoon        Jezebel Bailey hosting

SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH

11am – Andreus Gustafson           Kiran Sporg  hosting
Noon – Max Kleene                        Kiran Sporg hosting
1pm – SaraMarie Philly                  Jezebel Bailey hosting
2pm –  Skye Galaxy                    Foxxy Demonia hosting
3pm – Gavin Zane                    Jezabel Bailey hosting
4pm – TwinGhost Ronas             Agatha Nowels hosting
5pm -Clairede Dirval                Bonnie Woodward hosting
6pm – Stella Silvansky               Sarah Yorkshire  hosting
7pm – Damian Carbenell          Nikki Mathieson hosting

There are 35+ raffle prizes…..from an Amaretto Clydesdale female 6 y/o, a compatible set of meeroo nests, KittyCatS Kittens,a Cinderella Carriage (one with horses and mouse, one without). 3 gifts from Corvus Imaginarium, Jewelry, and soooooooooooooooo much more.

Mark your calenders……a time with whom you would like to see……or just send LINDENS….yes CASH WORKS TOO!

All proceeds will be forwarded to the Red Cross Missouri Tornado Relief Fund, and it will run Saturday, June 4th from 1pm to 9pm and Sunday, June 5th from 12 noon to 8pm.

Thank you to all the many people who donate their time to do these events…the artists and the hosts – all of whom are listed above-, the managers who work behind the scenes but whom we couldn’t do without -Kiran Sporg, Lo Bloch, Sarah Yorkshire, Sher Salmson -, all the many people who have donated their work for the raffle. Gwampa Lomu, whom has so generously donated the use of his venue over the weekend. A special thank you to Edward Lowell and the folks from the StreamTeam who have been kind enough to donate the two streams for this event.

If I have missed anyone, it is not because it is not felt. It is. Just smack me inworld.

Thanks to all who help support this effort.

Jez

Real Life hits Second Life AGAIN – Joplin, Missouri

This past year it seems we have been hit with so many natural disasters.  We have been asked time and time again to reach into our pockets and GIVE.  To the point that we want to cry and say STOP.  Well, I wish that were the case here and now……but it is not.  I am asking again

As most of you know who read this blog, SL Home and Garden Expo ended the weekend before last. During the time of the expo, I had the opportunity to work closely with, and to get to know this amazing person. A person who gives so much of herself that at the end of the day she literally falls into bed exhausted.  Who works almost year round to successfully raise funds for RFL.  Such is her belief in what she does. Not only does SHE do this, her son walks in her footsteps. So let me introduce you to Nikki Mathieson, oh yes and you may remember (or not) an interview I did with her son Damian Carbenell a few months ago.

Joplin on the map
Joplin on the map

Please, meet them, and meet Joplin —

Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150. In 2009, the surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 174,300.

On May 22, 2011, Joplin was struck by an extremely powerful EF-5 tornado, resulting in at least 142 deaths and more than 900 injuries, along with major damage to numerous houses and businesses, St. John’s Medical Center, and multiple school buildings. Continue reading “Real Life hits Second Life AGAIN – Joplin, Missouri”

PASSION WON’T LET YOU QUIT – Damian Carbenell

Damian and Jez

PASSION WONT LET YOU QUIT.

If you have a passion for something, you get a 50 dollar guitar at a pawn shop, whatever it takes.

Damian Carbenell

PASSIONATE:
having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism. an outburst of strong emotion or feeling:  expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional: passionate language.

Wikipedia

Passion, passionate – these words define Damian Carbenell, the man and his music.

Damian Carbenell is a young man who has been passionate about his song, his music, his life since before he can remember.  At the ripe age of, well, forever, it was his uncle, who was in an 80’s hair band, who was fun, childish in nature, big into music, who introduced Damian to what has become his way of life. Damian at Sweet Whispers

Damian doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t singing. He was beating on pots and pans by 5. When he was in the 1st grade he entered a school talent show. He was the youngest one there, and second to last to perform.  With his grandfather playing guitar, Damian sang “Let there be peace on Earth“. He sang to a packed audience, but when he was finished there was not a sound made.  At first he thought no one liked it, he couldn’t understand why everyone was so quiet.  He didn’t understand that at the time we were at war (Desert Storm) and there were tears in the eyes of his audience.  Damian had chosen THAT song because it was a song he sang in church.  It was THAT night; he said he felt that the fates came together.  THAT night was the night the fire was lit…..his passion….his direction.

By the 4th grade, in a red leather jacket with zippers all over, penny loafers, and black pants he sang his heart out to MJ’s “Beat It” choreographed with his 3 back up dancers…his music was evolving. Continue reading “PASSION WON’T LET YOU QUIT – Damian Carbenell”

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