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Irish Musicians for the Mercy Centre: In Partnership with the Poor

Oct 2008 12
Sun 8:00 PM
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Please join us for a spectacular concert that will benefit a wonderful cause. The Mercy Center was founded in the slums of Bangkok by Father Joseph Maier 35 years ago. Beginning as a one-room pre-school classroom, it now runs over 30 neighborhood schools, four orphanages, a hospice for adults with HIV/AIDS and a 500-pupil kindergarten. It is a loving home to over 180 abused, abandoned and orphaned children – one third of them born with HIV. Its anti-trafficking program protects the most vulnerable children living on the streets. Since 1973 the foundation has built over 10,000 houses in the slums. Everything they accomplish is in partnership with the poor.

Featuring an All Star Cast of Irish Musicians and Dancers with some English and Appalachian Friends; Artists include Mick Moloney and The Green Fields of America, Joanie Madden and Cherish the Ladies, Tommy, Moya and Fionan Sands, Ivan Goff, Jerry O'Sullivan, Frank Crocker, Jimmy Crowley and Donie Carroll, Mac Benford and Up South, The Burns Sisters, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, Dan and Bonnie Milner, The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, Robbie O'Connell, Matt and Shannon Heaton, Dan Gurney, Niall O'Leary and his School of Irish Dance with Kieran Jordan and more. Performers are donating their services pro bono. All concert proceeds go to the Mercy Center.

Tickets: $50 / $35 / $25. $5 off with student ID.
For info & Tickets call [masked] or go to http://www.symphonysp...
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    •  Really good and diverse folk music, an enjoyable evening for a good cause.