A Very Vancouver Christmas Benefit Concerts For The BC-SPCA
By noodlehead_prod... on November 6, 2008 - 11:56am
In celebration of the release of A Very Vancouver Christmas Volume III, an album of original Christmas/Holiday music, in aid of the BC-SPCA, contributing artists will be performing their festive tunes live at several benefit concerts around Vancouver. The album features 13 original holiday songs by local rising stars, as well as some old favorites. All artists and services are donated, and all proceeds from album and ticket sales will be donated to the BC-SPCA. Benefit concert schedule is as follows:
Wired Monk Nov 24th @ 7pm
2610 West 4th, Vancouver
Sillken
Melissa RaeAnne
Scott Jackson
& Special Guests
Wired Bean Dec 13th @ 8pm
102-200 W. Esplanade, North Vancouver
Scott Jackson
Andre Chrys
Karen Fowlie
Melissa Endean
Lindsay May
Richard King
The Railway Club Dec. 14th @ 8pm
579 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
Burnettes
Melissa RaeAnne
Silken
Heidi McCurdy
Karen Fowlie
Aaron Grant
Roxy Dec 18th @ 8:30pm
932 Granville Street, Vancouver
Tix $10 (includes door & 1 free drink)
Contact: raveonstudio@gmail.com
Richard Klein
Marq DeSouza with Nenah Barkley
Debbie Bergeron
Karen Fowlie
Scott Jackson
Michelle Dumond
Lindsay May
With The Christmas All Star Band
The project is the creative brainchild of Vancouver Record Producer, Jenn Ashton of Rave On Studio, who wanted to find a way to showcase some of Vancouver's amazing new musical talent, while at the same time involve and give back to the community. She also wanted to pay tribute to non-traditional Christmas and holiday music and to the people who make it. In August 2006, ten of Vancouver’s most popular musicians and bands were invited to participate in this project for charity. They wrote and recorded their own original Christmas/Holiday music for the first volume in just a few short months, and the results were amazing! Due to the unprecedented success of the first album, it was decided to make this an annual event.
Musical styles are varied, from jazz and blues to rock, country and indie music. All of the material is original with a Christmas/Holiday theme. One of the goals of this album project is to make these musicians and their music available to a wider, non-club going audience. "I consider many of these musicians to be the 'next generation' of Vancouver's finest, and they have been hand-picked because of their talent and marketability,” explains Ms. Ashton. “We mixed in a few favorites as well, for name recognition, and again, to showcase some of Vancouver's amazing talent!”
Artists included on Volume III are Adrienne Pierce, Bobby Richards, Rick Fines, Karen Fowlie, Melissa RaeAnne, Scott Jackson w/Melissa Endean, Heidi McCurdy, Debbie Bergeron, Michelle Dumond, Lindsay May, Sillken and Rheal Poirier. To learn more and to preview the album, please visit A Very Vancouver Christmas websites: www.veryvancouverchristmas.com and www.myspace.com/veryvancouverchristmas
