TONIGHT! Chickapalooza! A Benefit Concert for VH1 Save the Music Foundation

Amber Snider & Silo's Music Club present: Chickapalooza! A Benefit Concert for VH1 Save the Music foundation.

Featured Performers & Show Times:
Kristen Van Dyke 7-7:45pm
Katie Knipp 8-8:45pm
Deborah Crooks Trio 9-9:45pm
Amber Snider Trio 10-10:45pm

Doors 6p. $20 Gen Adm, $25 Reserved Seating ($14 Club Member Reserved) - Ticket price includes one raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $5 each. Several raffles will be held throughout the night after each artist's set for a chance to win their CDs / Merchandise and wine donated by Silos. Tickets available at www.silosnapa.com or at Door - 530 Main St, Napa, CA 94559

About the charity: A 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring music programs in America’s public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child’s complete education

The benefits of music education are astounding, and studies have consistently exposed the tremendously positive effect music education has on a child’s academic performance, sense of community, self-expression and self-esteem. But as schools across the nation increasingly face budget cuts and pressures, music is often one of the first subject areas to be cut. At VH1 Save The Music Foundation, we develop strategic partnerships with school districts to build sustainable instrumental music programs by providing grants of brand-new musical instruments to public elementary and middle schools. Our goal? To give every child in this country access to a musical instrument. Your help matters!

Tickets available at www.silosnapa.com or

Rehearsal!

Notes from a busy week

It felt so good and important to vote on Tuesday, which in California, dawned a clear and warm day. After visiting the polling place,  I drove across the island to the bird sanctuary to get my feet on the ground and take solace in simple beauty. Hundreds of winter shorebirds are in town and the waters edge was a riot of feathers and birdsong. It was good to be around conversation that wasn't about the election! And what a great relief, later, to watch the results come in. Phew!

A few days before the election, the new Deborah Slater Dance Theater production "Private Life Studies," on which I'm a writer, debuted at Counterpulse Theater. After months of work it was very pleasing to see the show come together...and beautifully so. I'm looking forward to seeing more stagings of this piece in the coming year. In the meantime, photographer Pak Han took some amazing photos to give you an idea of the action.

Amid everything, I've been running a campaign to raise funds for my new recording on IndieGoGo. This week, in addition to providing a platform for hundreds of folks like myself to crowdfund, IndieGoGo partnered with The Red Cross to make it very easy to collect donations for Hurricane Sandy. I hope you'll check out both opportunities to give!

Autumn Lights Festival at the Gardens Lake Merritt

A special evening in the Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland next Saturday, Oct. 13.

The Gardens grounds will be filled with lanterns, carved and lit gourds and illuminated sculptures, all created by local Bay Area artists.  And there will be live music by a number of acts (including myself), as well as wine and delicacies from some of the East Bay's best food trucks.

Proceeds will benefit the Gardens at Lake Merritt, and its stewardship and educational programs.

Tickets available online at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/277296

MUSIC BLOG WILDY’S WORLD JOINS FORCES WITH SONGWRITER DEBORAH CROOKS TO BENEFIT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

I'll write/record a song for you... for a cause! Check out Wildy's World Ebay Auction: Wildy is raising funds for Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society:  http://bit.ly/KeogUK.

From the official release:

"Music blogger Wildy (will-dee) Haskell (Wildy’s World) is offering an eBay auction from June 17-24, 2012 of an original song to be written by singer, songwriter and yogini Deborah Crooks.  The winning bidder will fill provide information about their wishes for the song in the form of a survey, and Crooks will then interpret this into song in her unique musical style.  All profits from this auction will be donated to The American Cancer Society through Wildy’s Relay for Life team, The Cave Crashers, who will be participating in the Geneva, NY Relay for Life on June 28-29, 2012."

WHAT: Auction of original song by Deborah Crooks
WHERE: eBay http://bit.ly/KeogUK
WHEN: June 17, 2012 – 8:00 PM EDT through June 24, 2012 8:00 PM EDT

CONTACT: William W. Haskell 716-691-7849 wildysworld@gmail.com

April 6 @ Ashkenaz: Save the Ta-Tas

I've lost too many people to cancer, including my parents and my dear college friend Samantha, to breast cancer. Cancer is not my friend. People researching ways to prevent and eradicate it are! So I'm happy to play in support of GB Records' Breast Cancer Benefit at Ashkenaz, Wednesday, April 6. An event run in conjunction with The Save the Ta-Tas Foundation, another organization committed to keeping women healthy and cancer-free, the night includes a bunch of original Americana, pop, rock and roll by myself as well as Shay Aster, The McGrath Project, Serena and others. Plus our venue, Ashkenaz is a cool, Berkeley institution. I'll be playing with the band shortly after 8pm. Do come. xo, Deborah
April 6, 2011, 8pm Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA. $10/$15 door