DECEMBER 2014

     Festiva 2 + Beneficiaries

      and More Good News

 

Sticking Up For Children is finishing 2014 with great, new partnerships.

Our second annual Festiva de Drumticks
took place on December 3 at the Ashé
Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans'
Central City.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      
      



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had fine music from several of our
long-time supporters, such as drummers
Alexey Marti, Alfred Roberts, and Johnny
Vidacovich and clarinetist Evan Christopher,
and Cyril and and Gaynielle Neville.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had Senegalese kora-player Morikeba
Kouyaté and saxophonist Matthew Shilling,
Matthew, as you may know, has taught
young people sound-recording through
his New Orleans Youth Sound Experience,
one of Sticking Up For Children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also had many Tables of distinguished
and smiling guests. Each Table received a

a shadow-box with drumsticks-as-art painted

by orphans at F.E.P.E. or students in the Make

Music NOLA after-school programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a great night! Thanks above all to the artists and volunteers who made it happen. Many more photos by Keith Hill and Henry York can be seen at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130011842@N07/sets/72157649750445871/

 

Also, we have news that the prestigous Stella Jones' Gallery. located at 201 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, will host throughout the month of February 2015 a show of drumsticks-as-art by orphans at the Foyer Espoir Pour les Enfants in Port-au-Prince.
Stella Jones is herself much impressed by the
orphan artists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New signers of drumsticks include Jimmy Cliff and William Parker.. And Oliver Lake contributed a very evocatice piece of his mixed-media art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, we've connected with the St, Luke Foundation's primary Hospital in Port-
au-Prince by working with Karen Buck and
Michael Harris on a benefit at Café Istanbul
of December 16. The St. Luke Hospital is
administered by Haitians and employs more
than 1000 in Port-au-Prince. It originated from Haitian orphans as they became young adults. Check out the smiles and accomplishments at http://stlukehaiti.org/haitian-leadership/

 

Or watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q59IyZybgk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, end-of-year contributions have allowed
Sticking Up For Children to provide land and sea transportation for a donated 29-seat schoolbus from Carbondale, Illinois to the F.E.P.E. orphanage in Port-au-Prince and to buy at least one 3-D printer for our partners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you all!