Carolina Bluegrass Festival 2
With lively bluegrass music, Heybro Productions reaches out to help feed the hungry at The Carolina Bluegrass Festival, benefiting the organization Stop Hunger Now, occurring on Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at the Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC. A percentage of the proceeds from the event will go directly to Stop Hunger Now.
There are 5 Grammy nominated national bluegrass acts scheduled to play for the Carolina Bluegrass Festival: The Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Tony Rice Unit, IIIrd Tyme Out, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Al Batten & the Bluegrass Reunion, and No Strings Attached. With this lineup, the festival will be a fun, family friendly event filled with energetic bluegrass. The Koka Booth Amphitheater is a beautiful venue by the water with a capacity of 7000, and has sold out attendance more from 2006 – 2008 than it has in its entire history. Heightening this experience, the talented, award-winning bluegrass musicians on the playbill are guaranteed to draw many families and music lovers all to help put an end to hunger.
There will be Craft Vendors, Art Vendors, Food by Ole Time Barbecue and others. Also there will be a kids zone hosted by Right Time Kids.
Established in 1998, Stop Hunger Now is a 501(c)3 non-governmental relief organization that coordinates food and medical aid projects across the globe. Their mission is to provide the maximum amount of food and life saving aid to the maximum number of the most poor and hungry throughout the world in the most rapid, efficient and effective manner.
Stop Hunger Now works to end hunger through:
- Emergency Relief: Providing food and aid immediately following a crisis situation
- School Feeding Programs: Supplying schools in crisis areas with high protein, vitamin enriched, dehydrated rice-soy meals
- Medicine and Medical Equipment: Extending life-saving medicine and medical equipment in areas lacking the necessary resources
- Capacity Building: Supporting partnership organizations with capacity building grants designed to improve local program infrastructure and support programs.
By using minimal organizational staff, they are able to maximize the amount of aid delivered to people in need. In addition, working with in-country partners to deliver food, medical supplies and other emergency aid allows them to drastically improve response time.
Deerings Goodtime Open Back Banjo Raffle
$5 raffle tickets for Deerings Goodtime Open Back Banjo with autograph's from members of Del McCoury Band, Tony Rice Unit, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and IIIrd Tyme Out!!!
You can only buy raffle tickets at the event only!!!!
The winner will be announced right before Del McCoury Band goes on the stage!
Money from this raffle will go toward the benefit!!!!
