We are now working towards a big event to raise the rest of the funds to build the Music Centre. ‘SAVE THE DATE’ – Sat 29th October @ The Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, London. Announcements coming very soon and ticket sales scheduled for release on the 6th September 2011.

The next Betsey Trotwood gig is on the 6th September  2011 – see  www.musicearthrise.com

Turn up, Tune in, say hello >

The next event – Tues 3rd May !

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(The Chain performing @ MUSIC EARTH RISE)

Music Earth Rise (unplugged) launched at The Betsey Trotwood on 01/03/11 and witnessed three superb artists: Leonie Casanova, Claire Brem Wilson and The Chain; all performing to help raise funds towards the music centre in Mukuni Village, Zambia.

All we asked was to bring an imaginary empty cup, absorb and to communicate with us from 7.00pm onwards.

The audience experienced a creative bonanza oozing great music in a great space; providing a superb evening for all. Throughout the night we had DJ Snypa delivering traditional Zambian music ‘Kalindula’; a real treat and sure fire shot to uplift any event. At £3 a head to get in, the door took £245.53 which goes towards the build of the music centre. Including Gift Aid, this brings the total funds raised to £3496.08

That’s including an extra £20 donation form Sue via www.justgiving.com/brendansmission
(whom I met on Tuesday at The Betsey) Thanks Sue !

So, let’s try and get it over £3,500 this week – donations welcome: www.justgiving.com/brendansmission What say you !?

We really were treated with some great performances up close and intimate, so a big thanks to everyone involved from Luca and Richard who organised the sound, Dj Synpa and his soul beats, the artists and all who made it in support.

A lot people commented that it should have been more than £3 to get in for the quality of what was delivered, so we may look at bringing that up a bit for the next event which is on the 5th April 20011 (The first Tuesday of every month)

Thanks again for some great music and a rare energy source. Let’s sustain it !

‘MUSIC EARTH RISE’ champions music as the ultimate unifier and vehicle to make a difference.

We also have a guest appearance from DJ Snypa who will be gracing our ears with some authentic Zambian music “Kalindula”. Open your ears and open your heart to an evening of good will and authenticity. Bring an imaginary empty cup, absorb and communicate with us from 7.00pm onwards.

And remember the focus:
All door money goes to towards building a music centre for orphans in Zambia.

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Be part of it, share the word and hope to meet you there!

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We have also had two more donations in the past week. A second one from the Nourish Womens Choir in Hobart Tasmania, an amazing £175 – another huge thanks over to you  and secondly, from somebody I met at an event called ‘Start something you love’ – It’s amazing when people donate who have only met you once or haven’t even met you at all.

If anybody wants to help us along the way then follow the link

www.justgiving.com/brendansmission

A NEW MONTHLY NIGHT SHOWCASING SOME OF LONDON’S FINEST CREATIVE TALENT….BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE! ALL ARTISTS ARE UNITED IN HELPING TO BUILD A MUSIC CENTRE FOR HIV/AIDS ORPHANS IN ZAMBIA SO THE MUSIC YOU HEAR WILL HELP THEM MAKE MUSIC THERE!

Artists supporting the event include:

THE CHAIN
EMMA BREM WILSON
LEONIE CASANOVA
+ Zambian grooves from “DJ SNYPA”
+ Open mic floor slots
>>Artists wishing to play, sign up at 7pm on the night

UPSTAIRS BAR AT THE BETSEY TROTWOOD
DOORS OPEN 7.00PM //
£3 ON THE DOOR
56 FARRINGDON RD, CLERKENWELL, LONDON, EC1R 3BL
www.thebetsey.com

( We are looking for artists for the next event = Recommend your friends, solo artists or bands )

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…i’m glad to say that wasn’t the case !

Cynthia and Den from Oswestry achieved an amazing £550 fundraising mission by selling copies of their ‘easy listening’ piano duet CD ‘Music School for Mukuni’ Cynthia pressed up the CD’s and designed some CD covers using pictures from the website, explaining about the project and The Buttrerfly Tree charity and sold them for £3 each over the course of a few months.

Wow ! A big thank you to Cynthia and Den for such a massive, massive effort over the past few months and to all the people in Oswestry who supported them both, the project and the vision. It’s a huge inspiration and I admire it. The amount of time and effort to get this far has been immense, not to add the time and effort from others such as Cynthia et al who drove this fundraising achievement. So once again, a real big thank you.

I would also like to thank Maureen from Leisure PR who donated £200 over Christmas by using the song ‘Heal Your Love’ as an online christmas card to her clients (See below)

Each year at Leisure PR we support a project or charity instead of sending Christmas cards.  This year we are supporting The Butterfly Tree, a charity that aims  to assist rural communities in Zambia, providing improved education, feeding  programs, safe water, health care and run an orphan sponsorship programme.

One of our friends, singer, songwriter Brendan Mission visited the project this year and dedicated his song Heal Your Love to the charity, along with a couple of other tracks the royalties from which go to the project. We have made a donation to the Butterfly Tree  in order for you to enjoy the tune.

Before that we also had £100 donation from from the Nourish Womens choir in Tasmania, Australia who collected every week from their choir group to raise the donation. Another big wow and thanks all the way to the other side of the world.

So, including the generosity of thought and action from all of the above and all other donations, the total raised is £2660.86 and if we include Gift Aid that takes it to £3,011.45

A big up to all and the support to date.

More info coming soon…

Brendan, Val and The Butterfly Tree

So far, the total raised for the Music Centre has totalled £2,461.45. The good will and support has been great to date and i’m sure you will all be glad to know there are many things in progress to help raise the rest of the funds in order for the construction to start.

So yes, there are lots of things in the pipleline … more to come on that very soon, but for now let me just remind everyone that The Butterfly Tree is a very unique charity in that all funds go directly to the cause and all members are volunteers!

The Butterfly Tree charity was founded by Jane Kaye-Bailey after a business incentive trip to Zambia with her late husband, Lawrence, in February 2006. During a visit to the Mukuni Village they learned about the decimation caused by HIV/AIDS in Zambia, every family had been affected. Out of 1000 pupils in the school, 450 were orphans.  Jane was determined to find a way to raise funds to help these vulnerable children.

Take a look at their website www.thebutterflytree.org.uk and join them on facebook

In the meantime, if you would like to donate to the project you can do so here  www.justgiving.com/brendansmission

This christmas, exchange half a lager or your choice beverage to help orphans in Zambia.

At the same time, you gain 3 unique songs for £2.37

£2.37 = cheaper than one drink!

The orphans in Mukuni get a music/drama centre, you save on calories and everyone wins. (Simples)

Join the Facebook page here www.facebook.com and help the campaign and share to your friends (Simples)

Download the 3 track mini album on iTunes <CLICK ME>

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If you would like to support a good cause: Download ‘Heal Your Love’ and help us raise funds to build a music/drama centre to help improve HIV/AIDS awareness through music and performance.

LEARN – Discover more statistics, learn more about HIV/AIDS and read about the efforts of World AIDS Day.

www.thebutterflytree.org.uk

The latest figures show that there are over 33 million people living with HIV and over half of them will die of AIDS before they are 35 years of age. A staggering 2.3 million children under 15 are infected. Although advances in treatment and prevention have been made I have seen first-hand the destruction caused in Zambia, where every family, if not infected, is affected in some way. It  is one the worst nations with one in six adults being HIV positiv. There are 33,000 children infected with HIV and over 700,000 are orphaned as a result of the HIV and AIDS in Zambia pandemic.

World AIDS Day this year promotes ‘Universal Access and Human Rights’ by
reminding people that the fight against HIV/AIDS continues as the number of adults and children living with HIV and AIDS related deaths climb.

Part of Worlds AIDS Day is to learn about HIV/AIDS prevention and become more educated to overcome HIV/AIDS correlated discrimination. No matter where you are in this world, perhaps you can take a moment out of your day to acknowledge on those you know affected by HIV/AIDS. And if you have a few moments reflect on the 33.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS around the globe.

If you would like to support a good cause: Download ‘Heal Your Love’ and help us raise funds to build a music/drama centre to help improve HIV/AIDS awareness through music and performance.

LEARN – Discover more statistics, learn more about HIV/AIDS and read about the efforts of World AIDS Day.

www.thebutterflytree.org.uk

The latest figures show that there are over 33 million people living with HIV and over half of them will die of AIDS before they are 35 years of age. A staggering 2.3 million children under 15 are infected. Although advances in treatment and prevention have been made I have seen first-hand the destruction caused in Zambia, where every family, if not infected, is affected in some way. It  is one the worst nations with one in six adults being HIV positiv. There are 33,000 children infected with HIV and over 700,000 are orphaned as a result of the HIV and AIDS in Zambia pandemic.

At the same time, you gain 3 unique songs for £2.37

£2.37 = cheaper than one drink!

The orphans in Mukuni get a music/drama centre, you save on calories and everyone wins. (Simples)

Join the Facebook page here www.facebook.com and help the campaign and share to your friends (Simples)

Download the 3 track mini album on iTunes <CLICK ME>