December 8, 2009 - Excitement is building for the fourth annual holiday musical celebration, Night of Giving: A Benefit for Hospitality House on Saturday, Dec. 19, at Miners Foundry in Nevada City. All proceeds from the event, produced by local broadcaster Mikail Graham's Nevada City Music Events, will benefit Hospitality House, the community shelter for the homeless.
Among the performers will be Kimberly Bass, The Shreds, Sands Hall, Storm Session Café Band, Mountain Laurel, Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, the Anderson Family, Ha'penny Bridge, Kate Dwyer, Black Bear, Maxima Kahn, Tiera Iasparo, Molly Fisk, Bill Lee and the Deadbeats.
The music begins at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Suggested donation for advance tickets is $20 ($25 at the door). Children ages 12 and younger are free. Advance tickets are available at BriarPatch Co-op in Grass Valley, After the Gold Rush Records in Nevada City and Cherry Records in Auburn. Sponsors include KVMR 89.5 FM, The Union, Miner's Foundry, Telestream, and BriarPatch Co-op.
The evening will feature poetry, music, refreshments and testimonials from people who have benefited from and supported Hospitality House since it opened its doors to the neediest in our community in fall 2005. Please come and connect with others in the community who support good music and this important cause.
Graham, general partner and co-founder of Nevada City Music Events, is a third- generation native of Nevada City and a founding broadcaster of KVMR. He has been coordinating musical events since the early 1970s and plays with several local bands.
Hospitality House is a non-profit organization built on a coalition of faith groups, community organizations, volunteers and local businesspeople. Its mission is to provide a compassionate place of rest, sustenance, and dignity for those who are temporarily without homes. The community shelter began its fifth cold-weather season in October.
