
Dillard benefit concert, auction raise $2,500 for Haiti
Some $2,500 was raised for the people of
About 300 people attended the "To Haiti with Love" event in Lawless Memorial Chapter featuring jazz musician Ellis Marsalis along with student and faculty performances. The event was free, but donations were accepted, along with the art auction of 23 pieces, at least 14 of which were purchased.
The money is being sent to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, where 100 percent of donations are used for Haitian earthquake relief efforts.
Taylor, who said she and members of the Humanities faculty spent a month coordinating the event, said she had a flashback to
"I gathered the faculty, and we decided that we had to move on and do what we had to do for
Art donors included
In addition to Marsalis, who received an honorary doctorate from Dillard in 1989 and is the father of jazz musicians Branford and Wynton Marsalis, other performers included DU Vision Quest; a Dillard female octet and male octet with Dr. Lucian Zidaru on piano; Theatre Chair Sherri Marina with senior theatre major Canae White; and sophomore Chrishira Perrier and freshman Kayla Blaine, also theatre majors.
According to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Web site (clintonbushhaitifund.org), more than $31 million has been donated to the fund to date by more than 200,000 people, and it allocated $4 million in the first month to relief and recovery efforts.
(Angelica Boyd and Traci Ray contributed to this report.)
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