Jeff Waggoner, left, Director of the Hinsdale Central High School Jazz Ensembles, will lead the musicians in the Third Annual Mardi Gras Benefit Concert which aids students served by Schools Count Corp. This year all donated instruments will benefit Live Oak Elementary School in New Orleans while the cash proceeds will benefit additional schools in the city.Speaking of instruments, anyone who brings an instrument will receive free admission to this wonderful collection of jazz. Not only will you get in free but Schools Count Corp will be present and pleased to write a tax deductible gift receipt for your donated instrument!!! If you aren't donating an instrument, admission is $5 for an individual and $10 for an entire family.
This special evening of jazz takes place on Tuesday, February 23 in the high school cafeteria. All of the HC Jazz Ensembles will perform at the 7:00 pm concert. Among those performing will be a number of recently selected musicians from IMEA, District 1. These include Sara Schuessler, alto sax; Evan Mac Ayeal and C. J. Geoga, tenor sax; Alan Verona and Ryan Silhavy, trombone; Tony Califano, piano; and Patrick Mardula, drums. Soloist Deborah Wright-Powell will also be performing. Quite a night indeed!!
This nightclub style evening includes sensational jazz and refreshments. What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras, here in Chicagoland, than by getting your friends and family out for what promises to be a night full of some of the best Cajun jazz around town.
See you there!
Dick Flesher
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