Fundraising concert on the Bemidji lake front
The organizers of the Bemidji Art Walk are pleased to announce a
fundraising concert on the Bemidji lake front by Brule (Broo- lay) and the band AIRO (the American Indian Rock Opera) winners of the the 2006
Native American Music Awards group of the year. The concert by this
internationally known group will be from 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM on Saturday, July 15th and Sunday July 16th near the tourist information center. The
concert will be a pay what you can/free will basket to support three
goals for the 2007 Sculpture Walk: feature Native American sculptor ,
Joann Bird’s work on the walk, provide more native youth sculpture
workshops, and raise money for a buffalo sculpture for the BSU American Indian Resource Center.
The concert goers are asked to bring a non perishable food item for the
Cass Lake Family Center, lawn chair or blanket, and lunch.
Band founder Paul LaRoche, adopted at birth off the Lower Brule Sioux
Indian Reservation discovered his Lakota heritage in 1993 after the
death of his loving adoptive parents. It is now Paul’s mission to be a
role model and to use his music to bridge the gap between cultures. In
1999, Paul was selected as a musical ambassador and speaker for the UN
Peace Conference held at the Hague Center for Peace in the Netherlands.
Brule has become one of the top-selling Native American recording
artists with more than a million CD’s sold worldwide. The group has
appeared on CNN, Worldbeat and received the 1999 Outstanding Musical
Achievement Award by the First Americans in the Arts . The music is best described as contemporary mixed with the traditional Native American musical genre. Current band members include Paul LaRoche on keyboards, Nicole La Roche on flute, Shane La Roche on guitars and Moses Brings Plenty on traditional drums and percussion. CD’s will be available for purchase.
For further information contact Cate and Al Belleveau at
kayakc2@mac.com or Suzi Rhae Ross at artwalk@paulbunyan.net
For more information on Brule please go to www.brulerecords.com. |
