u - WAl'l-ZRIUU tut-onion - Wednesday. Mum 13.2013 C S D 'd ' fund f h oncert at t. avr raises S 01‘ 01]) ans Gifted teenage musicians host acoustic concert for the Harambee Project, an African village for orphaned children BYTANuSuic raise money for the Harambee Project The We Schools in Action team at St. “i'm always impressed with the enthusiA For the Chronicle ‘ The Harambee Project is a joint project David Catholic Secondary School has oon~ astic response we get from our student per between St. Michael‘s Parish and St. David tributed largely to organizing the event and formers here at St. David. whenever we put It can be difï¬cult to come across a musician Catholic Secondary School. and supports is amliated with Free theChildren. together anything that has to do with chari- today who can truthfully claim diey‘te using The School Sisters ofNotre Dame. who have “Each year the learn sets both local and ty.“ said Kevin Coates, a music teacher and their talent to help create positive change in adopted a village in Kenya where many global directives/goals,“ said Karen Kuene~ director of the event. the world. children have been orphaned due to man, a guidance counselor at the school “A concert ofthis magnitude takesa great ' But that's what a group of gifted must HIV/AIDS. and member ofthe team. deal of planning and rehearsing. Our stu- cians at St. David Catholic Secondary School The Harambee Project helps to educate “We Schools also helps to educated] stu~ dent musicians always make me very were doing last Thursday. They came togeth- these children and raise money for their dents about the Hanmbee Project.†proud.†er in the school's cafeteria to take part in an families in order to break the cycle of poverâ€" Teacher Pauline Gay said the charity conâ€" Chloe Blair, one of the student stage event called the Acoustic Charity Concert to tyand provides betterlife for them. cert idea was created a few years ago to managers for the show. said a great deal of respond to anodiercatastrophicevmt. work was done in regards to song choice, ' - “The Acoustic Charity Concert began picking performers and setting up the stage. is; *eggpï¬y , 3, g ' r, g with the earthquake in Haiti and the Celtic But it's a great way to get involved. "at: at? fï¬iï¬v" 3’,“ ' ' g _ if community feeling the need to help those “It’s a very casual environment for new 2 131’..,§i§.§} p. “e 7"." ii in need,†she said. â€Since then. it has Grade 9’s or any other students at St. David 3-» 924%.: we -‘ 2.: ‘ ' _ ‘ » . ‘ .v become a Celtic tradition; one of oomribut- to come and perform for the ï¬rst time." said if“: ...-:~,,_}{,.? ' ’ '6 . “ a, 1“ ing to the global community to those in Blair. 7" t y “E If; ‘ . fr ;; .. _ . .. m†. A ., need.†The Acoustic Charity Concert is an annu- ‘ _ if: ' ’ . 2' . ' H ‘ ‘ Some of the dimerent musical perform- al event at St. David Catholic Secondary v; _ ' . ' ancesincludedalenditionofMadWorldby SchoolandhasraisedjustoverSl,0(X). a. " Tears for Fears, performed by Cara Nau< But more than money, the event hopes to ., . g '» mann and Emily Slusarek. inspire students to get involved and create . 5?. Also included were beauti'ul and beam somechangeintheworld. , \ warming renditions of the popular song “nits inspirational event helps to inspire " ' HomebyPhflipPhilipsandHol-leybyme youthtobethegeneration ofchange.†said lamiineers. Melissa Malcolm. one of the students in Myperfonnamemetvedflemendous chargeofticlretsalesandamember ofthe , wpportt'romtheaudienoeaatheyahared WeSdioolsinActionteam - = gag-jg; their talents whie raising m tor the "lt was astonishing to see how many _ Hambee Project. . youth wanted to buy a ticket for change.†3135] FOOD IN lOWNl H ' M d CPI C ca 0W6 2;: :m \ * -' ‘ -*-â€""-* "" .-. _.._ wwwmr'r‘mâ€" aw! ; I ‘e , . E ; i v I r » ., Grocrous Retirement lerng 208 Hespeler Road 0 Cambridge, ON Come on over â€" we ' d love to have you. Coll or stop by anytime, and let our home-mode meals speak for themselves. Bring a friend if you 'd like... Dinner's on us! MEAL & PERSONAL TOUR TODAY! X3],