In collaboration to help feed those in
need, The S'Aints band, St. Clair College, Blackburn Radio and Caesars Windsor
are teaming up for the biggest holiday Charity Concert in the city called “Sleighing
Hunger”. It will feature big-name, local and world-renowned talents of The
S’Aint’s on Sunday, December 21 at 8 pm in the Colosseum. Proceeds
from concert tickets and an accompanying holiday CD to be released later this
month will benefit The Downtown Mission, Unemployed Help Centre, Outreach
for Hunger in Chatham as well as the St. Clair College Scholarships and
Bursaries.
Jeff Burrows, one of the founding members
of the S’Aint’s as well as drummer and songwriter for the award-winning band
The Tea Party, said, “The band is absolutely ecstatic to be moving into a
world-class venue. I’ve had the great opportunity to play thousands of stages
around the world. This will give us the perfect platform to present our
spectacular holiday concert, while raising funds and awareness for worthy and
desperately needed cause.”
Tim Trombley, Director of Entertainment at
Caesars Windsor, said, “On behalf of Caesars, we are thrilled to host a show
featuring a group of incredible, local and global talents with the altruistic
goal ofhelping those in need. It supports our company’s own Corporate Giving
goal focused our local community. We are proud to provide an award-winning
venue to showcase this concert and give their dedicated audience and supporters
a world-class experience.”
The S’Aint’s is a philanthropic
passion project created by musicians, St. Clair College and Blackburn Radio.
All entities involved were looking for something entertaining and community
oriented to offer the communities of Windsor Essex & Chatham-Kent. Music
was the driving force that would bring them all together with a band formed by
some of the finest players and personalities in the area who have made a name
for themselves locally and worldwide. They include: Jody Raffoul, Jeff
Burrows, Wes Buckley, David Cyrenne, Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe, Kelly Authier and
Garret Bielaniec. The project gave them the opportunity to record,
collaborate and perform while helping the community and it's charitable service
groups. They have had three back-to-back sellouts at the St. Clair Centre for
Performing Arts in previous years.
Music lovers who have yet to experience
this performance will soon discover a fabulously new holiday tradition for the
entire family. Audiences will be treated to their favourite holiday songs, with
a twist, performed with the energy and ‘grit’ of these rock n’ roll talents.
Special guests include The Sinners choir and The Diplomats Drum
and Bugle Corps.
Ron Seguin, Vice President of Global
Education and Training Services at St. Clair College, said, “This is music with
a purpose. It is an annual project that has become a Christmas tradition at St.
Clair. The college family including students, staff and alumni, look forward to
helping local families dealing with hunger.”
Blackburn Radio generously funds the
costly production of the S’Aints CD, with proceeds again going to the cause.
John Weese, Vice President of Operations said, “Our investment in this project
not only makes it happen, but allows for proceeds from sales to go to the
intended charities rather than production costs.” CDs will be available for
sale on iTunes, online at www.sleighinghunger.com, St. Clair College campuses and Blackburn
Stations Windsor and Chatham for $10 each.
by Deborah Jones Publisher Biz X Magazine
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