Whether you call it Remembrance Day or Memorial Day, what better day to remember and celebrate our friend Bear.
CELEBRATING A BLUES MAN – REMEMBERING BEAR
- CELEBRATING A BLUES MAN – REMEMBERING BEAR
Friday November 11th~4 PM – midnight (or later)~at Calli’s place, just down the hill from Bear’s SL home.
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4 – 5 PM – Calli will have the stream playing blues, come on over, throw down a blanket on the lawn, have a picnic 
5 – 6 PM – Ziffy Zarf – live music
6 – 7 PM – Kyle Bronsdon – live music
7 – 8 PM – DickPinelli
8 – 9 PM – Calli Christensen
9-10 PM – Fiery Otaared
10 – ? – Bard Wasp – slow blues
Please join us – whether for a few minutes or a few hours – to celebrate a man who touched so many of us so deeply; not to mourn, but to share the bond he created among us using what he loved – the blues. Bear was my freind for many years and I know this is how he would like to be remembered- not with crying, not with drama, not with dancing girls dressed like him performing as a tribute band – just with an evening of blues lovers sharing the blues and helping a good cause in the process.
Bear left us in June, and at the time many of you asked where you could send donations in his memory. His son asked me to choose a blues-related charity that Bear would have approved of, and arrange whatever activity in-world that I felt appropriate. Talking with Fiery, another of Bear’s friends, we decided to arrange a celebration of Bear – a full evening of the blues he loved, with all donations and tips raised donated to The Blues Foundation – HART Fund in his name.
From their website: “The HART fund provides assistance to Blues musicians and their families in times of great financial need due to medical emergencies. Donations to the HART Fund are dedicated 100% to artist relief efforts … and have been used to pay medical bills, obtain needed medical care and assist with funeral expenses.” Bear often commented on how many blues musicians struggled with poverty, health care issues etc and I feel this is a foundation he would have appreciated receiving a donation in his name.
You can find more information about the Foundation and the HART Fund here: www.blues.org
If you can’t join us, but wish to contribute to the donation in his name, contact Callipygian Christensen for information on how to donate. I will be matching 25,000 lindens donated, and so will Fiery – so potentially 100,000 lindens for a great cause. Bear would be proud
Reprinted with permission by Callipygian Christensen
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