New Orleans
A Raffle to help an individual musician
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
--- Mary Barrett wrote:
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:08:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mary Barrett
> Subject: My nephew's raffle
> To: halih@yahoo.com
>
> Dear Hali, thanks for offering your help. I'm
> including the info about my nephew and the raffle.
> I'm grateful for any help you can give me. thank
> you
> so very much, Mary Barrett 510-524-4171
>
>
>
> I am having a raffle to raise money for my nephew
> Ted
> whose house and livelihood were wiped out by the New
> Orleans flood. Ted's a jazz musician with a degree
> from Berklee School of Music and a Master's degree
> from the University of New Orleans. (He studied in
> Wynton Marsalis' father's program- Ellis Marsalis'.)
>
> Ted loves New Orleans, "We put the stutter in the
> step," he told me proudly about the Big Easy music
> scene.
> With his degree, in guitar performance, he
> began
> the life of a musician. He was a bike messenger by
> day and played gigs at night. He also composed
> music.
> And he struggled. But it was worth it to him, to
> keep on making music. (He played his own beautifully
> moving composition at my mother's funeral.) Ted
> never
> had aspirations of being rich. He loved what he was
> doing; but, when he married, he added on a job with
> Verizon to pay some bills. This past year, he was
> hired to teach private lessons at Mandeville Music
> Academy, thirty miles south east of New Orleans. He
> and his wife bought an insubstantial place on the
> Bayou and worked on it for a year, fixing it into a
> real home.
> His wife Mary is from New Orleans. Her family
> has strong roots there, Cajun, German and Irish.
> When
> she heard of this hurricane, she convinced Ted to
> evacuate. He and she drove her grandmother and her
> father north to Tennessee then to Alabama where
> they're living today in a motel room. The
> grandmother
> is wheelchair bound, so there was no room in the car
> for Ted's instruments. Except for one guitar,
> everything they own is under water. Ted lost his
> guitars, his bass, his piano, amps, a brand new sax
> he
> was teaching himself to play, and nearly all his
> originally composed music. His bike messenger bike
> is
> gone too.
> My raffle goal is to replace the things Ted
> needs
> for work. Please help me help Ted and Mary by
> buying
> as many raffle tickets as you can. There is no
> overhead. Every cent will go to them. The prizes
> are
> terrific and the drawing will be held at my house on
> the last Friday of September, September 30, after
> work. You're invited! You can reach me at
> 510-524-4171. I can get ticket stubs to you through
> the mail. You do not have to be present to win.
> Prize list follows
> Raffle Prizes: Value
> Sumptuous Homemade Dinner for four delivered to your
> Home$200.00
> (Donated by Irish Chef Eileen Barrett)
>
>
> One Full Day of Manual Labor at Your
> House.$200.00
> (Donated by Han Barrett-Liu, of Yosemite's Trail
> Crew)
> Expert Landscape Design Consultation.
> .$200.00
> (Donated by David Liu, Landscape Designer and
> Builder)
> Custom Made Mixed CDs of Your Favorite
> Music.$100.00
> (Donated by Clare Liu-Bell, Mixologist)
> Conversion of your favorite CDs to
> MP3..$ 60.00
> (Donated by Clare Liu-Bell)
> Chinese Character Wood Block Print
> (Prosperity)$175.00
> (Donated by Betty Jo Yamamoto, Artist)
> Figure Drawing Print,
> Matted$175.00
> (Donated by Paul Veres, Artist)
> Yoshi's, Tickets for two to a Jazz Performance of
> your
> choice..$30.00
> (Donated by Bill Joyce, Jazz Buff)
> Chinese Dinner for Two at King Tsin on
> Solano.$30.00
> (Donated by King Tsin's Owner)
> Large Framed Photo of the old Oakland Train
> Station..$400.00
> (Donated by Susan Moon, Photographer)
> Delightful Water Color
> Painting$175.00
> (Donated by Judith Brownfield, Artist)
> Fine Fifth of Single Malt
> Scotch.$50.00
> (Donated by Dennis Barrett, consumer of fine
> spirits)
> Language Arts Assessment Assistance, two winners,
> teachers only..$300.00
> (Donated by Mary Barrett, Assessment Diva)
> Dinner for eight with Robert Burns, A "Burn's
> Supper"$600.00
> (Donated by Karl Goldstein, aka Robert Burns, and
> Susan Moon)*
> *This prize may be bought outright by the highest
> bidder!!
>
> This lucky winner will receive this prize when in
> NYC:
> Two full verses of "Danny Boy" sung aloud while the
> singer slowly* $Priceless
> (Donated by Joe Barrett, Irish Tenor/Actor)
> *(full disclosure of prize to winner)
>
> Other prizes may be added to this list.
>
>
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:08:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mary Barrett
> Subject: My nephew's raffle
> To: halih@yahoo.com
>
> Dear Hali, thanks for offering your help. I'm
> including the info about my nephew and the raffle.
> I'm grateful for any help you can give me. thank
> you
> so very much, Mary Barrett 510-524-4171
>
>
>
> I am having a raffle to raise money for my nephew
> Ted
> whose house and livelihood were wiped out by the New
> Orleans flood. Ted's a jazz musician with a degree
> from Berklee School of Music and a Master's degree
> from the University of New Orleans. (He studied in
> Wynton Marsalis' father's program- Ellis Marsalis'.)
>
> Ted loves New Orleans, "We put the stutter in the
> step," he told me proudly about the Big Easy music
> scene.
> With his degree, in guitar performance, he
> began
> the life of a musician. He was a bike messenger by
> day and played gigs at night. He also composed
> music.
> And he struggled. But it was worth it to him, to
> keep on making music. (He played his own beautifully
> moving composition at my mother's funeral.) Ted
> never
> had aspirations of being rich. He loved what he was
> doing; but, when he married, he added on a job with
> Verizon to pay some bills. This past year, he was
> hired to teach private lessons at Mandeville Music
> Academy, thirty miles south east of New Orleans. He
> and his wife bought an insubstantial place on the
> Bayou and worked on it for a year, fixing it into a
> real home.
> His wife Mary is from New Orleans. Her family
> has strong roots there, Cajun, German and Irish.
> When
> she heard of this hurricane, she convinced Ted to
> evacuate. He and she drove her grandmother and her
> father north to Tennessee then to Alabama where
> they're living today in a motel room. The
> grandmother
> is wheelchair bound, so there was no room in the car
> for Ted's instruments. Except for one guitar,
> everything they own is under water. Ted lost his
> guitars, his bass, his piano, amps, a brand new sax
> he
> was teaching himself to play, and nearly all his
> originally composed music. His bike messenger bike
> is
> gone too.
> My raffle goal is to replace the things Ted
> needs
> for work. Please help me help Ted and Mary by
> buying
> as many raffle tickets as you can. There is no
> overhead. Every cent will go to them. The prizes
> are
> terrific and the drawing will be held at my house on
> the last Friday of September, September 30, after
> work. You're invited! You can reach me at
> 510-524-4171. I can get ticket stubs to you through
> the mail. You do not have to be present to win.
> Prize list follows
> Raffle Prizes: Value
> Sumptuous Homemade Dinner for four delivered to your
> Home$200.00
> (Donated by Irish Chef Eileen Barrett)
>
>
> One Full Day of Manual Labor at Your
> House.$200.00
> (Donated by Han Barrett-Liu, of Yosemite's Trail
> Crew)
> Expert Landscape Design Consultation.
> .$200.00
> (Donated by David Liu, Landscape Designer and
> Builder)
> Custom Made Mixed CDs of Your Favorite
> Music.$100.00
> (Donated by Clare Liu-Bell, Mixologist)
> Conversion of your favorite CDs to
> MP3..$ 60.00
> (Donated by Clare Liu-Bell)
> Chinese Character Wood Block Print
> (Prosperity)$175.00
> (Donated by Betty Jo Yamamoto, Artist)
> Figure Drawing Print,
> Matted$175.00
> (Donated by Paul Veres, Artist)
> Yoshi's, Tickets for two to a Jazz Performance of
> your
> choice..$30.00
> (Donated by Bill Joyce, Jazz Buff)
> Chinese Dinner for Two at King Tsin on
> Solano.$30.00
> (Donated by King Tsin's Owner)
> Large Framed Photo of the old Oakland Train
> Station..$400.00
> (Donated by Susan Moon, Photographer)
> Delightful Water Color
> Painting$175.00
> (Donated by Judith Brownfield, Artist)
> Fine Fifth of Single Malt
> Scotch.$50.00
> (Donated by Dennis Barrett, consumer of fine
> spirits)
> Language Arts Assessment Assistance, two winners,
> teachers only..$300.00
> (Donated by Mary Barrett, Assessment Diva)
> Dinner for eight with Robert Burns, A "Burn's
> Supper"$600.00
> (Donated by Karl Goldstein, aka Robert Burns, and
> Susan Moon)*
> *This prize may be bought outright by the highest
> bidder!!
>
> This lucky winner will receive this prize when in
> NYC:
> Two full verses of "Danny Boy" sung aloud while the
> singer slowly* $Priceless
> (Donated by Joe Barrett, Irish Tenor/Actor)
> *(full disclosure of prize to winner)
>
> Other prizes may be added to this list.
>
>