PORTSMOUTH—
One of Boston’s top Latin bands, Combo Sabroso, will return to the Seacoast for its second annual Caribbean Nights Dance Party on Saturday, April 2 at the VFW Hall in Portsmouth.
All proceeds from this year’s dance will help pay for hot meals for the growing student population at the Eben Ezer School in Milot, Haiti. Last year, the dance helped pay to fill and ship a container of desperately needed supplies to Haiti.
The 2010 Caribbean Nights party, held two months after Haiti’s earthquake, sold out. Band members said the benefit – combining great dancing, food and giving to a worthy cause - was one of the liveliest engagements they have played.
“The Caribbean Night dance had the best energy I have ever seen at one of our events,” said keyboard player Matt Jenson. “The combination of people feeling good and dancing up a storm with the sense of doing a good thing and helping others was a fantastic recipe.”
A slide show will begin at 7 p.m. Music, dancing, free snacks and a cash bar will begin at 8 p.m.
The slide presentation and talk will include pictures taken by Seacoast area teenagers, a teacher, a doctor and a York Rotarian who have gone down to help at the school in the last year. It will also show the amazing effort undertaken in the Seacoast to get a relief container sent out from Pease.
Hundreds of schools, Rotarians and residents of the Seacoast area have supported the Eben Ezer School since 2007. After the earthquake, many more schools, Rotary clubs and individuals got involved.
“For $10,000 a year we could feed all 200 students at the Eben Ezer School a hot lunch every day,” noted Leanne Stella. “In our country we have school lunch programs but in Haiti, children just go hungry.” Many parents send their kids to the Eben Ezer School in hopes of getting them some nourishment.
Tickets are being sold at Black Bean in Rollinsford, Ceres Bakery in Portsmouth, River Run in Portsmouth, Nature’s Way in South Berwick, Full Circle Community Thrift Store in Eliot and Fair Tide Thrift Store in Kittery. Only 200 people will be able to fit in the hall, so be sure to purchase your tickets early. More information is available from newslifeandhope@yahoo.com. For more information about this organization, go to www.lifeandhopehaiti.org.
Photo caption: Combo Sabroso will perform their second Caribbean Nights Dance Party on April 2 to benefit a school in Haiti. (Courtesy photo)
One of Boston’s top Latin bands, Combo Sabroso, will return to the Seacoast for its second annual Caribbean Nights Dance Party on Saturday, April 2 at the VFW Hall in Portsmouth.
All proceeds from this year’s dance will help pay for hot meals for the growing student population at the Eben Ezer School in Milot, Haiti. Last year, the dance helped pay to fill and ship a container of desperately needed supplies to Haiti.
The 2010 Caribbean Nights party, held two months after Haiti’s earthquake, sold out. Band members said the benefit – combining great dancing, food and giving to a worthy cause - was one of the liveliest engagements they have played.
“The Caribbean Night dance had the best energy I have ever seen at one of our events,” said keyboard player Matt Jenson. “The combination of people feeling good and dancing up a storm with the sense of doing a good thing and helping others was a fantastic recipe.”
A slide show will begin at 7 p.m. Music, dancing, free snacks and a cash bar will begin at 8 p.m.
The slide presentation and talk will include pictures taken by Seacoast area teenagers, a teacher, a doctor and a York Rotarian who have gone down to help at the school in the last year. It will also show the amazing effort undertaken in the Seacoast to get a relief container sent out from Pease.
Hundreds of schools, Rotarians and residents of the Seacoast area have supported the Eben Ezer School since 2007. After the earthquake, many more schools, Rotary clubs and individuals got involved.
“For $10,000 a year we could feed all 200 students at the Eben Ezer School a hot lunch every day,” noted Leanne Stella. “In our country we have school lunch programs but in Haiti, children just go hungry.” Many parents send their kids to the Eben Ezer School in hopes of getting them some nourishment.
Tickets are being sold at Black Bean in Rollinsford, Ceres Bakery in Portsmouth, River Run in Portsmouth, Nature’s Way in South Berwick, Full Circle Community Thrift Store in Eliot and Fair Tide Thrift Store in Kittery. Only 200 people will be able to fit in the hall, so be sure to purchase your tickets early. More information is available from newslifeandhope@yahoo.com. For more information about this organization, go to www.lifeandhopehaiti.org.
Photo caption: Combo Sabroso will perform their second Caribbean Nights Dance Party on April 2 to benefit a school in Haiti. (Courtesy photo)
