Band Together News

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Thunderstorms won’t get in the way of great music and Triangle area altruism! Band Together will donate $358,000 to StepUP Ministry this year from its concert event! The funds raised will help StepUP hire additional staff and extend their services to even more low income and homeless people in need of learning life skills and job skills so that they may become productive, tax paying citizens.

With the 2010 tally, Band Together reaches over $1,000,000 in total donations to local charities!! It is simply amazing what a group of music loving volunteers who care about the community can do.

On May 22, The Old Ceremony, Anoop Desai, One EskimO, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Holy Ghost Tent Revival played in front of a loyal crowd of 2500. Rain, did not dampen the spirits of music enthusiasts and community volunteers, who understood that this show was about much more than just the music. The headliner, Michael Franti, was extremely complimentary of Band Together and StepUP and took time to visit with volunteers from each program before the show.

Band Together event co-chair, Trey Caudle, said, “In spite of two rain showers, we hosted our most successful event to date. We had an amazing team of volunteers, we raised a staggering amount of money from sponsors, ticket sales, silent auction, guitar raffles, and a live painting. Raleigh will be feeling the positive effects from this event for years to come.”

Please stay tuned for more information about 2011 charity selection and what’s in store for our next music line up.

Michael Franti & Spearhead		The Old Ceremony
One Eskimo		Holy Ghost Tent Revival
Anoop Desai

Hall of Fame Sponsor ($25,000)
Gold Record Sponsor ($15,000)
Silver Record Sponsor ($10,000)
Anonymous Foundation
Bronze Record Sponsor ($5,000)
	Mary Brent and Bob Wright
Painter Family Foundation
Album of the Year Sponsor ($2,500)
Rennie and Hooker Manning	Nancy and Monty White
	John & Suzy Martin
Artist of the Year Sponsor ($1,000)
Leslie & Jim Kellenberger
	Anonymous Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
World Tour Sponsor ($600)
Danny and Niccole Rosin	Trey Caudle and Brooke Molinuex
Tri Properties	Capstone Bank
Molly and Darwin Nichols	Linda Nunnallee
Laura and Steve Swayne	Gail and Gray Hutchison
Manpower NC	Don Camden
Mike Marston	Paragon Bank
Global Risk Holdings, LLC	Eckel & Vaughan
Digitalsmiths	Heroux & Company
Bobby Martin	The Halifax Group
HireNetworks	Bert & Laura Smith
Richard and Angel Bolton	Hans Huang
Skinner, Inc.
National Tour Sponsor ($300)
Alliance Architecture	919 Marketing
Excel Moving & Storage	Triangle Arts & Entertainment
Digitalsmiths	Beth and Tom Everly
Holly and Ken Kaufher	Kathy and Al Rankin
Full Scale Solutions, Inc.	North American Risk Services
Pinpont Properties	Bobby Martin
National Food and Equipment	Joe Tarlton
Big Boss Brewery	Theresa and Daniel Sinclair
HireNetworks	Jane and Paul Whit Howard
Debbie and Sheldon Fox	Katherine and Ken Thomas
Katina and Whoquaza Townsend	Debby and Gregg Warren
CB Richard Ellis	John Chung, CPA
Jensen McGrath Podgorny	Charlie & Josie Reeves
David & Ann White	Joyce Watkins King
Cindy and Tim Canning	Tri Pillar Investments, LLC
Nancy and Fred Hutchison	Helen and Dick Rose
Regions Bank	Guardian Capital Advisors
Arne Morris/McGladrey Wealth Management	Andy and Beth Betts
Claire Meyerhoff	Dean McCord
Christa Greene	John and Lauren Stump
Tres Vance	Noreen Allen
Marilyn and Matt Young	Triangle Biofuels Industries
Trialcard	Highwoods Properties
Trinity Partners
$250
David Urben
$200
Franklin Street Yoga
Reunion Tour Sponsor ($150)
Belinda Blackwood	Pat and Bob Linday
Scott Stankavage x 2	Becca and Tom Valone
Gretchen Edwards	Ann and David Rosar
Jackson Rives	Bret and Tara Muller
Brad Corsmeier	Carrington Wells-White
Lori Spivey	Skip Mangum
Carolyn Elliot	Mike Rompel