Irish Musicians for the Mercy Center
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre |
 |
Please join us for a spectacular concert that will
benefit a wonderful cause. The Mercy Center was founded in the slums of Bangkok
by Father Joseph Maier 35 years ago. Beginning as a one-room pre-school
classroom, it now runs over 30 neighborhood schools, four orphanages, a hospice
for adults with HIV/AIDS and a 500-pupil kindergarten. It is a loving home to
over 180 abused, abandoned and orphaned children – one third of them born with
HIV. Its anti-trafficking program protects the most vulnerable children living
on the streets. Since 1973 the foundation has built over 10,000 houses in the
slums. Everything they accomplish is in partnership with the poor.
Featuring an All Star Cast of Irish Musicians and Dancers with some English and
Appalachian Friends; Artists include The Green Fields of America (with Mick
Moloney, Billy McComiskey, Ivan Goff, Jerry O'Sullivan, Dana Lyn, Athena Tergis
and Robbie O'Connell ), Joanie Madden and Cherish the Ladies, Tommy, Moya and
Fionan Sands, Frank Crocker, Jimmy Crowley and Donie Carroll, Mac Benford and
UpSouth, The Burns Sisters, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, Dan and Bonnie
Milner, The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra (with Don Meade and
Brendan Dolan), Matt and Shannon Heaton, Dan Gurney, Niall O'Leary and his
School of Irish Dance with Kieran Jordan and more. Performers are donating their
services pro bono. All concert proceeds go to the Mercy Center.
