St. Anna's Community Drum Circle and Health Fair 8/30
St. Anna's Episcopal Church will be hosting a community drum circle and health fair from 2-4 PM on Saturday, August 30th. There will be therapeutic drum circles as well as blood pressure, diabetes, and depression screenings. Everyone is welcome to attend.
NOMC featured on WWOZ's Street Talk
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New Orleans Musicians’ Assistance Foundation named one of twenty-five organizations in the area to receive federal grant funding to provide individuals with medical and mental health care. (read more)
Congo Square Project
Armed with the knowledge that New Orleans is a Mecca from which modern music of every genre stems, drummer and producer Fabian Jolivet created The Congo Square Project Foundation which is producing two double albums solely to benefit this once glorious city and its musicians. (read more)
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The NOMC Gig Fund is 'instrumental' in keeping our culture alive by funding bands to perform at various community events. Like they say "You don't stop playing because you get sick. You get sick because you stop playing".
Here are some of the events we were proud to sponsor.
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Night Out Against Crime
Like so many community organizations helping to rebuild the city, Neighbors United Neighborhood Association hosted its annual Night Out Against Crime on Freret Street in August. Their mission was to build community pride, strength and to celebrate our unique culture with local favorites Da Truth Brass Band. Great food, entertainment and several raffles, including giveaways of 200 book bags filled with school supplies for children, helped pave the road for a greater New Orleans.
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Satchmo Club Strut
The clinic was proud to once again sponsor the annual Satchmo Club Strut, an event to benefit to the New Orleans Jazz Centennial Celebration. Jazz fans lined historic Frenchmen Street to hear the soothing sounds of New Orleans’ artists, which included exhibits, media installations and book signings, all while celebrating the musical inspiration of New Orleans’ native son Louis Armstrong. Proceeds help to fund public school informances and JCC’s upcoming tour of the exhibit “The Passing Parade – The Brass Bands of New Orleans” which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Silent Second Line
A rainy Sunday morning couldn’t keep musicians away from the Silent Second Line, a peaceful protest to symbolize what New Orleans would be like without her beloved musicians. Organized by the Musicians Mutual Protective Union Local 174-496, the event brought awareness to the importance of supporting live local music and the potential impact to the city’s economy should musicians leave for other cities where career opportunities may be easier to come by. The NOMC is keenly aware of the vital contribution musicians are making to the cultural rebirth of the city and we were thrilled to participate in this event. The eeriness of watching brass bands walk down the street without a single note being played, without dancing, without the usual second line fanfare, was quite a site to see – for locals and tourists. As one passerby commented “Why have a second line without music?” Our point exactly.
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Start the Adventures in Reading Tutoring Program, with Davis Rogan
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Hazel and the Delta Ramblers at the German Coast Farmer's Market
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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Fredy Omar Band
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World AIDS Day
Hot 8
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Lionel Ferbos at Jewish Community Center
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Luther Gray at Wicker School teaching our youth about the traditions of drumming
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St. Bernard Community Center
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Davis Rogan at the Freret EXPO
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