Haiti appeal
American celebrities aren't the only ones .
Here in Scotland, a number of organisations are organising events.
As well as staging one of the largest scale operas around (Prokofiev's War and Peace) the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama has found the manpower and the willpower to put together an opera gala.
The concert, which will be staged in the academy's Concert Hall next Tuesday (the 26th) will feature Patricia MacMahon, Karen Cargill, Iain Paton and Julian Tovey alongside students from the opera school.
Timothy Dean and Duncan Williams will accompany the singers and Professor Christopher Underwood will present the evening.
Tickets priced just £5 (although donations will be accepted at the concert) are available from the RSAMD Box Office.
Meanwhile, another student, David Banks, will "cat crawl" the length of Buchanan Street on Sunday, not once but 26 times, to make up a half marathon to raise funds and awareness of the Haiti disaster.
I'm told a cat crawl is "a quadrupedal movement that involves walking on both your hands and feet creating a cat like movement".
It's also, I'm told, very physically demanding, and David's previous cat crawl in Aberdeen, was just a fraction of the distance - 3.6 miles.
He'll be starting from the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday at 10am, and both he and his supporters will be wearing white "crawl for Haiti" T-shirts . (although you might also spot them from having a man crawling down the street in their midst!)
Celtic Connections have also been taking collections after all their concerts.
And Glasgow Pavilion's panto is far from over and they intend to dedicate next Wednesday's performance (January 27th) to the Haiti Earthquake appeal.
The cast - who include Stephen Purdon and Joyce Falconer from River City, High Road's Derek Lord, Real Radio's Cat Harvey and Radio Clyde's Des McLean and Dean Park - all wanted to do something to help, so tickets for the special performance are on sale at £10 each and all profits will go to the Haiti appeal.
Not London’s South Bank, but the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow - every bit as lively in cultural terms as its namesake. I’m Pauline McLean, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland’s arts correspondent, and I’ll be blogging here about arts events and issues happening across the country.
Comment number 1.
At 23rd Jan 2010, dennisjunior1 wrote:Pauline:
Thanks, for giving the public regarding the Haiti Appeal.....
-Dennis Junior-
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At 23rd Jan 2010, Shelika wrote:The entire world should see a devastated hati as an exampe of what lies ahead to come.They should always remember that God has the power to show us who is God.Hati is a nation filled with poverty yet corruption feast their. The have's look out for themselves leaving the poor to suffer immensely. My sympathy goes out to all haitians and I do hope that they rebuilt a better nation!
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At 23rd Jan 2010, Shelika wrote:A poem for Hati!
The dying moans of a corrupted nation filled the air,
poverty was never far but now death seemed nearer,
As the unrivalled hand of nature swept with despair,
sparing no Haitian the wrath of an horrific earthquake.
As chaos reined from every street corner,
the plaintiff cries of the poor could be heard,
Walls shattered and crumbled without mercy,
sparing only the lives of the blessed.
Mighty and with intent the whip of sorrow struck,
casting clouds of grief and utter distress,
As the cold hand of death touched so many,
oppressing a nation already stricken with poverty,
Distraught thousands roam the streets frantic,
in a desperate search to find lost loved ones and relatives,
Buried under the rubble some alive others dead,
discovering body after body in every attempt.
The after math was only remnants,
debris, bodies and countless causalities,
Dejected and in tears pitiful faces stare,
some desolate others in shock and disbelief.
Undoubtedly unbearable and heart ripping,
the corpse of many lay stiff in the street for days,
Scarcity of coffins: traffic in cemetery,
Not enough room to give each their own grave.
Grateful survivors reached out to the world for help,
a population of millions were now more two hundred thousand less,
The perils and scars of such disaster would never mend,
forever stained in the minds of those who witnessed.
Inept to move forward by picking up the pieces of what's left,
the weakened sprits and broken souls of many stood helpless,
An already destitute nation was brought to their knees,
What did they ever do to deserve this or to make nature so angry?
Written by Shelika John from St.Vincent and the Grenadines.
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