The curtain will rise on an evening of music, dance and unity on the AGBU Vatche and Tamar Performing Arts Middle with the Daybreak Over ‘Dena live performance on Sunday, Might 25 at 7 p.m.
The multicultural profit efficiency has been created totally by volunteers to boost pressing funds for these devastated by the Eaton Fireplace, which displaced households and upended lives throughout Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre.
Performers embody Grammy-nominated Hiroshima, Pasadena Dance Theater, Peace Gamers led by Brother G, Amita Batra, the Hamazkayin Ani Dance Firm and the Hamazkayin Nayirian Choir, Susanna B and the beloved Benn Household, and Ozomatli.
All web proceeds will go on to nonprofit organizations serving the victims most in want, together with the PCC Basis that advantages Pasadena Metropolis School and the Pasadena Instructional Basis supporting the Pasadena Unified Faculty District —with extra to be introduced. Tickets are $150.
“The flames took properties, however they didn’t take our spirit,” mentioned Beth Baird, a sufferer of the Eaton Fireplace and a member of the 40-member organizing committee.
“That is about displaying up for one another, giving what we are able to and letting individuals know they don’t seem to be alone, and they don’t seem to be forgotten,” mentioned Patricia Kinaga, lead live performance organizer.
“Lots of of scholars resided in burn areas, which had been hardest hit by the wildfires, shedding properties, residences, automobiles and all of their possessions. Many extra proceed to wish help to get better what they misplaced. Their restoration would require our continued dedication, and we’re grateful for the group’s assist of our college students,” mentioned Frank Cardenas of the PCC Basis.
Dr. Patrick Coneyrs, govt director of the Instructional Basis added, “We’re grateful to be a beneficiary of the Daybreak Over Dena live performance. The power and resilience of the Pasadena Unified group continues to encourage us, and we stay dedicated to supporting college students, households, and faculties all through the lengthy restoration forward.”
The live performance is the work of a dynamic volunteer committee made up of fireplace survivors, artists, medical doctors, educators, entrepreneurs and civic leaders—strange individuals moved to do one thing extraordinary within the wake of catastrophe.
“Assist us promote out all 600 seats and surpass our fundraising targets,” mentioned Kinaga.
Brittni Hamilton, an lawyer and resident of Lengthy Seaside, a former colleague of Kinaga’s can also be serving to with the committee. A Lengthy Seaside native, Hamilton grew up spending a number of time in Altadena and appreciating the lengthy historical past rooted within the African American group there. “My coronary heart goes out to the victims,” she mentioned. “The group belongs to those that had been displaced, and we need to assist them return to their properties.”
Sponsorships and main donor alternatives are nonetheless obtainable. “The time to behave is now as a result of therapeutic begins with us,” mentioned Kinaga. Main sponsors embody: Karmodaya, Inc., Fish King and the East Los Angeles School Basis.
“We owe these households who misplaced their properties and lifelong of recollections a night of normalcy and hope for rebuilding their communities,” mentioned Dr. Jay Sandhu, president of Karmodaya.
“Years from now, once we look again and inform this story, we are going to inform of a group that got here collectively to assist see each other by way of, with daring creativity, to construct again stronger than earlier than. We’re so grateful for the assist of our buddies and neighbors as we chart a course to the longer term,” mentioned Dr. José A. Gómez, president of Pasadena Metropolis School.
“We’re grateful for the generosity and coronary heart that impressed this live performance,” mentioned PUSD Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Blanco. “The assist for our college students, workers, and households impacted by the Eaton Fireplace is a robust reminder that we aren’t alone, and that collectively, we are going to proceed to revive, rebuild, and rise.”
Tickets and knowledge: www.dawnoverdena.web or name Audrey Noda at (626) 437-7509, Adeline Yoong at (818) 426-4017 or Gwen Owens at (626) 253-4879. Donations may be made to: the California Neighborhood Basis – Daybreak over ‘Dena fund https://tinyurl.com/DenaDonation.
