Friday, March 12, 2010

Dr. John to perform at benefit gala

The 12th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. Gala fund-raising concert will take place Thursday, April 22nd, and features the work of Dr. John and the Heritage School of Music, the Foundation's signature education program.

The Gala takes place Thursday, April 22nd, at 7 p.m. at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans.

The evening features a lifetime musical tribute to Dr. John, who will also perform. Keyboardist and bandleader Jon Cleary will also be on the bill.

The Gala also will honor Edward "Kidd" Jordan, the longtime leader of the Don Jamison Heritage School of Music, the signature education program of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.

Gala tickets are a hefty $500 each, but they include exclusive patron premiums as well as a special Gala Pass to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival good for admission on all seven days of the festival (a $420 value at the gate). To purchase tickets to the Gala, please call (504) 410-4148.

Proceeds from this year's Gala will support the Don Jamison Heritage School of Music, a free after-school program of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.

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