Hurricane victim benefit at Trance

by Michael Mahler

With only two weeks from the initial planning to completion, Trance Dance Club and Erie Gay News put on a fundraiser to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday, September 17 at Trance Dance Club, 1607 Raspberry Street, Erie PA. $894 was raised.

The performers provided an evening of wonderful and varied entertainment! They included the graceful movements of members of the Lake Erie Ballet, the glamorous and inspiring Taylor Morgan, Mazie La Croix, and Rhiannon Angelina, the exciting and illuminating Buddy Dobson ~ Glow Sorcerer, and the gentle acoustic performances of Joe Newcomer, Carrie Sampler, and Bob Bearfield. The event was emceed by Gary Snyder. Talent Coordinator was Patrick S.

Special thanks go to Lettuce Entice You Restaurant, Midtown Storage, Northwest Savings Bank, Omni Plumbing, Pro Clean Unlimited, Erie Gay News and Trance Dance Club.

Photos from the event will be posted on the Erie Gay News website and the Trance website. The show was videotaped and will be shown on Trance's television screens at various times.

ALL proceeds from this event went to the Rainbow World Fund(RWF) Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. The organization has promised that 100% of the contributions you make to this fund will go toward helping the survivors to recover. Donations to the Hurricane Katrina fund will go to America's Second Harvest (ASH), the nation's food bank network. ASH expects that at least ten food banks and hundreds of related agencies were hit by Hurricane Katrina. Your donations will be used to provide meals and groceries, transport food to survivors and secure additional warehouse space to assist food banks in resuming and maintaining operations. Rainbow World Fund's mission is to promote humanitarian relief from the GLBT community. RWF provides a united voice, a large visible presence and a structure to deliver GLBT charitable assistance to the larger world community. RWF was founded in 2000, and works to help people who suffer from hunger, poverty, disease, oppression and war by raising awareness and funds to support existing relief efforts around the world. Their current partners include CARE, WaterPartners International, Africare and Adopt-A-Minefield. Contributions are 100% tax-deductible. For more information on the Rainbow World Fund, visit http://www.rainbowfund.org. RWF is a 501(c)(3)non profit organization. EIN:94-3372560

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