RUMFORD – A jazz band well-known throughout the state and New England will perform this month to benefit schools devastated by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The State Street Jazz Band from Portland will perform in the Municipal Building auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12.
The event is sponsored by the River Valley Art Council with the assistance of Western Maine Senior College based in Bethel. The jazz performance is the second in Rumford to benefit New Orleans’ schools.
The first, by the Franklin County Fiddlers, raised $800. Dot Dunton, a member of the senior college, said she hopes a total of $5,000 can be raised to help the cause.
Steve Eldridge, Rumford’s town manager and head of the arts council, said the Jazz Street Band’s appearance also is another effort to bring arts to the River Valley.
“This is a good opportunity,” he said.
The council has brought performances by the Monmouth Theater troupe along with several others during the past year.
The State Street Jazz Band, led by Mark Fink, has appeared at the Portland Museum of Art and the Boothbay Opera House, and before such celebrities as former President George H.W. and Barbara Bush. It has also performed many times in Bethel during the town’s New Year’s Eve celebration.
Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the Rumford Town Office and at the door.
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