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Events - Ten Thousand Villages Event

Be Cool Summer Benefit and Performance
for VSA arts of Texas, hosted by Ten Thousand Villages of Austin

Thursday, July 24, 2008
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ten Thousand Villages of Austin (next door to Continental Club)
1317 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX

Join VSA arts of Texas and Ten Thousand Villages for an evening of gift shopping and live music by world music artist Oliver Rajamani and performer Freddy Carnes.

Ten Thousand Villages will donate between 10-15% of the evening's sales to support the programs and services of VSA arts of Texas. The fair trade gift store offers colorful home decor accents, jewelry, musical-instruments, accessories, and other unique gift items. Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income for artisans in Third World Countries, helping to build sustainability in their communities. Learn more about Ten Thousand Villages of Austin.

About the performers:

Oliver Rajamani is a renowned world music artist who is credited with keeping alive the ancient vanishing folk music of South India. In addition to his extraordinary vocals, Rajamani performs on variety of unique percussive and string instruments, including the sarod, oud, dumbek, deff, and cajob. Hailing from India, Rajamani has the magic and spirit of the Indian music, and the fire and passion of the Gypsy music in his blood.

Freddy Carnes is an actor, producer, director, writer, composer and teacher who has won awards and recognition for his work with children including special recognition from Mayor Will Wynn and a B. Iden Payne award. He has co-written and directed over 40 operas with elementary school children and has produced several CD's of his original songs. Freddy’s work with TAP includes "The Hamlet Project" which introduces at-risk youth to the joys of Shakespeare.

It's the perfect time to buy your home goods and gifts while supporting VSA, so come ready to shop til you drop! For more information, please Email Lynn Johnson or contact 512-454-9912 or 1-866-489-8412 toll free.

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