Courtesy: Goan Voice Uk. World Busk Day to Support Goa Charity 14 May: Bridport News (UK) … Internationally renowned violinist David Juritz set up the charity Musequality in 2007. To raise money for the charity’s next project, a music centre for homeless children in Goa, he came up with the idea of a World Busk. On Saturday, June 14, at noon, local time musicians around the globe will take to the streets to raise funds for Musequality and hopefully gain a coveted world record… For more details visit www.worldbusk.org or alternatively www.musequality.org Contact David Juritz [email protected] or telephone 020 8747 4869 – 07973 343314. 478 words. Click here. http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/bridportnews/4368027.West_Dorset_musicians_urged_to_play_up_on_World_Busk_Day/ ============================================================================================= Musequality World Busk: An invitation to join this event to change young lives in Goa : 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Will YOU support a good cause ? From: Joanna Biddolph <[email protected]> Musequality World Busk: An invitation to join this event to change young lives in Goa : Monday, 8th June to Sunday, 14th June 2009 Dear Friends of Goa, We would like to invite you to take part in a first ever worldwide musical event that will raise money to change young lives in Goa. We hope many people in the World Alliance of Goans, wherever they are in the world, will join with us to make this event a huge success. Are you a musician? Then please accept our invitation to get involved. Do you know any musicians? Perhaps you could invite them to join this worldwide event. Or are you one of many who don’t play an instrument or sing – but wish you had those skills? We invite you to be part of a group of Goans who make a difference in Goa, by supporting this event some other way. I’d like to tell you more. About the event The event is the first annual Musequality World Busk. It is open to all musicians – amateur, professional, just starting to learn and whether they play solo, with friends, in baroque groups, rock bands, whole orchestras, opera companies ... any genre and any age. The world busk runs from Monday, 8th June to Sunday, 14th June – the date you busk is up to you. We are particularly encouraging young buskers to take part on the Sunday (a school-free day!) when we hope also to set a record for the largest co-ordinated busk the world has ever seen. Our aim in Goa We hope to raise funds for a new music-making project, for disadvantaged children in Goa. Our aim is not to turn children into professional musicians but to engage them in an activity that will give them the self-belief, self-confidence and skills they need to turn their lives around. The project director, Luis Dias, has recently moved back home to Goa, after having lived in the UK where he was a general practice doctor. The project is likely to be a string project, building on and reviving a long-standing string tradition in Goa which is at risk of dying out. Luis plays the violin and will teach in the project; he will also identify and work with elders in the community who could pass on their musical knowledge – so the project will have an impact on the wider community and on preserving traditional skills as well as changing the lives of the children who get involved. About Musequality Musequality, a UK-based charity, funds communal music-making projects for disadvantaged children in the developing world. We already support five projects – two in Uganda, two in South Africa and one in northern Thailand – and we are very keen to establish our sixth project in Goa. Our projects teach children about team working, problem solving, decision making, compromise, negotiation, discipline, ambition and the benefits of hard work – among many other aspects that are essential in life. Musequality was founded two years ago when professional violinist David Juritz, leader of the London Mozart Players, went busking Round the World and Bach, playing Bach for solo violin in 50 cities in 24 countries on every continent except Antarctica. As we were launched with a busk, we thought it would be fun to organise an annual fundraising busking event for others to take part in. Do join us! You are invited to support this event in any way you can – taking part as a musician, encouraging other musicians to take part or donating direct to the project. We would very much welcome your involvement and do hope you will accept our invitation. We have set up a unique Justgiving donations page, specifically for our Goa project. All proceeds from this page will go direct to our project in Goa. The target amount is £5,000. We hope you will visit it and help us make a difference: www.justgiving.com/goansformusequality More information * About busking: everything you need to know to have a safe, hassle-free busk, including tips and guidance for first time buskers, posters, stickers, sponsorship forms and, for the especially keen, press releases to drum up publicity:www.worldbusk.org <http://www.worldbusk.org> * * About the Musequality World Busk: all details including the record-setting event at noon on Sunday, 14th June which must last at least 25 minutes so we are asking everyone to to start a little earlier than noon and end a little later than 12.25. You can, of course, busk for as long as you wish – the longer you busk, the more money you’ll raise: www.worldbusk.org/worldrecord.php<http://www.worldbusk.org/worldrecord.php> * * Where to busk: We recognise that some people in some countries might find it hard to busk outside. They can busk anywhere and anyhow – in shopping centres, offices, foyers before or after concerts, in schools – and they could put on events and invite people to listen and donate or sponsor them ... anything goes! * * About Musequality: lots of information about Musequality and how we work is on our website: www.musequality.org <http://www.musequality.org> . Donating your busking proceeds, or donations, direct to the Goa project We will keep you in touch with progress, in Goa and elsewhere, by sending you our newsletters. To donate: * In the USA: www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate <http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate> * (look for Musequality in the In Behalf of box) * In the UK and the rest of the world: www.justgiving.com/<http://www.justgiving.com/>goansformusequality * (to convert your currency into GB pounds use a currency converter such as the XE Universal Currency Converter which * contains the top 85 currencies: http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/) I do hope you will accept our invitation and we look forward to your participation by helping us improve the lives of disadvantaged children in Goa. Jo Joanna Biddolph Trustee Musequality Tel: +44 20 8994 2262 Mobile: +44 7775 902904 Funding music projects that change young lives Find out more about the Musequality World Busk: www.worldbusk.org <http://www.worldbusk.org> Find out more about Musequality: www.musequality.org <http://www.musequality.org> Join us on Facebook: search for Musequality world busk Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/musequality <http://www.twitter.com/musequality> Add us on MySpace: www.myspace.com/worldbusk <http://www.myspace.com/worldbusk> To donate in the UK: www.justgiving.com/worldbusk <http://www.justgiving.com/worldbusk> To donate in the USA: www.fracturedatlas.org/site <http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site> /contribute/donate (look for Musequality in the In Behalf of box) Registered charity No. 1119308 Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 6216146 posted by rene barreto: Goan Musequality - http://goanmusequality.blogspot.com/ 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
