NEWS RELEASE<\/b><\/p>\n
Elisha Sherman, Communications and Development Coordinator<\/p>\n
(860)450-7400, ext. 7456 \/ elisha.sherman@accessagency.org<\/p>\n
January 17, 2024<\/p>\n
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cThe Red Hot Banjo Wizard\u201d, Howie Bursen joined by Sally Rogers, Martin Grosswendt, Bennett and Lorraine Hammond return to the Vanilla Bean Caf\u00e9, located at 450 Deerfield Road in Pomfret on Saturday, January 27th <\/span>for their thirty-second year performing to benefit the Access <\/i>Food Pantries: Site-Based and Mobile. This local tradition is an evening of singing, laughter, hot licks on guitar, fiddle, and banjo. The show begins at 7:00 p.m. and admission is $25. The Vanilla Bean is a great place to shake off the winter blahs and will have music that will lift your spirits with wonderful desserts and beverages ranging from cappuccinos to fine wines to purchase and enjoy as well. Howie Bursen, who has coordinated and performed this event for 32 years, will also be joined by Sally Rogers, \u201cNightingale with a Voice of as Clear as the Queens of Diamonds\u201d, Martin Grosswendt \u201cZen Guitar Master\u201d with Bennett Hammond, \u201cMan of Mystery\u201d and Lorraine Hammond, \u201cLady of the Rose in the Mortar\u201d, says Howie. Grosswendt has also performed with Howie for 32 years for the Northeast Benefit Concert of the Access <\/i>Food Pantries and is guaranteed to entertain the audience.<\/p>\n \u201cWe like to think globally and locally and this is our way of giving back\u2026 we \u2018Pomfretutians\u2019 are mighty lucky to have these four making music in our midst,\u201d says Howie. \u201cWe hold this event to raise money for our Northeast Connecticut Emergency Food pantries at Access<\/i>. Access <\/i>helps feed our neighbors who don’t have enough money to buy food for themselves – or their children \u2026 the Food pantries can make the difference between hunger and health,\u201d says Howie. All proceeds from this concert will be used to buy food from the Connecticut Food Bank. Each $25 donated to Access <\/i>by purchasing a ticket will buy more than $250 worth of food from the CT Food Bank for distribution to those in need throughout northeast CT. Last year the concert raised over $4,000.<\/p>\n Access <\/i>Community Action Agency is designated by the federal and state government as the anti-poverty agency in northeast Connecticut. Access provides food, affordable housing, job readiness services, and other pathways to economic self-reliance for vulnerable limited-income families and individuals throughout the region. Learn more about Access <\/i>by visiting https:\/\/accessagency.org\/<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEWS RELEASE Elisha Sherman, Communications and Development Coordinator (860)450-7400, ext. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1,43,9,60,27,10,24],"tags":[86,87,30,31,34,46,81,47,73,38,18,19,85],"yoast_head":"\n