Mar 29, 2005 19:20
so last year, on may 15th, some genius kids (being kait and alicia) held a way rad benefit show at the arcadia YMCA for the Rhode Island Food Bank. Hosting 5 bands from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachussets, the show cost 7 bucks, 6 if you brought a can of food. a line started to form around 5:30 and when the doors opened at 7 the venue filled in a mere 15 minutes. since i had to sit in a chair for most of the night collecting money for food and whatnot, i didnt really have a chance to see any of the bands play. but at one point i walked into the room to see montys playing. they had the whole crowd sitting on the floor. i dont know why. but it was great. everyone was really happy to be there and having tons of fun. albe was running around with a toy piano and keri was in hot pursuit, getting footage of anything and everything. at one point we reenacted trying to find the person whos wristband had the winning number on it for the newport creamery gift certificates. the show ended some time around 11:30 and after we picked up all the empty bottles and pizza boxes we sat down to count the money. cash was handed out to the bands and the staff was paid. after all was said and done, $1015 was raised for the food bank. a few days later, alicia and i headed to Providence to hand over what we had collected. they were so overcome with joy and it felt so great to know that we did soemthing amazing for people who would go hungry without us. all in all. it was TONS of fun and we never had any second thoughts about considering doing another show this year. thats all for now
kaitlyn