MUSIC REVIEW

November 9, 2011
To the Editor,
We held our 4th Annual Music for Independent Living Benefit Concert on Saturday, November 5th at the Knights of Columbus in Salem. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser of the Independent Living Center of North Shore and Cape Ann, Inc. (ILCNSCA), 27 Congress St., Suite 107, Salem supports some of our community activities during the year. These augment our individual and community services to all who live with disabilities of all ages on the North Shore and Cape Ann.
The concert featured local artists who donated their time and talent: Julie Dougherty, Spike Emerson, Julian Baptista, Denny Tentindo and Courtney P. & Company and was coordinated by Meredith Bolden Linehan, consultant to the ILCNSCA Board of Directors, Margaret Joan Adrien, Chair, and Stephen Turner Board member of the ILCNSCA Board of Directors Resource Development Committee and we publicly send a shout out of ‘Thank You’!
The ILCNSCA would like to thank all who attended, and the following sponsors: Wicked Hawt: Elder Service Plan of the North Shore, Inc.: Amramp: Bolden & Associates, LLC,: and the Northeast Independent Living Program/North East Recovery Learning Community. We also thank those businesses that supported us: Flowers by Darlene which donated flowers for the centerpieces, and to the following who donated food: Damatas Pizza, Uno’s Chicago Grill, Swampscott, Blue Ribbon Bakery, Plum Tomatoes Brick Oven Pizza and Petrillo’s Restaurant. A variety of businesses and individuals provided items which were raffled off, such as gift certificates from Mighty Aphrodite Maternity Consignment, Marblehead Bank, Seacoast Lock & Safe, The Landing, Front Street Coffehouse, The Traveling Vineyard, Elite Design and Consign, Old Tyme Italian Cuisine, City Bar & Grill, Tastefully Simple, Arabella Lingerie, Olive Garden, Wit & Whimsy Children’s bookstore, Wordly Pets, Shubie’s Marketplace, Pawsitively Marblehead, Nails 2004, DS Designs, Adriatic Restaurant and Flores Mantilla.
Donations of original art works by Tom Gagnon, TJG-Designs and Brian Belanger were raffle prizes, as well as items donated by Marcia Brennan, Arthur Athas, Jane and Joe Karaman, Betty MacIsaac, Pauline Brennan, Emily Almas, author Kristie A. Poehler (The Cause signed book), Janice Young (Aflac duck and other items), Marilyn Balderelli, Noreen Cousins, Courtni Laracy, Lisa Dolloff Bernardo, Dawn Shaw (Independent Wine Consultant), Candis Bolden, and Margaret ‘Joan’ Adrien.
The ILCNSCA serves 25 cities and towns on the North Shore and Cape Ann, from Melrose to Rockport, and all of the generous donations help us to provide resources and advocacy to people with disabilities, and we are grateful for this outpouring of support. With such wide community support we are closer to full inclusion and access by those of us living with disabilities. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Mary Margaret Moore
Executive Director
Independent Living Center of North Shore and Cape Ann, Inc
27 Congress St., Suite 107, Salem, MA 01970