Big Bunch ‘o Hippies Fundraiser! ;)
November 28th, 2005 | by christine |Submitted by Tom Ford:
The G.L.O.W./R.E.M.A. Magic Hat Show
To support R.E.M.A (Rainbow Emergency Management Assembly) and the folks from G.L.O.W. (Great Lakes One World) Family who are heading down to The New Waveland Cafe to help in the move from Waveland, MS to New Orleans. These are Brothers and Sisters providing direct and practical relief and hope to the hopeless ones in the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast region.
Sunday Dec. 4th
from 4:00pm to 8:00pm
at
Magdalena’s Tea House
2006 Michigan Ave.
Lansing, MI 48912
517-487-1822
Come prepared to contribute some cash, and hear some great music.
Featuring:
Miko Fossum
&
Illegible Records recording artists:
Medicine Crow, Ghetto Gas John, Perry Moore & (tentatively) Chara Love
(and more to be announced later)
There will also be a “new toy” drive for delivery to the Gulf Coast. Bring a new toy to donate and bank some good Karma for your next incarnation.
New Waveland Cafe on NPR during All Things Considered:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5025313
Audio feed from Windows Media Player
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=23-Nov-2005&segNum=8&NPRMediaPref=WM&getAd=1
Real Audio
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=23-Nov-2005&segNum=8&NPRMediaPref=RM&getAd=1
We also made the front page of the LA Times today.
The Associated Press paid us a visit this past week. Here are a couple of versions of that story:
That Chicago Tribune article was also on the front page last Wednesday. Apparently, this story has gone to the newswire and was published in several other papers, including one in Taiwan:
MSNBC was here again, so keep your eyes on them. We’ve been kind of inundated by reporters recently. It’s a little weird.
One last installment of the Media Blitz, this one compliments of MSNBC. Check out the “Quote of the Day.” And by way of clarification, I will be cooking the Veggie Turkeys today.
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Greetings from Waveland! There is so much to be grateful about today. Let me count just a few of the blessings that allowed the New Waveland Cafe and Market to happen with such beauty:
Organic Valley, who provided us with regular shipments of organic produce, milk, cheese, butter, and other good stuff we were able to serve to the good people of Waveland. In addition to helping exhausted crew with R & R in Florida, they contributed one of their old fleet vans to Levitikus and Theodora. That’s all, of course, on top of them sending Clovis down here in the firs place! Oh, yeah, and 173 homemade pies. OV just freakin’ rocks!
All those groovy church folks from the Bastrop group, especially Jim (actually from TN), Pete, Fay, Steve, and Shaun, not to mention a cast of thousands of Texans and others we know contributed to the success of the New Waveland Cafe and Market. Let’s start with The Big Miraculous Generator That Changed Everything, the red and white tent covering the kitchen that shows up in all the pictures, the innovative sink setup that encompasses the soapy seas sailed upon by our merry dish pirates in our dish pit, lots of other sundry equipment. But we’d be no less thankful for our neighbors if they had brought nothing. Their commitment to and faith in the Cafe and crew, regardless of how weird, never wavered. We have made new friends for life.
Youth Initiative High School in Viroqua, W, for sending us many wonderful teenagers to cook us breakfast every day. They taught us a thing or two about hard work and our own process. We also love them all very much!
Sanderson Farms, for leaving a reefer truck full of chicken and ice for the past six weeks.
The Generosity of the American People, without which, we would not have experienced such bounty.
The Hancock County EOC and especially Mike Sweeney, who was able to fit this round peg into a square hole.
FEMA, who ultimately pays for all of this (out of your pocket, I would add) and the Red Cross, who made sure we never ran out of cutlery and saved us a couple of times in our early days.
Everyone who kept us in their prayers,sent us donations of food, stuff, cash, whatever.
All of the magnificent people who put their lives on hold, volunteered, and made this place so special. Specifically:
*Hydration station masters Jules, Raymond, and Ivan
*Rampaging trash haulers and table washers Floppy and BW
*The crazy looking guy who makes sure the handwashing stations stay full of water, soap, and towels–the Next President of the United States of America–Vermin Supreme
*Our sailors on the soapy seas (too many to name, but Dirty Momma, Jason, and Marissa immediately come to mind)
*Levitikus and Chicken the Kid, who will serve no pork before it is smoked (and ARRRRRRed over repeatedly)
*Amber, for all she is becoming here, including cook, accountant, shani sena, and BANG BANG, nifty slogan maker
*Stone, for running a first-rate clinic with excellent and professional staff that treats up to a hundred patients every day while somehow still having the time to watch Star Trek and MASH in my Bus all day
*Ann and Clovis for continuing to wake up every day at 5:30am to make breakfast, even though they are both obviously completely burned out
*Mysha, who still has time to look at his neighbor’s paper with his busy schedule (oh, yeah…doesn’t he also run supply? Yeah, him and Goat).
*All those folks giving massages all day every day, especially Rainbow Robin and Brighid, who plug in in so many ways
*Gene, who will find you whatever you need and bring it to you
*Then there’s the Best Cooks in Southern Mississippi, most notably Jessica, Kiki, Lali, Theo, Shaney, Grace, Valesa, Flowers and I’m sorry if I forgot anyone. We’re extra thankful for everyone who cooks!
*All the hundreds of folks who stand on the serving line day after day with those smiling faces. Becky is especially cute on her step up and never misses a meal. Alice has religiously kept track of our numbers and anchored the line for weeks.
*And last but not least, me compadre, the man who made the first call to The Dread and the second call to your humble narrator thereby setting these deeds into motion. He’s a dance instructor from Berkeley, CA, Master of Ceremonies at the Granola Funk, the Doctor of Dance himself, Aaron Funk. I had no idea someone could be so versatile. Security, Banking, Japanese chef, government liason, parade plannin’, float buildin’, quote machine who teaches folks ho to move their asses.
9. The Good People of Waveland, who are the bravest people I’ve ever met. I’m so inspired by them all.
10. And finally, We Thank Our Creator (or Random Chance for our atheist friends out there), who, indeed, works in mysterious ways.
It’s a time for celebration here in Waveland. Thanksgiving for two days followed by the Thanks for Giving Parade on Saturday. Then it all disappears. I miss everyone already.
Gobble Gobble!
Thanks for Your Loving Support
Arjay Sutton
New Waveland Cafe
Phone: (828) 280-6338 (228) 224-1253
email: newwavelandcafe@yahoo.com
www.newwavelandcafe.blogspot.com
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