{"id":6498,"date":"2016-07-08T18:33:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T23:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2016-07-12T13:03:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T18:03:17","slug":"alzheimers-assn-live-youtube-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/alzheimers-assn-live-youtube-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Night in the Garden for the Alzheimer&#8217;s Association&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tuesday 7\/12\/16 update:<\/strong> We had a great night. Seven hours of music. And the event raised $1300 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alzheimer&#8217;s Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The YouTube stream was also a successful experiment. A couple of comments that came my way by email:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The audio mix sounded surprisingly good. The video portion I would call fair. I realize this was the inaugural broadcast and in that regard I would certainly call it a success.&#8221; &#8211; Roseville CA<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nice performance Sat night, we caught the last six tunes. Well done!&#8221; &#8211; Redding CA<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I opened my email at 10:15 last night and was able to catch the end of your set, starting with the Boise song. You sounded great!&#8221; &#8211; Santa Cruz CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, HUGE thanks to Bruce Magee for wrangling this together, to all the performers, and to everyone who attended and donated &#8211; either in person or virtually.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/weathered-souls.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/weathered-souls-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"weathered souls\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6521\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/garden2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/garden2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"garden2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6520\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pfeffers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pfeffers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pfeffers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6519\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bluehouse.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bluehouse-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bluehouse\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6522\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original post:<\/strong> Tomorrow night, Saturday, July 9th, I get to participate in a very special fundraiser for a very worthy organization. My pal Bruce Magee is hosting &#8220;A Night in the Garden,&#8221; an intimate fundraiser with great food and lots of music. The event is sold out, BUT, Bruce will be streaming the music over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=amjNfnWRcpE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">live YouTube feed<\/a>, with a donation link where you can contribute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=amjNfnWRcpE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-shot-2016-07-08-at-4.26.54-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2016-07-08 at 4.26.54 PM\" width=\"636\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-shot-2016-07-08-at-4.26.54-PM.png 636w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-shot-2016-07-08-at-4.26.54-PM-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting at 4:00 pm PST, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=amjNfnWRcpE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>, and you&#8217;ll see lots\u00a0of my favorite south county folks, including Bruce, <a href=\"http:\/\/bluehouseband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue House<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/janetthompsonmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Janet Thompson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markfenny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Fenny<\/a>, and a whole bunch of others. I close out the night at 9:30 pm. The complete schedule is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=amjNfnWRcpE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">the YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this event is\u00a0raise awareness and funds for the annual\u00a0local Walk To End Alzheimer&#8217;s in Santa Cruz. This year&#8217;s walk will be held on Saturday, September 24th.\u00a0Family and friends can also locate and donate to Walks all across the country by <a href=\"https:\/\/act.alz.org\/site\/SPageServer\/?pagename=walk_homepage\" target=\"_blank\">using this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Falzheimers-assn-live-youtube-benefit%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 7\/12\/16 update: We had a great night. Seven hours of music. 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