nate their time? Again, coming
from this community, this is a
place where people care about
someone who has slipped between the cracks or needs a helping hand. You would also be very
surprised at how many musicians
involved have a direct connect
with someone who has Parkinson’s be it a family member or
a friend. There are many of us
where Bob Benjamin is that person. But I also cannot disregard
the many performers who don’t
have any reason beside just wanting to be a good person in this
life and help out folks who need a
helping hand. There are many of
those folks that we are fortunate
to have in our LOD family.
What do you hope attendees get
out of the experience of Light
of Day each year? Besides great
music, talent and songs I think
folks truly get the sense of the
real Light of Day community that
has organically grown to what it
is today. I am not sure there is another music festival in the world
that hosts as many shows, has as
many artists involved and is all put
together and run by a full volunteer board of directors like Light
of Day. I certainly have never seen
or heard of one and I take great
pride in being part of something
that special. It all started with Bob
Benjamin, a small birthday party
and a selfless act of not asking
for gifts but instead to donate
to Parkinson’s research. It makes
great sense to me that something
so selfless should turn into something very wonderful over these
past 15 years. As a very wise man
once said: “from small things
mama, big things one day come”.
They certainly do.
Light of Day takes place January 9-19, 2015
visit www.LightofDay.org for dates
New Jersey Stage
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