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MyspaceA benefit concert for Tea Fire burn victims Lance and Carla Hoffman raised an estimated $15,000 last Sunday, March 14, at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Around 2,000 people attended the event, which featured the music of Dishwalla, the Upbeat, and Still Time, hosted by the City of Santa Barbara firefighters union.
The Hoffmans, who were seriously burned while fleeing the fire, could not attend the concert due to the scheduling requirements of their treatment regimen. As a result of their burns, the Hoffmans have been told they have to avoid direct contact with sunshine for the next year. In addition, the benefit screening of Craig Harris’s documentary film, Tea Fire: Re-Birth, sold out the Marjorie Luke Theatre Monday night. The vast majority of those attending were Tea Fire victims, who did not have to pay. The proceeds will be used to help those who were burned out but lacked fire insurance.
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2,000 ????? What kind of drugs are you on?
More like 200 people! I was there, were you guys?
It was actually very sad the way that this whole event was promoted. Big failure on the PR side.
I found out about it purely by luck and was fortunate to attend and donate heavily during the course of the event.
BeachLivin (anonymous profile)
March 20, 2009 at 1:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Radio for 3 weeks, KEYT the week before, The Newpress, Scene Magazine, Posters throughout the City, KRUZ.com, The Independent color ad, band websites, and the awesome Santa Barbara word of mouth. All done by the various agenicies for free. A huge thank you to Matt Stone at KRUZ.
Thank you for your heavy donation, all is greatly appreciated. It is because of you and everyone else that just happened to come that made this so succesful.
As for the 2,000, that is an estimate of the whole day, people coming and going for 5 hours. It takes a whole community to make things like this work, again thank you for showing your support.
fourpigs (anonymous profile)
March 20, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I am so glad to hear that $15,000 was raised. Some of that came from local organizations that might also want to get mentioned here. (Unfortunately I cannot remember right now.)
2,000 seems like an incredibly heavy estimate. There were likely about 200-300 people there and when you factor in the coming and going, it was more like 500-700 max.
It was refreshing to see one of our council members skanking to the Upbeat! :)
It was a fun family event and the bands were excellent. Thanks to Twiin Productions for putting it on!
dirtgirl (anonymous profile)
March 20, 2009 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I saw Das Williams skanking to the upbeat and it seemed like he really was enjoying himself. It was a great day..but I have to say that Dishwalla outdid themselves. They played a dozen songs...including Counting Blue Cars. Great show for a terrific cause. Our family donated heavily and my 13 year old really enjoyed the Calstar rescue helicopter that he had the opportunity to sit in. I hope there will be more benefit shows in the future for the wonderful couple and all the Tea Fire victims.
KarenR (anonymous profile)
March 20, 2009 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Lots of agencies and organizations participated. It is hard to list them all as someone will accidentally get left out. Equipment and personnel were provided by SB County Fire, Montecito Fire, Carpenteria Fire, US Forest Service, CalStar, SB Police, SB Fire, Equine Rescue, SB Humane Society, American Red Cross, SB County Search and Rescue, State Farm Insurance and the SB Firefighters Alliance. Those groups with labor associations provided volunteers.
The bands played for free, Twin Productions worked for free, Woody's BBQ gave a percentage of revenue, CRUZ Radio was amazing, Earl Warren gave us the space for no charge and Circo Caballero canceled one show for us. Sorry to anyone I forgot. It was a great community event.
JonTurner (anonymous profile)
March 23, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)