Issue No 26 | 13 August 1999 | |
News"Big Drum Up" For East TimorBy Phil Davey
- CFMEU (Construction) The Labor Council of NSW has joined forces with the CFMEU and the Harbourside Brasserie to stage a massive fundraising benefit for the East Timor Emergency Appeal currently being run by APHEDA.
"The Big Drum Up for East Timor" takes place on Friday night September 3rd from 7:30PM at the Harbourside and features some of the best percussionists and exponents of World Music on the planet, including Epizo Bangoura of Mali, Deva Permana of Indonesia and Indian Tabla supremo Bobby Singh. Other feature acts for the night include all female band "Night Flight to Venus" and Master Percussionists Greg Sheehan and Blair Greenberg. Entrance for the night is $10. A recent APHEDA delegation to East Timor found that food and medicine is being deliberately withheld from East Timorese communities in the lead up to the referendum. The APHEDA East Timor Emergency Appeal seeks to literally keep these communities alive and provide alternative food and medicine until freedom is won. Jose Ramos Horta stressed in Sydney last month that now is the time to support East Timor. Hopefully by Christmas it will all be over and an appalling 24 years of murder torture rape and genocide will be history. The money raised from the "big drum up" will enable Timorese communities to hang on until then. As the "big drum up" will take place on the Friday after the referendum on independence organisers are hopeful the event will turn into somewhat of a victory party if/when the independence vote gets up. The concert has been arranged at short notice so any assistance with publicity and promotion would be greatly appreciated. Tickets will be available at the door on the night, but for enquires or if you wish to pre purchase tickets, please call Deidre Mahoney at NSW Labor Council on 9264 1691, or Phil Davey at the CFMEU on 9394 9494.
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