Cami Thompson Music

"Take Heart" 2012 Benefit Concert ShareThis TAKE HEART the 2012 Concert to Benefit Bread & Roses on March 22 at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. Featuring some of the extraordinary performers who inspire our audiences year-round, the evening will also honor our past board chairs and the Mimi Fariña “Founder’s Circle.” Our lineup for the evening is big, bold and brilliant. Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s  will rock our stage with their jumpin' and jivin', pumpin' n' poundin', New Orleans rhythm and blues, "rock-a-boogie" magic. Mark Hummel - a favorite in the Who's Who of harmonica history-will be joined by the amazing Blues Buddies, an all-star posse who'll raise the roof with their signature, steamy blues power. Phillip Percy Williams - an 11-year veteran of Beach Blanket Babylon-will bring the excitement of Broadway to San Francisco with his dazzling vocals and dramatic flair. He will be joined by Judy Hall on piano, and share the stage with the theatrical jazz vocalist Cami Thompson.Other special guests include Maria Muldaur and Nicolas Bearde, 'Til Dawn and The San Domenico Virtuoso Program Quartet. It's a showcase of the kind of talent that has made Bread & Roses shows legendary for 38 years!   Read More About the Performers Here

Concert+Dinner tickets (table seating on main floor of ballroom) @ $350 and $175;  Concert-only tickets (theater-style balcony seating) @ only $75.  This is a great opportunity to enjoy a one-of-a-kind show with all proceeds from the concert and LIVE AUCTION bringing courage, comfort, hope and joy to children, teens, adults and elders living in hospitals, shelters, convalescent homes, and other isolated circumstances. WeTAKE HEART from your generosity and cannot do it without you.

Here is a testimonial about the incredible work of Bread & Roses by Board member and volunteer performer Toby Nady. I think it tells the story quite well as to why as a community we need to support this organization: "If there’s a universal language, it’s definitely the language of MUSIC. On one level or another we all speak it, we all understand it, we all respond to it. In fact, in many ways, music conveys much more to us than words ever can:  The capacity of music to uplift us, comfort us, teach us things we never knew—or  things we always knew—is unique and remarkable.   The ability of music to heal—emotionally, spiritually, physically—is nothing short of magical. Music enables me to share the very best in me with the best in you.  This is what Bread & Roses does day in and day out. It’s what Mimi Farina cared so deeply about and what has made her legacy so strong and enduring.  Everyone has experienced it…whether you play music or listen to it, or both. But why?  You can’t define it.  You can’t put a price tag on it. You can’t even really equate it with anything else in our lives.  Although you can try…it’s sort of like the most delicious meal you can imagine after days of not eating.  Or someone reaching out to hold your hand.  Or finding love where you least expect it.  Music transports you, takes you to a different place, a place so intrinsically human it can make you cry. I know many of you have not had the privilege of attending a Bread & Roses performance in one of the many  hospital rooms, homeless shelters, drug rehabs or other facilities to witness firsthand how transforming the Bread & Roses experience truly is… “the healing that takes place when a performer and audience meet heart-to-heart”, as Bonnie Raitt, a longtime Bread & Roses supporter has described it.  As a performer, I can tell you without a doubt, people need music…people need Bread & Roses.  Bread & Roses is a great gift to our community, their work is profound, it connects us all."

That about says it all! Hope to see you there.