Poets, musicans lend voices for ‘Nica Noel’
A score of Sonoma County poets and musicians will lend their voices to help send local people to work in the Nicaraguan harvest. The event will begin at 7 p.m. tonight (Friday) at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 550 Mendocino Ave., across from the Unemployment Office in downtown Santa Rosa. A $5 contribution includes, refreshments and one free glass of wine or apple juice. Music will be provided by the Sonoma County Peace Chorus, Michael Gillotti and Steve "Piano Doctor" Pryputniewicz. Poets include Lisa Christensen, Elizabeth Herron, Maureen Hurley, Robert Jones, Johnathan London, Suzanne Maxson, John Oliver Simon and Eve Simpson. Also featured will be a display of Central American posters. Co-sponsored by People for Peace in Central America and the Russian River Writers' Guild, the evening will benefit the Nicaraguan Harvest Brigades Scholarship Fund which enables local citizens to participate in three-week work tours to pick coffee in Nicaragua. Over 1,000 U.S. citizens and thousands from other nations have joined the volunteer program over the last two years. About a dozen Sonoma Countly residents have been a part of this program. This is the first year that a scholarship fund for needy volunteers has been established. People who wish to contribute to the fund can receive a tax deduction for a contribution of $5O or more, made out to 1.F.C.0. and sent to Brigades, 540 Pacific Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. For more information on the 'Nica Noel' poetry reading, the brigades program or the scholarship fund, call Eric at 823-8154 or 526-7220
