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Songs and Poems for the Spirit - A benefit for Nuestra Alianza de Willits

"Songs and Poems from the Spirit", a benefit performance for Nuestra Alianza Family Resource Center of Willits, will be held at the Willits Community Theatre on Saturday, September 6 at 7pm. Musician Marcos Pereda and poet-musician Ricardo Stocker will by joined by vocalist Kristine Robin in a fundraiser for the non-profit center that provides support services for local Hispanic residents. Pereda performs in the melodic style of Nueva Trova or the New Song movement made popular by fellow Cuban Silvio Rodriguez and has appeared in concert alongside Grammy Award winner Paul McCandless and guitarist Alex De Grassi. Stocker is a poet, story-teller and musician whose main work is in the the field of consciousness transformation and spiritual evolution. Robin is a singer-songwriter who has performed with bands for the past 15 years and released a CD "Ever Changing Tides."
Advance tickets for the benefit show are $15 and available in person at Mazahar in Willits; online at brownpapertickets.com; or phone the WCT office at 707-459-0895 for credit card orders. Tickets are also available at the door. Proceeds from the event go to support Nuestra Alianza's program of providing skills in employment, language, parenting, nutrition and physical health, along with academic and computer skills for children. The performances will be in Spanish and English.