June 23, 2013, Sunday - Songs of Shangilia at MacPhail

UPDATED JUNE 21 - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm, reception to follow

Location: Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South

“Songs for Shangilia” with performances by MacPhail Community Youth Choir, directed by J.D. Steele and special guests The Steeles and Emma Tyler.

Tickets: $30/ticket (21+); 20 and under are free at the door – no presale.

For more information call MacPhail Student Services at 612-321-0100.

Proceeds support the Shangilia Performing Arts program in Kenya.

The Shangilia Performing Arts Center is a child rescue center and residence for homeless children in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. This center will be the new home of the Shangilia Youth Choir of Kenya, which is a youth performance group, ages 10-21, directed by singer/director/composer J.D. Steele. The Center provides performing arts training to the children that live at Shangilia, building self-confidence, teamwork, and the concept of excellence in these children that would otherwise be lost.