If you're looking for something fun to do on Sunday night there's a Shakti fusion belly dance performance at the Mercury Lounge (56 Byward, Ottawa). This event is a fundraiser to benefit Hollis Hawthorne.  Visuals by AO and Deborah O'Malley along with performances by some of the regions top belly dancers will be there. It's going to be an event you won't want to miss. See details below.

Host: Shakti fusion bellydance
Type: Causes - Fundraiser
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Mercury Lounge,  56 Byward, Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: 613-296-2810
Email: leslie AT shaktifusion.ca

Shakti fusion presents: pARTicipate!
A Benefit for Hollis Hawthorne

As some of you may have heard, a friend I work with at Burning Man,
Hollis Hawthorne, has been in a motorcycle accident while travelling
in India, suffered a head injury, and is in a coma. Her family wants
to bring her home to the US, and we need to raise $200,000 to cover
the cost of the MedEvac air ambulance to get her to Stanford hospital,
where she has been admitted as a charity case.

UPDATE!!
With the help of the $95,000 raised so far by Hollis' friends, family
and the community, plus a substantial loan, Hollis is now at Stanford
Hospital in Palo Alto!

Still, we are not there yet....we want to make sure our girl and her
family have a safety net so they won't have to suffer the severe
financial impact this journey has brought on while they are focusing
on Hollis healing.

Fundraisers are ongoing in San Francisco, New York, Portland, and
Nevada, and pARTicipate will happen in Ottawa!

Performers: Leslie, Shakti fusion bellydance, Francesca (Rockalily
Burlesque) Dani LeBlanc, Safiya, Halyma, Joshua Tacoma, Vera Sagram,
Zamira, Justin Barca, John Lloyd, Dollhouse Dance Co, and more to
come!

Visuals by: The Latest Artists (AO & Deborah O'Malley)

Admission at the door is on a sliding scale, $10 or more, whatever you
can afford to donate. All funds generated from this event will be
donated to Hollis' family via the PayPal account they have set up. I'd
like to generate at least $1000 from this event!

To learn more about Hollis and the efforts of her friends and family,
or to make a donation, please visit:
http://friendsofhollis.blogspot.com

If you can't make the event, please consider donating a few dollars,
every little bit helps!