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Local Vets Groups Honored With Fundraising Concert Tonight At The Wicked Spud, 6-9:30 p.m.

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By John Pluntze

Two highly-regarded, Wood River Valley-based organizations that specialize in helping rehabilitate wounded veterans of the ongoing Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- the Wood River Ability Program ( http://www.woodriverabilityprogram.org ), and Sun Valley Adaptive Sports ( http://www.svasp.org ) -- will be the object tonight of a fundraising concert held jointly in their honor at The Wicked Spud in Hailey, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. or so.

The featured musical entertainment will be courtesy of Bellevue's own self-proclaimed "folk 'n roll"  band, Up a Creek ( http://www.upacreekmusic.com  ),  whose four rolicking members (Bill Sprong, Jeff London, Scott Seaward and Raul Vandenberg) are always in-demand throughout the Wood River Valley.

The fundraising concert, part of the ongoing weekly, Wednesday evening "Back Alley Party" series at The Wicked Spud that are adroitly organized during the summer months by Heidi Albrecht and Dana DuGan, promises to be yet another in a long line of terrifically-entertaining evenings that not only feature wonderful dancetastic music, but also various cool and exciting raffle-drawing prizes -- proceeds from which (like the beer and wine sales generated from Albrecht's and DuGan's outdoor stand there at The Spud, directly across from the outdoor stage) will be divided up equally between the W.R.A.P. and the S.V.A.S.P. organizations.

Marc Mast, the director of the Wood River Ability Program (and also one of the original founding members of Sun Valley Adaptive Sports), has been the subject of several articles at SVO in the past few years (type "Marc Mast" into the SVO search engine here to read more about him and about W.R.A.P.), and his W.R.A.P. group have been the chosen recipient numerous times in the past as one of the local non-profit organizations that a "Back Alley Party" concert's proceeds have been used for (in part), but neither is an honor that Mast is anything other than extremely flattered and humbled by.

"I think for them devote their time and energies to this concert, and then also to donate money from those raffle prizes and alcohol sales tonight is really special ... an honor I don't take for granted AT ALL", Mast told me on Tuesday.

Call The Wicked Spud (788-0009/ 305 N. Main Street) for more info about tonight's fundraising concert for these two exemplary organizations.

Also this week at The Wicked Spud -- on Friday evening, from 6-9 p.m., to be exact -- another special music-oriented event will be returning to that justly-venerated venue: "Hailey Idol".

Based on the hit FOX talent-show series, "American Idol", the ongoing "Hailey Idol" showcase is geared toward elementary, middle-school and high-school students with a penchant for performing onstage. Individual musicians are happily accepted, but musical groups are also welcomed and encouraged (bands, however, cannot have more than three members).

Contestants are judged on a variety of aspects (everything from originality of music/song selections, to stage presence, to degree of dificulty) by a panel of three "American Idol"inspired judges -- "Randy Jackson" (Heidi Albrecht), "Paula Abdul" (Mitzi Mecham), and "Simon Cowell" (Scott Garvin) -- none of whom are ever especially harsh in their judgments.

Contact Heidi Albrecht (788-7827) for more info about these Friday evening "Hailey Idol" talent shows.

*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************Questions Questions or comments regarding this "Harmonic Convergence" (local music scene-oriented) column can be sent to John at: WriteStuffIdaho@gmail.com

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Thanks Marc Mast, Heidi Albrecht, Dana DuGan, SVASP...
I'm seldom, if ever, MORE honored and thrilled that I'm in a position to let people know about some of the many wayyyyy cool and inspiring things that are always happening here in the Wood River Valley than when I get a chance to write about events like this one. Even writing it at 4:15 in the morning today was fun -- but that's a radiant testament to Marc Mast, Dana DuGan, Heidi Albrecht and the people there SVASP (not to me)... :)
Comment by Music Rules
10 months ago
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Re: Thanks Marc Mast, Heidi Albrecht, Dana DuGan, SVASP...
Tonight's two fundraising recipients ARE, indeed W.R.A.P. and the S.V.A.S.P. -- and the band IS Up a Creek. An article published last month in the Express incorrectly stated that it was to be the SVASP and another Valley-based organization (and not WRAP), as well as another locally-based band ... which is NOT the case; WRAP (along with the SVASP) IS the recipient of tonight's fundraising efforts...
Comment by Music Rules
10 months ago
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Re:Thanks Marc Mast, Dana DuGan, Heidi Albrecht, SVASP....
A couple people have asked me this morning about the aforementioned raffle at The Wicked Spud; usually takes place about halfway thru the concert, around 8 p.m. or so....
--John
Comment by Music Rules
10 months ago
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