Global Refuge International Benefit Concert

I went to Arlington, Virginia to a benefit concert event for the amazing charity, Global Refuge International. My great college friend and sorority sister from The University of Alabama, Betsy Cantrell, helped to organize the event. The cause is near and dear to her heart since she traveled with the organization twice to Uganda and Thailand. The event was to raise money for work in Haiti and Africa and included two musical acts that Betsy knew of personally. Then the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the poor nation of Haiti the week of the concert and we knew it was more important than ever to raise money for GRI to send relief. I drove the 2.5 hours to visit with Betsy for the weekend and to do what I could for the cause, take photographs. Here are some of my favorites from the event. Please log onto GRI's website and help if you can. It is for a great cause!

Here is my friend, Betsy, introducing the first act, Scattered Leaves.

Daniel Palmer, lead vocals, piano, and guitar

Dana Robinson singing vocals

The whole group

Bass guitarist, Jeremy Robinson

Daniel changing it up and playing piano

Then Shaunessy McNeely of GRI from their Florida
office, introduced the second act, Stephanie Cuomo.

Stephanie did an amazing job. Check out her

powerful new CD, Hope Is On The Way.

I just loved the look of her high heels, her set list and guitar pedal.

The whole group.

Allida Born on cello

Stephanie's husband, Dan Cuomo, on drums

Here is a group of new friends (and old friends) from the event.