This is from the press release sent out by Sally Cohen, PR as Creative as You Are.
2ND ANNUAL "REMEMBERING RALPH" AT LILAC FEST
Rochester, NY – The second annual "Remembering Ralph" concert takes place on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 4-8:30 p.m. at the Lilac Festival's Sam's Club Main Stage (corner of South and Highland Avenues). The show is free, but donations to the Ralph Ortiz Memorial Fund, which provides music scholarships to area students, are welcome.* In addition, all participating musicians are waiving their fees, and the Lilac Festival will donate $2,000 to the fund. Organizers hope the event will become an annual Lilac Fest tradition.
MC'd by WRMM 10.3 FM's Tony Infantino , the tribute features performances by the Stormy Monday Blues Band reunion (4-4:45 p.m.); Uncle Plum (5-6 p.m.), Mambo Kings (6:15-7:15 p.m.) and Prime Time Funk (7:30-8:30 p.m.) Guest artists include Steve Lyons, Rich Iman , Todd East , Jeff Martin and last year's scholarship recipients .
On April 26, 2009, more than 70 area musicians – all of whom had played with bassist Rafael "Ralph" Ortiz at one time or another – came together at Water Street Music Hall to create a nine-hour benefit concert in honor of their friend, who had passed away suddenly in February after a short battle with cancer. In addition to paying medical, funeral and travel expenses to fly Ralph's mother from Puerto Rico to attend the tribute, the first "Remembering Ralph" funded two scholarships: $1,000 to a deserving senior at Ralph's alma mater, Newark High School (Joe DeRue); and $500 worth of lessons to a deserving student (Mark Malsegna) at Northfield Music in Pittsford, where Ralph taught for 20 years. Those scholarships will be awarded again this year.
More about this year's performers:
Stormy Monday Blues Band reunion : the popular Monday night house band at the former Shnozz's in the Village Gate during the 80-90's returns with all of its original members: Jeff Cosco, Jim Richmond, Mike Andressi and Dave Cohen. Ralph often filled in for SMBB's bassist, Ricky Ellis . Guest artists: Steve Lyons from The Legendary Dukes, Richard Iman from the Park Avenue Band and Jeff Martin from Joyful Noise.
Uncle Plum : Unable to perform at the first "Remembering Ralph," they were the first to volunteer for RR2.
Mambo Kings : Ralph played with the band for several years, including several concerts with the RPO at Eastman Theatre and in Vail, Colorado.
Prime Time Funk : co-founded by Ralph and Jim Richmond in 1996, the ten-piece horn band continues to perform all over the Northeast with bassist, Ron France. Todd East, a former PTF member, will perform with the band.
yours in music,
tracy
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