Get those dancing shoes ready.
Legendary bluesman Jim Byrnes is teaming up with rock/soul band Incognito to perform at the third annual Rockin’ for Reach benefit concert and dance.
“It’s going to be great. We always read the crowd and feel what the crowd’s looking for,” says Incognito guitarist Rob Montgomery.
The event takes place Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at the KinVillage Community Centre in Tsawwassen. It benefits the Reach Child and Youth Development Society.
Montgomery says he’s known Byrnes for many years.
“Earlier in my musical career I got a lot of inspiration going out to Jim Byrnes’ shows,” he says, adding the St. Louis native has given the Vancouver area the best education on blues.
“When you went to a Jim Byrnes show, every musician in town that wasn’t working would always be at that show, as well as obviously lots of fans.”
This is the third straight year Incognito, a staple in the Vancouver music scene for over three decades, has performed at Rockin’ for Reach.
Reach helps a lot of people, says Montgomery.
“They do a lot of good things.”
Rockin’ for Reach has raised a total of $20,000 for Reach’s Building for Children Together capital campaign to date. The campaign is raising funds to build a community-based child development centre in Ladner for children and youth with special needs such as autism, Down syndrome and FASD.
The new centre will include an inclusive preschool, therapy rooms, a large meeting hall and an accessible playground for community use.
To date Reach has raised $2 million of the $4 million campaign goal, and is planning to break ground on the project in October of next year.
Next Saturday’s event is for ages 19 and up.
There will be a 50/50 draw, a silent auction, a $5 rock ‘n’ roll photobooth and a cash bar.
The silent auction includes a Vancouver Canucks jersey signed by Trevor Linden and an electric guitar autographed by BB King.
Tickets are $25. Tickets are available at Videoland in Ladner, Petra’s Café in Tsawwassen and at Reach (3-3800-72nd St.) in East Ladner.
For more information visit www.rockinforreach.com.
