651 ARTS would like to thank the following for their gracious support:
651 ARTS’ 2008 Season is sponsored in part by the following:
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Independence Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Con Edison, Altria, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Council Member Letitia James, National Performance Network, and NY State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Lead Sponsors
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| Alliance Francaise www.fiaf.org boomBOOM Presents www.boomboomnyc.com |
Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University www.blueshighway.org New York Blues and Jazz Society www.nybluesandjazz.org |
Special Thanks and Important Resources
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Afropop Worldwide
www.afropop.org Allison Melton Designer www.allisonmelton.com Arthur Magazine www.arthurmag.com Richard Beenen www.richardbeenen.com The Blue Note www.bluenote.net Broke and Hungry Records www.brokeandhungryrecords.com Cathead www.cathead.biz Central Mississippi Blues Society www.centralmississippibluessociety.com Chicago Blues Festival www.chicagobluesfestival.org Fat Possum Records www.fatpossum.com Ground Zero Blues Club www.groundzerobluesclub.com/ |
Lincoln Center
www.lincolncenter.org Living Blues Magazine www.livingblues.com Mississippi Action For Community Education (MACE) www.deltamace.org Mississippi Blues Commission www.msbluestrail.org/index.htm Mississippi Development Authority www.mississippi.org Mudpuppy Recordings www.mudpuppyrecordings.com Other Music www.othermusic.com Sheraton Hotel www.sheraton.com Sugar Hill Inn www.sugarhillharleminn.com The New York Mississippi Picnic www.nymspicnic.com |
Special Thanks to These Individuals
| Steve Bensusan Bill Bragin Jesse Brenner Alexis Brown Luther Brown Lili Chopra Niccarra Coleman Scott Coopwood David Dallas Jeanna Disney Boo Froebel Peter Guralnick Adam Hertz Rodney Hurley Jeff Konkel Bill Luckett Tamara McCaw Sarah McCullough |
Rachel McPherson Carl Navarro Robert Putignano Brice Rosenbloom Mikki Shepard Malcolm Shepherd Stefanie Siegel Yacouba Sissoko Maie Smith Roger Stolle Alex Thomas Randy Weston Vanessa Whang Malcolm White Reggie Wilson Christalyn Wright Erica Zielenski |
Cassandra Wilson by Patrick McBride
Corey Harris by Aaron Hawkins
Jimmy Duck Holmes Courtesy of Broke and Hungry Records
Lobi Traore by Richard Beenen
Michael Hill by Ray Stiles
Olu Dara and Dianne McIntyre by Georgiana Pickett
Robert Belfour by Robert Henderson
T-Model Ford by David Raccuglia
Toshi Reagon by Jomoto
Marie Knight by Patricia De Gorostarzu
