I enjoyed a concert tonight at Aladdin Theatre to raise money for digging community wells in Africa.
Several bands performed, the most memorable being Loveness Wesa, a Swahili vocals and drums band with South African tribal dancing. Three Leg Torso played skillfully with cello, violin, drums, and a singer named Courtney. They seem Russian in style with American rock beat influence and eclectic if not eccentric themes.
Aladdin Theatre is an old fashioned building. Gold and blue molding decorate the walls, as do green panels. Worn wooden and red-upholstered seats fold out and do not automatically snap back into place. Beneath these seats the soft, green paint on the cement floor is fading in spots. I felt like I was a living prop on a 1920's wedding cake.
Wide banners to my right and left proclaim the worthy purpose of our entertainment for the evening: Give African Communities Pure Water. An African woman from Loveness Wesa remembers carrying water as a child. "Eet eez 'ard to look back and think, How did I survive? Water eez part ov life. Sometimes one jug of water our family shared until we could get to the next well." Stell Co. and Portland Roasting Coffee brought the bands and people together for a noble cause.
It was a great night. I got that oxygen.
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