July 2007

” When Fried Eggs Fly” the film fea­tur­ing Bruce Mack is on rota­tion on the Starz net­work!
Check your local list­ings for future show­ings.
www.whenfriedeggsfly.com
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Satch Hoyt’s mak­ing news again -
Here’s a cou­ple sto­ries on one of his recent works; “Oil on Sugar” com­mis­sioned for the Bicen­ten­nial com­mem­o­ra­tion of the abo­li­tion of the British slave trade.
www.bsn.org.uk
on The BBC
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Many of you know that artist and friend of Burnt Sugar, Shar­rif Sim­mons was shot in the leg in May, when he was robbed after his car broke down in Birm­ing­ham, Alabama’s south side.
Although reports looked good for a rel­a­tively speedy recov­ery, he’s learned that his surg­eries haven’t been suc­cess­ful & more will be nec­es­sary to save his leg. Instead of return­ing to work in Sep­tem­ber as hoped, it looks like at best, it will be Jan­u­ary ’08 before he’s able to work.

There’s pos­si­ble com­pen­sa­tion from the victim’s unit of the Birm­ing­ham police dept., but those funds aren’t cur­rently avail­able.
So — his friends are kick­ing into motion to help raise some finan­cial and spir­i­tual sup­port for Shar­rif and his fam­ily.
If you’re in our near Brook­lyn, NYC — you can help by head­ing out to a hot show on Wed, July 25 at Sput­nik. — hosted by Liza Jesse Peter­son & fea­tur­ing The Majes­tic Twin­sound (dj sets), Burnt Sugar, the Shar­rif Sim­mons band and other spe­cial guests.
There’s a sug­gested dona­tion of $10 and smaller dona­tion are gladly accepted!
All dona­tions will go to help Shar­rif and his fam­ily.
Wednes­day, July 25
at Sput­nik
262 Taffee Place,
Brook­lyn, NY
Sug­gested dona­tion $10.00If you can’t come to the show, Sharrif’s friends have set up a spe­cial myspace page — stop by and make a dona­tion and/or just send your wishes to Shar­rif.
myspace.com/sharrifsimmonsfund

That’s it for now,
Send­ing our love, prayers, and good vibra­tions to Shar­rif, Sekou and Mau­reen.
Love and Peace, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber