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International recording artistes Lauryn Hill, Ne-Yo and Deniece Williams headline this year’s staging of the charity Shaggy & Friends Show 2011 concert organised by diamond-selling reggae artiste Shaggy.
Shaggy and Friends 2011 unfolds on the grounds of Jamaica House on Friday, December 30, with the artiste promising a wonderful experience at the concert which seeks to raise funds for the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston.
Thus far artistes on the lineup are Stephen Marley, Chino, Romain Virgo, Assassin aka Agent Sasco, Half Pint, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Cocoa Tea and soca’s first couple Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons from Trinidad.
This year, the proceeds from the concert will help to furnish the new cardiac centre and intensive care unit at the island’s lone paediatric hospital. The Shaggy Foundation will work in partnership with Chain of Hope, a group of volunteer doctors and nurses who perform surgeries each year on Jamaica’s children with heart disease.
To date, the Shaggy and Friends Make A Difference foundation have raised a total of J$57,000,000.
The entertainer’s involvement with the Bustamante Hospital dates back to 2001, when he visited a friend’s son who had been admitted there. He was moved by the needs of the institution and made a resolve to support them in any possible way. He spent the next eight or so years fulfilling that resolve in a personal way with periodic donations, a process that eventually led, in 2009, to the event.
This year there will be three ticket levels… Platinum, $25,000; Gold, $10,000 and Silver $5,000.
For Tickets Contact:
Angela Thame – 999-7907
Sonya Stewart – 313-1630
