Shepherd’s Pie and SAVES are teaming up to put on a dance where you can shimmy and shake away your cabin fever and end-of-winter blues. The event will be held March 13, 2008 at the North Dining Hall, University of Maine Farmington from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students. You may purchase tickets at Tranten’s, Mountain View Chocolate Shoppe, and SAVES. All proceeds raised will support Franklin County’s sexual assault crisis center, SAVES (Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services, Inc.).
Seven exceptional musicians make up Shepherd’s Pie, with five of those members lending their talent as singers to the mix. These outstanding performers have provided quality dance music at parties and events all over the state of Maine, including the Farmington Inaugural Ball in January 2009. The band is known to please people of all ages with a variety of musical interests. They play high energy dance music that ranges from rock to ballroom jazz, and everything else in between – soul, country, pop, alternative, R&B and reggae, and have done so throughout the state of Maine.
If you are looking for more information you can check out Shepherd’s Pie online at www.shepherdspiemusic.com and, if you are interested in booking them for an event, you can contact Tim Wallace by phone at (207) 491-9164 and (207) 778-4694 or by sending an email to timrobwall@hotmail.com.
SAVES offers support to victims and survivors of sexual violence and their families. They also provide educational, outreach, awareness and prevention programs relevant to sexual assault. Presentations might include topics such as sexual assault prevention, healthy relationships, internet safety, child abuse prevention, sexual harassment, and drug facilitated assaults. These programs are available for survivors and their loved ones, school students, faculty, staff and parents, professional organizations and businesses, faith communities, and system providers.
To learn more or to get involved, contact SAVES at 778-9522 or visit the website at www.savesrapecrisis.org. If you would like information or support related to any type of sexual violence, please call our 24-hour confidential helpline at 1-800-871-7741. If you are a cell phone user in Franklin County, you may call 1-866-740-9516.
