Catch Me Bird (Co-Artistic Directors: Nehara Kalev and C. Derrick Jones) and

Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project (Co-Artistic Directors: Esther Baker-Tarpaga and Olivier Tarpaga)

invite you to their PERFORMANCE BENEFIT PARTY to support their upcoming world premiere

Sans Detour (Without Detour) at The Ford Amphitheatre.

When:        Saturday   MARCH 1st, 2008, 7-10pm

Where:      Abundant Sugar at The Brewery in Downtown LA

                  618A Moulton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90031

Join our event in this fantastical community art space and help make great art happen!

1. •Sneak preview excerpts
   

2. •A silent auction
   

3. •Interactive performances
   

4. •Live West African drumming
   

5. •Delicious food and drinks
   

6. •Video gallery (including unseen footage from The Wedding Journey: Vows In Midair)
   

7. •DJ
   

8. •Dancing
   

9. •Free chair massages
   

10. •And more fun than facebook on a rainy day
    

We are raising funds to support the production costs and pay performers' salaries for our

September 5th, 2008 shared evening of dance-theater at the FORD Amphitheatre.

$25 to $100 suggested donation (tax deductible)

                     or

$250 Special VIP donation (tax deductible) includes:

1. one pair of tickets to premiere of Sans Detour at the FORD Amphitheatre on Friday September 5
   

2. one hand crafted authentic Ghanaian mask from Baker & Tarpaga’s private collection
   

3. choice of one 90 minute Thai massage with C. Derrick Jones (trained in Chiang Mai, Thailand)
   

4. or one 90 minute Djembe lesson with master drummer Olivier Tarpaga from Burkina Faso, West Africa
   

5. Sans Detour post-performance champagne toast
   

Donate online to secure your ticket to our benefit party.  This is an extraordinary live/work art loft with limited capacity.

For questions please contact nehara@catchmebird.com or call (323) 641-7476.