Raggin' Piano Boogie

December 08, 2005

Over the years, I have put a lot of thought into how to ask for help with my career. I have been afraid of doing it wrong and with fear of critique and rejection. Well, I am over that, finally. Bottom line: I just want to do it in a way that feels good and right to me and hopefully to you as well. If you are not interested, willing, or able, your continued support and goodwill is just as appreciated.

Your contribution will help to empower Raggin' Piano Boogie to travel down South in the hurricane affected areas in order to provide musical appearances and performances free of charge. This will be for individuals and groups, residents and volunteers. Help lighten spirits with a visit from Raggin' Piano Boogie to a town having difficulty or a visit to a specific family friend who is special and dear to you. Your contribution will help defray the cost of the truck, equipment, sound system, travel, and ongoing expenses. I am only looking to cover my basic costs and that will run into the many thousands of dollars. Just think about the price of a truck alone.

The performances will be Ragtime and Boogie Woogie and/or Piano Improvisation outdoors or indoors. More preferably on the truck. The offering is also open for other piano players and pianists to perform any style or level of music from the truck.

Send check or money order to: Danny Kean, Raggin' Piano Boogie, 3264 Parkview Dr, Bensalem PA 19020

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$25	Your donation of $25 will get you an autographed Raggin' Piano Boogie poster which is a one of a kind poster, 17" X 24", not sold in any store. The caption at the bottom: "Practice and the Music Will Come". This will also pay for shipping in a poster tube and handling. Click here to see the poster.
$75	Donate an earmarked reservation for a thirty minute set, the opportunity for any musician to play the piano on the Raggin' Piano Boogie truck weather it be for a group or just for themselves. This of course needs to be feasible when considering travel time and where I am located at any present moment.
$100	Will provide for a 30 minute improvisational set of piano music anywhere, anytime, any place, on or off the Raggin' Piano Boogie truck. Of course, if the performance is in a hall or on someone's personal piano the instrument needs to work and be somewhat in tune!
$200	Create a Piano Gram for someone. This is a great surprise for people and fun anticipation because it is so different. Click here to read three past scenarios.
$400	$400 will provide for a private concert. This is about an hour of time to give to an individual, family or group of your choosing. We can also form a lottery or perform wherever the good lord happens to plop us on any given day. Boner and I can create a spontaneous stop-offs anywhere for people who look like they need a little pick-me-up or are working say, cleaning in an area or rebuilding.
$600	a performance for a community group event for about a two-hour period. We will show up, perform, hang out and socialize.
$800	will provide for a parade, this is with non-stop music along the entire parade route and can include a pre-hype of the parade route as well as for the parade itself or for music during the parade between units.
$900	gives a company barbecue or picnic in the field, on the deck, in a courtyard for an employee breakfast, lunch or dinner. Boner and I will create the energy.
$1000	will create entertainment for a store or shopping center with three to four hours of entertainment in one or more areas on or off site.
$1200	will provide for a full day of performance for a rural community or town or in a city with up to five separate appearances depending on the locations. This is about twenty minutes of performance time with set-up and teardown along with the hello's and goodbyes.
$5	Contribute whatever you can, whether it's $5.00 or whatever. I will send everyone a personal thank you. Whatever you give will help to pay for a toll, a couple gallons of gas, a sandwich, small bag of dog treats etc.

I will provide transport, lodging, and food for Boner and myself. Of course, if you can help provide accommodations or know of anyone who can, that would be a big help! I have a feeling I may end up sleeping in the truck more than one night when traveling through rural areas. Anything beyond that, say if you have specific staging needs, that will be your responsibility. The setting and necessary requirements, along with any hospitality, should be discussed before a firm commitment is made. Raggin' Piano Boogie will assume worker's comp, personal injury, and liability responsibility for the piano guy, dog, and truck. And of course, there will be pictures for you.

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