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PHOTOS OF THE 1997 PHILHARMONIA BENEFIT AND AWARDS

PHILHARMONIA BENEFICIARIES

PhilHarmonia, a winter gathering and sing-a-long with Phil and Friends
December 7th, 1997
Maritime Hall, San Francisco

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Special PhilHarmonia Guests

Edie Brickell
David Grisman
Bruce Hornsby
Jackie LaBranch
Donna Jean (Godchaux) McKay
Graham Nash
Michael Tilson Thomas
Bob Weir

 

Limited Edition Artist's Proof of the PhilHarmonia Poster

The first one hundred of a series of five hundred lithograph proofs,
signed and numbered by Michael R. Everett will be offered for $100.00
each plus shipping and handling. The Unbroken Chain Foundation
receives a portion of the proceeds of these very special collector's items
available through:

Terrapin Productions, Ltd. Co.

(505) 892-8090

Thank you for coming!
And a big thanks to the people and companies who helped make it happen!

I just want to thank all of you who were at PhilHarmonia and all of you who were there in spirit. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed singing with all of you. Maritime Hall was filled with love and joy. I hope we can make this an annual event, because it sure put me in the holiday spirit. I want everyone to know that all of the delicious food and drink, the artwork, and almost everything else was donated by people who really gave from the heart. We had very little overhead (except stuff like insurance and security), so almost all the proceeds will go to the beneficiaries. I am so touched by the willingness of Deadheads to be open to what the band members are doing, even when they aren't sure what it is they are in for. On behalf of the Unbroken Chain Foundation, I thank you all and wish you a joyous New Year filled with singing! On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Unbroken Chain Foundation and the beneficiaries of this year's grants, we thank the individuals and companies listed below for giving the time, resources and unsurpassed talents to make PhilHarmonia a fun and successful event. PhilHarmonia is an event which enables us all to be links in the evolving chain of caring people and organizations giving from the heart to help others. Unbroken Chain Foundation Board of Directors Our extra special Thanks and Love to our Partners: The O'Brien Company; Dennis O'Brien, Rich Conti for printed collateral and Derek Doulgas for program design/layout From Rio Rancho, New Mexico - Home of the Deluxe Team; Deluxe Engraving & Screen Print Service, Inc.; Norm Ruth, Sandy Ruth, and Michael Everett for our t-shirts, posters, laminates, creative support and more! Mark Guelfi alla Green Valley Plant Rental for decoration extraordinaire Program prepress and printing by Waller Media & Waller Press. The program is printed on 100# McCoy gloss book provided by Unisource. Thanks Freddy Hahne! The San Francisco Hilton Team - Hotel with a Heart! Dan Davis, Rich Fritsch, Holger Gantz, General Manager, James Johnson, Director of Catering, Ryan Kingston, Resident Manager, Debbie Larkin, Jo Licata, Bill Marweg, Susan Saltzer, Rob Scypinski, Bill Whelihan, David Woodward, Executive Chef Pillsbury Madison & Sutro for ace legal representation Boots Hughston and the Maritime Hall / 2BI Production Staff and Family who have made it all work! - along with Pete Slauson alla Chris Smardizch Musicians Edie Brickell, Claudia Gomez, reception entertainment, David Grisman, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Gloria Jones, Jackie LaBranch, Phil Lesh, Donna Jean (Godchaux) MacKay, Graham Nash, Michael Tilson Thomas, Bob Weir Our Wondrous Grateful Dead Production Team Candace Brightman - Lighting Director, John Cutler - Audio/Video Recording Engineer, Howard Danchick - House Sound Engineer, Don DeSmidt - Production Manager, Reception, Matt Haasch - Monitor Engineer, Nancy Mallonee, Dennis McNally - Publicist, Peter McQuaid, Tom Paddock, Steve Parish - Technical Consultant, Don Pearson - Technical Consultant, Robbie Taylor - Production Manager, Alan Trist, Ultra Sound Donors Jeffrey Axelrod - Hometown Hero, Baldwin Pianos, Linda Bates & Donny Goodman, Phil Bergtold- BiRite FoodService Distributors, Gary Boland - Voila! The Juice Company, Joe Buckley, Jr. - Patterson Pacific Paper Company, Calistoga Mineral Water, John Chipoletti - SFO Airporter, The Darkroom, Dave Del Bonta - Conifer Crent Paper Company, David Do - Image Works, Mary Lou Duran - Starbucks Coffee Company, Bill Elsea - Southern Wine & Spirits, John Fall - St. Francis Pie Shop, Inc., Grateful Dead Merchandise, Inc., Glenn Hammer - Applied Graphics, Mike Hayes - Hayes Distributing, Tiffany Hein - Evian Natural Spring Water, Uwe & Martina Henze - Gourmet Foods, John Hermes - (AEBM) American Empire Building Maintenance Corporation, Mary Jarvis - Nob Hill Chocolates, Inc., Jan Johnson - Sole Waters, Steve Kaplan - Golden Brands, Steve Koetzner - Domaine Chandon, Roger Lorenze - Del Rey Nut Company, Amy Louis - Starbucks Coffee Company, David Malone - KaliNight Bird Distributing, Art Meyers - Lee Ray Tarantino Produce, Zachary Obedin - Bontera Organically Grown Wines, John Olsson - Famous Framing, Marc Orchant - Subia, Greg Schuessler - Youngs Marketing Company, Jurg Spoerry - Golden Pacific Brewing Company, Bart Taylor - Graphic Sportswear, United Airlines, Dick Wallingford - Beringer Winery, Wild, Wild Birds Special Thanks to: Frankie Accardi, Chris Barron, Carla Burman, Calico, Michael Carabello, Elisa Christman, Katy Close, David & Jan Crosby, Anne Cutler, Victoria Diego, Gili Eliaz, Chris Flossi, Kenny Kaplan, Pertti Karjalainen, Katie Kinsella, Rita Lane, Steve Marcus, Randy Merten, Susana Millman - Photography, Bob Minkin - Photography, Rod Moseanko, Laura Neely, Sarah Norris, Ed Perlstein - Photography, Wayne Pooley, Sandy Prentice, Joshua Robison, Joel Selvin, Barbara Shindell, Yasuo Sonoda, Sue Tropio, John Tune, Mark Vanderscoff, Ken Wilson, Joanne Wishnoff Children's Choir Participants Jesse Accardi, Philip Abrams, Brooke Barron, Kit Barron, Chaynoa Bates, Meleah Bates, Julian Burman, Amity Eliaz, Lihi Eliaz, Evan Karjalainen, Leena Karjalainen, Tim Karjalainen, Hargobind Khalsa, Satpaul Khalsa, Dan Kirschner, Nic Kirschner, Alex Koford, Caitlin Koford, Brian Lesh, Grahame Lesh, Ryder Neely, Sam Neely, Tyler Neely, Lauren Parish, McKenzie Ross, T.J. Ross, David Tune, Cameron Vanderscoff, Roderic Vanderscoff, Anazi Wilson, Kelsie Wilson, Kenny Wilson, Ryan Wilson And the inspiration for this event - Karen Rivers To everyone who has generously contributed and whose names did not arrive by press time - Thank You! On January 21st about 50 kids and representatives from three San Francisco non-Profit Organizations received the results of our work and the kindness and generosity of all those who donated goods, services and attended our event. In the gymnasium of the Tenderloin Recreation Center Tim Cain, with Phil's help, got the kids jumping, singing and getting wild. Clare Henjum from the UBC board explained a little of what UBC is all about to the kids; demonstrated with a chain of paper links. She introduced Holger Gantz, the General Manager of the San Francisco Hilton (UBC's partner for PhilHarmonia) and then Phil gave each of the beneficiaries an envelope containing a check for $20,000. The kids had some cake and juice and raced around letting helium balloons float on up to the ceiling. It was a good scene and the donations mean a great deal to the beneficiaries. We thought you'd like to know: So thanks again. And if you see a 15 passenger van full of kids from the Tenderloin Rec Center rolling around, you'll understand why we're telling you this. [Back To Archives]