From: allie@reggaerunnins.com   
      
   For Immediate Release   
      
      
      
   Inquiries / Information:   
      
   Sonia Rodney   
   Burning Music Productions   
      
   Phone 718-527-9327   
      
   burningspear@earthlink.net   
      
      
      
   February 21, 2006   
      
      
      
   "Come wise and true man and woman lets us stand 700 strong!"   
      
   Reggae icon plans special, limited-admittance benefit concert for his   
   beloved charity,   
      
   the St. Ann's Bay Infirmary in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica   
      
      
      
   Hot on the heels of his Grammy-nominated, best-selling cd Our Music, reggae   
   great Burning Spear (aka Winston Rodney) has announced that he will be   
   giving a special concert to benefit the St. Ann's Bay Infirmary in his home   
   of St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica on Saturday, August 12, 2006. The event will   
   celebrate the life and birthday of Marcus Garvey, Jamaica's first nationally   
   recognized leader.   
      
      
      
   Spear has led the way musically, in keeping Garvey's spirit and message   
   alive, and in advocating through his songs. Through the teachings of Garvey,   
   combined with his own life experiences, Burning Spear endeavors to educate,   
   inform, and uplift people around the world with his message of   
   self-determination and self-reliance for all African descendants.   
      
      
      
   The original "Creation Rebel", Rodney holds the Marcus Garvey Youth Club   
   near and dear to his heart, as not only the place where got his start  - but   
   as a place from which a new generation of Jamaican's can spring forth and   
   realize a bright future.  He is a longtime benefactor of the center, which   
   offers the youth of Jamaica's St. Ann's Bay region a place to learn, grow,   
   and realize their dreams. The center is also home to an infirmary, which   
   provides services to the area's underserved poor and disabled citizens which   
   will be the benefactor of this special concert..   
      
      
      
   On a recent trip to his home parish, Spear, along with his wife and business   
   partner, Sonia Rodney, visited the Marcus Garvey Youth Club. They were   
   struck by the magnitude of the unmet needs they saw there. From the youth   
   center to the infirmary, they repeatedly were confronted with striking   
   reminders of the immense poverty which is an everyday reality for so many in   
   Jamaica.   
      
      
      
   A Word from Burning Spear:   
      
   "People of the world, I man spent the holiday home in Jamaica. The Spirit of   
   Marcus Garvey lead me right to Marcus Garvey Youth Club - right on the   
   beach. All I could hear in my head was it's time for me to get out of   
   Babylon system. Anyone can be Babylon. So come lets us chant down Babylon   
   and be strong.   
      
      
      
   Looking forward to see 700 people of the world doing their country walk at   
   Marcus Garvey Youth Club in August 2006. Don't forget to buy a copy of Our   
   Music for yourself and a friend. We have to show the world that roots music   
   can sell. Let's show the world that we can be move together as one   
   musically.   
      
      
      
   This is the place where I man got started. I man is requesting the honor of   
   700 People of the World to witness I man's first ever performance on Garvey   
   Lawn under the Order of Jah Rastafari."   
      
   See Burning Spear live in concert - in his home parish and in his native   
   element - on Saturday, August 12th, 2006 on the Marcus Garvey Lawn of the   
   Marcus Garvey Youth Club in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica.  Watch for more news   
   from Burning Spear on his Blog at http://burningspearmessage.blogspot.com/.   
      
   Tickets for the 700 Strong benefit concert will be sold exclusively in the   
   Burning Spear online store at http://store.burningspearstore.net/. Ticket   
   price is $30.00 (US). Only 700 tickets will be sold, with the first 300   
   ticket sold given a free signed t-shirt by Burning Spear.   
      
      
      
   Get your tickets today, and be one of 700 Strong!   
      
      
      
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