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Scythian has been been given slots on the main stage of the largest event Australia has ever hosted (surpasing the Sydney Olympics): World Youth Day.
The World Youth Day entertainment committee caught wind of Scythian's high-energy, fun-loving shows and thought our music would be a perfect fit for the youthful character of the event. Needless to say we are thrilled at the opportunity to play for the Pope and to travel to Sydney (our first time), but we were also suprised to find that World Youth Day has given Scythian a primary role in their musical lineup: Scythian has been asked to play on the festival main stage TWICE for up to 200,000 youth! Not only that, WYD organizers have asked to use our song "Highway 81" as an official World Youth Day promotional song!
Just weeks ago we thought things couldn't get much better when we were asked to play for the President of United States and the Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern on St. Patrick's Day - and now we've been asked to play for the Pope. The President and the Pope in one year! HOW YOU CAN HELP! Although World Youth Day has given us prime time slots, as a non-profit organization and event, they are unable to fund any performers and we will have to raise all the money to make the long and expensive journey to the Downunder. We just purchased the airline tickets and those alone cost over $16,000 so we are coming to you all with hats in hand for help covering the costs involved. We've tried the traditional avenues of fundraising: hitting up heavy hitters with deep pockets, but have had limited success. It seems that we're being led back to that time-tried method that has helped us get to where we are: grass-roots promotion. We are turning to you, our faithful suporters to see whether you'd be willing to help us make this voyage which will affect many young people from around the world and undoubtebly catapult us onto the world stage. Opportunities like this come once in a life time and we'd love to have our supporters there with us in spirit and know that it was them that sent us to play for the Pope. If
you would like to help us in any way, we have set up a way where
your donation would be fully METHODS OF DONATION: Check / Online All checks should be made out to FCCO with "scythian music foundation" in the memo section. Send checks to: FCCO Or
if you'd rather, you can make an online contribution via
the PayPal route. You can click
here or on the PayPal logo below and you will be taken through
a couple of easy steps to complete the transaction safely and securely. THANK YOU from the bottom of our rickety hearts! |
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Scythian
has been asked to come perform for the POPE on his Papal
Visit to Sydney for World Youth Day '08 and we need your help to
get there!
World
Youth Day takes place every two years and this year it is celebrating
Pope Benedict XVI's inaugural visit to Australia. World
Youth Day is the largest youth festival in the world, playing host
to almost half a million young Christians from around the world
who will be celebrating life and learning about social concerns
(such as youth homelessness). An integral part of the celebration
is musical entertainment and this is where Scythian enters the picture: