Friday, Sept 25th – Benefit!
All, please mark your calendars for Friday, September 25th! Some wonderful people have come together to help me and are going to put on a BIG show! This will be held at the D Note in Arvada (5719 Grandview). The proceeds will go towards my health fund as my bills are now in the thousands (yes – sadly even with insurance). These bands are awesome! What can I say? These people are extremely talented, will entertain your SOCKS off, and are very near and dear to my heart. =) There will be a raffle to boot. 
Details below in order of appearance…
- Naor Nave acoustic
- Tempa & The Tantrums
- Melanie Susuras Band
- Something Underground (recently played Red Rocks!)
- Demon Funkies
Here’s a press release created by press writer – Suzanne Lainson:
“A popular member of the local music community, singer/songwriter Elana Rogers was diagnosed in June with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Two weeks later she had a double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery and is undergoing chemo.
Many of her fellow musicians are coming together for this event to show their support and to raise money to defray medical expenses not covered by insurance.
Now 36, Rogers is one of a number of women at risk for breast cancer as a result of treatment for Hodgkin’s Disease, a form of lymphatic cancer she had at 19. The high levels of radiation commonly used then have resulted in breast cancer rates nearly 40 times higher than normal.
It was that earlier bout with cancer that gave her the incentive to take up music. “It completely opened my eyes and made me really want to play. I didn’t care what people thought anymore.” She started on drums, then acoustic-electric guitar, then songwriting. She played in Dallas coffee houses and pubs, then relocated to Denver in 2002. She’s put out two CDs and played a number of venues and events in the Denver metro area. Said Michael Roberts of Westword, “Considering the mob of generic singer-songwriters currently operating in these parts, a performer can stand out only if she or he has something to offer beyond an excess of sensitivity. Fortunately, Rogers does.”