New Orleans Jazz Brunch with Allen Toussaint, Music in the Garden, 15th Annual Benefit for Family ReEntry

Committee members are meeting, addressing invitations, and spreading the word about the upcoming sensational performance of Allen Toussaint, jazz great and Southern Knight, who will perform in a New Orleans Style Jazz Extravaganza for Music in the Garden, the 15th Annual Benefit and Musical afternoon for Family ReEntry. 

The exhilarating concert will be held once again in Greenwich at the Bydale estate of Honorary Event Chair Joan M. Warburg on Sunday, September 23 at noon.

Says Event Co-chair Sally Schenk of Stamford, "we are really fired up about the performance of this great jazz star, and expect a sell-out crowd, all for the benefit the outstanding programs at Family ReEntry."  Last year, the Music in the Garden event nearly overflowed the mammoth tent for the performance of singing star Rosanne Cash, drawing a record number of patrons.

The event will honor Everett M. Schenk, Head of BNP Paribas North America with the Corporate Leadership Award.  The Joan M. Warburg Award will be presented to the Honorable Theresa Lantz former Commissioner, Department of Corrections in the State of Connecticut.

Co-chairs for the event include Anne Friday, Penny Grayson, and Susan Ness, who met recently in Greenwich.  Helping to address invitations and stuff envelopes at Christ Church were Mary Waldron, Bernadette Settlemeyer, Sally Schenk, Evelyn Bausman, Diane Jones and Boo Federman.  Also on hand were Milena Kotara and Jeffrey Earls, of the Family ReEntry staff.

For tickets, contact Jeffrey Earls, jeffrey.earls@FamilyReEntry.org or call 203.838.0496 x 113.