{"id":21659,"date":"2013-04-03T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=21659"},"modified":"2013-04-03T09:17:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T14:17:17","slug":"benefit-concert-to-inspire-youth-to-make-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/04\/benefit-concert-to-inspire-youth-to-make-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefit concert to inspire youth to make difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21660\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marc-headshot.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21660\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21660\" title=\"marc-headshot\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/marc-headshot-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Kielberger will be the keynote speaker at a concert at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre to benefit his charity Free the Children and inspire youth to change the world for the better.\" width=\"504\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc Kielberger will be the keynote speaker at a concert at the Sean O&#39;Sullivan Theatre to benefit his charity Free the Children and inspire youth to change the world for the better.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A well-known Canadian social activist is coming to Brock for a benefit concert at the Sean O&#8217;Sullivan Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Kielburger, co-founder of <a title=\"Free the Children\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freethechildren.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Free the Children<\/a> and Me to We, will be the keynote speaker at a concert benefiting his Free the Children charity that he established with his brother Craig.<\/p>\n<p>The concert happens Wednesday, May 22 and features performances by Neverest, Remigio Pereira, the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, Young Stitch, Sese, Chris Witoski and Ali.<\/p>\n<p>Free the Children is the world&#8217;s largest network of children helping children through education. The charity supports both local and global initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the concert will go to one local initiative and one global initiative. The event focuses on the message that together we can make a difference in the world, with the hope of inspiring young people to take action towards social justice and empowering them to change the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kids are our future,&#8221; said <a title=\"Remigio Pereira\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tenorsmusic.com\/remigio-pereira\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remigio Pereira, a Niagara-native and member of The Tenors<\/a> (formally the Canadian Tenors). &#8220;Brightening their day today will brighten our days tomorrow. Using our voices to entertain is one thing but using it for the betterment of humanity is everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Showtime is 7:30 p.m. in the Sean O&#8217;Sullivan Theatre. A special VIP meet and greet with Pereira and Kielburger is at 6:30 p.m. in the David S. Howes Theatre lobby.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $25 for students and $59 for adults plus HST. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $100, which includes premium seating and the pre-show wine and cheese meet and greet with Pereira and Kielburger.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased at the box office Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by calling 905-688-5550 x3257. They are also <a title=\"Box Office\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.brocku.ca\/performances\/viewperformance.php?scode=2013&amp;ecode=13R3\" target=\"_blank\">available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well-known Canadian social activist is coming to Brock for a benefit concert at the Sean O&#8217;Sullivan Theatre. Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children and Me to We, will be the keynote speaker at a concert benefiting his Free the Children charity that he established with his brother Craig. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[90,936,935,938,937],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21663,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21659\/revisions\/21663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}