Hope for Abaco™
Art Design by Shelly Leonard
Featuring The Barefoot Man
NEW! Barefoot Man TV!!!
Also featuring Friends of Abaco
Sea N' B Island Band
Piera Van De Wiel
Reel Ting Steel Band
Our Famous DJs Bad Boy Rue and Diego Don
DJ Warbeezy
Our Host Smiley Girl
The Producers Erich Sitko Anthony (Tony) DeCristofaro P. Steve (Pat) Calabria
James (Nick) Otton
Featuring The Barefoot Man
NEW! Barefoot Man TV!!!
Also featuring Friends of Abaco
Sea N' B Island Band
Piera Van De Wiel
Reel Ting Steel Band
Our Famous DJs Bad Boy Rue and Diego Don
DJ Warbeezy
Our Host Smiley Girl
The Producers Erich Sitko Anthony (Tony) DeCristofaro P. Steve (Pat) Calabria
James (Nick) Otton
The devastation done to Abaco by Hurricane Dorian
Voted one of the top three beach bars in the Caribbean for 2019 by USA Today's 10Best "Nippers Beach Bar and Grill" is an example of the devastation to Abaco left by Hurricane Dorian.
Why We Hosted This Event
On September 1, 2019 the eye of Hurricane Dorian passed through the Abaco islands in the Bahamas. Without bridges to other islands, and without any form of mass transportation, the people of Abaco had no way to evacuate and no where to run.
Pounded by wind gusts that exceeded 200MPH, and a 23 foot storm surge, the islands were devastated. The loss of life and property is incomprehensible. Estimates are 80% of the property damage is not covered by insurance. Most lost everything they own and are now faced with the challenge of their lifetime, to rebuild on an island without basic resources like electricity and water.
The people of Abaco need your help.
Stepping up to help the people of Abaco is the headline act, the Barefoot Man. The Barefoot Man is uniquely qualified to donate his music as he has recorded more than 30 songs about Abaco where he has performed for twenty years.
Charity Details
The Hope for Abaco Holiday Benefit Concert™ is a Florida-registered charitable event to raise money to help rebuild the Abaco Islands. 100% of the net proceeds will be donated. Donations made through ticket sales are deposited directly into an account managed by the attornies of the Jamaican-American Bar Association who is the custodian of the funds for the Care Community Center Incorporated in Mirimar Florida, and registered 501(c)(3) charity since 2003.
Special Thanks
The Barefoot Man would like to thank Bill and Susan Humrich and Fred and Sharon Jasper for feeding the band, and Cayman Airways, one of our corporate sponsors, for providing transportation from Grand Cayman to this event.
The event producers, Erich Sitko, Tony DeCristofaro, and P. Steve Calabria would also like to thank our growing list of corporate and fan sponsors. Our sponsors provide the financial backing to allow this event to happen. We ask everyone who supports the efforts to help the people of Abaco rebuild to review our list of corporate sponsors, visit their website, and to help give back by using their services/or products when possible.
Businesses interested in becoming a corporate sponsor can get information from our Sponsorship Page.
Venue
Stuart Florida, December 14, 2019—Martin County Fairgrounds
Gate open and concert begins at 2:30PM. Concert ends 9:30.
Rain or Shine
The Hope for Abaco Holiday Benefit Concert lineup includes:
ARTIST's
On September 1, 2019 the eye of Hurricane Dorian passed through the Abaco islands in the Bahamas. Without bridges to other islands, and without any form of mass transportation, the people of Abaco had no way to evacuate and no where to run.
Pounded by wind gusts that exceeded 200MPH, and a 23 foot storm surge, the islands were devastated. The loss of life and property is incomprehensible. Estimates are 80% of the property damage is not covered by insurance. Most lost everything they own and are now faced with the challenge of their lifetime, to rebuild on an island without basic resources like electricity and water.
The people of Abaco need your help.
Stepping up to help the people of Abaco is the headline act, the Barefoot Man. The Barefoot Man is uniquely qualified to donate his music as he has recorded more than 30 songs about Abaco where he has performed for twenty years.
Charity Details
The Hope for Abaco Holiday Benefit Concert™ is a Florida-registered charitable event to raise money to help rebuild the Abaco Islands. 100% of the net proceeds will be donated. Donations made through ticket sales are deposited directly into an account managed by the attornies of the Jamaican-American Bar Association who is the custodian of the funds for the Care Community Center Incorporated in Mirimar Florida, and registered 501(c)(3) charity since 2003.
Special Thanks
The Barefoot Man would like to thank Bill and Susan Humrich and Fred and Sharon Jasper for feeding the band, and Cayman Airways, one of our corporate sponsors, for providing transportation from Grand Cayman to this event.
The event producers, Erich Sitko, Tony DeCristofaro, and P. Steve Calabria would also like to thank our growing list of corporate and fan sponsors. Our sponsors provide the financial backing to allow this event to happen. We ask everyone who supports the efforts to help the people of Abaco rebuild to review our list of corporate sponsors, visit their website, and to help give back by using their services/or products when possible.
Businesses interested in becoming a corporate sponsor can get information from our Sponsorship Page.
Venue
Stuart Florida, December 14, 2019—Martin County Fairgrounds
Gate open and concert begins at 2:30PM. Concert ends 9:30.
Rain or Shine
The Hope for Abaco Holiday Benefit Concert lineup includes:
ARTIST's
The Barefoot Man who recorded more than 30 songs about Abaco and has performed in Abaco for 20 years. Listen!
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Sea 'N B Band with Mark and Bugs is a island music band that successfully blend Island Rhythms, warm Jazzy Chords and tantalizing lyrics together in a package to keep all island dreamers warm and smiling.
The Sea 'N B Band has performed in Abaco for twenty years. The group has performed both with the Barefoot Man as well as the feature act at famous destinations including Nippers Beach Bar and Grill on Great Guana Cay, in Abaco Bahamas.
The Sea 'N B Band has performed in Abaco for twenty years. The group has performed both with the Barefoot Man as well as the feature act at famous destinations including Nippers Beach Bar and Grill on Great Guana Cay, in Abaco Bahamas.
Piera Van De Wiel who recorded the Abaco Relief Song Come Back Home. Listen!
Piera Van de Wiel is an actor and singer song-writer and founder of Stronger With Music. Since 1971 Piera's family have been going to the Abacos and Piera herself from the age of 7 months. During her 25 years she has grown up with the wonderful locals who have become friends and close family. She has written this song "Come Back Home" on behalf of the humanitarian relief in aid of the disaster fund following Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Abacos in the Bahamas. Islands and homes flattened to the ground and her friends and thousands of Bahamians have been left with nothing. At the end of her song she has included members of the community of Abaco who sing along to "Home, Come Back Home" to show the power that music has to bring the people together during this hard time. Piera is presently living in London, England while traveling to the U.S. while she pursues her career; also traveling to Abaco whenever she can.
Piera Van de Wiel is an actor and singer song-writer and founder of Stronger With Music. Since 1971 Piera's family have been going to the Abacos and Piera herself from the age of 7 months. During her 25 years she has grown up with the wonderful locals who have become friends and close family. She has written this song "Come Back Home" on behalf of the humanitarian relief in aid of the disaster fund following Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Abacos in the Bahamas. Islands and homes flattened to the ground and her friends and thousands of Bahamians have been left with nothing. At the end of her song she has included members of the community of Abaco who sing along to "Home, Come Back Home" to show the power that music has to bring the people together during this hard time. Piera is presently living in London, England while traveling to the U.S. while she pursues her career; also traveling to Abaco whenever she can.
Reel Ting Steel Band will not only deliver the best in island and Caribbean music, but will have you singing and dancing to some of your favorite Latin music as well as songs by the legendary Jonny Cash.
The DJs
Bad Boy Rue and Diego Don
99 JAMZ FM and Waggy Tee Movements
Special guest DJ's originally from Jamaica and now a part of the hottest DJ team on Miami's 99 JAMZ FM
Instagram: @waggyteemovements
99 JAMZ FM and Waggy Tee Movements
Special guest DJ's originally from Jamaica and now a part of the hottest DJ team on Miami's 99 JAMZ FM
Instagram: @waggyteemovements
Cancer HI Power Sound
DJ Warbeezy hails from Bimini Bahamas and currently resides in South Florida. More affectionately known as Beezy, this musical guru has been rendering music internationally for more than a decade and will grace the stage of the first annual Hope For Abaco Benefit concert 12/14.
Instagram: @djwarbeezy
DJ Warbeezy hails from Bimini Bahamas and currently resides in South Florida. More affectionately known as Beezy, this musical guru has been rendering music internationally for more than a decade and will grace the stage of the first annual Hope For Abaco Benefit concert 12/14.
Instagram: @djwarbeezy
Our Host
Smiley Girl
Smiley Girl is not only her name but its a brand known globally for providing consulting services in the entertainment field.
Ms. Sealy, former radio personality on Miami's 101.1 FM is the CEO of SAEDINTRA (say din tra) ... Art N Ideas spelled backwards.... She is a Philanthropist and Singer, Songwriter and always full of smiles. She is the advocate for world music artists thus donning the name "WoldBEATS Boss". She is a speaker and advocate for victims of violence, cancer research and the advancement of the under served.
Smiley Girl brings people together for great causes with the sound of music.... and she will be doing just that at the 1st Annual Hope For Abaco Holiday Benefit as a host and emcee.
Smiley Girl is not only her name but its a brand known globally for providing consulting services in the entertainment field.
Ms. Sealy, former radio personality on Miami's 101.1 FM is the CEO of SAEDINTRA (say din tra) ... Art N Ideas spelled backwards.... She is a Philanthropist and Singer, Songwriter and always full of smiles. She is the advocate for world music artists thus donning the name "WoldBEATS Boss". She is a speaker and advocate for victims of violence, cancer research and the advancement of the under served.
Smiley Girl brings people together for great causes with the sound of music.... and she will be doing just that at the 1st Annual Hope For Abaco Holiday Benefit as a host and emcee.
The Concert Producers
Erick Sitko
Erich is a property manager in South Florida and has been a Barefoot Man fan for a long time. He has extensive boating experience in Abaco and the Bahamas exposed him to Barefoot Man music. Although he has been to Nipper's many times, Erich saw his first Barefoot Man concert in person at the Hope for Abaco Holiday Benefit Concert that he helped produce.
Erich is a property manager in South Florida and has been a Barefoot Man fan for a long time. He has extensive boating experience in Abaco and the Bahamas exposed him to Barefoot Man music. Although he has been to Nipper's many times, Erich saw his first Barefoot Man concert in person at the Hope for Abaco Holiday Benefit Concert that he helped produce.
Tony DeCristofaro
Tony met the Barefoot Man while on his honeymoon in Grand Cayman in 1980. It was there that Barefoot told him about a true paradise called Abaco. Tony has become very familiar with South Abaco since his first visit. He has stayed on Marsh Harbor, Elbow Cay, Treasure Cay and Guana Cays. Tony says of Barefoot, who lives on the beach in the Cayman Islands that's beautiful, was right; ABACO Is TRUE PARADISE!
Tony met the Barefoot Man while on his honeymoon in Grand Cayman in 1980. It was there that Barefoot told him about a true paradise called Abaco. Tony has become very familiar with South Abaco since his first visit. He has stayed on Marsh Harbor, Elbow Cay, Treasure Cay and Guana Cays. Tony says of Barefoot, who lives on the beach in the Cayman Islands that's beautiful, was right; ABACO Is TRUE PARADISE!
Nick Otton
Nick, who was born and raised in Stone Harbor New Jersey, comes from a very well-known family on Guana Cay; who has lived on Guana for many generations. His uncle Milo has been immortalized by the Barefoot Man for selling tomatoes, and was Best Man in Barefoot's wedding on Foot's Cay; while his uncle Edmund operated Kidd's Cove on Guana with his son Forest. Nick spends most of his adult life living between Florida, Guana Cay, Abaco and Stone Harbor, N.J.
Nick, who was born and raised in Stone Harbor New Jersey, comes from a very well-known family on Guana Cay; who has lived on Guana for many generations. His uncle Milo has been immortalized by the Barefoot Man for selling tomatoes, and was Best Man in Barefoot's wedding on Foot's Cay; while his uncle Edmund operated Kidd's Cove on Guana with his son Forest. Nick spends most of his adult life living between Florida, Guana Cay, Abaco and Stone Harbor, N.J.
Steve Calabria
Steve first met the Barefoot Man in 2001 while vacationing on Lubbers Quarters. He frequently returned to Abaco and stayed on Guana Cay and at marinas on Green Turtle, Man-o-war, and Elbow. Steve has also spent considerable time in both Marsh Harbor and Treasure Cay.
Steve first met the Barefoot Man in 2001 while vacationing on Lubbers Quarters. He frequently returned to Abaco and stayed on Guana Cay and at marinas on Green Turtle, Man-o-war, and Elbow. Steve has also spent considerable time in both Marsh Harbor and Treasure Cay.
Sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors for helping to make this happen.
Please contact AbacoDec14@gmail.com for more information.
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Event Date | December 14, 2019 | 2:30PM to 9:30PMMartin County Fairgrounds—2616 SE Dixie Hwy, Stuart, FL 34996
This event has already taken place but its going to take many years to rebuild Abaco.
Please Donate—100% of the donations received will go to vetted local charities in Abaco.
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Media Information Press Releases
December 6, 2019—Facebook post from Monmouth County New Jersey man results in major benefit concert for Hurricane Dorian survivors of Abaco.
December 9, 2019—Bahamas Legend “The Barefoot Man” comes to Stuart to Raise Money to Rebuild Abaco
Event Date | December 14, 2019 | 2:30PM to 9:30PMMartin County Fairgrounds—2616 SE Dixie Hwy, Stuart, FL 34996
This event has already taken place but its going to take many years to rebuild Abaco.
Please Donate—100% of the donations received will go to vetted local charities in Abaco.
DONATECONTACT US