$5-15 Cover @ the Door / Start 5:30pm / Doors 5pm / Standing Show
Come join us for an afternoon of music hosted by the Youth Empowerment and Spirituality Conference (YES), and performed by our very own conferees and alumni! We will be playing a variety of cover songs, ranging from YES classics to crowd-pleasing favorites.
Members of the ensemble include local musician Sydney Paul (soundcloud.com/sydney-paul-music) and Jude Payne of Boston-based rock band Glympses (facebook.com/Glympsesband).
We will also be displaying artwork and merchandise created by YES conferees and multimedia artist Serena Lincoln (sglincn.wixsite.com/goatjugs) available for purchase. All proceeds for the event will go to the YES Scholarship Fund.
About YES:
Every year on the serene shores of Star Island, youth ages 16–22 gather for a week of community, catharsis , and self-discovery. We seek to establish an open and welcoming community founded on principles of compassion, curiosity, and consent.
For more information, visit our website at www.yesonstar.org
About the Event Organizer:
Craig Hildreth is a local Boston musician and audio engineer, as well as an alumni of the YES Conference. He co-chaired the conference in 2018 and served on staff from 2016-2019. He recently graduated with an MSc in Sound Design from the University of Edinburgh, where his final project involved incorporating field recordings and musical improvisation featuring a variety of instruments into intricate soundscapes.
Seeking to unite his passion for music and his love for the YES conference, he is bringing together a wide range of musicians from the conference to reinterpret a variety of songs for a new audience, under the banner of Mr. Watts and the Electric Bots.
Further examples of his work can be found on Bandcamp at https://craighildreth.bandcamp.com/ and his own personal website craighildrethaudio.com.
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