Written by: Nigel Telesford
Reigning Carnival 2020 Champions, Kes are set to raise funds for two special charities this Saturday night, even as they celebrate the Christmas season along with viewers from around the country and the region with another live streaming concert presentation on local television station CCN TV6, Tego TV and YouTube entitled “We Home: Under One Roof”.
Four months after their mega-successful “We Home” live music album launch and live performances concert stream for T&T’s Independence celebration in August, Kes is preparing for a socially-distanced 2021, amidst numerous Covid-19 restrictions, a slew of virtual events, and an officially-canceled Carnival season. However, despite the challenges ahead, the band of brothers has several projects and initiatives in the works and also decided to give back to those in need this Christmas by staging this live streaming concert on December 26th, 2020.
To donate and watch the concert online, log on to www.tegostream.com/underoneroof.
“We Home: Under One Roof is an event designed to entertain and raise the spirits in this time,” explained lead singer Kees Dieffenthaller. “We’re also raising funds for two main charities: The Touching Hands Project (THP) which is a project of the Caribbean Health Foundation in association with the America Hand Surgeon Society – and they provide hand surgeries for countries where those services are not available. Trinidad is one of the chapters so we would like to highlight that and raise funds for them, as well as The Shelter – which provides a safe space for women and children who have survived incidents of domestic violence.”
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Dieffenthaller further explained the concept for the concert as well as some of the diverse needs of The Shelter:
“Of course, it is a physical space so it would need general maintenance, funding for basic and special amenities, for psychological personnel and care, as well as a number of different aspects that help this place to function efficiently so that they can help those in need.
“The show is also a diverse show – designed to showcase the different aspects of Trinidad and Tobago’s culture especially at Christmas time and it’s an extension of the We Home concert that we did on Independence Night, but turned up even more and expressed even deeper… We look forward to people logging on and viewing; to people singing, dancing, and enjoying the show and we look forward to people donating to these worthy organizations as well.”
The “We Home: Under One Roof” concert will air live on TV6 this Saturday night from 7.30 pm and stream live simultaneously on YouTube and the Tego TV mobile App. Donations can be made during the live stream or during any repeat viewing of the concert on Tego TV.
To donate and watch the concert online, log on to www.tegostream.com/underoneroof. For more information, log on to kestheband.com or follow @kesthebandofficial on Instagram and Twitter.
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