More musical fundraising

This week BlueNote are playing at the British Expat (BAGHA) Club here in Dhaka. The BAGHA have offered to donate all proceeds from tickets to the appeal. We're grateful for this very kind gesture.















They're also interested in future events which combine jazz and short films, which will come courtesy of Future Shorts, a London-based company with international chapters. Oniket, the local curator, came to know of our appeal and has offered to collaborate with us. Could be very interesting.

Bits'n'bobs

Since Jules arrived in Bangladesh she has been busy networking and following a number of fundraising leads. Ideas so far include approaching garment factories for boxes of seconds for sale at expat events and setting up a benefit gig in the autumn, and a number of people have stepped forward to offer help. All these things bubbling away at the moment. Watch this space.

In the meantime, money continues to come in from BlueNote performances, and the British Expat Club - the BAGHA, has agreed to donate all proceeds from our next week's gig.

Incredible Offers No 3

Our friend Farhad, founder of Ekushey TV, gave us a hundred copies of a coffee-table photography book with stunning pictures of Bangladesh, from his own publishing house. Last night we raffled 3 of them at the latest BlueNote gig and raised £40.

Great evening had by all

Our friend Aaref's party went swimmingly last night, not only providing BlueNote with their first public performance (see BlueNote blog for details) but more importantly raising £500 for the cause. Excellent food, outstanding music (of course), and great conversation. There was a really international crowd, with friends from Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico, Spain and the US as well as Bangladesh and the UK. Salma Ali, Executive Director of BNWLA also attended.

We wish to extend our thanks once again to Aaref for organising such a superb event. When the great book of the Hostel Appeal is written, this will go down as a real milestone...

With Arnob live at the British High Commission

Getting more eyeballs for the cause, with more concerts lined up.

Click here for more excellent images by Snigdha Zaman of Ikon Photo, Dhaka. YouTube video to follow of Arnob and me rehearsing...

Ornob/Andrew/Nazrul Live at the BHC