Country Joe Sings in Oaks Benefit

Mark your calendar for Friday, June 22. That’s when Country Joe McDonald will perform his Tribute to Woody Guthrie in a major fundraiser for the Campaign to Save the Oaks. http://www.countryjoe.com/guthrie.htm.

The show starts at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita), http://www.bfuu.org. Your $50 donation will fund the campaign to save the Memorial Oak Grove at UC Berkeley.

You can secure your seat by sending your tax-deductible check for $50 made out to Agape Foundation (mark your check "Save the Oaks Benefit") to Save the Oaks Benefit, PO Box 4131, Berkeley, CA 94704-0131. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Box office/ will-call opens on June 22 at 7 p.m. at 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita). Doors open at 7:30. If you have questions, call 510-841-3493.

Don't miss this opportunity to participate in a great show while making a significant contribution towards saving the Memorial Oak Grove! http://www.saveoaks.com

"Someone needs to protect these senior citizens from being kicked out of their home," says Country Joe. "The idea of just chopping down trees to build things is an idea that no longer makes any sense. This is a space well-used by creatures and people for years and years, not too mention that the whole Memorial Stadium was probably built to honor World War veterans. The way to honor them is to leave it alone."

If for some reason you can't attend, please consider purchasing and donating your ticket. We will get your ticket to a low-income person, and you will still have the satisfaction of sustaining this irreplaceable oak grove.

For Joe Selvin's recent review of this show in the SF Chronicle please see: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/14/DDG3VPPRJU1.DTL&hw=country+joe&sn=001&sc=1000