The Three Jacks: News

Hi Guys!

A note from Lima, Peru.

All sixteen of us – band, dancers, videographers, roadies - pulled in to Lima on the red-eye this morning.

At 4:30, a.m. fifteen of us had cleared immigration – and our sixteenth, Shasha, traveling with a Chinese passport and a U.S. green card, with approval for an artist visa showing on the immigration computer screen, was being threatened with deportation on the next plane out!

A nail-biting four hours followed because, basically, no fiddler: no shows. Andrea, one of our videographers, fluent in Spanish and full of charm, volunteered to stay with me and Shasha.

Somewhere behind the barriers, our men in Lima, Jorge Vera, the Irish Consul, Mike Russel, and a man of infinite resource and sagacity known only as “The Shadow,” were working the phones.

By 6:30 a.m., a somber Mr. Espindola, at immigration in the airport, had been convinced that something positive might happen when the main office downtown opened at 8:30 a.m. and delivered us into the custody of two charming ladies from LAN Peru – Haydee & Giovanna - who took us off to a café for breakfast.

Eventually, the Director of the Ministry of the Exterior called the General at Immigration and we were called down to see Mr. Espindola again – now smiling - who stamped Shasha in for 90 days. (We all only got 30!)

After that, the rest of the day was a blast. We saw Mabela from the “Sonidos Del Mundo” show we had shot in Miami, at Plus TV. We played a super-popular prime-time TV show - “Odiosas,” with hosts Astrid and Almendra – at 4:00 p.m. We did an interview with them, mainly in our broken but undaunted Spanish, played “Star of The County Down” and “Toss the Feathers” for the Breffni Dancers – who were totally fab. Then back to the auditorium for an acoustic rehearsal and to check out placement of amps, monitors, lights and staging with Bo Ichikawa’s Sound & Light crew.

First show tomorrow night!

Henk
The Three Jacks and The Gang

PARA DISTRIBUCIÓN INMEDIATA:

El grupo Americano, The Three Jacks, anuncia conciertos a beneficio el, 15 y 16, de mayo 2009, en Lima. La banda Irish-Rock, The Three Jacks, y bailarinas del Breffni Academy de Danza irlandesa recaudan fondos para la comunidad de Pisco, Perú.

El aclamado grupo norteamericano de rock – Celta- Irlandés, The Three Jacks, acompañados con las bailarinas del Breffni Academy de Danza-Irlandesa, se presentan en concierto el viernes, 15, y sábado, 16 de mayo, a las 7:00 p.m.

Los conciertos se celebrarán en el Auditorio Santa Ursula, Calle Santo Toribio 150, San Isidro. Boletos a la venta en, S/.50, S/.75, 105 y S/.135 soles en TeleTicket -Wong y en línea, www.teleticket.com.pe
The Three Jacks hacen esta gira a beneficio de las familias de Pisco afectadas por el terremoto de Agosto del, 2007.

Henk Milne es el líder-cantante-compositor de los Three Jacks. Henk es un músico que ha actuado en conciertos y grabaciones musicales tradicionales Celtas- Irlandesas. Fusionadas con ritmos rock. Uniéndose al grupo en esta gira está la virtuosa violinista , Shasha Zang de la República de China. Shasha ha participado en conciertos y grabaciones con estrellas internacionales como, Andrea Bocelli, Sir James Galway, y en tour con el grupo Gaelic Storm del film Titanic.

Patrocinado por el Consulado General de Irlanda, y el Real Consulado General de Noruega en Miami.

Por primera vez en Lima. Acompañados por las bailarinas principales del Breffni Academy de Danza Irlandesa. El grupo presenta una interpretación musical de composiciones tradicionales Escocesas- Celtas, e Irlandesas de los siglos;diecisiete y dieciocho.

100% de los fondos recaudados por los conciertos serán íntegramente donados a la construcción del Policlínico "Paul Harris"- Pisco. del Rotary Club, Lima-Sunrise de Miraflores.

Acompáñenos en dos inolvidables noches de diversión al estilo Celta-Irlandés y para apoyar la reconstrucción de la comunidad de Pisco.

Para más información, visite www.thethreejacks.com y www.rotary-limasunrise.com Contacto: Jorge Vera Du Bois al,9-9177-2665, o por correo electrónico a, jvimage@gmail.com

Hello Dearly Beloved Reader!

We need your help! Can you please take one whole minute to read this, and another minute to figure out who you should pass it on to?

We - Miami-based Celtic rockers, The Three Jacks, are on the run-up to a couple of 1,000-seat shows in Lima, Peru, on May 15 and 16, 2009 - with Irish step dancers in tow - to help raise money to build a clinic to treat children and their families in the Pisco area, which was devastated by the 2007 earthquake.

This is a 100% volunteer project. All costs have been covered and all proceeds from this point on will go towards building the clinic. Our U.S. sponsor is The Angels With A Mission Foundation. Our sponsoring agency in Lima, which is building the clinic, is The Rotary Club, Lima-Sunrise. (http://rotary-limasunrise.com/events.html)

We have had a lot of support from local and international business and from diplomatic officers of various countries: most notably The Norwegian Consul General here in Miami and the Irish Consul in Lima.

Publicity is going well.

We recently had a half-page article with a big picture in Lima's top glossy magazine, "Caretas." (Captioned “Los Jacks en Lima”).

Mabela Martinez, the host of the Lima TV show "Sonidos Del Mundo," and her producer, came to Miami last week and filmed a 30-minute segment at MBRS on the band and dancers. This will air for 7 nights running, on Canal 7, Lima prime-time, before the concerts.

We have also just done a super deal for 20 donated billboards around Lima.

Everything seems to be on track for a successful conclusion to this project.

But we need to sell 2,000 tickets (gulp!) and are asking every friend we have to do their best to help spread the word.

So if you have friends or family in Peru – or near Peru, or who once knew someone who owned a llama - please pass this on.

The link to Teleticket for online ticket purchases for the shows is:
http://www.teleticket.com.pe/tlk_Contenido_Consulta_Conciertos.asp?c_even=E3033
Tell ‘em that this is a great chance to have a really fun night out, for not much money, and go home with the warm fuzzy feeling that they made life just a little better for little kids still living in the ruins of what used to be home.

And if you really want to donate a few bucks online you can do so by going straight to our online donation page at http://www.firstgiving.com/jacks4kids
Slainte!

Henk
The Three Jacks

Hi All!

It’s been a while since we last broke radio silence!

You know how they say: “Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans?”

Well, it was August 2008, The Jacks & Jills had just played a sold-out show at The Arscht Performing Arts Center in Downtown Miami and were poised to start a tour of Peru to raise money to build medical centers to care for the children still living in the wreckage of the 2007 earthquake, when “life” suddenly tapped us on the shoulder.

Out of the blue, my better-nine-tenths, Pippa, was rushed off for very frightening and difficult emergency surgery. To cut a long and hair-raising story very short, after a series of crises, a long time in the ICU, a month in the hospital, and a few dozen doctor and therapists visits thereafter, life is now back to (comparatively) normal. Pip is back, large and in charge (well actually svelte and in charge) and is expected to be as good as new, eventually.

Truly heartfelt thanks to all our dozens of fabulous friends. All those who flew in from as far afield as England, Boston and Nashville to help look after Pippa when she first came home. And all those much nearer, who rallied round and looked after dogs, cats and children, and cooked and brought us dinner (sometimes with flowers and wine!) every night for literally months. We never knew we had so many fantastically generous, great-hearted friends. Thank you All!

So now, finally, The Jacks are re-loading for Peru. We have a couple of 1,000 seat shows in Lima scheduled for May 15 or 16. Click on “Shows” for details. Tickets for these shows are available through Teleticket online and at all Teleticket outlets in Lima at http://www.teleticket.com.pe/tlk_Contenido_Consulta_Conciertos.asp?c_even=E3033).

Any of you who have always wanted to see Machu Picchu, the Nasca lines, etc., etc., this is your chance to come down and party with The Jacks in Lima before stepping off for the deserts and mountains!!!

Our fabulous fiddler, Mr. Stamates, can't make this one and we will be joined by the wonderful Shasha Zhang. (Hmmmm, by my count that's two Jacks and four Jills for Lima!

We are planning to return to Peru for shows in Chincha later in the year. And we are working on doing a big, very personal "Thank You" fundraiser for one of Miami's real treasures: Jackson Memorial Hospital.