My group, The Brookwoods, is kicking off a benefit concert for the hurricane victims of Waveland, Mississippi, on Friday,January 26 at the Wink Theater in Dalton Georgia.

Our community has essentially "adopted" a town to concentrate our help efforts and Waveland Mississippi is our town. So far we have generated about $25000 in support along with an enormous outpouring of the business leaders of Dalton, Georgia to send materials, equipment and valuable human resources to aid and assist people of Waveland Mississippi to be retrained for skills related to the carpet and rug industry. Dalton, Georgia is the world's leading manufacturer of carpet and since many of the displaced people of Mississippi have no real opportunity for gainful employment, we are sending the resources to help the people there be able to help themselves with new trades that are much needed in the wake of the hurricane.

Having said all that, we have been asked to open the show along with 3 other acts for an evening of music. We will also close the show with audience singalongs of This Land is Your Land and God BLess the USA. So if anyone is in the area, or if you know anyone from Waveland, Mississippi, mention to them that we are all thinking of them and help is on the way.