THE Volunteer Youth Corps will present a benefit concert on Saturday for Shurlock Semple, a six-year-old boy who has a brain tumour and has to be air-lifted to Trinidad for immediate surgery. For this, his family would be required to pay almost $10M million which will cover the fee for the air ambulance service, cost of surgery, airfare for his parents and his return to Guyana after surgery.
Unfortunately, little Shurlock was scheduled to have surgery on June 18, 2012, but that had to be postponed because of the lack of funds. The family and a few close friends were able to put together almost $3M and the Ministry has promised to give $1M. There is still a long way to go and sadly time is running out.
This benefit concert will be held at the National Cultural Centre with popular comedians, actors, singers and dancers such as Henry Rodney, Lyndon ‘Jumbie’ Jones, Tenecia DeFreitas, Leza ‘Radika’ Singh (reigning UNCENSORED Queen of Comedy), Kirwyn Mars, Michael ‘Credit’ Ignatius, Chubby, Crystallite Dance Troupe, ‘Pastor Fix it’, Horizon Arts, Nadata Vancoten (winner of the recently concluded Feel the Beat competition), Clemencio Goddette, Chris Gopaul, Mark Kazim, Kwasi Edmondson, Odessa Primus, Brandon Harding (winner of the jingle and song competition), and many others.
The concert will feature skits from Nothing to Laugh About as well as stand-up comedy from UNCENSORED. The show will be family-oriented and as such, all the pieces will be censored. Tickets for this star studded event are available at the National Cultural Centre and Giftland OfficeMAX for a minimal cost of $1000.