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Concert with 7 area bands will aid Boys & Girls Club
A fundraising concert Saturday for the Simi Valley Boys & Girls Club will feature seven Ventura County area bands.
The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club, 2850 Lemon Drive, Simi Valley. The first band will go on at 7 p.m., with the concert ending at 11 p.m.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Among the bands performing are Varcolac, Gilted Woods, Break Free, Cassera and We Got Guns, all from Simi Valley; The Linden Murder, Westlake Village; and Bear Claw, of Moorpark.
Any concertgoers leaving during the concert will not be permitted to return. No alcohol or smoking will be permitted.
For more information, call 527-4437.
— From staff reports
Posted by connie2boys on February 14, 2008 at 7:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Why would the Boys and Girls Club sponsor a band for a youth event that adveriste the word guns. We Got Guns and the Linder Murders. What are we telling our youth. I thought that the BGC was suppose keep our youth out of gang and provide a safe haven for kids and not glorifiy guns and violence.
Posted by SueSue on February 17, 2008 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just read this. A little too late to do anything about it but....
connie2boys, I thought the very same thing while reading.
Come on Boys and Girls Club!!! think about this bad choice.
Stupid and irresponsible.
A good cause that sends the wrong message buy having them there.
Posted by bill.mclaughlin on February 25, 2008 at 9:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
To connie2boys, and SueSue
I was the person who but the show together with the B&G Club.
Also my son is in the Band We Got Guns.
Before people speak you should know what you are talking about. A name of a band is not always what it seem to be, Guns means muscles, not fire arms.
The B&Q Club did a great thing by allowing the youth bands of Ventura a “Safe” place to play music and show there talents. The bands also raised money for the B&G Club to help out there community.
I support my son and other bands in Simi and they are not into gangs, or anything that is bad, they just want to play music.
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