Top Folk Artists Perform for Protect Our Cape Fear Benefit

Top Folk Artists Perform for Protect Our Cape Fear Benefit

Stop The Dump Concert is March 12, Kenan Auditorium, UNCW Campus, Wilmington

WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven nationally known musicians headline a benefit concert March 12 to support growing opposition against locating an auto shredder residue (ASR) waste facility in the Cape Fear Region. The multi-national corporation Sims-Hugo Neu has bought property on Mount Misery Road in Navassa -- across the Cape Fear River from Wilmington -- to build a 350-foot mountain of waste unless a grass-roots effort by citizens in Southeast North Carolina can block the plan.

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The March 12 concert will be held at 7 p.m. at the Kenan Auditorium on the University of North Carolina's Wilmington Campus, 601 South College Road.

The artists, who have performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, will present an evening of contemporary folk music, including two original songs: Mount Misery Hill, by Jim Clare, and Landfill in my Soul, by Catesby Jones, written to bring attention to the dangers of locating a dump near the Cape Fear River.

Other performers are Dave Bohn, John Golden, Anne Haley, Tommy Hutchinson, and Geoff Morris.

"Every community, from the city of Wilmington to Fort Fisher, has a dog in this fight, "Mr. Clare told the non-profit Brunswick Citizens for a Safe Environment (BCFSE). Clare and Jones and fellow musicians volunteered their talents to aid the protest.

"When you consider the treasures of the Cape Fear Region -- our rivers, the Intracoastal Waterway, and the ocean -- it is clear that a dump, protected from the ground by a thin layer of plastic, will adversely affect the area for generations to come. Citizens must send a message to our legislators, R.C. Soles and Bonner Stiller, that they will not be re-elected if they don't stop Hugo Neu from locating in the Cape Fear Region."

Tax-deductible tickets to the concert are $20; $15 for blocks of 20 tickets or more; $5 for students and children, available by calling 910.383.2007 or at the Kenan Hall Box Office, or from a member of Brunswick Citizens for a Safe Environment (BCFSE). Visit the website at http://stopthedump.com/

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Source: BCFSE

CONTACT: Beth Souther, PR for BCFSE, +1-910-383-2848

Web site: http://stopthedump.com/

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