Local musicians raise funds for library
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November 20, 2009 • Finley Wiese
Filed under Local, News
On Friday November 13th, a fundraiser was held at the Hoard Museum to help raise money for the expansion of the Dwight Foster Public Library.
The event began at 6:30, with music beginning one hour later. The money raised went towards the expansion of the library, a plan that has been in action since the middle of last year. Most of the money will be going towards a new addition to the south side of the building.
There was a raffle on donated items, a silent Christmas tree auction, and of course the main attraction, live music. Bill Camplin, owner of the Cafe Carpe performed together with his son Satchel Paige and his close friend jazz violinist Randy Sabien.
Prior to that night, the committee in charge of the library expansion had already raised over 2.75 million dollars for the expansion. The hope was that a decent profit could be made that night.
“The profits that went to the Dwight Foster Capital Campaign for expansion and remodeling totaled $4,525 — a very good night!” Chair of the Fundraising Committee Dr. Fitzpatrick said.
Once Camplin, Paige, and Sabien got on the stage, one could tell they were all comfortable there, evidenced by the jokes cracked between almost every song.
Sabien, unlike Camplin and Paige, is not a resident of Fort Atkinson. He performs and teaches on regular basis, like Camplin has released several albums, and only comes to town every so often to perform at the Carpe. Sabien said he was asked to come perform by Camplin. Camplin claimed otherwise.
“I begged him. I wasn’t asking, I was begging,” Camplin said.
Music began at 7:30, and the goal of the performers was to show off all of their different talents in a short period of time. Camplin stuck mostly to guitar and vocals. Paige switched between guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Sabien played mostly violin, but he also covered viola, piano, and mandolin parts.
It was very lucky that Sabien was able to be present at the show that night. It was the only open night he had in his busy schedule.
“Things conspired to allow this to happen,” Camplin said.
“Things conspired to allow this to happen,” Camplin said.
Sabien had a personal connection to this fundraiser. His hometown of Hayward, WI recently renovated their library as well.
“This is how you do it, you know, people coming together, grass-roots folks, to put something together for the community that they want, and a library is like one of the best things you can have,” Sabien said.
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