The 9th Annual Mark Vann Foundation

Holiday Benefit

Shimmer N Shine

w/ Great American Taxi, The Contribution (featuring Tim Carbone of

Railroad Earth, Keith Moseley of String Cheese Incident, Matt Butler of

Everyone Orchestra and members of New Monsoon), Bill McKay Band,

Andrew McConathy and the Drunken Hearts plus very special guests to be

announced!

Friday, December 16th

The Boulder Theater

Boulder, CO

Mark Vann’s spirit parted company with his body on March 4, 2002. Mark consistently lived by

the motto of “Go Big!”. He applied this motto to both playing music and his unending willingness

to offer his time and knowledge to teach anybody who wanted to learn. He encouraged others to

“Dream Big”, “Go Big”, and “Pick Big”, and personally supported their efforts to do so.

The Mark Vann Foundation was created to continue the spirit of joy, gratitude, and generosity that

Mark brought to our collective communities through his life and music.

Our primary mission is to serve community based non-profit organizations bringing light, love and

laughter into the lives of those in need through nature, music and the arts; and to provide a

conduit for kindhearted people with similar values to nurture impactful positive change within their

own communities.

This year’s show is bigger than any year before! Great American Taxi (featuring Mark’s band

mate in Leftover Salmon and long time friend Vince Herman) will be hosting the event for the 6th

year in a row and they’ll be bringing their friends from The Contribution for one of their few shows

performed each year (the band features Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth, Keith Moseley of String

Cheese Incident, Matt Butler of Everyone Orchestra and Jeff Miller and Phil Ferlino of New

Monsoon), The Bill McKay Band (Bill played with Mark in Leftover Salmon), and Andrew

McConathy and the Drunken Hearts. Every year Mark’s old friends show up and pitch in –

previous unannounced guests have included Jeff Austin, Todd Snider, Drew Emmitt, and Billy

Nershi just to name a few – so you never know who might show up at the show!

The theme this year is Shimmer n Shine, so be sure you shimmer, shine and sparkle (like Mark

Vann’s spirit)! Proceeds for this year’s event go to There With Care (www.therewithcare.org) and

Care Connect of Boulder County. We’re also excited to announce that this years’ show will be

ALL AGES!! (Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult) In addition we’ll be holding an

instrument drive again this year with instruments benefitting Parlando (www.parlando.org) and

requested instruments are guitar, violin, clarinet, cello, oboe, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and

flutes.

CareConnect is a 40-year-old nonprofit serving more than 2,500 seniors and adults with

disabilities in Boulder County through volunteer-powered Safety Net Services. These services

include grocery shopping and delivery, home repair, fall-prevention, medical transportation, yard

cleanups and more. Thousands more benefit from File of Life, Holiday Fruit Baskets, and 50Up!

Cable television program and the RSVP volunteer program mobilizes more than 750 volunteers

to meet community needs. For more information, please call 303-443-1933 or visit

www.careconnectbc.org.

There With Care’s mission is to provide a wide range of thoughtful and fundamental services to

children and families during the critical phase of a medical crisis. We serve families referred by

medical agencies, by building a network of services and people who ease the burden of life’s dayto-

day obligations with compassion and care. The simplest daily tasks become overwhelming

when parents are faced with the burden of caring for their child during a medical crisis. We work

with hospitals and social workers, to support the entire family during emotionally, financially, and

physically challenging times.

Great American Taxi - “All aboard!” You’ll hear Vince Herman shout this out at a Great

American Taxi show and after you know a little bit more about this band you’ll know why.

Herman (of Leftover Salmon infamy) and Chad Staehly (keyboards, vocals) have been driving the

Taxi based out of Nederland, CO around the United States for over four years now. The line-up

has evolved and Herman and company have been known to grab an extra rider or two along the

way. The core line-up has been solidified with Jim Lewin of Santa Cruz, CA on electric guitars

and vocals, along with the new rhythm section provided by Chris Sheldon on drums and Brian

Adams on bass (both toured extensively in the Phish tribute band Phix). On any given night the

audience is encouraged to jump on board and join in the festivities. At many performances GAT

has been known to show up with some extra all-stars in the band as well including such musical

luminaries as Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead, Todd Snider, Barry Sless, Papa Mali, Coolio

(yes, 90's rap star icon), Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth, and the list goes on.

Great American Taxi brands their music “Americana without borders.” Taxi definitely knows no

boundaries and their 21st century brand of Americana music is sure to get you dancing and

singing along. Diving into an ever-expanding repertoire of their own carefully crafted electric folk

music along with a great catalog of influential Folk, Americana, Bluegrass and Rock songs, all in

attendance will find something to latch onto at a Taxi show. Whether you grew up listening to

Gram Parsons, the Grateful Dead, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, Bill Monroe, Willie Nelson or Woody

Guthrie, plan on taking a great American musical journey. All you have to do is pay the fare, get

in the Great American Taxi, and enjoy the trip.

Who: Great American Taxi, The Contribution (featuring Tim Carbone of Railroad

Earth, Keith Moseley of Sting Cheese Incident, Matt Butler of Everyone

Orchestra and members of New Monsoon), Bill McKay Band, Andrew

McConathy and the Drunken Hearts plus very special guests to be

announced!

What: 9th Annual Mark Vann Foundation Holiday Benefit

Where: The Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO

When: Friday, December 16th

Why: To celebrate the life and legacy of the late, great Mark Vann!

How Much: $20