Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:29 PM
Subject: February Redwood Moose
My friends Redwood Moose (Mike Dmoch) and Reb (Rebekah Lowden) had a fire recently and can use a variety of donations including extra sound equipment you might have lying around. - BobSubject: February Redwood Moose
Last Wednesday night at 4:45 PM Redwood Moose Manor burned down. We lost almost everything, MOST IMPORTANTLY our beloved Lilly Lowden, the queen of our feline neighborhood, celebrated in song by Reb's work Lilly the Tabby. Her brother Louie survived. I did manage to save our four most irreplaceable guitars, Reb's '72 Martin, the 2001 Alvarez, the '75 Guild twelve, and the Hilo Hawaiian steel. We lost Reb's brand new koa Little Martin, her 70's Gibson SG, a Johnson dobro, and Reb's banjo. Charlie Kniceley came down the same night and presented Reb with a banjo he bought at an auction, and my family chipped in for a second time to get Reb another Little Martin. We also lost the bulk of our sound and other musical equipment, all CD's, records, tapes, etc., a buffalo drum, harmonicas and holder. I also moved and thereby saved Reb's Hyundai, but my Subaru got somewhat melted. Still runs.
In addition, due to Reb's recent hospitalizations, I failed to complete the paperwork to raise the amount of insurance coverage, so we will get only $7,000 instead of the 70 grand the house is worth. The silver lining is our friends, neighbors, and even total strangers have been ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL to us. The street festival music committee has put together a benefit for February 25th at the Rosendale Rec Center, details at http://rosendalestreetfestival.com:80/fire/ which includes a Paypal account, a bank account has been started for a fund to help us either pay back the loan from the addition we built last year, and/or perhaps help us start re-building. It may be that some kind of community barn raising type event may be necessary and may take place. For donations, checks can be made out to and mailed to the fund as described at the end of the email.
We already have had enough clothes donated to last the rest of our lives, although Reb lost all of her jewelry, and in addition could use some grace notes like decorative scarves, etc--performing clothes. We have purchased a few absolutely necessary items like two gig bags, but we could use 4 or so guitar stands, mike stands, mike, guitar, and speaker cords, speaker stands, a music stand. Charlie Kniceley had borrowed our little 4 channel and a speaker, so we can manage the next gig, but we lost our Behringer 10 channel powered mixer, and some speakers and speaker stands, most of our mikes, cords, etc.
So we are grateful for each other, our dear cat Louie, our families, neighbors, and friends, and recognize a challenge when we seen one, but know that we are surrounded by love and light. We are staying at my mother's, with a two room upstairs suite, that a group of neighbors and friends helped us work on all day Saturday to get ready for us so we're not just camping out. We can be reached at 845 658 8811, and hope to re establish Reb's phone soon. Reb's mailing address is POB 25, Rosendale, NY 12472. My family is POB 209. We do hope to see all of you soon to celebrate our love and friendship
Rebekah Lowden and Mike Dmoch Fire Account
PO Box 441 Rosendale, NY 12472-0441
Peace and Love, and deepest appreciation
the Moose and the Redwood
