The benefit concert of the four eggolsheim music bands in the st. St. Martin's church raised 2251 euros. The donations are for the flood-damaged in the home of the indian sisters, who run the senior center st. Martin eggolsheim look after.
Sister mercitta, the director of the institution, accepted the donation check and thanked the leaders of the music bands, heinz hanna of the music band of the volunteer fire department neuses, albin giehl of the eggerbachtaler blaskapelle, alfred huber of the musik- und gesangverein untersturmig, as well as ute pfister, chairwoman of the musikverein eggolsheim. "We will make sure that the money reaches the needy in kerala", promised sister mercitta.
Kerala is an indian state on the malabar coast in the southwest of the subcontinent of india. In one of the worst floods in 100 years, more than 200 people lost their lives there in august, hundreds of thousands were left homeless. Some of the sisters working in eggolsheim have family members who are directly affected.
"That's why we spontaneously decided to hold a benefit concert", the speakers of the four music bands declare. The concert was a great success. A total of more than 70 musicians performed in the sanctuary of the st. St. Martin's church.
"Together we are strong"
With the common march "united in harmony" the benefit event started under the motto "together we are strong".
After the burial by heinz hanna, the individual bands performed one after the other, and finally joined together for the song "wir musikanten" to reunite.
After long applause from the audience, the united musicians performed "the bohemian dream" one more encore.