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Ukuleles for a Cause - The Penguin’s 4th Annual autographed ukulele charity raffle. This year's raffle will benefit Paco Strickland, host of Flamenco Café. Paco is battling Multiple Myeloma, a rare blood cancer.
From November 13 through December 23, raffle tickets will be available for sale in Wilmington at Sea-Comm Media (The Penguin office, 122 Cinema Drive..., 910-772-63...31); Gravity Records (125 S. Kerr Avenue; 910-392-2414); and Deluxe (114 Market Street, 910-251-0333). They are available online at www.1067thepenguin.com and at www.alohau.com.
For a tax-deductible donation of $10 per raffle ticket your name will be entered to win one of ten brightly painted wood ukuleles signed by legends and up-and-coming artists. The decorative ukes are autographed by these artists: Drive-By Truckers (red); Michael Franti (yellow); Band Of Horses (white); Widespread Panic & The Allman Brothers Band (orange); Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (blue); Tift Merritt (green); Robert Randolph & The Family Band (red); Todd Snider (brown); Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (blue); and Jason Mraz (purple).