Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 1, 1993                   TAG: 9312020006
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Steve Foster
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MUSICIANS RAISE $2,505 TO HELP TAP

The bands played their brands of music last weekend at the Secret Garden, a club on Campbell Avenue about two blocks west of the Market, and netted $2,505 that will go to Total Action Against Poverty.

Playing for a "Rock Against Poverty" benefit the night of Nov. 26, alternative acts Fallout, Sarcastic Eulogy and Equity teamed up with Bloodshot and rap act M.O.B. Closing out the weekend shows on Saturday, AMFM, Surge and Sudden Dismissal joined with ska-sters Swank and the psychedelia-laced rock of Red Weather.

As a general rule, musicians in local bands usually aren't financially well-off themselves, so it was all the more to their credit that they played for the cause, said Secret Garden owner John Muskopf. In addition to the money from the door proceeds, some canned goods and clothing also will be donated.

"All the bands played for free," Muskopf said. "The kids put this together. To them, percentage-wise, this is a lot of money."

The same goes for TAP.

"It's great," said Janet Phillips Burrow, community advancement director for TAP. "Twenty-five hundred dollars for us is a large contribution."

The money - which will go toward a variety of programs - will probably be augmented eight-fold, Phillips said. Generally, for every local dollar TAP brings in, eight times as much - about $20,000 here - can be fetched in matching federal funds.

Plus, the benefit draws attention to TAP's efforts, she said.

"Raising money and raising awareness often go hand in hand," Phillips said.

Or, last weekend, with bands and bands.