Chris Gillespie is usually found playing jazz, Broadway show tunes and other favorites at the upscale Carlyle Hotel. On Thursday, May 6th, he joins Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder, Broadway musical star Kate Fisher, who performed the role of Cosette in Les Miserables, and others for a special charity fund-raiser for the tiny African nation of Burundi. The event is called Jazzical, and supports Village Health Works, a clinic in Burundi which has treated some 34,000 people since it opened less than three years ago. Jazzical is at 6 p.m. on May 6th at the DiCapo Opera Theatre, 184 E. 76th Street. There also will be a silent auction. It promises to be an inspiring and entertaining evening.
The clinic is the dream of Burundi native Deogratias Niyizonkiza, now an American citizen. Please read the next page for the inspiring story of Deo, the important health care clinic he built in Burundi, and how you can help.
