Historical May 1982 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Jasmine will perform in a benefit concert on Saturday, May 22, at CASA, 560 Trinity at Delmar in University City.
All proceeds will go to CONTACT-St. Louis and Life Skills Foundation for the Retarded.
The ticket price is tax deductible.
The concert, which begins at 8 p.m., will be signed by Nancy Margulies and special seating for the hearing impaired is available upon request. CASA is a handicapped accessible facility. General admission is $6. Reserved seating is available with a donation of $25 or more and includes a Jasmine album and poster. Tickets can be purchased in person or by mail from Life Skills, 609 North and South, University City (863-3913) or by mail from CONTACT, P.O. Box 9249, St. Louis 63117 (725-5719). Tickets will also be sold at Paul’s Books, 6691 Delmar, and Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid. Checks should be made payable to Jasmine Benefit Concert. Jasmine is the musical duo of Carol Schmidt and Michele Isam. Their strong lead voices and unusual combinations of piano, guitar, saxophone and clarinet, skillful musical arrangement and innate creativity place them in the forefront of new artists emerging on the national scene. Schmidt and Isam are from St. Louis and each has a bachelor’s degree in music from Webster College. Jasmine’s style encompasses boogie-woogie, jazz, blues, pop and rock & roll and performances include much original material. Life Skills is a not-for-profit corporation providing intensive personalized residential, social, job and developmental training for retarded persons age 16 and over. CONTACT is a not-for-profit volunteer telephone ministry providing services for hearing persons in need of counseling or referral and enables deaf and hearing impaired persons to communicate by phone.
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Original piano illustration accompanying the Jasmine benefit notice. The Paper, May 1982, printed page 7. Artist not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1982.
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Original source: SD_Times1982_05.pdf, printed page(s) 7; PDF page(s) 3.
