I thought I ought to let this community know about this. What a wonderful cause.

Dreamscape: An Evening Of Song

"An evening of beautiful opera and Broadway music, performed by a fabulous cast of renowned and award-winning opera singers! All ticket sales will benefit research for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis."

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, sometimes abbreviated as M.E.), "the disease of a thousand names", is a very poorly understood, sometimes debilitating disorder of unknown cause or origin, and can present with any and all of a wide variety of challenging symptoms, including severe mental and physical exhaustion, immune dysfunction and cardiac problems. There is no clear diagnotic test for the disorder, and there remains no cure, but there is always hope. Now, one local singer and performer is finally speaking out about the diagnosis that changed her life forever, in a benefit concert for the Nightingale Foundation, an Ottawa-based organization that has been dedicated to the study and treatment of Chronic Fatigue since 1984.

Jacqueline Ko, a local operatic performer and CFS sufferer, is joined by an internationally recognized group of her friends and peers - and a few other Chronic Fatigue patients - in Dreamscape: An Evening Of Song, a fundraiser she conceived several months ago, but which has only recently come to fruition. It features some of the best local talent, singing in styles ranging from popular Broadway music to soaring opera, and promises to be a moving and unforgettable evening. Please join us in supporting this wonderful cause, and together we can take a step towards a cure.

JACQUELINE KO, soprano
HEIDI MUENDEL, soprano
ANDI ALEXANDER, mezzo soprano
ZEUS GHADBAN, tenor
FREDERIK ROBERT, tenor
PETER ALEXANDER, baritone
ANGUS KELLETT, piano

With special guest star
HEIDI KLASSEN, soprano

INFORMATION:
June 28th, 2009 | 7PM
West Vancouver United Church
2062 Esquimalt Avenue, West Vancouver
Tickets $25, $20 students/seniors, available for pre-order or at the door

CONTACT:
604 266 1166 | jacqui.ko.soprano @ hotmail

For more information on CFS and M.E., visit nightingale.ca