10/3/2007

Friday, October 5th

7 pm to 11 pm – tgif party:

Sheridan Ridge Apartment Complex

8403 Carter, Overland Park, KS,

byob, with Caribbean music, a New Riddim video, and the company of lots of family and friends.

Saturday, October 6th

11 am – memorial service:

Old Mission Church

Shawnee Mission Pkwy. and Mission Rd., Fairway, KS

church service

1 pm to 4 pm - music:

Grinders’ - Crossroads KC Outdoor Theater

417 East 18th St., (just east of Oak), KCMO

KC-based reggae bands, including Blue Riddim/SDI/Green Card, Urban Safari, the New New Riddim Band, and the Sex Police.

There will also be a microbrewery festival at Grinder’s

later (~7pm until…) – after party:

G’s Jamaican Cuisine

7940 Troost, KCMO

anyone who wants to continue the party is invited to G’s for an after-party.

G’s is Kansas City’s longest running Jamaican restaurant and reggae party spot.

9/24/2007

Scotty Riddim Foundation

Hello. For those of you interested in helping the Korchaks with their recent expenses, please consider donating through:

the Scotty Riddim Foundation (also reference the name Korchak)

c/o Mission Bank

mailing address: PO Box 130, Mission, KS 66201-0130

physical address: 5201 Johnson Dr., Mission, KS 66205

If you have questions you can call 913-831-2400 and ask for Renee Harper, Assistant Vice President.

Thanks for the radio dedications, messages, offers of assistance, etc. All are deeply appreciated. We're looking forward to seeing and meeting everyone the weekend of October 5th and 6th.

Greetings to All

As the knife-sharp pain of shock melts into a dull ache, things are beginning to make sense. We’re setting up a foundation to help the Korchaks with hospital, funeral, travel, and related expenses. It will be called the Scotty Riddim Foundation. When it’s official we’ll post more information.

We have been afforded the opportunity to utilize several different venues on the weekend of Oct. 5th and 6th. Can’t give enough thanks for the help of Roger Nabor, Mark Williams, Stretch and the gang at Grinders, and George at G’s Jamaican Cuisine.

If you have questions about timing or locations, please post them in a message on the care page. We can answer them there, possibly helping others with the same questions.

Friday, October 5th -

7 pm to 11 pm

Sheridan Ridge Apartment Complex

8403 Carter (very close to 87th and I-35)

Overland Park, KS,

tgif party, byob / bring a dish if you can. we’ll have Caribbean music, a New Riddim video, and the company of lots of family and friends.

Saturday, October 6th -

11 am

Old Mission Church, (southeast corner of Shawnee Mission Pkwy. and Mission Rd. in Fairway)

memorial service

1 pm to 4 pm

Grinders’ Restaurant (Crossroads KC Outdoor Theater)

417 East 18th St., (just east of Oak) KCMO

there will be a lineup of KC-based reggae bands, to possibly include but not limited to Blue Riddim/SDI/Green Card, the New New Riddim Band, the Sex Police, maybe Urban Safari. Grinder’s is already having a microbrewery festival going on, and are allowing us to commandeer the stage from 1 to 4.

later (~7pm until…)

G’s Jamaican Cuisine

7940 Troost KCMO

anyone who wants to continue the party is invited to G’s for an after-party. G’s is Kansas City’s longest running Jamaican restaurant and reggae party spot.

Many of you have asked, and my own personal salvation/sanity was facilitated by playing at the same moment the ventilator was removed: along with Scott's other Blue Riddim bandmate BeBop, I played with our brass band Loose Cannon, the Dirty Force band, and the Rebirth Brass Band from New Orleans at a 10 Year Celebration Parade at 18th and Vine here in Kansas City. We have posted a video on youtube, which you should be able to access by searching for "Loose Cannon Brass Band".

Much love to you all!

Steve, (Duck, Papa D.)