Swing in Support of Homeward Bound’s A HOPE Day Center

Vollie McKenzie is one of Asheville’s finest. He and Kari Sickenberger head up the honky tonk western swing band, The Western Wildcats, who will play a benefit for Homeward Bound‘s A Hope Day Center on January 22 at the Grey Eagle. The Grey Eagle doors open at 5; at 5:30 Kari will teach the Two Step dance; the Western Wildcats start in earnest at 6 and will hold forth till 9. The Grey Eagle will have a full supper menu. Tickets are $10.

The Western Wildcats are great for dancing or just foot tapping, the band delivers quality country classics as well as original tunes with an authentic vibe. With the great Lynn Netherton on pedal steel and Russ Wilson on the drums, this group is the real rug cuttin’ deal!

The dance will benefit Homeward Bound’s A HOPE Day Center.  Homeward Bound ends homelessness in our community, by moving people off the streets & into their own apartments, then providing the support they need to stay housed.  Since 2006, Homeward Bound has housed 342 people, and 89% of them are still in housing…it works!  Many of those people got connected to housing by coming to Homeward Bound’s A HOPE Day Center for showers, a mailing address, phone use, storage, and help from staff.  Last year, A HOPE served 3,161 people!  Supporting Homeward Bound’s A HOPE Day Center supports the solution to homelessness in our community.

Sponsors of the benefit dance are Homeward Bound, Beth Israel Congregation, and Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church.