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Dance & Song For

Dance and Song for

Amber spent her last night on Earth dancing, enjoying good music and good food- it wasn't a bad last day. But she deserved life and her share of happiness- and her killer is still free, empowered perhaps to kill again. Please join us at Galdo's Catering and Entertainment in Philadelphia March 27th at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased on the Events page of this site, and include full buffet, live music from 2 bands, Tony Mecca and Way Out Wilson, stand up comedy from Will Neri, and a dj as well. Cash bar. Ticket sale proceeds will go towards the reward fund.
It will also be an opportunity to purchase Amber's artwork, and some of her mother's art will be offered for the first time, all benefiting the Amber Long '11 scholarship.


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Remembering Amber with Good Food & Friends

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Saturday's event was wonderful! Thank you so much for coming- I understand they sold about 75 tickets! Organized by Chris Woodson at the National Mechanics Bar & Grill, the event was supposed to run 4-9 p.m. It got off to a slow start, which was a very good thing, since the Schuylkill 'Expressway' was it's usual fabulous river of brake lights, and I was still on it at a quarter of 4. But Leanne Philips and many other awesome people were there to give me a hand, and once we figured out what we had to work with and how it could go, we had Amber's art beautifully displayed by 4:30. As more people started to arrive it was wonderful to be able to show it off and tell the stories behind the work. Many of the people there knew Amber through work, or pool league, or socializing- this was their first glimpse of another side to her. One guy told me that he'd seen her sketching at times, but had no idea she could do anything like this.It was heart warming to see the reactions, awe in some cases, at the incredible level of detailing and sense of depth. I spoke to an artist who was a friend of a friend, she never met Amber, but she bought a print of the Stone Arch, to inspire her. All in all, the art sales raised about $1000 for the Amber Long '11 Scholarship!  

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