The Other Half Time Show

A group of geek musi­cians got together for an impromptu jam ses­sion after Tweet­camp San Anto­nio in July 2009. Since this all started because of Twit­ter, they decided to call them­selves the Twit­ter Jam Band. This ad hoc group got together to play sev­eral times dur­ing 2009. Mem­bers would vary depend­ing on who showed up.

The idea for The Other Half Time Show was con­ceived dur­ing a con­ver­sa­tion between Alan Weinkrantz and Jen­nifer Navar­rete at a lun­cheon. To live web stream the Twit­ter Jam Band dur­ing the Super­Bowl seemed like a crazy idea. The deci­sion to pair up this event as a fundraiser for Holly Julian was what turned the idea into a reality.

Holly Julian has Chronic Obstruc­tive Pul­monary Dis­ease or C.O.P.D. (4th largest killer in US) and is rais­ing funds to help pay for antic­i­pated out of pocket expenses for her much needed dou­ble lung trans­plant. Holly’s hus­band, Steve, is a mem­ber of the Twit­ter Jam Band which is why this was a nat­ural fit. Their fundrais­ing goal is $100,000. Thus far they have raised $20,000 through bake and plant sales, silent auc­tions and other com­mu­nity events. Our hope is that The Other Half Time Show Ben­e­fit Con­cert can go a long way towards rais­ing the remain­ing $80,000.

We are ask­ing folks to “Share. Watch. Donate.”

SHARE this by stum­bling, blog­ging, tweet­ing, face­book­ing and talk­ing to your friends and net­work about this event. Direct folks to http://theotherhalftimeshow.org

WATCH us on Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 7, 2010 as the Twit­ter Jam Band per­forms 3 songs dur­ing The Other Half Time Show. The per­for­mance will begin 5 min­utes after The Who are done with the Super Bowl Half Time Show.

DONATE the cost of a day or week or month’s worth of lattes or more to Holly Julian through the National Foun­da­tion of Trans­plants http://www.transplants.org/donate/hollyjulian

You can find out more about Holly Julian at Hugs4Holly http://hugs4holly.org

Orga­niz­ers for this event are:

Alan Weinkrantz | Jen­nifer Navar­rete | John Navar­rete | Luis San­doval

Tags: C.O.P.D., Cause, hugs4holly, superbowl, The Who, theotherhalftimeshow, twitter jam band