"Defying Gravity: A fundraising concert" will feature baritone, Geoffrey Dice - a Vancouver Dentist and Lynn Valley United Church's Music Minister, Frank Chu on piano. The pair will perform music that they both love and feel empowers the spirit to defy gravity and to raise money and awareness for the Vancouver based, not-for-profit and CRA registered charity, Rainbow Refugee.

Founded in 2000, Rainbow Refugee is a Vancouver based community group that supports people seeking refugee protection in Canada because of persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression (SOGIE) or HIV status. They support and assist LGBTQ+ /HIV+ refugee claimants in BCs Lower Mainland through facilitated peer support, referrals, system navigation and accompaniment.

The Concert will feature songs by Leonard Cohen, Tom Leher, Stephen Schwartz, Henri Duparc and others, and solo piano works by Brahms, Debussy and Schubert.

Date: Friday, May 26th 2017

Doors Open: 7PM

Concert: 7:30PM

Location: Lynn Valley United Church - 3201 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver, BC

Cost: Admission by donation ($20 recommended, tax reciept available by request for donations over $30).

If you cannot attend, but wish to still donate to this fundraising Concert, please visit: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/lynn-valley-united-church/ and choose "Defying Gravity-Rainbow Refugee" from the drop down menu, to donate to this cause.