Benefit Concert for New Jersey Flood Victims

Responding to summer flooding that ravaged the South Jersey town he used to call home, veteran singer/songwriter Robert Hazard (pictured above) has assembled some of New Jersey’s top entertainers for Higher Ground: After the Deluge, a concert to benefit the flood victims in Medford, N.J.

Hazard, who recently released his latest CD The Seventh Lake, will be joined by a pair of Jersey acts—Grey Eye Glances and Curb recording artists deSoL— Sunday, Oct. 17 at Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center (at Cherokee High School), 130 Tomlinson Road, Marlton, N.J., just a few miles away from the heart of the area hardest hit by the flood. The rains caused 21 dams to burst and forced the evacuation of nearly 800 people. Damages were estimated at more than $50 million.

“I saw it on CNN, I couldn’t believe it,” says Robert, a current Florida resident who lived in hard-hit Medford Lakes in the 1980s and ‘90s, and who still counts many former neighbors as friends. “I just wanted to do something to help.”

Showtime for Higher Ground: After the Deluge is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in person at the box office, over the phone, or online. Proceeds from all ticket sales benefit the summer flood victims of Medford, N.J. Box office hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To order, call (856) 983-3366 or visit the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center at www.sjtheater.com.

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