"You've Got a Friend in Me"

Old Town School of Folk Music 2015 Blue Jean Gala

July 21, 2015

A 5-hour, knee-slapping good concert for 400 guests on July 23, 2015, the Old Town School of Folk Music Gala raised $400,000 to support their initiatives, and Magellan Corporation was proud to sponsor.

Beginning with a restaurant crawl, the event migrated back to OSFM where guests enjoyed a raucous performance by blues musician Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires. Called "the screaming eagle of soul," Charles was the subject of the documentary, "Soul of America." He passed away just 2 years later in 2017.

The next performance of the evening was the piano-accompanied crooning of legendary songwriter Randy Newman, who performed, among other hits, his Toy Story blockbuster, "You've Got a Friend in Me." Randy has won 2 Academy Awards, 3 Emmys, 7 Grammys, and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Old Town School of Folk Music, explained director of individual giving Gary Snyderman, "is an amazing melting pot where people of different traditions come together."

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