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    Fort Pastor

    When: Saturday, March 31, 2007
    8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
    Where: The Listening Room at J Michael Instruments
    1946 N Wickham Road
    Melbourne, FL 32935
    Prerequisite: Bring at least one canned-good food item
    Cost: Online: $10.00 / Door: 10

    Orlando, FL (PRWEB) July 10, 2006 -- RusTan Toonz recording artists 'Fort Pastor' are taking their brand of acoustic soul music to the streets. With their debut release 'Alive Inside' set to hit stores July 25th and their new single 'Love Me' climbing the charts, Fort Pastor embarks on a different type of tour. Using their huge popularity and intense schedule, Fort Pastor has partnered with homeless shelters around the country to encourage local communities to exercise their "soul."

    "Companies like Compassion International and World Vision feed children all over the world. But what about the people in our own backyards? Being able to feed people in our local communities is a way to show some love in a very real way and see the impact of sewing into the lives of those in need," states renowned Indie-artist and front man Brant Christopher. "Bringing canned goods to our concerts not only provides food to those less fortunate, but helps prevent many from becoming homeless by keeping the costs of food bags down for the local shelters. It is our hope that we can be a loud voice for shelters around the country and bring the needs of these organizations to the forefront."

    The band has enlisted the help of companies like the Bose Corporation and Shure Microphones to sponsor their upcoming tour. This allows Fort Pastor to incorporate visits to local shelters into each tour stop.

    "Getting a chance to put faces to the organizations we work with keeps us passionate about ensuring people are well informed," says band member Jeffrey Todd. "If we can use the platform we have been given for something beyond music, we are going take full advantage of that."


    Fort Pastor

    Jeffrey Todd, Brant Christopher Menswar, Jono Callow (l-r)

    Fort Pastor Although there are electric guitars, bass, and keyboards, the arrangements have a strong acoustic influence and perfectly showcase Brant Christopher's, Jeffrey Todd's, and Jono Callow's abilities with strings, percussion, and the aforementioned "other objects." The music is a satisfying meld of rock, jazz, soul, and folk music with golden threads of the band's American and Australian roots. Especially notable are Infected and Karma and Grace.

    Band founder Brant Christopher Menswar composed or co-composed nine of the CD's ten selections. His lyrics bemoan the pigeon holing of musicians, mourn lost love, decry political and social situations that he finds appalling, declare romantic interest, and embrace sin-forgiving grace. Although the band is unabashed in sharing its Christianity, the members are equally insistant that they are a band, not a folk band, rock band, Christian band, or members of any other narrow category. They recognize the multi-dimensionality of their lives and include it in their music. Listeners will soon discover that the CD is not "light" or "pollyanna." The band members are social activists who use their music to promote their causes, and in fact, they've recently launched the Social Justice Army, a group whose members volunteer in their local communities.

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