90 shows, 90 days, 90 towns
The #90Days2015 will raise funds for survivors of violent crimes and communities, venues, companies and musicians in South Africa are called on to get involved in the project
KEMPTON singer/songwriter Natalie Chapman has embarked on her #90Day tour on January 28.
Chapman is a successful and well-known singer/songwriter, actress, radio DJ, lecturer, music promoter, activist, LEADSA ambassador, booking agent, PR person and staunch supporter of South African talent.
Her genre is a blend of Country/Blues/American and original music.
The tour will include 180 shows in 90 days in 90 towns, while giving a voice to survivors of violent crimes and raising funds for the Epic Foundation and others.
#90Days is about giving a voice to survivors of violent and sexual crimes.
In 2014 Chapman completed what was considered by many to be an impossible task, 90 performances in 90 consecutive days in 90 different towns from January to April.
She covered more than 13 500km across South Africa and reached thousands of individuals with her message of hope, motivation and music. She was awarded a LEADSA Hero Award for her efforts in May 2014.
This year Chapman will endeavour to spread her message of hope and awareness to all corners of South Africa, including visits to Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho.
Chapman is a proud ambassador and board member of Epic Foundation, which was founded by Alta McMaster at the beginning of 2013 to provide a helping hand to others in the form of assisting with the empowerment of survivors of trauma.
She will be raising much-needed funds for this organisation and others around South Africa through her performances and fundraising events.
Apart from spreading her message at performances in community halls, live music venues, and theatres, Chapman will also be performing at women’s and children’s shelters, children’s homes and schools during the day to motivate and encourage our youth to protect themselves, speak out when they become victims and change the future of the country by being involved in creating better communities for themselves.
In 2015, prisons have also been added to this list as Chapman believes that perpetrators should also be spoken to as often they have been victims themselves.
Chapman’s #90Days project would not have been possible or successful without the support of many individuals, businesses and organisations in each of the towns on the tour schedule.
She now calls on all communities, venues, companies and musicians in South Africa to get involved in order to help her make #90Days2015 even more impactful and far reaching than the last.
Anyone wishing to get involved can contact her on thelocalelementsa@gmail.com.
As with #90Days2014, KIA Motors South Africa will again support Natalie Chapman as vehicle sponsor and by covering all road travel expenses.
All other tour costs are self-funded and through the money raised at #90Days2015 events.
