Local
Stockport man Alex Humphrey, aged 29, went missing on 14th
August 2009 while on a 3 week holiday in Panama. Despite numerous
searches, police involvement and a Panamanian media campaign, there
has been no trace of Alex since.
Friends
and family desperate to find out what has happened to Alex have
rallied together to organise 'Desperately
Seeking Alex' - a
poetry, music and arts event to raise funds and awareness for Alex's
case.
Manchester's
greenroom, on Whitworth Street,
is set to host the event, which will take place on 15th
January 2010 from
7.00pm. I have been part of the organising committee for this event.
We came up with the idea since
Alex is a keen poet, as well as classical music enthusiast. In
addition to scheduled and open mic performances from some of the
region's best poets and amateur poets, there will be performances
from classical and modern musicians, burlesque dancers, and fabulous
raffle and auction prizes to be won - including an auction prize for 1 night B&B at Manchester's Lowry Hotel.
Bringing
awareness to Alex's plight is central to the event, while money
raised will be used to help fund the cost of continuing the search
for Alex, and donated to Panamanian children's charity Hogar Trisker
(as a thank you for the help of the Panamanian authorities in the
search for Alex). Some will also be given to Ewing School, the
special needs school in Didsbury that Alex worked at.
Currently,
the top auction prize to bid for at the Desperately
Seeking Alex event is, as mentioned, a 1 night stay on a B&B basis at Manchester's 5 star The Lowry
Hotel, while raffle prizes include nights out at Band on The Wall, Lonely Planet gift books, a
meal at Sweet Mandarin in Manchester, a night out with wine at greenroom, and many
others.
With
more awareness to the situation of missing Alex Humphrey and more
funds to help the search, there is hope the family can find some
much-needed news to alleviate their anguish. As Alex's mum, Gill
Humphrey, says, “The worst case scenario is never knowing what
happened to Alex.”
Desperately
Seeking Alex: Doors open 7.00pm until late, with a 7.45pm start time,
and a DJ/disco after performances have ended. Door entry is £3 waged
/ £2 unwaged. Free vegan cakes will be available on the night!
See
the Facebook group 'DESPERATELY SEEKING ALEX' for further details,
email desperatelyseekingalex@googlemail.com,
and also see www.alex-humphrey.co.uk
Can
you help?
Organisers
of the event are appealing to local people, businesses, and shops for
kind donations towards the raffle or auction prizes, to make this
event really big and raise as much cash as possible to such a worthy
cause. As well, they are appealing for a sponsor to the event.
If
you would like to donate or are interested in sponsoring Desperately
Seeking Alex, please contact press officer for the event, Andrea
Wren: desperatelyseekingalex@googlemail.com
