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ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!!!

Submitted by Allee Willis June 18th, 2013

As I sit here with LESS THAN FOUR DAYS LEFT for this fundraising campaign for “The D”, I can’t help but think about all the amazing things that have come out of it so far and how great it’s going to be when I go back to Detroit to do my passion project of recording the official unofficial theme song of the city with thousands of Detroiters throughout the month of “September”.

The outpouring of love and support from hundreds of you so far lets me know how many of my friends have my back.

But I’d have more confidence I could pull this off with ADDITIONAL DONATIONS. I’ve worked on this for over a year and a half already, making decisions like holding off on performing so the money could stream to “The D”. But it’s obvious I cant pull off something this ambitious alone. And it’s not the kind of project I’d want to pull off alone. It’s all about the power of community and friendships and how that ignites spirit.

When left to my own devices my songs have always been about if your life isn’t working get yourself up and MAKE A CHANGE. “I’m just burning doing the Neutron Dance” means if the world explodes tomorrow I will at least have lived the life I want to live.”

I relate to Detroit not just because it’s my hometown but because my entire career has been a series of starting overs, exactly what Detroit is faced with now. So I know the only way up is to not be afraid of going there and putting your imagination in the driver’s seat. From there on it’s sheer nerve and chutzpah and that’s what’s very much alive and well in Detroit. And why it’s so uplifting to go there. And why I know I will get the most spirited performance on earth out of these Motown babies no matter how I pull it off.

Ultimately, Detroit will not only have a theme song, and videos and documentary commemorating it, but this is a way for all profits in perpituity to go to two Detroit art gems, The Heidelberg Project and Mosaic Youth Theater.

Thanks to places in Detroit that have opened their doors to me like The Whitney – an elegant restaurant in the oldest house in Detroit on the first paved road in the world – and Vinsetta Garage – a killer food joint in what was the baddest hot rod garage in the city of cars – both of whom are hosting fundraisers for “The D” when I go back to Detroit in a couple of weeks.

This kind of generosity abounds in Detroit. And that generosity and spirit pushes me to ask you once again to please support me and “The D”. Even $5 is a vote of confidence that keeps me going (not that hundreds don’t help!).