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[/caption]On Friday May 20 at 6pm, the flood protection advocacy group Levees.org will host an Unveiling Ceremony for a Louisiana State Historic Plaque with Irvin Mayfield Jr., Grammy Award winning cultural ambassador to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. This is part of the ongoing mission to commemorate the events of Hurricane Katrina.
The 120-pound Plaque will be placed near the London Avenue Canal Breach Site (corner of Warrington Drive and Mirabeau Avenue) in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans.
Mr. Mayfield's participation will include playing the Elysian trumpet, hand-built by David Monette, the modern master of trumpet design, and dedicated to the memory of Irvin Mayfield, Sr. and all of the victims of the flooding on August 29, 2005.
While the Historic Plaque is Levees.org's gift to the residents of Gentilly, the text was crafted and the location was chosen in collaboration with the neighborhood association leaders and affected residents. Levees.org's supporters raised the $1,740 to pay for the Plaque.
The Unveiling Ceremony will take place rain or shine, and is open to the public.
The Unveiling Ceremony will take place rain or shine, and is open to the public.
Irvin Mayfield, 32, is one of New Orleans' premiere musicians and continues its legacy of jazz. He has won both Grammy and Billboard awards for his versatile musical abilities that include trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, professor, cultural ambassador and recording artist is on a path to position. Mayfield and New Orleans are central to jazz culture in the United States, with the young musician one of the most honored musicians of his generation.
Levees.org's mission is educating the nation about the true cause of the metro New Orleans flooding. The group has nearly 25,000 supporters nationwide. It was founded in 2005 and now has chapters in five states
