August 6th update!!!
Hi Everybody! Just to re-cap - we have been in touch with Radiohead management and learned that Scott Johnson's family decided to set up Scott Johnson Bursary for Young Musicians. It took quite sometime for them to get the website in place but it finally happened. We are in the process of transferring the funds we have raised thus far to this new fund: as per Scott's family, the idea is that this will be THE ONLY fund, so we are following their wishes:
http://scottjohnsonbursary.com/
Dear friends of Scott,
It has been heart-warming to receive the kind wishes from you all.
We have had many requests for donations in place of flowers and have set up an account that will be the Scott Johnson Bursary for Young Musicians. This will be managed by his friends locally as a fund primarily in Rotherham Schools.
It was not our intention to create this nor wish his friends to spend money that none of us can afford in these difficult times. We hoped that it would be modest but already some companies and teachers want to offer products and services that will benefit these musicians.
Frankly we cannot equate to the financial aspects but if it helps anyone to contribute in this way the account is established to ensure that no other fund is created in error. It may take a while, but we will keep you informed on how the money is spent in due course.
Thank you all,
Ken and Sue Johnson
If you have not donated yet - please follow the link above. If you have - rest assured that we are working with the family and Radiohead management to transfer the moneys. THANK YOU so much for your generous support.
inez
June 26 update!!
Hi guys - just to let you all know, we have been in touch with Radiohead management; there will be a person from Scott's family who we will work with to transfer the funds that we raised; it will happen a bit later once more pressing and ...sad events (funeral and all...) get sorted out. So if you have not donated yet, and were considering it - there is still time to do it. And thank you so much again!!
UPDATE!!!
we migrated to a much more user friendly site as listed below - and the international donations are supposed to be working smoothly now!! All donations received through the earlier link will be combined with into a GRAND total.
thanks for your patience while we were troubleshooting their web interface!
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As most of you guys heard, a terrible accident happened yesterday in Toronto Downsview park, about 1 hr before doors opened: the stage collapsed, and with it, it took the life of one of the Radiohead crew members. Scott Johnson, the drums tech, was instantly killed in the accident.
http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/120617/Scott
For those of us, fans, who have been traveling to multiple gigs, the death of the RH crew member is something that we feel very strongly about. We would like to do something to express our feelings to Scott's family, to the band, because we are all connected...
Maria, who many of you know from spending hours in queues, spearheaded this FUND - to raise money for Scott's family or whichever charity they would choose. So here it is:
https://rally.org/thescottjohnsonmemorialfund
If you'd like to donate anything - please go ahead.
And thank you all.
inez
I JUST realized I took a picture of Scott in Camden - 3 days before this crazy accident!!! please click on the image if you'd like to see a it in high resolution. How incredibly odd.....
