Entertainment for a good cause

Shanneyganock members (from left) Bob Pike, Mike Clarke, Chris Andrews and Mark Hiscock close out the second annual Telegram Stars for Warm Hearts benefit for Iris Kirby House concert on Saturday night at the
St. John’s Arts & Culture Centre. — Photos by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 1 height:249px;width:375px Chris Kirby of the Chris Kirby and the Marquee band performs during the second-annual Telegram Stars for Warm Hearts benefit for Iris Kirby House concert on Saturday night at the St. John's Arts & Culture Centre. — Photos by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 2 height:500px;width:332px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 3 height:500px;width:332px Drummer Craig Luscombe of the local accoustic rock three-piece band Evry7th — 2011 MusicNL nominees for Rising Star of the Year and Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year, performs a song during the band’s set. 4 width:500px;height:332px  — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 5 height:500px;width:332px

Singer/songwriter and storyteller Ian Foster performs a song from his latest album “The Evening Light.” 6 height:500px;width:332px A fiddler with the Chris Kirby and the Marquee band performs during the group’s performance. 7 height:500px;width:332px Elizabeth Kirby, of Toronto, Ont., and daughter of the late Iris Kirby, who founded Iris Kirby House 30 years ago, addresses the audience. 8 height:500px;width:332px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 9 height:500px;width:332px A sword-wielding member of The Neighbourhood Strays bellydancers troupe performs. 10 width:500px;height:331px

— Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 11 width:500px;height:331px The Telegram’s publisher and general manager Charlie Stacey (left) and arts and entertainment reporter Tara Bradbury, who founded the Warm Hearts fundraising campaign for the Iris Kirby House, accept an appreciation plaque from Iris Kirby House executive-director Gail Tobin and board of directors member Glenn Furlong during the second half of the Warm Hearts benefit concert. 12 width:500px;height:331px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 13 width:500px;height:331px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 14 height:500px;width:332px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 15 height:500px;width:332px

— Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 16 width:500px;height:331px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 17 width:500px;height:331px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 18 height:500px;width:332px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 19 height:500px;width:332px — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 20 width:500px;height:331px