The critically acclaimed band Rusted Root will play a benefit concert at Shady Side Academy as part of the student-run Untucked event on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets for children ages 10 and under are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the refugee branches of the Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh and Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh. To purchase advance tickets, visit www.ssawebstore.com. The Untucked event is open to the public and kicks off with a family carnival at 4 p.m., followed by the concert at 6 p.m. Both the carnival and concert will be held in the McKnight Hockey Center at the Shady Side Academy Senior School campus, 423 Fox Chapel Road, Fox Chapel. The family carnival features inflatables, a dunk tank, a mechanical bull, a Wii zone, a fun photo zone, arts and crafts, and music. Food vendors include Little Athens Catering, The Franktuary, Holy Smokes Barbecue, The Goodie Truck and Conflict Kitchen. Rusted Root was founded in Pittsburgh and is known for its unique fusion of acoustic rock, world and other styles of music. The band’s first record, Cruel Sun, debuted in 1992. Their second album, When I Woke, went platinum in 1995. The band’s most popular song, “Send Me on My Way,” hit No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured on the Ice Age movie soundtrack. Since then, Rusted Root has produced five more albums. Learn more at www.rustedroot.com. Untucked is a student organization founded in 2002 at Shady Side Academy Senior School. Its mission is to support local and international charities while providing a fun-filled community event. Over the past eight years, Untucked has raised more than $80,000 for charities such as Neighborhood Academy, Best of the Batch Foundation, Gilda’ s Club, and Global Links while featuring concerts by well-known bands including The Clarks, Better Than Ezra, Sister Hazel, State Radio and Arrested Development. The Untucked students have worked tirelessly this year to fundraise, plan and publicize the carnival and concert. They also have spent time volunteering with Nepali refugees in Pittsburgh. Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh and Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh are this year’s beneficiaries of Untucked. These organizations both have branches that provide resettlement services to refugees escaping persecution in their homeland. These services are provided to those outside the United States who have been granted refugee status by the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service and brought to the United States for resettlement, as well as those already in the United States who have been granted asylum. For more information, visit www.jfcspgh.org and www.ccpgh.org. You can edit or unsubscribe from alerts on the My Subscriptions tab in your user account. http://www.shadysideacademy.org/cf_user/cp.cfm?tab=subscr