Gee, I worked in disability rights, and I don't know what "partially accessible" means. Jill

Hi Jill - I, too, have worked for disability rights and universal accessibility. I hesitated using such a cryptic phrase rather than a full description of the problem, but most newspaper calendar listings are brief and cut text like crazy.

The Unitarian Church has a fairly steep ramp in front, followed by one step up - so a person who uses a wheelchair can get in but will require some robust assistance. The interior doors are wide enough for wheelchair passage but there is no wheelchair accessible bathroom. The situation is far from ideal and does not qualify as accessible.

With 2 weeks notice it was the only acoustically good room I could get locally with enough space for the benefit. The decision to give a concert to solve getting off to Ireland... and I'm supposedly departing just two days after the concert... is a huge gamble, set up to solve last minute cancellations of trip volunteers.

If the obvious barriers prevent your participation as an audience member I regret that outcome. Among my usual criteria for talks and performance spaces is full accessibility.

My number and email are in the article. If you or other people trying to solve accessibility issues at either Hastings House of the Walpole Unitarian Church would like to discuss solutions so you can participate at this and other events, please contact me directly. As a new member of the church (with disabilities, and former employment as an assistant to a person using a wheelchair) I am looking for solutions and funding to implement those solutions.

Thanks for your question Michael Billingsley