FARMINGTON — Shepherd’s Pie and SAVES are teaming up to put on a dance on March 13, at the North Dining Hall, University of Maine Farmington from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased at Tranten’s Family Market, Mountain View Chocolate Shoppe and SAVES. All proceeds raised will support Franklin County’s sexual assault crisis center, SAVES.

Seven musicians make up Shepherd’s Pie, with five of those members lending their talent as singers to the mix. These performers have provided quality dance music at parties and events all over the state of Maine, including the Farmington Inaugural Ball in January 2009. The band is known to please people of all ages with a variety of musical interests. They play high energy dance music that ranges from rock to ballroom jazz, and everything else in between —soul, country, pop, alternative, R&B and reggae, and have done so throughout the state of Maine.

If you are looking for more information you can check out Shepherd’s Pie online at www.shepherdspiemusic.com and, if you are interested in booking them for an event, you can contact Tim Wallace by phone at 491-9164 and 778-4694 or by sending an email to timrobwall@hotmail.com.

To learn more or to get involved, contact SAVES at 778-9522 or visit the Web site at www.savesrapecrisis.org. If you would like information or support related to any type of sexual violence, call the 24-hour confidential helpline at 1-800-871-7741. If you are a cell phone user in Franklin County, call 1-866-740- 9516.