07/01

In this issue of VH1 Save The Music News!

- Restoration Of Four Atlanta Area Instrumental Music Programs Celebrated At "On The Bricks" Concert Series

- Confrontation Takes Place Between Northern Illinois University Football Team and Visiting Drum Corps

- Starbucks Gives Grant To San Francisco Area Young Musician's Program

- NAMM Summer Session 2001 July 20-22

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Restoration Of Four Atlanta Area Instrumental Music Programs Celebrated At "On The Bricks" Concert Series

Celebrating music in Atlanta this weekend, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation and local partner, AT&T Broadband will participate in the On The Bricks Concert Series in Centennial Park. This free summer concert series runs every Friday night until August 10th. Tonight a local band will provide music beginning at 6PM, followed by performances by National artists Sister Hazel and Dexter Frebish.

Along with local partner AT&T Broadband, The VH1 Save The Music Foundation will be announcing the restoration of instrumental music programs to four Atlanta area schools. Since 1998, AT&T Broadband and The VH1 Save The Music Foundation have placed $325,000 worth of instruments in Atlanta area schools, restoring 13 instrumental music programs. Atlanta area students from The Peachtree Promenade will also be on hand to help promote awareness about the importance of music education.

Source:
www.onthebricks.net
www.vh1savethemusic.com

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Confrontation Takes Place Between Northern Illinois University Football Team and Visiting Drum Corps

An incident took place in DeKalb, Illinois when about 20 members of the Northern Illinois University football team interrupted a practice session of a drum corps from Columbus Ohio.

NIU spokeswoman Melanie Magara said the drum corps was practicing at Huskie Stadium for this weekend's Drum Corps Midwest, an annual event at NIU that draws 25 drum corps from the United States, Canada and China. The football team arrived at their practice field Thursday to find it occupied by a drum corps and according to Madara , "Some members of the football team ran onto the field'' while the drum corps was still practicing. ``And two or three of the folks practicing were bumped into, knocked over by football players running from one end of the football field to another.''

NIU police were called and the strength and training coach and a member of the team were arrested and charged with battery, Magara said. None of the drum corps members suffered serious injuries.

Source: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010713/sp/fbc_football_band_scuffle_1.htm

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Starbucks Gives Grant To San Francisco Area Young Musician's Program

The East Bay: Young Musician's Program, A unit of UC Berkeley's Center for Educational Outreach was honored at the Starbucks Bay Area Grants for Giving celebration at the San Francisco City Hall on July 17, 2001. The Starbucks Grants for Giving Program will enable this organization to fund a seven-week summer session for 70 low-income young people ages 9 – 17 encouraging them to fully develop the skills required of a serious musician.

Following their tradition of investing in communities where they do business, the Starbucks Coffee Company, launched the program this year to support Bay Area non-profit organizations and charitable agencies by awarding four $100,000 and four $5,000 grants to exceptional local groups.

Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010717/sftu089.html

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NAMM Summer Session 2001 July 20-22

NAMM: The International Music Products Association will hold it’s Summer Session 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, July 20-22, 2001. Thousands of NAMM members, exhibitors and manufacturers are celebrating NAMM’s centennial by showcasing instruments and innovations that have changed the course of the music products industry during the past 100 years.

This year will mark the ninth consecutive year the NAMM Summer Session will be held in Nashville at the Convention Center and the Gaylord Entertainment Center.

Source: www.namm.org

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