Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: press release

[patty (pattypax]

Here is more about the concert.  thanks patty

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> From: patty <pattypax [at] earthlink.net>
> Date: Mon Jul 28, 2008  12:56:06  PM US/Central
> To: Patty Guerrero <pattypax [at] earthlink.net>
> Subject: press release
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> From: Ann Dwight Lewis, concert committee coordinator
> 952-944-9604
>
>
>
> ‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER’ BENEFITS PEACE CONFERENCE
>
>
> Jazz fans are in for a treat on Monday, August 4, when a benefit 
> concert will be presented by Collective Unconscious at St. Joan of Arc 
> Church in Minneapolis. Headliners will be George Maurer, keyboardist, 
> with Jim Ten Bensil,trombone, and vocalists T. Mychael Rambo, Mary 
> Jane Alm, and Ann Michaels.
>
> Produced by Jeff Engholm, the concert features the Twin Cities 
> premiere of “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” a live album recreation of 
> Simon & Garfinkel’s legendary 1970’s release.  The group’s first 
> “Bridge Over Troubled Water” concert played to sell-out crowds and 
> rave reviews in St. Cloud.  Using strings, horn and band, Collective 
> Unconscious will perform the hit songs “Cecilia,” “The Boxer,” “El 
> Condor Pasa” and the immortal title track.  Opening the show will be 
> individual performances by well-known artists Mary Jane Alm, Ann 
> Michaels and T. Mychael Rambo.
>
> St. Joan of Arc’s gymnasium at 4537 Third Avenue South is the concert 
> venue.  Tickets are $25 and may be purchased in advance at  or at the 
> door.  A cash bar will open at 6:30 pm, with the performance at 7 pm.
>
> The concert benefits the Peace Island Conference: Hope in a Time of 
> Crisis to be held September 2-3 at Concordia University.  The 
> non-partisan, solutions-driven conference is scheduled during the 
> Republican National Convention in St. Paul.  Nationally-known speakers 
> will address current issues of peace, justice and the environment at 
> the conference. It is sponsored by the Minnesota Alliance of 
> Peacemakers, a non-partisan coalition of 73 local advocacy 
> organizations.  For additional information, see
>
> “There’s great harmony between our conference theme of ‘hope in a time 
> of crisis’ and the concert title, ‘bridge over troubled water’,” says 
> concert committee coordinator Ann Lewis.  “We anticipate a terrific 
> evening of music and spoken word with these outstanding actors and 
> jazz musicians who will blend their talents for the Peace Island 
> conference Benefit."
>
> For additional information or questions, contact Lewis at .
>
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