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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=5 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Contact:</span></font></i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Kathleen Lawry <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> Public Relations and Marketing Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Office:</span></font></i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> 440.375.7230 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Date:</span></font></i><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> Oct. 22, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Lake Erie College
collaborates with Cool Cleveland for party and John Bassette Memorial Folk
Festival<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">PAINESVILLE</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>)
– In honor of the first anniversary of the death of former local folksinger
John Bassette, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake Erie</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will host a party
with Cool Cleveland Nov. 14 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. prior to a live memorial
concert titled, “John Bassette & The Spirit of Individuality,” at
8:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
party is open to those 21 and older and will take place in the Lake Erie
College Fine Arts Building. The event will feature live performances from the
College’s fine arts programs, including excerpts from the dramatic productions
of "Three Musketeers" and "The Good Woman of Szechuan"; a dance
performance from undergraduate dance majors and an acoustic guitar duet by
professor and student. The cost to attend the party is $15 and includes beer
sponsored by <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>’s microbrewery, Willoughby Brewing, along
with wine and food samplings from Gavi's, Bistro 70, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Metz</st1:City></st1:place>'s and more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Local
singer-songwriter Alex Bevan will be the opening act for Tiny Alice, a
northeast <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> jug band, for the free concert
that will take place in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Morley</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music Hall</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> following the
party. Bevan will be performing songs of Bassette on acoustic guitar. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
concert is designed to honor Bassette’s musical spirit on the first anniversary
of his death. Bassette </span>was one of the first local artists to record and
produce music for his own independent label, Tinkertoo Records. <o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Born
in <st1:City w:st="on">Hampton</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Va.</st1:State>,
on Dec. 28, 1941, Bassette </span>attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Union</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Upon graduation,
he relocated to New York City in pursuit of a music career, and became a
fixture of the thriving Greenwich Village folk scene during the mid-'60s. While
there, he performed with Sammy Davis, Jr. in the Broadway play, “Golden
Boy.” Relocating to northeast <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>
in the late 1960s, Bassette worked as a folksinger, singer-songwriter, poet and
cable TV personality until a debilitating stroke limited his pursuits in the
early 1990s. <o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For
more information about the event, contact Richard Sax at 440.375.7151 or <a
href="mailto:rsax@lec.edu">rsax@lec.edu</a> or log onto coolcleveland.com.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Founded
in 1856, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake Erie</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is a dynamic and
progressive institution of higher education. The College offers 27
undergraduate majors, including a new program in equine entrepreneurship
– the first of its kind throughout the country. This coeducational college,
grounded in the liberal arts, enrolls just over 1,100 students of all ages and
is nationally recognized for its equine studies programs and international
learning opportunities for students.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>###</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-style:normal'>Kathleen Lawry</span></font></i></em><i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Public
Relations and Marketing Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lake Erie</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>391
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">W. Washington St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Painesville</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">44077</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Phone:
440.375.7230<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Fax:
440.375.7204<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>E-mail:
<a href="mailto:klawry@lec.edu" title="mailto:klawry@lec.edu"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><span title="mailto:klawry@lec.edu"><span
title="mailto:klawry@lec.edu">klawry@lec.edu</span></span></span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://www.lec.edu/" title="http://www.lec.edu/">www.lec.edu</a></span></font><span
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