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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=4 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>NEWS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Melissa
Daubert, Interactive Works of Art <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><a
href="mailto:daubertm@hotmail.com">daubertm@hotmail.com</a><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>(216) 651-0929 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Baby New Year Jam</span></font></i></b><b><font
face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
font-weight:bold'> to Ring in 2008 at First Night<sup>®</sup></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-family:
"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'>Akron</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a
name="OLE_LINK1"></a><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>CLEVELAND</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'> – December 1, 2007 – </span></font><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>On December 31, thousands will take to the
streets of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Akron</st1:City></st1:place>
to mark the passage from old year to new. Experience artist Melissa Daubert
has an invitation for every one of them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Daubert
has been selected to participate in this year’s First Night</span></font><sup><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>®</span></font></sup><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Akron</st1:City></st1:place>,
a family-friendly festival celebrating the New Year, community, and the arts.
Her hands-on, interactive installation <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Baby
New Year Jam</span></i> is a First Night</span></font><sup><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>®</span></font></sup><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'> feature, and she hopes that thousands will stop
by to play with the band.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>In <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Jam</span></i>, a litter of whimsical Baby New Years
play instruments through a series of mechanical systems. Each new visitor
creates a new and different jam of music, motion, surprise and change. It all
takes place in the most apropos setting – the Crystal Lobby of the newly
re-opened <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Akron</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Art Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Daubert,
herself a New Year baby, is excited about the meeting of the missions of her
piece, its location and the festival, “The band represents a sense of
community, an opportunity for kinetic creation and expression. Just as we come
together at First Night</span></font><sup><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>®</span></font></sup><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'> and at the museum, when we join <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Baby New Year Jam</span></i>, we join a creative community
larger than ourselves.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>For
more information about the artist, call (216) 651-0929 or visit </span></font><a
href="http://www.melissadaubert.com"><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>www.melissadaubert.com</span></font></a><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>. For more information about First
Night® <st1:City w:st="on">Akron</st1:City> and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Akron</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Art Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
visit </span></font><a href="http://www.firstnightakron.org/"><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'>www.firstnightakron.org</span></font></a><font
size=2 color="#333333" face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#333333'> and </span></font><a
href="http://www.akronartmuseum.org/"><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>www.akronartmuseum.org</span></font></a><font
size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>.</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Sent on behalf of Melissa Daubert by
Anita@Where4ARThou<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><a href="http://www.where4arthou.com/"
title="http://www.where4arthou.com/">www.Where4ARThou.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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