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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><FONT size=3>For Immediate
Release:<BR></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
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Lakes Theater Festival<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In
Partnership With WCPN 90.3 FM ideastream<STRONG><BR></STRONG></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Seeks
Original Music From Students</SPAN></B><SPAN
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for<SPAN class=827092215-15022008> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><EM>Bardstock FM </EM></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Radio
Program</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Great
Lakes Theater Festival in partnership with WCPN 90.3 FM ideastream invites
students to submit original music to the sixth annual <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">Bardstock FM </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">song writing contest</SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">All
students currently in grades 6-12 are eligible.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Songwriters get the inspiration for
their new songs from many sources,” said GLTF Director of Education Daniel Hahn
when describing the song writing competition’s goals.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“For this contest we are looking for
students who can write and perform a new, original song inspired by a Miller’s
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Crucible</I>.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The<B><SPAN
style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"> <I>Bardstock FM</I></SPAN></B> songwriting
competition is open to soloists and bands.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Music submissions of all styles
and genres are accepted.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B>Four
winning student entries will be chosen as
finalists.<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Student
finalists</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
will <B>receive a free professional recording </B>of their new songs in WCPN’s
state of the art recording studio <B>and a live radio broadcast of their
work</B> on a special May 2008 edition of WCPN’s <I>Around Noon</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Winning student musicians also receive
<B>a $250 cash prize</B> and a <B>professionally produced commemorative CD</B>
featuring all four of the contest’s winners.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <BR> <STRONG><BR><SPAN
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</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To register or to
request more information, students should contact Great Lakes Theater
Festival</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s Director of
Education, Daniel Hahn, by phone at (<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">216) 241-5490 x307 </B>or via email at <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A title=mailto:DanielGreatLakes@aol.com
href="BLOCKED::mailto:DanielGreatLakes@aol.com">DanielGreatLakes@aol.com</A></B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B><I>The deadline to register for the
<SPAN style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">Bardstock FM</SPAN> songwriting contest
is <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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Day="12" Month="3">Friday, March 12, 2008<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Todd S.
Krispinsky<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Director
of Marketing and Public Relations<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">(216)
241-5490 x317<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">tkrispinsky@greatlakestheater.org<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>