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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Contact: Sally Michael Keyes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">FODfest (Friends of Daniel Pearl Festival) announces <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">Community Concert Tues, Nov 30 at Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland, OH</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Great Barrington, Mass<SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">.)</SPAN> November 22, 2010</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> – <A href="http://www.fodfest.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>FODfest</FONT></A> (Friends of Daniel Pearl Festival) producers announce a free community concert on Tuesday November 30, 8:00pm at <A href="http://www.beachlandballroom.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff>Beachland Ballroom & Tavern</FONT></A> in Cleveland, OH. Musicians for the event include <A href="http://toddmack.net/"><FONT color=#0000ff>Todd Mack</FONT></A>, Evie Morris, and others tba</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">FODfest concerts support the vision that music connects people, creates positive change, and strengthens community.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Musicians interested in performing in the unique FODfest performance experience that is part concert, song-swap, and jam session, are invited to get more information at<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.fodfest.org/perform"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.fodfest.org/perform</FONT></A>.<SPAN style="COLOR: red"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>Sponsorship, program ads, and Reserved Seating ticket sales benefit FODfest, Inc. programming and those opportunities are still available for this concert.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For concerts and events scheduled for the 2010 autumn tour see below.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">FODfest has just returned from a two week tour of Israel and Palestine that included school programs and free concerts in community and cultural centers, parks, a bomb shelter, and even an olive grove.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Taking FODfest to the Middle East was a direct and powerful application of the organization’s community-building mission and is part of the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A href="http://www.fodfest.org/about"><FONT color=#0000ff>FODfest Abroad</FONT></A></B> program, which produces FODfest concerts and school programs in areas with a history of conflict and in underserved regions of the world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Planning and producing this tour was hands down the most challenging experience to date”, says FODfest founder and Executive Director Todd Mack.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“But it was also by far the most rewarding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our events brought together Israelis & Palestinians; Jews, Muslims, & Christians.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was the start of a conversation and music was our language.”<SPAN style="COLOR: red"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In addition to bringing communities together through free concerts, FODfest reaches out to youth in the communities where they perform with <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A href="http://www.fodfest.org/about"><FONT color=#0000ff>FODfest in the Schools</FONT></A>. </B>This program educates, inspires, and empowers young people and is open to all students regardless of their musical background.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FODfest in the Schools focuses on the community building power of music and is an extension of the FODfest Concert performed in the community. The eight week program engages students in the collective writing, performing, and recording of songs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These recordings are shared with <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">other FODfest in the Schools groups in other parts of the world as a way of interconnecting young people across the globe.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">FODfest in the Schools </B>programs currently in place include Hudson, NY; Torrington, CT; and Pittsfield, MA, with plans to establish the program in Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta, and other cities across the US and Middle East.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Funds raised at FODfest Community Concerts from donations, merchandise sales, reserved seating ticket sales, and sponsorships help support the FODfest in the Schools program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:info@fodfest.org"><FONT color=#0000ff>Contact</FONT></A> FODfest organizers to learn more.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Background </SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">- Founded in 2005, FODfest was<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> created by Todd Mack in tribute to the late Wall St. Journal reporter and personal friend Daniel Pearl, a talented musician who believed in the power of music to connect people. </SPAN>FODfest <SPAN style="COLOR: black">celebrates this ideal </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">by bringing audiences and musicians of all ages, backgrounds, and musical genres together to perform, often meeting for the first time on stage. </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To date, FODfest has performed in more than 60 communities across the US, Middle East, and Far East, featured nearly 1,000 musicians, and has reached thousands of people from broad demographic backgrounds. Musician, songwriter, and producer Mack<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> honors his friend with a legacy that reflects the ideals by which he lived. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mission -</SPAN></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <A href="http://www.fodfest.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>FODfest</FONT></A>, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen, empower, and educate communities through the universal language of music.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></div>
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10/18 Al Walleje, Palestine<SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></div>
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11/20 Atlanta, GA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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11/29 Brockport, NY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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