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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers of Pakistan Bring Qawwali Music to LCCC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>One of Pakistan’s most esteemed ensembles will bring the musical art of qawwali to Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers will perform at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, November 17 at LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for students. Tickets</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span></span><a href="http://www.stocr"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'>www.stockerartscenter.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>, or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at (440) 366-4040 from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts Center. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Take-a-Chance tickets are available at the box office beginning 90 minutes prior to the show as long as tickets remain. Take-a-Chance tickets are $8 and are available until curtain time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>The performance is part of a week-long residence that</span></strong><span style='color:black'> Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers</span><strong><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'> will hold on the LCCC campus. </span></strong><span style='color:black'>The group will also perform a student matinee at 10 a.m., Thursday, November 15 in Stocker Arts Center. Tickets are $5 each. The show is appropriate for students in second grade and older.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>With its heartbeat-like pulse, vocal fireworks and message of universal love and peace, qawwali music has found fans worldwide.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:#333333'>The sons of Ustad Qawal Bahauddin Khansahab, the legendary maestro of the Khusrou tradition of qawwali singing, <strong><span style='font-family:"Droid Sans";font-weight:normal'>Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Droid Sans"'> </span></strong>are direct descendants of the first qawwali choirs dating back to the 13th century. Now the torch-bearers of more than 700 years of this mystical Sufi devotional singing tradition, <strong><span style='font-family:"Droid Sans";font-weight:normal'>Qawal Najmuddin </span></strong></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Saifuddin </span><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:#333333;font-weight:normal'>& Brothers</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:#333333'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:#333333'>will travel from their home in Karachi to share this magical musical experience with communities in the Midwest</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers </span><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>is the third international group to perform at LCCC as part of the Arts Midwest World Fest. LCCC is the only stop in Ohio for the tour, which includes four ensembles in two years. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Droid Sans";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>An Arts Midwest initiative, the 2011-13 Arts Midwest World Fest is generously sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, 3M Foundation, MetLife Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, and the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest. Arts Midwest World Fest is also generously supported by Illinois Arts Council, Indiana Arts Commission, Iowa Arts Council, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Minnesota State Arts Board, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, South Dakota Arts Council, and Wisconsin Arts Board.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Locally, <span style='color:black'>Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers </span>residency is sponsored by the Beth K. Stocker Trust.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:black'>For more information about Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers, visit </span><a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</a><span style='color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#000066'>Kim Carrasquillo</span></b><span style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#000066'>Writer, Project Coordinator | Marketing and Outreach Initiatives</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#522C1C'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Lorain County Community College | 1005 N Abbe Road | Elyria, Ohio 44035<br>t: 440.366.4822</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> f: 440.366.4113 e : </span><u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu"><span style='color:blue'>kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu</span></a></span></u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>LCCC website: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/"><span lang=FR style='color:blue'>www.lorainccc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>