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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;background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rachel & the Beatnik Playboys at LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='color:black'>Rachel & the Beatnik Playboys will perform a wide variety of music at their concerts at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10 and 11 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='color:black'>Tickets are $15 each for adults and <span style='background:white'>$10 LCCC students with valid ID and children 18 and under</span>. Tickets may be purchased online at <a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</a>, in person at the Stocker Box Office or by calling (440) 366-4040.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='color:black'>Rachel Brown, Bill Watson, Roy King and Dave Huddleston, are four professional musicians who play American roots music — blues, country, rock, jazz, and swing. Rachel, who has performed professionally since the age of 12, also has a day job teaching music at Elyria Middle School.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='color:black'>About the Rachel and the Beatnik Playboys: </span><span lang=EN><br><b>RACHEL BROWN<br></b>Rachel Brown is an experienced singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. She has been playing and studying music for over 25 years. She holds a master’s in music education with a classical piano/choral emphases and teaches music at Elyria Middle School. Rachel has performed professionally since the age of 12. She has opened for many top artists including Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Loretta Lynn, Ray Stevens, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Vern Gosdin, Clint Black , Alan Jackson, Aaron Tippin, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Richie Furay, Donna the Buffalo, Little Jimmy Dickens, Southern Pacific, Ricky Scaggs and The Judds. <br><br><b>BILL WATSON<br></b>Bill Watson has had an extensive and successful career out of performing music for many years. Currently, you can also find Bill playing with "The Numbers Band" (since 1990), "Hillbilly Idol" (since 1990), "Alex Bevan" (since 1988) and "Clearfork" (since 1990). Some of you may remember seeing Bill perform with "The Damn Band" (1991), "Reckless Abandon" (1987), "Mimi Hart & The Bopkats" (1984-86), "Deadly Ernest & The Honky Tonk Heroes" (1981-84), "Gopher Broke Swing Band" (1977-1981), "Smackinrrouge" and "Better 'n Bacon Band" (pre 1977).<br><br><b>ROY KING<br></b>Roy King has had the pleasure of performing with living legends like Mose Allison, Bucky Pizzerelli, Eddie Bo, Johnny Gimble and Jay McShann to great local heroes such as Alex Bevan, the Gopher Broke Swing Band, pianists Mike Petrone and Joe Hunter. Roy currently teaches drums and percussion at Woodsys Music in Kent and Medina, as well as leading his own jazz trio which plays at Nighttown in Cleveland. "I always wanted to be a beatnik and a playboy," says Roy. "Now I can be both!"<br><br><b>DAVE HUDDLESTON<br></b>Dave Huddleston is a lifelong student and lover of music. He is known locally as a vocalist, guitarist, and bassist. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Cleveland, Dave grew up in a musical family and was exposed to a variety of music genres -- from Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, to Broadway musicals played on the family hi-fi, to pop tunes squeezed out of a tiny transistor radio tuned to WIXY 1260-AM. His influences are all over the map -- Bach, Artie Shaw, Elvis, the Temptations, the Beatles, Ella, 1960s TV themes, Gaetano Veloso, Chaka Khan, U2, the Bee Gees, the Isley Brothers, Frankie Valli, Ennio Morricone, Buck Owens. Dave sees every song and every gig as a chance for exciting explorations, always with an element of surprise.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><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='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Kim Carrasquillo</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>| 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</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>| 1005 N Abbe Road</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>| 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">kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFDE35.140AF890" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: \\fs01\Marketing\Full Time\Logo file\LCCC blue square only.jpg"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/up"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFDE35.140AF890" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: UP Square"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://facebook.com/lorainccc" target="_blank" title=Facebook><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01CFDE35.140AF890" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/lorainccc" target="_blank" title=Twitter><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01CFDE35.140AF890" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Twitter"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/lcccwebvideo" target="_blank" title=YouTube><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01CFDE35.140AF890" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: YouTube"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/lorain-county-community-college" target="_blank" title=LinkedIn><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01CFDE35.140AF890" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: LinkedIn"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>