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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=BasicParagraph><b><u><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>PRESS RELEASE </span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <img width=116 height=106 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D03971.826FD840"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <img width=108 height=63 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D03971.826FD840"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ashtabula Arts Center</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2928 W. 13<sup>th</sup> Street, Ashtabula, OH 44004 (440) 964-3396<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Contact: Pamela Hammond, Marketing and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><a href="mailto:phammond@ashtabulaartscenter.org"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>phammond@ashtabulaartscenter.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><a href="http://www.ashtabulaartscenter.org"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>www.ashtabulaartscenter.org</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext'>Alex Bevan plays concert at Ashtabula Arts Center</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#FFEA24'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFC6CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Ashtabula Arts Center will be filled with music this coming Saturday night, January 31, when singer/songwriter Alex Bevan plays a coffeehouse/concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling the arts center at (440) 964-3396. All tickets are $15.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Bevan has won a number of awards including an Emmy for his score of the “American Promise – Rustbelt Blues. His songs run the gamut from folk to folk rock and pop and his expert guitar playing and improvisational wit enable him to blend story and song. Bevan has been writing songs and performing for audiences for more than forty years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Bevan got his first six-string, classical guitar when he was a student at Shaw High School in East Cleveland. He began playing local night clubs and coffeehouses. Signed to Big Tree Records while a student at the University of Akron, he has played in a number of bands over the years and has performed as the opening act for headliners including Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Buffet, Billy Joel, the Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, and others. Bevan has produced more than 20 albums and CD’s and has written over 100 radio and TV commercials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tickets to the Alex Bevan event can be purchased by calling the Ashtabula Arts Center at (440) 964-3396 or by visiting the box office at 2928 W. 13<sup>th</sup> Street, Ashtabula. Advance sale tickets are recommended as seating will be limited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>The Ashtabula Arts Center is funded in part by the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>