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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact: Gordon Petitt, Director of Marketing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(O) 216.765.7677 (M) 216.780.8305<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com">glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On the Web at clevelandpops.com <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>CLEVELAND </span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>POPS</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> ORCHESTRA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>18<sup>TH</sup> Annual Music Scholarship Competition Announced<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Cleveland POPS seeks top teen talent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Cleveland, OH – <span style='color:#1F497D'>September</span> 22, 2016 -- </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces the eighteenth annual competition for its <b>Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship. </b>This year’s competition will be held on Sunday, <b>November 20, 2016, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.</b></span><b> at The Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.</b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The scholarship is designed to give recognition and encouragement to musically gifted teens through the opportunity to perform on stage with the Cleveland POPS Orchestra and receive a cash award to be applied to their continuing studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Entry is open to all youth up to age 18 residing and attending high school in the seven-county Greater Cleveland region. Contestants can be singers, dancers or instrumentalists. They must be prepared to perform a full-length musical selection from memory. Choice of selection may be drawn from standard popular music repertoire, including songs, dances or instrumental solos found in Broadway musicals, big band arrangements, jazz or light classics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The grand prize winner of the competition will perform with the Cleveland POPS Orchestra at one of their regularly scheduled concerts at Severance Hall or PlayhouseSquare. The winner will also receive a $500 cash award.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Applications must be received at the Cleveland POPS office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 18, 2016. Call Gordon Petitt at 216-765-7677 or Email to <a href="mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com">mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</a> for information. Full details, including rules and application form, can be found online at <a href="http://www.clevelandpops.com/scholarship.htm">http://www.clevelandpops.com/scholarship.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>###<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gordon L. Petitt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Marketing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cleveland POPS Orchestra<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PH: 216.765.7677<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FX: 216.765.1931<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com">glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIjgYYYYoos">The Cleveland POPS is Tops! - VIDEO</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.clevelandpops.com/">www.clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cleveland-POPS-Orchestra/55221814842?ref=ts">Become a POPS Facebook Friend</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Follow us on Twitter @clevePOPSOhio<u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>