<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><font size="2" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_49d124d2-4c36-44c4-87a2-5e0fdf2ed10e" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody"><span mce_style="font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;" class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><div class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class="" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://robertoocasiofoundation.org/" class="" style="font-size: 18px;"><b class="">robertoocasiofoundation.org</b></a> or call <b class="" style="font-size: 20px;">440.572.2048</b> </font></div></span></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><font size="2" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center; font-size: 15px;" class=""><b style="font-size: 18px; text-align: start; font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class="">CLEVELAND'S OWN "ROBERTO OCASIO" LATIN JAZZ CAMP</font></b></div> <div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start; font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class="">June 25 - 30, 2017</font></b><b style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start; font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" class=""><i class=""> </i></font></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="" class=""><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_49d124d2-4c36-44c4-87a2-5e0fdf2ed10e" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">The Roberto Ocasio Foundation</b> (TROF) 2017 applications are being accepted until May 15 for the Camp, <b class="">June 25-30</b>, at <b class="">Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland</b>. The Camp has been in existence for 13 years under the leadership of <b class="">Artistic Director/Artist-In-Residence, Bobby Sanabria</b>--seven-time <b class="">Grammy</b> nominee and world-renowned jazz and Latin jazz drummer/percussionist, composer, music educator, bandleader, and producer. </font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">For music students of all instruments in grades 8-12,</b> the one-of-a-kind resident Camp emphasizes the Latin side of the jazz continuum that includes l</font><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" class="">earning about the history, culture, and relationship to jazz and all other forms of American popular music, and a </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" class="">public performance. The program covers technical and style aspects of Latin jazz, analysis of Latin American rhythms (in particular, la clave), and jazz composing, arranging, and improvising. </span></div></span></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class=""><font size="2" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_49d124d2-4c36-44c4-87a2-5e0fdf2ed10e" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class=""><font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""><b class="">$700 tuition </b>covers dorm accommodations, meals, instruction, materials, rehearsals, professional and celebrity presentations/sessions, cultural activities, and field trips.</font><br class=""><br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class="">See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://robertoocasiofoundation.org/" class="" style="font-size: 18px;"><b class="">robertoocasiofoundation.org</b></a> or call <b style="font-size: 20px;" class="">440.572.2048</b> for more information and application.</font><br class=""> <br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""># # # #</font><br class=""> <font face="verdana, geneva" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class=""> </font></div> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font> </div> </div></span> </div> </div></span></div>
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