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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">19<sup>TH</sup> Annual Music Scholarship Competition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cleveland, OH – October 24, 2017 --
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces the nineteenth annual competition
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">of its <b>Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship.
</b>This year’s competition will be held on <b>Sunday,</b> <b>November 19, 2017, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.</b></span><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>at The Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. <a href="file:///\\CPOSVR1\Shared\Jean%20L.%20Petitt\News%20Release_Cleveland%20POPS%20Scholarship%20Competition_2017.pdf">Read More</a></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contact: Gordon Petitt, Director of Marketing
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<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"><a href="mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.clevelandpops.com">www.clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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