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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Cleveland Pops seeks top teen talent
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cleveland, OH – October 11, 2019:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces the twenty-first annual competition for its
<b>Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This year’s competition will be held on
<b>Sunday,</b> <b>November 24, 2019, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Room 217 at The Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entry is open to all youth up to age 18 residing and attending high school or home schooling in the seven-county Greater Cleveland region.
<b>Contestants can be singers, dancers or instrumentalists.</b> 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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 Playhouse Square. The winner will also receive a $500
cash award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Applications must be received at The Cleveland Pops office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2019.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Call Gordon Petitt at 216-765-7677 or Email to
</span><a href="mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> for information. Full details, including rules and application form can be found online at
</span><a href="https://www.clevelandpops.com/education-outreach/scholarship/">https://www.clevelandpops.com/education-outreach/scholarship/</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gordon L. Petitt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scholarship Administrator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cleveland Pops Orchestra<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">216-765-7677<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="glpetitt@clevelandpops.com">glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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