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The Columbia Gas 2008 SUMMER JAZZ CELEBRATION
Saturday July 26, 2008 11AM-Midnight - most sets FREE
Historic Bellefonte, PA
featuring TOM MALONE and BYRON STRIPLING
Welcome to JazzPA - Central Pennsylvania's own jazz organization! We're thrilled to have Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania as our lead sponsor for this fabulous day of jazz in Bellefonte.
Thanks to everyone who came out to join us on Saturday May 3 at Barnes & Noble for a Bookfair to benefit JazzPA and the Summer Jazz Celebration. We heard fabulous music from the Kevin Supina Quintet, guitarist Mac Himes and the Greg Johnson Quartet.
Please join us July 26th for a full day of sizzling jazz: From 11am thru midnight music will be heard from the Garman Opera House Theatre to the "Diamond" at the County Courthouse to Tallyrand Park's famous Gazebo and in eateries and clubs throughout town. The day promises to be filled with high quality jazz featuring local and regional artist favorites.
Featured guest artists for the Columbia Gas 2008 Summer Jazz Celebration are: Tom Malone (trombone), whose credits include the NBC Orchestra with David Letterman; his work as an original Blues Brother and in the original Saturday Night Live band - www.tommalone.com; and Byron Stripling (trumpet/flugelhorn), whose credits include the Count Basie Orchestra; Dizzy Gillespie; Wynton Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Artistic Director, Columbus (OH) Jazz Orchestra - www.byronstripling.com; with the Russ Kassoff Trio (Russ Kassoff (p), Jay Anderson (b) and Dennis Mackrel (d)).
Tom and Byron will give a master class (free and open to the public) from 11am-12noon on Saturday at the Garman Opera House.
Information on how to purchase tickets for the evening concert at the Garman Theatre forthcoming - please check back with us soon.
For more programming info, visit the Who's Where When page....
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Thank you for your continued support of this organization as we transition from the State College Jazz Festival to JazzPA - an organization serving all of Central Pennsylvania with a vision to promote, create and present jazz 12 months out of the year. We're thrilled to continue our presentation of world class jazz talent for Central Pennsylvania audiences which has in the past included Bill Mays, Ken Peplowski, Martin Wind, Marvin Stamm and guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli - huge delights, right here in Central Pennsylvania!
JazzPA's Board of Directors is busy building the Columbia Gas 2008 Summer Jazz Celebration into one of the premier jazz events this side of the Hudson River. We welcome your input and support. Please contact Catherine at catherinedupuis@aol.com with any suggestions, comments and wish lists. If you'd like to be involved with one of JazzPA's many committees, please let us know - we'll be thrilled to have you working with us as we prepare a jazz festival Centre County can embrace! We look forward to working with the community and providing service to Central Pennsylvania and all of its communities for years to come.
THANK YOU 2008 SPONSORS!!! Please visit our Sponsors page to see everyone helping us with this event. Want to become a sponsor? Call 888-221-6670 or email catherinedupuis@aol.com and we'll make it happen for you!
LEAD SPONSOR: COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, with local headquarters in Pittsburgh, serves more than 400,000 customers in 27 counties. It is one of the 10 energy distribution companies of NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI). NiSource distribution companies serve 3.7 million natural gas and electric customers primarily in nine states. More information about Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania is available at www.columbiagas.com.
With thanks to Chip Aikens and the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce, the Bellefonte Borough Council, the Centre County Commissioners, Holly Wilson and Historic Bellefonte Inc. (HBI), Katharyn Iadarola and the Garman Opera House Theatre, and friends of JazzPA.
Bellefonte is a town of 6,400 nestled in the mountains three miles south of I-80, in the dead center of the state of Pennsylvania. It was home to seven governors, and holds one of the most exquisite Victorian downtowns in the United States. The rampant demolition of historic structures so prevalent elsewhere in the 1950s to 1970s largely bypassed Bellefonte. The Bellefonte Museum sits in the center of the town's National Historic District.
Please visit www.mapquest.com to find directions from where you are. We're approx. 4 hours from NYC, 3 1/2 hours from Philadelphia and DC, 3 hours from Cleveland and Buffalo, 2 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh and 2 hours from Harrisburg.
Need accommodations? Please support our Artist Housing Sponsors listed on the links page.
For more Central PA information, visit our Links page, CENTRALPACVB.ORG and HAPPYVALLEY.COM. For JazzPA info, catherinedupuis@aol.com, 888-221-6670 / 212-841-0219.
The 2008 Summer Jazz Celebration is sponsored in part by:
A grant from the Central PA Conventions and Visitors Bureau and the Centre County Commissioners;
Funding support from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Borough of Bellefonte through the Local Government Grant Program; and
A grant from the Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Funds, funded by the recording industry and arranged by Local No. 660 of the American Federation of Musicians.
JazzPA's Board of Directors: John Arrington, Lea Asbell-Swanger, Akemi Benton, Russell Bloom, Catherine Dupuis, Dave Fonash, Arthur Goldstein, Rick Hirsch, Bennett Hoffman, Allyson Hoover, Jeff Krauss, Richard Supina, Leslie Wagner, Paul Wagner, Tommy Wareham, Betsy Dupuis (Of Counsel).
JazzPA is a non-profit corporation in the State of Pennsylvania with IRS 501c3 designation. We welcome the opportunity to visibly acknowledge your sponsorship. Please contact us today. See you in July!