Thousands of Guitarists Flood Welles Park With Music in an Attempt to Break the Guinness World Record Tuesday Night, August 7

Thousands of Guitarists Flood Welles Park With Music in an Attempt to Break the Guinness World Record Tuesday Night, August 7

    WHO:    The entire 60-person Old Town School guitar faculty will           instruct an anticipated 2,000 participants...    WHAT:   in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the           "World's Largest Music Lesson"...    WHEN:   Tuesday, August 7 at 7:30 pm...             *Registration will begin at 6 p.m., with the lesson commencing             promptly at 7:30 p.m.    WHERE:  Welles Park Gazebo at Sunnyside and Claremont Avenues.                  *** YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER ***    OTHER:  The Old Town School launched in 1957 years ago with a group guitar           lesson and now celebrates its 50th Anniversary by           giving Chicago this record breaking event.            Bau Graves, Executive Director of the Old Town School, will be           available for interviews.            Veteran instructor Steve Levitt will lead the entire guitar           faculty in teaching the songs "Jambalaya" and "This Land is Your           Land" in the key of D.  Guitar players of all levels are welcome           to participate, but must bring their own instruments.            The current World Record was set on May 12, 2006, and included 539           participants being taught to play the harmonica in Montreux,           Switzerland.            The Old Town School of Folk Music, the nation's largest           independent community arts school, is a not-for-profit           organization that teaches and celebrates music and cultural           expressions rooted in the traditions of diverse Chicago, American           and global communities. Each week close to 6,000 students of           all ages participate in hundreds of classes and workshops in           music, dance, theater and art, and over 160 concerts and           performances are produced yearly in the School's critically           acclaimed Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall.  The Old Town School           of Folk Music is located in Chicago at 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue,           with an additional location at 909 West Armitage Avenue.            Other upcoming 50th Anniversary events scheduled this year           include: an Open House and Homecoming Dance (November 3); and to           culminate the celebration, a 50th Anniversary Concert at the           Auditorium Theatre on December 1, 2007 (the actual date of the           50th Anniversary).            For more information please visit http://www.oldtownschool.org/ or           call (773) 728-6000.            Please see Samara Harand or Beth Silverman on-site at the Gazebo           for assistance.    Contact:      Samara Harand/Beth Silverman                 The Silverman Group, Inc.                 (312) 932-9950                 On-site: (773) 744-5596  

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Web site: http://www.oldtownschool.org/

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