Nashville Little Kids Rock students posing with Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen, after presenting him with an acoustic guitar they all autographed for him.
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Little Kids Rock
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Little Kids Rock Students to Play at Tree Lighting Ceremony, Meet Governor in Music City
Students from Nashville will ring in the holiday season at the Tennessee State Capitol
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 30, 2009 — Little Kids Rock, a leading nonprofit provider of free musical instruments and instruction to underfunded public schools in the U.S., today announced that Little Kids Rock students from the Nashville area will play a concert at the annual tree lighting ceremony outside the Tennessee State Capitol building on Monday, November 30 at 4:30 pm. Following the ceremony, the students will have the opportunity to meet and take pictures with Governor Phil Bredesen.
The concert, to be performed by an ensemble of 16 students, will feature several holiday classics performed on Fender® guitars and drums, all donated by Little Kids Rock.
In the following weeks, the Mount View Elementary students will perform a series of concerts across Nashville. The schedule is as follows:
Dec. 8 : Tennessee State Capitol................... 9:15 am – 9:40 am
Country Music Hall of Fame............ 10:30 am – 10:55 am
Frist Center for the Visual Arts........ 12:30 pm – 12:55 pm
Dec. 11 : Nashville International Airport....... 10:00 am – 10:30 am
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehab Hospital..... TBD - TBD
Media are invited to attend the concerts. Please contact Keith Hejna at keith@littlekidsrock.org if you would like to attend.
About Little Kids Rock
Little Kids Rock is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that transforms children’s lives by restoring and revitalizing music education in underfunded public schools. Little Kids Rock was founded in San Francisco in 2002 by David Wish, an elementary school teacher who had grown frustrated with the lack of music education funding at his school. Today, Little Kids Rock is one of the leading nonprofit providers of free lessons and instruments to underserved children in US public schools, and has served more than 85,000 students at over 1,100 schools in 21 cities nationwide. Little Kids Rock Honorary Board Members include Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley and other famous friends in the music industry. More information can be found at: www.littlekidsrock.org.
