Cincinnati 2015-2016
Unfortunately, it rained both days of our Cincy Beerfest on Fountain Square, so we
were not able to give out grant checks to schools in late 2015. We already had funds set aside for our
annual Big Joe Duskin Foundation Orchestra concert, so we went forward with
that. Here
are the details:
On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at
7pm, the 2nd performance of the Big Joe Duskin Foundation Orchestra was at Deer Park High School,
performing the greatest hits by Cincinnati native Frank Foster. This was a fundraiser to help pay
expenses for the Deer Park High School marching band to study and perform at
Disneyworld. Deer Park's jazz ensemble
performed the first few songs, then our orchestra perform an evening of all Frank Foster compositions and
arrangements, including "Blues In Hoss' Flat", "Shiny Stockings", "Four Five Six", "Easin It" and
many more. King Studio legend Philip Paul performed drums on "Shiny Stockings", which Frank
Foster wrote about a childhood friend who later became Philip's first wife, Juanita
Paul.
With 21
musicians all together, you better believe we all had a great time
!!!
Click
here for our Facebook event with a complete list of all the great Frank
Foster songs we're performing and the amazing musicians who agreed to
perform.
And please remember, all of this is made possible through proceeds
from the Cincy Winter Beerfest (Feb 12 & 13, 2016) and the Cincy Beerfest On Fountain Square (Sept 9 & 10,
2016).
www.CincyBeerfest.com has all the great details.
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Our Cincy Winter Beerfest on
Feb 12 & 13, 2016 at the Duke Convention Center was a great
success.
Many thanks to the 13,000
craft beer lovers who attended !!!
We
sent $11,000 in grant checks to the following public pre-schools and elementary schools for their music
education program:
Newport
Pre-school Center - $500
Covington James E. Biggs Early Childhood Education Center -
$500
Newport Primary - $1,000
Covington Ninth District Elementary -
$1,000
CPS - Academy of World Languages -
$1,000
CPS - Frederick Douglass Elementary -
$1,000
CPS Hays-Porter Elementary -
$1,000
CPS Roberts Elementary -
$1,000
CPS
Rothenberg Elementary - $1,000
CPS -
South Avondale Elementary - $1,000
CPS -
Westwood Elementary - $1,000
CPS -
William Howard Taft Elementary- $1,000
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The rest of the proceeds from the 2016 Cincy Winter Beerfest will be
used to fund our next orchestra performance on Saturday, Feb 18, 2017, two memorial plaques for Pigmeat
Jarrett at Allyn's Cafe & H-Bomb Ferguson at Mansion Hill Tavern and five in-school performances of a
"King Studio tribute band" arranged by Philip Paul and Otis Williams. These performances are part of
the new King Recording Studio "travelling suitcase"
program.
Click
here for more details on our 2016-2017 page
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