[Journalists] OT, Blind Musicians' scholarship, Fwd: Performing Arts Division, NFB

[Donna Hill]

Hello Friends;
Thought some of you would either be interested in knowing about this new 
scholarship for blind musicians or would know someone who is.
Donna Hill

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Subject: 	Press Release
Date: 	Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:07:44 -0400
From: 	Performing Arts Division <perform at padnfb.org>
To: 	<Undisclosed-Recipient:;>



Please pass to as many people as possible
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
CONTACT:
 
Dennis Holston, President
 
Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
 
(212) 933-0688
dholston at nyc.rr.com <mailto:dholston at nyc.rr.com>
 
 
President and Coordinator talk about The Mary Anne Parks Performing Arts 
Division Scholarship
 
 
New York, NY (April 18, 2008):  On April 24, 2008 at 8:00 pm est., 
Dennis Holston, President of the Performing Arts Division of the 
National Federation
of the Blind, will host an internet radio broadcast to discuss the 
Division and its new scholarship program.  Lisa Ostrow, the Scholarship 
Coordinator,
will join Holston on this broadcast.  The Mary Anne Parks Performing 
Arts Division Scholarship will assist blind and visually impaired 
college students
to pursue their performing arts related academic goals.  The scholarship 
was named after Mary Anne Parks, a division Secretary, who died in an 
auto accident
in 2007.  "This scholarship will go a long way in helping blind college 
students and, at the same time, honor the work of secretary Parks who we 
all miss
dearly." said Holston.  Ostrow and Holston will also discuss and play 
tracks from the Division's 2007 Sound in Sight Vol. 1 compilation CD.  
This program
can be heard on CaribVoice Radio which broadcasts 24/7 from Barbados!
 (www.CaribVoice.org <http://www.CaribVoice.org>
)  This broadcast is made possible through the generosity of CaribVoice 
Radio and CSB Management Group, Atlanta, GA.
 
To learn more about the division, please visit
www.padnfb.org <http://www.padnfb.org>
. To learn more about the NFB, please visit
www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org>
 
 
 
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About the National Federation of the Blind
 
 
With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is 
the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people 
in the
United States. The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, 
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence 
and self-confidence. 
It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of 
the nation's blind.  In January 2004, the NFB opened the National 
Federation of the
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the 
United States for the blind led by the blind.


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