"A Festival Grows in Brooklyn"
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC will announce its plans for the 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, (April 2 - 30, 2008), on Tuesday, February 26th at its yearly press party.
"BROOKLYN in the JAZZ Tradition" is the theme for CBJC's festival 2008.
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, founded in 1999, is an amalgam of jazz musicians, entertainment venues, patrons of the music, community and faith based organizations. Over the past eight (8) years, they have presented an annual spring festival, established a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame, and produced yearly programs of events and activities that feature local jazz musical talents. CBJC is a nonprofit organization committed to preserving, promoting and supporting jazz music, musicians and programs.
CBJC invites, entertainment venues; artists; musicians; academic, cultural and faith based institutions to participate in this year's cultural celebration. Past participates include, Office of the Brooklyn Borough President; Weeksville Historical Society; Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation; Concord Baptist Church of Christ; and Brooklyn Historical Society just to name some.
Please contact CBJC and become a part of Brooklyn's celebration of jazz during Jazz Appreciation Month, (US public law 108-72.)
With your help, this Festival will Grow in Brooklyn.
CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ CONSORTIUM
Bob Myers, Communications Director
718.467.1527
upoverbob@aol.com
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