Over 120 instruments and supplies were sent to The St. Tammany Public Schools in Covington Louisiana. It is now almost a year and a half after the devastating destruction of hurricane Katrina, yet the schools affected schools are still trying to recover. The students there are very excited about receiving equipment that will allow them to continue their music education. All of use here in Beavercreek are just glad that we could help in some small way.

Thanks to all who donated instruments, supplies, or money.

Articles for the Weekend of Jazz 2008 have been published in the Dayton Daily News and Beavercreek News Current Extra. Beavercreek High School Jazz Ensemble will also be featured on WDTN Channel 2 Bucher's Beat Wednesday Morning March 5th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2007 Weekend of Jazz Program Presents Stanley Clarke

Beavercreek, OH – Beavercreek Music Parents Assn.’s 7th annual Weekend of Jazz (WOJ) “Where the Future of Jazz Meets the Legends of Jazz!” will be held at Beavercreek HS March 1-3, 2007. WOJ is pleased to announce this year’s festival headliners.

Jazz/fusion pioneer Stanley Clarke and the Stanley Clarke Band will perform Friday, March 2nd at 8:00 pm. Clarke is credited with moving the traditional bass role from that of timekeeper to soloist to band headliner. Clarke plays acoustic and electric bass with equal virtuosity. His genius as performer, innovator and composer is recognized on the silver screen with his scores for Boyz N the Hood, What’s Love Got to Do With It (The Tina Turner Story), Passenger 57, Higher Learning, Romeo Must Die, and his Emmy nominated score for Pee Wee’s Playhouse. The 2006 recipient of Bass Player Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Clarke’s short list of collaborators includes Chick Corea, George Duke, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, Jean Luc Ponty, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock and Aretha Franklin.