<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div></div><div><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; "><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_bd39e8af-b1cd-4323-aece-5a18d304bc25"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div id="yiv1737739586"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><font color="red"><span style="color: red; ">PLEASE do not reply to this e-mail, contact </span></font> <a __removedlink__1782406656__href="mailto:berkeleyjazz@comcast.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; ">berkeleyjazz@comcast.net</a></span></font></div></div></span></span></font></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></font></div></div></font></div><div> </div><div>The BHS Jazz Ensemble and two Ensemble combos have been invited to play at the Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey, California which runs from March 31st to April 1st. </div><div><br></div><div>This prestigious Festival, in the words of its organizers, presents "the top student musicians from across the country and around the world." Finalists are selected through recorded auditions by faculty from the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. This year, 12 high school bands were selected, and 6 high school combos. In addition to our BHS Jazz Ensemble, BHS Combo A ( Lev Facher, Nick Lamb, Grant Milliken,, Elena Pinderhughes, and Brian Timar) and BHS Combo B (Marcelo Borque-Perez, Liam Collins, Sam Klein-Markman, Michael Orenstein, Hugo Shiboski, and Brian Timar) will perform at the Festival. Let's congratulate all of our BHS Jazz Ensemble musicians and wish them much success in Monterey !<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>For more info please check the Monterey Next Generation Festival Website. <a href="http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/2012/NGJF">http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/2012/NGJF</a></div><div>All events are free, and there are literally scores of performances all weekend. Please feel free to invite friends to make the trek to enjoy all the great music, and especially to hear <b>our BHS combos and big band play</b> on <b>Saturday, March 31</b> (combo B at 9:30, combo A at 11:00, ensemble at 4:30).</div><div><br></div><div>The Festival is at the Portola Hotel in Monterey.</div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; "><br></span></div><div><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_bd39e8af-b1cd-4323-aece-5a18d304bc25"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">
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