tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80855818344500363282023-11-16T10:24:35.461-08:00NUTTIN' BUT BUZZThis is a blog about movies, music, and magic. Social media trends and more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085581834450036328.post-17337699749851136232010-09-12T17:53:00.000-07:002010-09-14T13:30:08.066-07:00MTV, ASCAP, VMA, JERMAINE DUPRI AND OCEAN'S 7 WEEKEND KICKOFF PARTY A LONG WALK HOME<div class="MsoNormal"> <embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FMAYOPRaccounts%2Falbumid%2F5516184824561324417%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" height="392" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="488"></embed> </div><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://mediaguru-mayopr.blogspot.com/2010/09/ascap-jermaine-dupri-ocean-7-mtv-vma.html">ASCAP, Jermaine Dupri and Ocean 7 MTV VMA kickoff party sponsored by Belvedere Vodka rocks a Beverly Hills manson</a> </h3><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The media wait continues for celebs who are always lat<b>e.</b></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kickoff party sponsored by Belvedere Vodka</b><b><br />
ASCAP, Jermaine Dupri & Ocean 7 MTV VMA</b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A cold dark one mile+ walk down from the mansion </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">Sponsored by Belvedere Vodka for the night, there were about 500 people attending the mansion party on the hills of Beverly Hills. The road so narrow the LAPD closed the entrance and made attending celebs walked down the dark, dangerous, winding road to safety where shuttles, which were 90 minutes late picking people up at the start of the bash. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">The ASCAP, Jeramine Dupri, Ocean's 7 - minus MONICA (No show) MTV VMA event included musicians Usher, who did NOT walk the red carpet, Jesse McCartney, Kandic Melonakos, actress/recording artist, Ayden Mayeri, actress,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"> </span>Anthony Hamilton, Miss Issa, TIONNE, Flo Rida, Nelly, New Boyz in their sports attire, Johnnyh Gill, Actors Kweisi Gharreau, Tristan Wilde, Evan Ross, Quinton Aaron, Shantie O'Neal, Model Brie among other top models. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The talented Anthony Hamilton talks to the media at MTV party in Bev. Hills</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">This was the first time I have attended a red carpet event with NO continuous spot lights on the red carpet for the stars. The person in charge told me "We're relying on media TV lights to provide red carpet lighting." That's fine, however there were very little TV media and the few that had TV camera lights turned their lights off, which explains why some of the celebs such as Usher walk past the dark red carpet area onto the sidewalk and into the house. We were lucky we got any pictures at all.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">Jermain Dupri, one of the party sponsors also escaped into the vast crowd, and if he hadn't taken a phone call in the kitchen, where I spotted him, I not sure we would have his photo either. The food was good, the music was awesome, and so loud you could have danced on the dark road a mile down the hill. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">The VMA event honor ASCAP's 2010 VMA nominees was fun once you got to the mansion. Leaving the media in the parking for more than an hour (some left) and treating us like gardeners or house servants doesn't make the greatest impression.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">Even some of the celebs attending said as they waited and left the party, "No more mansion parties." By the way the group Ocean's 7 includes Usher, Nelly Trey Songz (who was also a no show), Brian Michael Cox, Johnt Austin and Tyron Davis.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;">I was invited to another party, but since I caught a terrible cold chest walking down the dark road leading up to the mansion, I opted to pass. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 1.571em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f1f1f;"></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px auto 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f1f1f;">Airing live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, the 2010 VMAs promise to be the biggest and best in the show's history, featuring performances by Eminem (who will kick the show off), Kanye West, Drake, Justin Bieber, Paramore, B.o.B, Linkin Park, Florence and the Machine, Usher and in-house music provided by deadmau5 (and a handful of special guests). Plus, all of your favorite stars will be in the building, including Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, 30 Seconds to Mars, the casts of "Glee," "Jackass" and "Jersey Shore," Rick Ross, Selena Gomez and dozens more. They'll all be in the house celebrating the year in music and competing for the coveted Moonman, the only entertainment award designed after a a guy who has a crater named after him on the moon.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px auto 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The action begins with a live red carpet (sorry,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647628/20100912/story.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><i>white</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>carpet</a>) celebration at 8 p.m. Eastern. MTV News' Sway and Tim Kash will be welcoming the stars, keeping track of the surprise arrivals and throwing to Nicki Minaj and will.i.am for an early performance. You can keep track of everything live on MTV,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/559845/live-video-from-the-2010-video-music-awards-white-carpet.jhtml#id=1647453" style="color: #00bce4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">stream it live here</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or stick around here for the live blog below.</span><b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Director: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0570912/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/directorlist/position-1/images/b.gif?link=name/nm0570912/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Adam McKay</a> (also cowrote script)</span></span>- Cast: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0002071/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-14/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0002071/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Will Ferrell</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0000242/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-15/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0000242/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Mark Wahlberg</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0578949/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-34/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0578949/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Eva Mendes</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0000168/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-2/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0000168/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Samuel L. 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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hollywood, CA - </b></span>"The Other Guys," the cop buddy movie starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg from Sony Pictures beat "Inception" at the box office this weekend. The comedy pulled in $35.6 million and put to ease any concerns over Ferrell's box-office duds after the disaster that was "Land of the Lost." There's still enough interest surrounding "Inception" to drive the Warner Bros. movie to second place with $18.6 million. The "Step Up 3D" didn't make anyone want to dancetaking in only $15.5 million in its first weekend.<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>If you think some cops are cocky or a little wierd, these guys define both terms in the new movie <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6WOoUG1eNo">The Other Guys, now in a theater near you.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Sony Pictures flick, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left;">starring </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0002071/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-14/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0002071/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Will Ferrell</a></span></span>,</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left;"> and </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0000242/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-15/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0000242/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Mark Wahlberg</a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left;">, sped to the top of the daily boxoffice rankings with an around $13.2 million from its first day in movie theaters on Friday.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">and it will tickle your funny bone and then some. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is not your ordinary shootem' Up copy movie like Bruce Willis, who survives gun blasts and exposions, and steps on broken glass barefoot. No, this is a comedy about a day in the life of two mismatched New York Detectives trying to take a bite out of crime. There are so many stars and so many action scenes, it's unstoppable.<br />
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<div class="plotpar" style="margin: 0.75em 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0425005/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-3/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0425005/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Dwayne Johnson</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/name/nm0000168/" onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-2/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0000168/';" style="color: #003399;" title="">Samuel L. Jackson</a>) are the nastiest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos - other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit Detectives Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a0a095; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0195672/">Actress Marina Anderson</a> held her first book signing at the Book Soup in West Hollywood, CA, July 23, 2010. About the Late TV Series <a href="http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0103460/">Kung Fu </a>Legend David Carradine as told by Actress Marina Anderson: <a href="http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0001016/">David Carradine</a> - a world icon, had a volatile, dark and brilliant personality. His acting career spanned four decades on stage, television and cinema. He became an international sensation as <a href="http://www.us.imdb.com/character/ch0030201/">Kwai Chang Caine</a> in the ‘70s hit television series Kung Fu. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a0a095; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FMAYOPRaccounts%2Falbumid%2F5497558622372101201%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" height="392" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="488"></embed>Further cementing his icon status, he starred in the classic movies Death Race 2000, Bound for Glory and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, which vaulted Carradine back onto the Hollywood A-list. David Carradine died in a Bangkok hotel room, on June 3, 2009, an apparent victim of autoerotic asphyxiation. </span></span><br />
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As the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine, he appeared in over a hundred feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. On June 4, 2009, Carradine was mysteriously found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. 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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/">MAYO PR - "We don't guarantee media, we just get it!"</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">World's best publicity@ www.MayoCommunications.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085581834450036328.post-74170925307099141692010-07-01T10:39:00.000-07:002010-07-01T10:43:05.731-07:00NBS Nuttin' But Stringz features in The Empowerment Initiative Online Newsletter - Publication of The Umoja Network<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nuttin' But Stringz is capturing the hearts of America with their brand of Hip Hop Classical Music<br />
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</b></span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Brothers Tourie and Damien Escobar are two dynamic young violinists who have captivated the America's music scene. Together, they are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nuttin’ But Stringz (NBS)</i>. NBS combines the classical sound of the violin with Pop, R&B and Hip-hop. The result is an unique and uplifting fury of modern emotion and harmony, intensity and rhythm. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music.<br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> NBS has been playing the violin for over 15 years and at the tender ages of 7 and 8 they knew what inspired them. They grew up in a rough area of Jamaica, Queens; where it wasn’t safe to walk the streets especially if you have a violin in your hands. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary Juilliard School of Music in New York City. They played in New York City's subways for pocket change. They raked in over $300 each in 2 hours, and did it 3 times a week. <br />
</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> In 2005, they entered a local talent contest at the legendary<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Apollo Theatre</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and won! As a result of the media attention surrounding the event, they have appeared on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Ellen DeGeneres</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Today Show with Katie Couric</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and have even been featured in major motion Pictures such as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>STEP UP</i>. They have performed on show bills with legendary artists such as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Al Jarreau</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Patti Labelle</i>,<i>Chaka Khan</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Isley Brothers</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Yolonda Adams</i>. They have even been invited to perform for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>President Barack Obama </i>at the White House.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> NBS debut CD,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Struggle from the Subway to the Charts</i>, was released through KOCH Entertainment in October 2006 on NBS Entertainment Inc./KOCH Entertainment. This <b>spectacula<wbr></wbr>r</b> CD is blended with an array of classical and hip hop music. Also, the CD focuses on their life's experiences and the best songs are:<i>Thunder</i>, <i>Struggle</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Egyptian In The Night</i>, <i>Nu Day</i>, and<i>Dance With My Father</i>. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> In 2009, NBS made an appearance on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>America's Got Talent</i>, and made to the top three. Since that time, they have been touring the country and worldwide. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> TEION interviewed Damien and Tourie Escobar of NBS via email about their experience on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>America's Got Talent</i>; keeping music programs alive in schools; their influence on Black children; and favorite artists. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TEION:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Did you both have the idea -- after excelling but failing to capture the top spot on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>America's Got Talent</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-- that your career will take off? What other things (besides the recordings and the "DWTS" appearance) have happened for you since AGT?</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> DAMIEN:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We were disappointed, but it was natural, since were in the top three, and American voted, but we did not win. We knew there would be more and bigger opportunities ahead, we just had to keep the faith and move on.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Shortly, after AGT, we hired a new manager, Nadia Over, who helped us scored some very big and high profile where we could perform before a larger audience. ABC's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Dancing with the Stars</i>is the most watched live TV show, and we made TV history, because<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nuttin' But Stringz</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the first instrumental in the 10 year history of the program to perform live on the popular show. Even Chelsie Hightower, and several dance contestant like Kate Gosselin thought were sensational.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TEION:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How important it is for county and urban school boards across the country to keep arts and music programs in elementary, junior high and high schools (especially in predominately Black schools) alive?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TOURIE:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It's critical. I was the first [of the two of us] to pick up a violin at age 10. We recently performed a benefit concert to keep the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Opus 118 Harlem School of Music</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from closing. They helped youth and inspired our musicians of the future. We were inspired by their work and have become their spokesman. We don't have $100,000, but we hope to raise it for the music school.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TEION:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What influence have you made on Black children (6-17) who are in music programs by being violinists? How many of them want to become violinists?</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> DAMIEN:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everywhere we go, parents are coming up to us and saying how much NBS has influenced their son or daughter in music.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TOURIE:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I look forward to the day when the guitar will be replaced by the violin. Kids of all ages from 5- 15 are picking a violin and basketball and playing both, and they don't get called a 'sissy' like I was teased in school for play violin music.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TEION:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Do both have a program that teaches Black children how to play the violin, or teach them about classical or other types of music? (R&B, Jazz, Blues, etc.)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> DAMIEN:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Right now we are too busy on the road performing in various places, and this most recent assignment to keep<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Opus 118 Harlem School of Music</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>open will surely keep us busy. They're teaching black children, Hispanic and Asian children how to play the violin, and all are learning about classical music, along with the R&B, Jazz, Blues and Hip-Hop music they hear on the radio.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TEION:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What famous musical artists (for example:<i>Najee</i>, <i>Pamela Williams</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Maxwell</i>, <i>Mary Mary</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mary J. Blige</i>, <i>Take 6</i>, etc.) would you like record a CD or perform live? Who are some of your favorite musical artists?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> TOURIE:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We would love to work with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Justin</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Timberland</i>,<i>JAY-Z</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Stevie Wonder</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or any other great artists. When we were on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>MTV Unplugged</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>last month, it was so cool to collaborate and play violin live for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Trey Sonz</i>.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/"><b>MAYO PR</b> - <i>"We don't guarantee media, we just get it!" </i></a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">World's best publicity@ www.MayoCommunications.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085581834450036328.post-21614629718715156832010-05-11T00:22:00.000-07:002010-05-11T00:27:40.572-07:00Nuttin' But Stringz To Champion Benefit Event for Opus 118 Harlem School of Music<a href="http://mediaguru-mayopr.blogspot.com/2010/05/host-nuttin-but-stringz-to-rock-house.html">Host Nuttin’ But Stringz To Rock The House at Opus 118 Harlem School of Music’s Opening Honors Recital in New York</a><br />
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<dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="float: left;"><dt style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.opus118.org/" style="color: #2089cc; outline-style: none; text-decoration: underline;" title=""><img alt="" height="162" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/cut-photo-2.jpg?w=200&h=162" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: auto ! important; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 98%; padding: 5px;" title="Opus 118 Harlem School of Music" width="200" /></a> </span></span></dt>
<dd style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Opus 118 Harlem
School of Music </span></span></i></b></dd></dl></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The fundraising event kicks off their concert campaign to raise $500,000 to keep the Opus 118 music program running</span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><b>New York, NY May 11, 2010 </b>— The powerful sound of urban rock music will come alive on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at El Museo Del Barrio in New York City, when internationally renown violin duo Nuttin’ But Stringz host the opening Honors Recital for Opus 118 Harlem School of Music. The platinum selling violinists, who were recently featured on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and MTV Unplugged with Trey Songz, have become the champion spokespersons of the non-profit organization.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Opus 118 transforms the lives of students and their families of the Harlem community, through access to quality music education while fostering teacher development and introducing musical performance to new audiences. “Opus 118 has experienced significant challenges in securing the funding needed to sustain the organization” said Damien Escobar, Nuttin’ But Stringz. Damien noted he was inspired by the efforts of Roberta Guaspari who co-founded the non-profit organization to inspire the youth of Harlem.</span></span></div><div class="mceTemp"><br />
<dl class="wp-caption alignleft" style="float: left;"><dt style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.opus118.org/" style="color: #2089cc; outline-style: none; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" height="134" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/parsons-kai_on-left.jpg?w=200&h=134" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: auto ! important; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 98%; padding: 5px;" title="Parsons Kai_On Left" width="200" /></a> </span></span></dt>
<dd style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Opus 118 </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Harlem
School of Music </span></span></i></dd></dl></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">In 1991, public school budget cuts eliminated arts programs, but Guaspari and her students fought for their program. They rallied community support and held a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, with some of the world’s finest musicians to raise funds to keep the program open for nearly 20 years. Unfortunately, the program faces the same struggles during these economic times. With the help of Nuttin’ But Stringz, Opus 118 will kick of their Concert Campaign to raise half a million dollars and hopefully keep the program open for another 20 years.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">“Opus 118 has seen a fair share of challenges through the years, but struggle parallels our humble beginnings,” said Robert Gondola, director of external relations. “This year marks Opus 118’s 19th year and with the help of generous donors, we will not only make it to a 20th year, but [Opus 118] will be in a position to sustain for many more years to come.”</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">“Our mission is far from accomplished,” explained Gondola. “There is so much left to do, and we need people to lend a hand to preserve the educational treasure that is Opus 118 in a neighborhood that needs it more than ever.”</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Unfortunately, after more than a decade, Opus 118 finds itself in the same predicament battling through turbulent economic times. “Sometimes passion and drive are all you need.” said Tourie Escobar, “When my brother and I heard [Opus 118] was facing closure we felt motivated to help.”</span></span><br />
<dl><dt style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/2009-NewsReleases/NR-273-A-MediaPlacementLos%20Angeles%20Times7-23-09.htm" style="color: #2089cc; outline-style: none; text-decoration: underline;" title=""><img alt="" height="512" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/batmobile-tourie-escobar-da.jpg?w=384&h=512" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: auto ! important; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 98%; padding: 5px;" title="Batmobile-Tourie-Escobar-Da" width="384" /></a> </span></span></dt>
<dd style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Tourie Escobar (in driver’s seat) and brother Damien Escobar,
Nuttin’ But Stringz check out the Batmobile on display at USA
Chevy Camaro “Spirit” Premiere during their last visit to
Hollywood and a performance on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
(MAYO image)</span></span></span></i></dd></dl></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Nuttin’ But Stringz is no stranger to giving back to the community. They brought music lovers to their feet last month (April 26, 2010) at the American Heart Association’s Power to End Stroke movement. The initiative took place at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall in Houston, and empowered people to reduce their risk for stroke and educate communities on the importance of its prevention.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The Opus 118 Honors Recital on Thursday May 13, 2010, will begin at 6:00 pm with a cocktail hour, followed by a 7:00 pm performance. The newly renovated museum galleries will also be open exclusively for Opus 118 supporters. For more information on registration and tickets to the event contact Robert Gondola, Director of External Relations for Opus 118, Harlem School of Music at (212) 831- 4455 ext.105.</span></span><br />
<dl><dt style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" style="color: #2089cc; outline-style: none; text-decoration: underline;" title=""><img alt="" height="233" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/playing-violin-on-stage.jpg?w=350&h=233" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: auto ! important; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 98%; padding: 5px;" title="PLAYING VIOLIN ON STAGE" width="350" /></a> </span></span></dt>
<dd style="margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Damien Escobar and Tourie Escobar, Nuttin’ But Stringz </i> </span></span></dd></dl></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">About Nuttin’ But StringzBrother Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar, who grew up in Queens, NY, are a true phenomenon of our musical age. Together, they are Nuttin’ But Stringz(NBS). NBS combines the classical sound of the violin with Pop, R&B and Hip-hop. The result is a unique and uplifting fury of modern emotion and harmony, intensity and rhythm. At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music. For more information about NBS visit: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.NuttinButStringz.com</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and NBS Blog: http//nuttinbutstringz.wordpress.com.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">[Editors: For media interviews with Tourie Escobar or Damien Escobar, Nuttin’ But Stringz, or images contact Aida Mayo or George McQuade, MAYO Communications, Los Angeles,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nuttin' But Stringz Collaborates with Trey Songz</span><br />
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</style><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">According to Songz's management, the singer's ongoing tour (Blueprint 3) with Jay-Z will be the focus of an as-yet-untitled reality series set to premiere in June.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">
<span class="apple-style-span">"The first show airs on </span></span><st1:stockticker><st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">BET</span></span></st1:stockticker></st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> on June 27, the night of the </span></span><st1:stockticker><st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">BET</span></span></st1:stockticker></st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Awards," music vet, Kevin Liles told MTV this week. "The show comes first, and then right after that, the </span></span><st1:stockticker><st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">BET</span></span></st1:stockticker></st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Awards."</span></span>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">MTV's Grammy® award-winning series, MTV Unplugged premieres its latest installment featuring the prince of R&B, Trey Songz on Monday, April 26 at 6:00am ET/PT on MTV.com. Trey Songz, known for giving his fans the ultimate show will perform songs from his critically acclaimed album, Ready, including hit singles "Neighbors Know My Name" and "Say Aah." The performance will also include a special rendition of "Let's Get It On" by the legendary Marvin Gaye. MTV will also air highlights from the special across its multiple on-air platforms on-air including AMTV, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV Jams.
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NBS peformed a double header on April 23rd, Friday. A Houston benefit concert for the American Heart Assn. and MTV Unplugged. Check out the three videos below. You can the platinum selling violin duo playing right behind Trey Songz.
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Trey Songz with Nuttin But Stringz -MTV Unplugged. NBS collaborated
with Trey Songz on the April 23, 2010 concert. (NBS photo)</span></span></dd></dl></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">According to Songz's management, the singer's ongoing tour (Blueprint 3) with Jay-Z will be the focus of an as-yet-untitled reality series set to premiere in June.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/508127/panty-droppa-neighbors-know-my-name-unplugged.jhtml#artist=1838768" mce_href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/508127/panty-droppa-neighbors-know-my-name-unplugged.jhtml#artist=1838768" target="_blank" title="Trey Soinz music MTV Unplugged"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">MUSIC WITH TREY SONGZ & NUTTIN BUT STRINGZ (More)</span></a><br />
"The first show airs on BET on June 27, the night of the BET Awards," music vet, Kevin Liles told MTV this week. "The show comes first, and then right after that, the BET Awards."<br />
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MTV's Grammy® award-winning series, MTV Unplugged premieres its latest installment featuring the prince of R&B, Trey Songz on Monday, April 26 at 6:00am ET/PT on MTV.com.</span></span><br />
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Trey Songz, known for giving his fans the ultimate show will perform songs from his critically acclaimed album, Ready, including hit singles "Neighbors Know My Name" and "Say Aah." The performance will also include a special rendition of "Let's Get It On" by the legendary Marvin Gaye. MTV will also air highlights from the special across its multiple on-air platforms on-air including AMTV, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV Jams. <br />
Nuttin' But Stringz recently performed on Dancing with the Stars, making history of their own as the first instrumental on the TV's most watch TV show on ABC.<br />
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Nuttin' But Stringz peformed live while Tiler Peck, NY principal ballerina and TV's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
So You Think You Can Dance</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>dancers hit the stage with a powerful historical performance, that even the DWTS were still talking about after the night's competitive ballroom dancing show. NBS is on a tour, next stop, Kentucky.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary Julliard School of Music in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">New York City</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> where they were able to hone their craft and find their place. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music. Nuttin’ But Stringz debut CD and most recent composition, Struggle from the Subway to the Charts by KOCH Entertainment and NBS Entertainment Inc. features their first single “Thunder,” showcasing their raw talent and digs into the soul. Other tracks include “Broken Sorrow” and “Dance with my Father.” For more information about NBS visit: www.Nuttinbutstringz.com and NBS Blog: http//nuttinbutstringz.wordpress.com.</span></span></span><br />
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border-width: 1px 0px 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 37px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 57px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="http://nuttinbutbuzz.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/urban-rock-violin-duo-nuttin-but-stringz-to-be-spokesperson-for-opus-118-harlem-school-of-music/" style="border-width: 0px; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;" title=""><span class="title" style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">URBAN ROCK VIOLIN DUO NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ TO BE SPOKESPERSON FOR OPUS 118 HARLEM SCHOOL OF MUSIC</span></a></h2><div class="contentblock" style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 20px 0px 5px;"><div class="snap_preview" style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="border: 1px dotted rgb(204, 204, 204); display: inline; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 10px 5px 5px; text-align: center; width: 210px;"><a href="http://www.opus118.org/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;" title=""><img alt="" height="134" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/josh-kelly-emma-montero.jpg?w=200&h=134&h=134" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;" title="Josh Kelly, Emma Montero" width="200" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 5px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">Josh Kelly, Emma Montero (courtesy OPus 118)</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><em style="border-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">“WE WERE INSPIRED BY ROBERT GUASPARI WHO USED HER GOD GIVEN TALENT TO INSPIRE OTHERS,” SAID DAMIEN ESCOBAR OF NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ, WHO PLANS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE FINANCIAL OBSTACLE FACED BY OPUS 118</em></strong></div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">NEW YORK, NY APRIL 28, 2010</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">—<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><em style="border-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ,</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>international urban rock violin duo brothers Damien and Tourie Escobar announced today that they have signed on as the spokespersons for Opus 118, Harlem School of Music, to help bring awareness to this program and prevent it’s closure during these economic times. Opus 118 transforms the lives of students and their families of the Harlem community, through access to quality music education while fostering teacher development and introducing musical performance to new audiences. Since 1991 Opus 118 has helped more than 5,000 students achieve through quality music instruction.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><a href="http://www.opus118.org/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;" title=""><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-23" height="162" src="http://nuttinbutbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/cut-photo-2.jpg?w=200&h=162" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;" title="CUT photo 2" width="200" /></a>“Opus 118 has experienced significant challenges in securing the funding necessary to sustain the organization” said Damien Escobar,<em style="border-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ</em>. Damien noted he was inspired by the efforts of Robert Guaspari who entered the community of Harlem in 1981 with very little teaching experience and a lot of passion. She co-founded Opus 118 in hopes to inspire the youth of Harlem. In 1991, public school budget cuts eliminated arts programs, but Guaspari and her students fought for their program by rallying community support and held a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall where some of the world’s finest musicians were in attendance.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><a href="http://www.opus118.org/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24" height="134" src="http://nuttinbutbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/parsons-kai_on-left.jpg?w=200&h=134" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;" title="Parsons Kai_On Left" width="200" /></a>Unfortunately, after more than a decade, Opus 118 finds itself in the same predicament battling through turbulent economic times. “Sometimes passion and drive are all you need.” said Tourie Escobar, “When my brother and I heard [Opus 118] was facing closure we felt motivated to help.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="border-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is no stranger to giving back to the community. They brought music lovers to their feet Friday night (April 26, 2010) at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall, in Houston for a benefit of the American Heart Association’s Power to End Stroke movement, an initiative that empowers people to reduce their risk for stroke and educates communities on the importance of its prevention.</div><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_25" style="border: 1px dotted rgb(204, 204, 204); display: inline; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 10px 5px 5px; text-align: center; width: 210px;"><a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-25" height="138" src="http://nuttinbutbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/jpeg_nbs_inwhite.jpg?w=200&h=138" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;" title="JPEG_NBS_InWhite" width="200" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 5px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar, Nuttin' But Stringz.</div></div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">As the spokespersons for Opus 118,<em style="border-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>has made it a priority to continue to give back and now want to bring awareness to Opus 118 and its fight to stay open. Beginning May 13<sup style="border-width: 0px; bottom: 1ex; height: 0px; line-height: 1; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">th</sup>, at El Museo Del Barrio in New York City, NBS will host Opus 118’s Opening Honors Recital, which will kick off their concert campaign to raise $500,000 to keep the program running. Historically, Opus 118 has not had access to the resources that others may have had—“it has always been a fight for us to survive,” said Robert Gondola, director of external relations. “Opus 118 has seen a fair share of challenges through the years, but struggle parallels our humble beginnings. This year marks Opus 118’s 19th year and with the help of generous donors, we will not only make it to a 20th year, but [Opus 118] will be in a position to sustain for many more years to come.”</div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">“Our mission is far from accomplished,” explained Gondola. “There is so<a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-27" height="200" src="http://nuttinbutbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/assn-benefit-200-concert.jpg?w=134&h=200" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: right; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 1.5em; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;" title="Assn. Benefit 200-concert" width="134" /></a>much left to do, and we need people to lend a hand to preserve the educational treasure that is Opus 118 in a neighborhood that needs it more than ever.”</div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">The Honors Recital will begin at 6:00 pm with a cocktail hour, followed by a 7:00 pm performance. The newly renovated museum galleries will also be open exclusively for Opus 118 supporters. For more information on registration and tickets to the event contact Robert Gondola, Director of External Relations for Opus 118, Harlem School of Music at (212) 831- 4455 ext.105.</div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"></strong></div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"></strong></div><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_26" style="border: 1px dotted rgb(204, 204, 204); display: inline; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 10px 5px 5px; text-align: center; width: 144px;"><a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" style="border-width: 0px; color: #6699cc; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: uppercase;" title=""><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-26" height="200" src="http://nuttinbutbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/nuttin-but-stringz-houston-heart-assn-benefit-concert.jpg?w=134&h=200" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px;" title="Nuttin' But Stringz Houston Heart Assn. Benefit concert" width="134" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 5px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">DAMIEN AND TOURIE ESCOBAR, NUTTIN' BUT STRINGZ IN CONCERT IN HOUSTON, TX LAST FRIDAY, APRIL, 23RD.</div></div></strong><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;"><strong style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ</strong></div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">Teenage brothers, Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar, who grew up in Queens, NY, are a true phenomenon of our musical age. Together, the Escobar brothers are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="border-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">NUTTIN’ BUT STRINGZ</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(NBS). NBS combines the classical sound of the violin with Pop, R&B and Hip-hop. The result is a unique and uplifting fury of modern emotion and harmony, intensity and rhythm. Younger brother Damien says, “We play our violins so hard and with such force that we destroy a bow a show!” Tourie describes their urban rock compositions this way, “Our music is based on emotion not lyrics. We tell stories and the violin is our voice.”</div><div style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 20px;">At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary Julliard School of Music in New York City where they were able to hone their craft and find their place. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music. Nuttin’ But Stringz debut CD and most recent composition, Struggle from the Subway to the Charts by KOCH Entertainment and NBS Entertainment Inc. features their first single “Thunder,” showcasing their raw talent and digs into the soul. Other tracks include “Broken Sorrow” and “Dance with my Father.” For more information about NBS visit:<span style="border-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">www.Nuttinbutstringz.com</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and NBS Blog: http//nuttinbutstringz.wordpress.com.</div></div></div></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">World's best publicity@ www.MayoCommunications.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085581834450036328.post-51092197417528275232010-04-26T18:36:00.000-07:002010-04-27T09:08:17.914-07:00Nuttin' But Stringz brings nuttin' but joy and hope to American Heart Assn. benefit convert<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b>Heart “Stringz” tugged at the American Heart Association’s Power of Legacy Soiree</b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">HOUSTON</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">–<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Nuttin’ But Stringz’ international urban rock violin duo Damien</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Tourie Escobar</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>brought music lovers to their their feet Friday night(April 26, 2010) at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall. The Emmy award-winning brother’s unique fusion of rock urban hip hop and classical music touched the hearts of nearly 300 people, who gathered in support of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.americanheart.org" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="Heart Assn">American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke</a></i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.americanheart.org" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="Heart Assn"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>movement, an initiative that empowers people to reduce their risk for stroke and educates communities on the importance of prevention. In between electrifying sets, the brothers shared their rise from the rough and dangerous streets of Jamaica Queens, NY, as well as their close connection to heart disease. The pair’s mother, aunt and grandparents have all suffered from various forms of heart disease and stroke, while Damien Escobar himself has a murmur that is checked regularly.</span></span></span></div><div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_115" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: right; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 144px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-115 " height="200" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/200-damien-escobar-event-chair-merele-yarborough-and-tourie-escobar.jpg?w=134&h=200" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Damien Escobar, Event Chair Merele Yarborough and Tourie
Escobar" width="134" /></a></span></span><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">200-Damien Escobar, Event Chair Merele Yarborough and Tourie Escobar (Dmoreland Photography)</span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">One hundred percent of the funds raised for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Power of Legacy Soiree</i>, chaired by<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Merele Yarborough,</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">will directly impact the health initiatives of the African-American community in Houston and increase awareness about the risks, signs and symptoms of stroke, the nation’s number three killer, which impacts African-Americans more than any other ethnic group.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Honorees that evening included:</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Ralph Holmes</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">of</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Aetna,</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Kirk Franklin</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Judy</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Wayne McConnell</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">, who were recognized for their support of the<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Power to End Stroke</i> campaign since its inception four years ago. Each of the honorees encouraged the audience to lead by example, and to make a pledge to incorporate simple lifestyle changes into their daily lives, which could significantly reduce the risk of stroke. , “</span></span></span></div><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_116" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 144px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/2009-NewsReleases/NR-273-A-MediaPlacementLos%20Angeles%20Times7-23-09.htm" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-116 " height="200" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/200-damien-and-brother-tourie-glassesnuttin-but-stringz-at-houston-concert.jpg?w=134&h=200" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="200-Damien and Brother Tourie (glasses)Nuttin' But Stringz
at Houston concert" width="134" /></a></span></span><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">200-Damien and Brother Tourie (glasses) Nuttin' But Stringz at Houston concert(Dmoreland PHotography)</span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">About Nuttin’ But Stringz </span></b></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Teenage brothers, Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar, who grew up in Queens, NY are a true phenomenon of our musical age. Together, the Escobar brothers are Nuttin But Stringz (NBS). NBS combines the classical sound of the violin with Pop, R&B and Hip-hop. The result is a unique and uplifting fury of modern emotion and harmony, intensity and rhythm. Younger brother Damien says</span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">, “We play our violins so hard and with such force that we destroy a bow a show!”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The older brother describes their urban rock compositions this way,</span><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Our music is based on emotion not lyrics. We tell stories and the violin is our voice.”</span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary</span><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Julliard School of Music</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in New York City where they were able to hone their craft and find their place. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music. Nuttin’ But Stringz debut CD and most recent composition, Struggle from the Subway to the Charts by KOCH Entertainment and NBS Entertainment Inc features their first single “Thunder,” showcasing their raw talent and digs into the soul. Other tracks include “Broken Sorry” and “Dance with my Father.”</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">For more information about NBS visit: www.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://nuttinbutstringz.com/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Nuttinbutstringz.com</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">and their blog @</span><a href="http://nuttingbutstringz.wordpress.com/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> http://nuttinbutstringz.wordpress.com</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">The evening’s Mistress of Ceremonies was<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.khou.com/great-day" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="KHOU GREAT DAY HOUSTON">Deborah Duncan</a></i></span></b><i><a href="http://www.khou.com/great-day" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="KHOU GREAT DAY
HOUSTON"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.khou.com/great-day" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="KHOU GREAT DAY HOUSTON">of KHOU Channel 11′s Great Day Houston.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a></i>Others in the crowd included:</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Anita</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Gerald Smith</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Larry Payne</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Cheryl Solomon</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Ericka</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Jeff </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Bagwell</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Debbie</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Rudy</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Festari</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Audrey</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Wardell</span></b><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Gilbreath</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Beverly</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Jim Postl</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">,</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Pam</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Neil Tofsky, Charles Flournoy, Pam</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Michael</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Stinson</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Drs. Crystal</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">and</span><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Randall Wright.</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">About the American Stroke Association</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The goal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is to reduce disability and death from stroke through research, education and advocacy. In its 2006</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">–</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">07 fiscal year, the association invested more than $152 million to fight stroke. To learn more, call 1-888-4STROKE or visit</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://strokeassociation.org/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">strokeassociation.org</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Power To End Stroke</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>campaign is supported nationally by the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>[Editors:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For media interviews or images contact Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade, MAYO Communications, Los Angeles, 818-340-5300 or Publicity@MayoCommunications.com.<b>]</b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">For more about the American Heart Assn. contact:</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Tiffany Travis, Comm. Dir.<br />
American Heart Association<br />
South Central Affiliate</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">10060 Buffalo Speedway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Houston, TX 77054</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">713-610-5041♠</span></span></span></span></div><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_117" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 117px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" title=""><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-117 " height="160" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/200-ralph-and-wanda-homes-of-aetna-corporate-honoree.jpg?w=107&h=160" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Ralph and Wanda Homes of Aetna, Corporate Honoree" width="107" /></a></span></span><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Ralph and Wanda Homes of Aetna, Corporate Honoree )200-Ralph and Wanda Homes of Aetna, Corporate Honorees. (DMoreland PHotos)</span></span></div></div><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_118" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 117px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-118 " height="160" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/anita-and-gerald-smith.jpg?w=107&h=160" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Anita and Gerald Smith" width="107" /></a></span></span><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Anita and Gerald Smith at Benefit Concert in Houston for th e American Heart Assn. (DMoreland)</span></span></div></div><div class="wp-caption
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<i>" We get a lot of requests to perform for charity, but events that benefit heart disease and stroke research are dear to our heart," said Tourie and Damien Escobar, Nuttin’ But Stringz, who will perform in a concert tonight at an American Heart Association benefit in Houston at The Hobby Center for Performing Arts in Zilkha Hall. </i><br />
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Platinum Selling Urban Rock Violin Duo Nuttin’ But Stringz Brings Nuttin’ But Music and Hope to American Heart Association (AHA)<br />
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Houston, TX. April 23, 2010 — “Nuttin’ But Stringz,” an international urban rock violin duo sensation, who rocked the airwaves on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars is scheduled to appear in Houston for the American Heart Assn. tonight (Friday,April 23, 2010). The fundraising event will be held at The Hobby Center for Performing Arts in Zilkha Hall.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">" We get a lot of requests for perform for chairty, but heart disease and stroke research charity events a are dear to our heart," said Tourie and Damien Escobar, Nuttin’ But Stringz</span> <br />
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Last Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Nuttin’ But Stringz made history performing live on Dancing with the Stars, Television’s most watch show (22-25 million).<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-YI5LNcFw&feature=player_embedded <br />
Nuttin’ But Stringz, two of the most talked about brothers in the music industry, Damien and Tourie Escobar, Queens, NY were finalists on the NBC show, Americas Got Talent<br />
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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MlE_Mo0Jw&feature=related).<br />
Also tonight, but recorded earlier, Nuttin' But Stringz will be featured on the popular MTV Unplugged.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEAfsaiPSR0o0zXph2Yt_vm166NtHbu1Ki7NQK5W0AMonU4GFh-CPS6XZ6CkfMvyEpEtz5kGBOfCAnSW9Fg1vXZX10gvyt5q0JZRNB-8y0OEKqdDIqaCdULq9rB1HCBoUEBV5JdeFVgVL/s1600/SINGLE+GOOD+SHOT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEAfsaiPSR0o0zXph2Yt_vm166NtHbu1Ki7NQK5W0AMonU4GFh-CPS6XZ6CkfMvyEpEtz5kGBOfCAnSW9Fg1vXZX10gvyt5q0JZRNB-8y0OEKqdDIqaCdULq9rB1HCBoUEBV5JdeFVgVL/s320/SINGLE+GOOD+SHOT.jpg" /></a></div>Since its 2006 inception, the American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke initiative has been forging ahead to empower people through education and awareness about their risk for stroke and their choices for prevention. Stroke is the number three killer in America and the leading cause of disability. In fact, according to the AHA, nearly 2,600 Americans die of cardiovascular disease daily, or one every 33 seconds.<br />
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Funds raised through the Power of Legacy event directly impact research, education and outreach in Houston. The 2010 Power of Legacy Chair is Merele Yarborough. Honorees for the evening are Aetna, Kirk Franklin and Judy and Wayne McConnell. For tickets, contact the American Heart Association at 713-610-5010 or visit www.poweroflegacy.blogspot.com.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><i>Damien Escobar, Nuttin' But Stringz</i> </div><br />
About the American Stroke Association<br />
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The goal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is to reduce disability and death from stroke through research, education and advocacy. In its 2006–07 fiscal year, the association invested more than $152 million to fight stroke. To learn more, call 1-888-4STROKE or visit: strokeassociation.org<br />
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<i>(L-R Damien Escobar, Niecy Nash, Tourie Escobar<br />
Louis Van Amstel at ABC's Dancing with the Stars</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah09if2mGMaW01mKJ9qb2MmUW9MUtzetmC1cHsc8BzkCzBhnVtekXQkkiLdUv2om_NUotDPwKCBA17aeV-SVdlj-2Uv1QYX0A-sf3gV3VORvlmqKztH8_TpCIgE92mAeHeaxBX4aedBtq/s1600/Damien,+Niecy+Nash,+Tourie+Escobar,+Louis+Van+Amstel+DWTS.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah09if2mGMaW01mKJ9qb2MmUW9MUtzetmC1cHsc8BzkCzBhnVtekXQkkiLdUv2om_NUotDPwKCBA17aeV-SVdlj-2Uv1QYX0A-sf3gV3VORvlmqKztH8_TpCIgE92mAeHeaxBX4aedBtq/s320/Damien,+Niecy+Nash,+Tourie+Escobar,+Louis+Van+Amstel+DWTS.JPG" /></a></div>Teenage brothers, Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar grew up in Queens, NY. Together, the Escobar brothers are Nuttin’ But Stringz (NBS). They combine the classical sound of the violin with urban rock, Pop, R&B and Hip-hop. At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary Juilliard School of Music in New York City where they were able to hone their craft and find their place. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music. Nuttin’ But Stringz debut CD and most recent composition, Struggle from the Subway to the Charts.”<br />
After etching a spot in the top three finalists on NBC’s America’s Got Talent exposing the group to 750 million viewers worldwide, and opened the doors for a multitude of music offers and contracts. Most recently Nuttin’ But Stringz broke history performing as the first instrumental musical act on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars show (April 13, 2010), reaching an audience from 22-25 million viewers in U.S. Other opportunities include Paris (A French version of AGT) to MTV Unplugged. Both Tourie and Damien agree that, “We are to the violin what Michael Jordan was to basketball.”<br />
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</span><span class="GramE"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Nuttin’ But Stringz will perform in a concert<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;"><span> </span>Benefit in Houston</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><pre style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">
<span> </span></span></b><st1:place><st1:city><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Houston</span></b></st1:city><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">, </span></b><st1:state><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">TX</span></b></st1:state></st1:place><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">. April 23, 2010</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 22px;">— </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">“Nuttin’ But Stringz,” <span> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">an international urban rock violin duo sensation, who rocked
the airwaves on <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-YI5LNcFw&feature=player_embedded" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">ABC’s Dancing with the Stars</a></i> is scheduled to appear in Houston for the American Heart Assn. on Friday,
April 23, 2010. The fun-filled fundraising event will be held at <i>The Hobby Center for Performing Arts </i>in<i> Zilkha Hall.<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Last Tuesday, April 13, 2010,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nuttin’ But Stringz</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>made history performing live on Dancing with the Stars, Television’s most watch show (22-25 million).<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-YI5LNcFw&feature=player_embedded" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-YI5LNcFw&feature=player_embedded</span></a><i><span> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Nuttin’ But Stringz</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">, two of the most talked about brothers in the music industry, Damien and Tourie Escobar, Queens, NY<br />
were finalists on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>NBC show, Americas Got</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Talent<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MlE_Mo0Jw&feature=related" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MlE_Mo0Jw&feature=related</a>).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>Also, on the same day, April 23<sup>rd</sup>, the popular<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/unplugged/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">MTV Unplugged</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>will broadcast a previously record show featuring<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nuttin’ But Stringz.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Since its 2006 inception, the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>American Heart Association’s</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Power<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="GramE">To</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>End Stroke<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>initiative has been forging ahead to empower people through education and awareness about their risk for stroke and their choices for prevention. Stroke is the number three killer in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the leading cause of disability. In fact, according to the AHA, nearly 2,600 Americans die of cardiovascular disease daily, or one every 33 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Funds<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="GramE">raised</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>through the Power of Legacy event directly impact research, education and outreach in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Houston</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">. The 2010 Power of Legacy Chair is Merele Yarborough. Honorees for the evening are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Aetna</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">, Kirk Franklin and Judy and Wayne McConnell.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>For tickets, contact the American Heart Association at 713-610-5010 or visit</b><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><a href="http://www.poweroflegacy.blogspot.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><b>www.poweroflegacy.blogspot.com</b></a></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b>About the American Stroke Association</b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">The goal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is to reduce disability and death from stroke through research, education and advocacy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="GramE">In its 2006–07 fiscal year,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the association invested more than $152 million to fight stroke. To learn more, call 1-888-4STROKE or visit:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u><a href="http://strokeassociation.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a5db0;">strokeassociation.org</span></a></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Teenage brothers, Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar grew up in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Queens</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">NY</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">. Together, the Escobar brothers are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="GramE"><i>Nuttin’ But</i></span><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stringz<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(NBS). They combine the classical sound of the violin with urban rock, Pop, R&B and Hip-hop. At age 10 both were the youngest to attend the legendary<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.juilliard.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Juilliard School of Music</a></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">New York City</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where they were able to hone their craft and find their place. Their mission is to bridge the gap between Popular and Classical music.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nuttin’ But Stringz</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>debut CD and most recent composition,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Struggle from the Subway to the Charts</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>After etching a spot in the top three finalists on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MlE_Mo0Jw&feature=related" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">NBC’s America’s Got Talent</a></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>exposing the group to 750 million viewers worldwide, and opened the doors for a multitude of music offers and contracts. Most recently<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Nuttin’ But Stringz</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>broke history performing as the first instrumental musical act on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-YI5LNcFw&feature=player_embedded#%21" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">ABC’s Dancing with the Stars</a></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>show (April 13, 2010), reaching an audience from 22-25 million viewers in U.S. Other opportunities include<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Paris</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A French version of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><st1:stockticker><i><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">AGT</span></span></i></st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">) to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>MTV Unplugged.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>Both Tourie and Damien agree that,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">We are to the violin what Michael Jordan was to basketball.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">[Editors:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For media interviews or image call Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade, 818-340-5300. For more about NBS visit: www.Nuttinbutstringz.com and their blog at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://nuttingbutstringz.wordpress.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" title="">http://nuttinbutstringz.wordpress.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/nuttinbutbuzz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.twitter.com/nuttinbutbuzz</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for updates<b>].<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</style> <st1:place><st1:city><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Los Angeles</span></span></b></st1:city><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span></b><st1:state><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CA</span></span></b></st1:state></st1:place><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> -</span></span></b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Just got off the phone with the manager of Nuttin’ But Stringz, who is stranded along with thousands of airline passengers in </span></span><st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Europe</span></span></st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> due to the Iceland Volcano eruption. Not since 9-11 or </span></span><st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mount Saint Helens</span></span></st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (May 18, 1980, Washington State) have so many planes been grounded. TMZ got an exclusive interview this week with Tourie and Damien Escobar, brothers who make up the internationally renown Nutt’ But Stringz, who performed live at </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dancing with the Stars</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> on ABC. Taking a break from the show TMZ caught the urban rock violinists just outside the DWTS studios.</span></span><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When asked who they thought was the best dancer? Both replied in harmony, “Kate Gosselin. She’s a good woman, a good Mom and the most sexy,” Tourie and Damien answered. TMZ’s Harvey Levin (shaking his head), back in the newsroom, was blown away when he heard Tourie Escobar tell the TMZ news cameraman that He’s ” in love with Kate Gosselin, and would love to date her.”</span></span><br />
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</style><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On April 23rd, they will be see on MTV Unplugged on cable, but if you are in </span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Houston</span></span></st1:city><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><st1:state><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Texas</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> you can hear and watch them live. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is a benefit event for the American Heart Assn. It will be held at the </span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hobby</span></span></st1:placename><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><st1:placetype><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Center</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for Performing Arts in Zilkha Hall.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">According to the AHA Stroke is the number three killer in </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">America</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and the leading cause of disability. In fact, nearly 2600 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, an average of one death every 33 seconds. Although the numbers are staggering, the power to change these statistics lies within all of us to make simple lifestyle changes that can reverse these numbers.</span></span><br />
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</style> <span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke initiative has been forging ahead to empower individuals through education and awareness about their risk for stroke and the choices they have in prevention.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_73" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 210px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,Arial; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCphXkNhJA&feature=player_embedded" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;" title=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-73 " height="150" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/200-kabc-tv-dancing-with-stars-4-13-10.jpg?w=200&h=150" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title=" KABC-TV DANCING WITH STARS 4-13-10" width="200" /></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(L-R) Tourie Escobar and Damien Escobar, Nuttin' But Stringz" interview with KABC-TV reporter George Pennaccio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div></div><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:smarttagtype name="date" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype></span><style>
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</style><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"></span></span><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Funds raised by the Power of Legacy event will directly benefit research, education and outreach in </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Houston</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2010 Power of Legacy</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">chair is Merele Yarborough. Honorees for the evening are </span></span><st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Aetna</span></span></st1:place><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, Kirk Franklin and Judy and Wayne McConnell.</span></span><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For tickets, contact the American Heart Association at 713-610-5010 or visit </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.poweroflegacy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.poweroflegacy.blogspot.com</span></span></b></a></span><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><i><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Power To End Stroke </span></span></i><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">campaign is supported nationally by the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership. </span></span><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">About the American Stroke Association</span></span></b><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The goal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is to reduce disability and death from stroke through research, education and advocacy. In its 2006–07 fiscal year, the association invested more than $152 million to fight stroke. To learn more, call 1-888-4STROKE or visit</span><b><u><a href="http://strokeassociation.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> strokeassociation.org</span></span></a></u></b></span><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/2009-NewsReleases/NR-273-A-MediaPlacementLos%20Angeles%20Times7-23-09.htm" target="_blank" title="Nuttin' But Stringz in the News at MAYO PR"><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For updates on Nuttin’ But Stringz visit:</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/2009-NewsReleases/NR-273-A-MediaPlacementLos%20Angeles%20Times7-23-09.htm" target="_blank" title="Nuttin' But Stringz in the News at MAYO PR"><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> www.MAYOPR.com click on “Clients in the News” </span></span></a></span></u></b><span style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b><i><u><span style="color: #993300; 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font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.examiner.com/x-24089-TV-Examiner~topic391726-Dancing-With-the-Stars</span></span><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">World's best publicity@ www.MayoCommunications.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085581834450036328.post-16765648432443919582010-04-14T01:43:00.000-07:002010-04-14T01:43:04.118-07:00Nuttin' But Stringz - Music reaches a new level on Dancing with the Stars<b><a href="http://nuttinbutstringz.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/nuttin-but-stringz-rocks-the-house-with-dancing-with-the-stars-and-ny-ballerina-principal/" rel="bookmark" style="color: white; 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<div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Tourie Escobar (NBS), Kate Gosselin (DSTS), Geo. Mc Quade (MAYO PR), Damien Escobar (NBS) Tony Dovolani (DWTS). Nuttin' But STringz was the first live instrumental and urban rock duo to perform live on Dancing with the Stars.</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hollywood, CA</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> -<b><i><a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" title=""><span style="color: windowtext;">Nuttin’ But Stringz”</span></a></i></b>, one of the most talked about platinum album urban rock violinists performed a live, historical music spectacular tonight (Tuesday, April 13, 2010) on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. It was the first time DWTS featured an instrumental act on TV’s highest rated entertainment program now on its 10th season.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The eye-popping choreography was presented by </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana;">’s Principal Ballerina accompnaied with the dancers who flew through the air on the dance floor much like an olympic aerobics show with perfectly orchestrated moves and tones from NBS. It was powerful segment designed by hip-hop Choreographer Travis WallToure Escobar and Damien Escobar have been playing violin since they were 10 and were the youngest to enter a prestigious music school, while playing in the New York Subways and recently discovered on NBC’s </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana;">’s Got, where they were voted in the top three contestants. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">“We started playing very, very young, when it was cool to play violin, but now I think the violin is going to replace the guitar Tourie Escobar told KABC-tV’s George Pennacchio, shortly after the show ended.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">“We were rehearsing and practicing for days for this live performance which is one of the biggest challenges of my life being on the stage of America’s most watch ballroom on “<b><i>Dancing with the Stars”</i></b> tonight,” said Tourie and Damien Escobar, <b><i><a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" title=""><span style="color: windowtext;">“Nuttin’ But Stringz”,</span></a></i></b> urban rock composers, who make up one of the most talked about international violin duo to hit the airwaves.</span></span><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Next stop, Paris, France, where Nuttin’ But Stringz performs on the French version of America’s Got Talent, then<span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span>they return to Huston, Texas for a fundraising performance for the Heart Association on April 23rd. Also, on the same evening (</span><st1:date day="23" month="4" year="2010"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">April 23, 2010</span></st1:date><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) Nuttin’ but Stringz will be shown on <i><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/unplugged/" target="_blank" title=""><span style="color: windowtext;">MTV Unplugged</span></a>.</i></span></span><br />
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<pre><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hollywood, CA. April 9, 2010</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> <b>— </b><b><i>“Nuttin’ But Stringz,” a Sony Records Emmy </i></b>
award-winning international urban rock violin duo are playing live on stage for the
hottest tick in town – “Dancing with the Stars.”<b><i> <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></pre><pre style="margin-right: 103.5pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Damien and Toure Escobar, of Queens, NY, were originally scheduled to perform
last November, and “I couldn’t believe it, until they sent me the airline tickets in
the mail,” said Damien Escobar, who’s brother Toure make up the famed duo.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">They are schedule to play live on ABC’s <i>Dancing with the Stars”</i>, April 13<sup>th</sup> in </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">
Hollywood</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">. Both brothers were featured as the top three contestants on <b><i>
NBC’s America’s Got Talent </i></b>show last year<b><i>.
</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(</span></i></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MlE_Mo0Jw&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MlE_Mo0Jw&feature=related</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Damien and Toure Escobar, <i>"Nuttin’ But Stringz",</i> began playing </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">’s
subways when they were little boys and grew up in </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Queens</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana;">New York</span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">“We have inspired a lot of kids, who now find it cool to pick up a violin along
with their basketball and play to their hearts content,” said Damien Escobar.
“I was called a ‘sissy’ and every other name in school when I was play in the
violin at age 8. My brother brought it home from school and I was hooked on
the instrument.”<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkP7v5aWvVSf2gIiUMyY7KHub4o3ln9u-5be27-b5AMSi7SVha4dhXugYmHeidjvVJhzk_WFlonE3sq8IsLvXtpGe0F1HbLgL5CO7OxGTcxVTYmGnEVnxfM5TOUz6A1xHIDn96PIcmo8/s1600/damienEscobarNuttinButStringz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkP7v5aWvVSf2gIiUMyY7KHub4o3ln9u-5be27-b5AMSi7SVha4dhXugYmHeidjvVJhzk_WFlonE3sq8IsLvXtpGe0F1HbLgL5CO7OxGTcxVTYmGnEVnxfM5TOUz6A1xHIDn96PIcmo8/s320/damienEscobarNuttinButStringz.jpg" /></a></div><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">MAYO will provide entertainment publicity
and global media relations for the
international recording artists, who are
traveling to </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Paris</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> after the live ABC
television show for the French version </span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">of </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">’s Got Talent there.
On April 26, the Violin duo urban-rock </span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hip-hopper artists will play on
MTV unplugged, then they return to </span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">the studios to record a new album.”<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The hip-hop violinists have performed </span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and interviewed with more than
60 different TV shows ie. <i> </i></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno, Ellen,
The Today Show. Noggin's </i></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Jack's Big Music Show) </i>to name a few.
They have also played for the president</span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> at the White House. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">For media interviews contact George Mc Quade, MAYO Communications,
818-340-5300. For more on MAYO visit: <a href="http://www.mayopr.com/">www.MayoPR.com</a>.
For more about <i>Nuttin But Stringz</i> visit: <a href="http://www.nuttingbutstringz.com/">www.nuttingbutstringz.com</a>
or their blog at: <a href="http://nuttingbutstringz.blogspot.com/">http://nuttingbutstringz.blogspot.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer">World's best publicity@ www.MayoCommunications.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085581834450036328.post-62756715077358855412010-04-08T01:39:00.000-07:002010-04-08T20:23:54.489-07:00Nutin' But Stringz coming to Hollywood with nuttin' but buzz and urban rock music on Dancing with the Stars on ABC Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV33uNBUgp3NUOz7ADQx99MDQh4I1W5-YcrzU7t2b3LDgN3Wdzt7fKglquc5H3wh6K_4WEYJFrP3UxRdsg3fN6YG2NHhvlajyLH04HnXmGglBvxDLvY1xSL5SEnRnW1H7A7kDDBEAmOQ/s1600/491-Album-Cover-high-resolu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;"></span></span></a><a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/" style="color: #4265a7; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="undefined"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6 " height="150" src="http://nuttinbutstringz.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/whitehousenuttingbutstringz.jpg?w=220&h=150" style="border-style: none; text-decoration: none;" title="White House Nuttin' But Stringz" width="220" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Damien and Toure Escobar <br />
performed at the White House</span></i></div><br />
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Damien and Toure Escobar performed at the White House The famed Emmy Award-Winning Hip-Hop Violin Duo is set to perform live on <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/about-the-show">ABC’s Dancing with the Stars April 13th”</a><br />
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LOS ANGELES, CA — <a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/">MAYO Communications </a>has been retained as the agency for record by 8th Note Touring and Move Along Touring, New York to promote Famed Recording Artists “Nuttin’ But Stringz,” for national publicity. Damien and Toure Escobar, of Queens, NY, are schedule to play live on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”, April 13th in Hollywood. The famed Emmy award-winning violin duo was in the top three on NBC’s America’s Got Talent show last year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/">Damien and Toure Escobar, "Nuttin But Stringz"</a>, began playing New York’s subways when they were little boys and grew up in Queens, New York.<br />
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MAYO will provide entertainment publicity and global media relations for the international recording artists, who are on scheduled to appear on the French version of America's Got Talent in Paris after the live ABC television show Dancing with the Stars.<br />
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The urban rock/hip-hop violinists have performed and interviewed with more than 60 different TV shows ie. The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno, Ellen, The Today Show. Noggin's (Jack's Big Music Show) to name a few. They have also played for the president of the United States at the White House.<br />
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