[musictlk] The performing arts division of the national federation of the blind cordially invites you to join us Tuesday July 5

[Jordy Stringer]

The performing arts division of the national federation of the blind
cordially invites you to join us Tuesday July 5 in Orlando Florida at
the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel from 1:00 P.M to 4:00 P.M. in Suwannee 21,
Level 2 during the general membership meeting. The first 90 minutes will
consist of a panel discussion featuring three of our very own. JP
Williams, JW Smith and Lisa Ostrow.

JP Williams is a singer-songwriter who has performed everywhere from the
Kennedy Center in Washington DC to colleges throughout the eastern U.S.
He recently had the number 1 song, Never Walk Alone, on the National
Southern Gospel charts for the month of May 2011.

Dr. Smith has worked as a music therapist and as a radio announcer,
however since 1983, Dr. Smith has taught a variety of courses at the
university level. These courses have included; Persuasion, Interpersonal
Communication, Public Speaking, Business and Professional Speaking,
Political Communication, Rhetoric and Public Address, History of
Rhetorical Theory, Oral Interpretation, Religious Rhetoric, Black
Communication Styles and Communication with Persons with Physical
Disabilities.

Lisa is an award-winning singer's songwriter and recording artist, as
well as co-owner of Out of the Blue Records, an independent record label
based in Massachusetts.  Her first album, "Unconditional", was released
in 2007, and one of the songs, "Maybe I Like It This Way" reached No.
20 on the iTunes Easy Pop/Easy Listening chart.  The album itself stayed
at No.  8 on CD-Baby's Easy Pop chart for 17 weeks. She is also a Voting
Member of the Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the
Grammy Awards.   

 

So come join with us and interact with these very talented artists! This
promises to be a discussion you won't want to miss!

 

The second half of the meeting will be the ProTools workshop with Singer
song writer and producer Kevin Reeves.  The purpose of the workshop will
be to show off the basics of Pro Tools. He will demonstrate it's basic
functionality: recording, editing, adding plugins, etc. He will also
field any questions folks might have.

 

The meeting will also include information and discussion of the Sound in
Sight Volume 2 album, the newly released album put together by the
division. There will be a few artists from the album at convention. The
album is priced at $10. Division membership dues is $5.

 

 

  See you all in Orlando!

Jordy Stringer 

Vice President, Performing arts division National Federation of the
blind

 

 

 

Jordy D. Stringer

Independent Living Advocate 

accessABILITY Center for Independent Living, Inc.

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adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." - Neil
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