Jazz Contest for HBCU Students

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'Jazz Up Your Campus' contest

What: Jazz Alliance International, Inc. (JAI) launches www.gotjazz.info and the "Jazz Up Your Campus" contest for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

Contest Deadline - November 30, 2005

Who: Jazz Alliance International, Inc. (JAI)

Enter to Win!!

Jazz up your campus and WIN a trip to New York City to take part in the largest annual gathering of the global jazz community.

Mos Def, John Coltrane, Outkast, Miles Davis...got jazz? Jazz is a culture of freedom, expression, and innovation. It is the source influencing today's contemporary sound and lifestyle. JAI is looking for creative, culturally aware students to contribute to a nationwide music promotion... bringing jazz music and culture to HBCU's.

Submit an original proposal connecting jazz to HBCU campuses for review by JAI panelists. Selected submissions will receive round-trip airfare plus hotel accommodations in New York City, to participate in the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) 33rd Annual International Jazz Conference January 11-14, 2006. The grand prize includes a one year paid internship with JAI to implement the winner's proposal.

Visit www. gotjazz.info for contest information and to discover more about jazz culture.

www.gotjazz.info is a program of Jazz Alliance International (JAI) and is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), the Urban League and Howard University's Jazz and Theatre Departments.

Jazz Alliance International, Inc. is a subsidiary of the International Association for Jazz Education, (IAJE) and is dedicated to expanding the audience and visibility of jazz and, through education, leadership and advocacy, seeks to raise the profile of the jazz art form and foster better working relationships within the global jazz community.

For more information about JAI go to http://www.jazzai.org/

For more information about IAJE go to http://www.iaje.org/

For more information: http://www. gotjazz.info/