KIWANIS CLUB OF SEATTLE HOSTS TO HOST SNOWMAN FOUNDATION and MUSICIAN DAVID LANZ DEC 2nd
Seattle, WA – The Kiwanis Club of Seattle invites interested guests to attend their upcoming luncheon, to be held on December 2, at the Columbia Tower Club. The luncheon will begin at 12:00 p.m. with a presentation from the Executive Director for the Snowman Foundation, Kathy Fallman Dewalt. She will be followed by a piano performance by local Grammy nominated artist, David Lanz, who will be of 10 artists playing on a dramatically lit stage at the upcoming TEN GRANDS concert to be held at Benaroya Hall on April 3rd, 2009.
About Ten Grands
Ten Grands features 10 grand pianos and 10 concert pianists on a stunning, dramatically-lit stage playing a variety of classical, jazz, blues, gospel, boogie woogie, pop, contemporary and new-age music. Artists play simultaneously, in various combinations and individually.
Funds from the 2008 Seattle concert benefited a dozen organizations, with major grants going to Seattle Music Partners and the Jeanne Ehrlichman Bluechel Foundation. Seattle Music Partners provides after-school access to music to underserved children in low-income schools via instruments, lessons and a place to belong. The Jeanne Ehrlichman Bluechel Foundation is a volunteer program that travels to inner-city schools, offering music education through the Great Composers and their various styles of music.
Proceeds from the 2008 Seattle event also provided funding to the following groups:
Arts Corps-All City Urban Voices
Bellevue Youth Symphony
5th Avenue-Adventurer and Musical Awards Scholarships
Highlighters (Burien-based youth musical group)
Keyboard Labs, Orcas Island School District
Northwest Boychoir
Northwest Girlchoir
Seattle Jazz Orchestra
Seattle Youth Symphony
Village Theatre-scholarships
For more information about the Snowman Foundation visit: www.snowmanfoundation.org
The Kiwanis Club of Seattle was organized in 1919 to serve the community and improve the lives of children in need. The Seattle Kiwanis Memorial Fund was established as a non-profit organization in 1945. Our meetings are open to the public, please join us.
KIWANIS CLUB MEDIA CONTACT: Jolene Anderson jolene@joleneanderson.com 206-300-9136