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September 22, 2010
Jefferson Concerts to Build Support
Events to
benefit once-
thriving music
program
Furthering its efforts to give back
to the communities in which it does
business, Hasson Company Real
tors will sponsor the upcoming Rose
City Music Festival, a week-long
event beginning on Saturday, Sept.
25 that will benefit the arts and mu
sic program at Jefferson High
School.
For the majority o f its 100 years
in north Portland, Jefferson High
School was known as the city ’s
“School o f Performing A rts,” re
ceiving award after award for its
band and choir teams. The school
reveled in its reputation for out
standing dram atic perform ances.
And yet, after the nearly constant
stream o f budget cutbacks began
in the 1980s, the school’s once-
thriving arts and music program
was reduced to nonexistence.
M othballed and deserted, the
th r e e - s to r y m u sic w in g at
Jefferson - which includes a band
room, choir room, band library,
piano rehearsal rooms, music edu
cation room and choir library
has sat unused for more than 15
years. Dozens o f like-new uni
forms and choir robes hang from
their hangers waiting for students
to return.
Enter the Rose City Music Fes
tival! Developed as a fundraiser
by the Jefferson High Alumni As
sociation, the festival’s mission
is to raise enough money to bring
a full program o f music, graphic
arts and drama back to the school,
as well as the elem entary and Pink Martini will perform in concert at Jefferson High School on Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in a
middle schools included in the benefit to revive the school's once-thriving music program.
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Saxophonist Mike Phillips will bring the jazz music scene to
Jefferson High School during a concert benefiting the north
Portland school on Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.
Jefferson cluster.
The Hasson Company chose to
sponsor the special event because
giving back to the community is
paramount to the leading local real
estate brokerage.
“I have long believed in the value
o f art and music when it comes to
enriching children’s lives,” says
Mike Hasson, president and owner
o f the Hasson Company. “The Rose
City Music Festival provides our
firm with a unique opportunity to
play a vital role for such a compel
ling initiative.”
The festival will start with three
marquee events, first by Pink Mar
tini on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
at Jefferson. Tickets are $65.
The school’s Jefferson Dancers
will kick off a second performance at
the school on Thursday, Sept. 30 at
7 p.m. Tickets are $35.
Saxophonist Mike Phillips will
bring the jazz m usic scene to
Jefferson with a third performance
on Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$50.
The fourth main and concert
date is an all day long fundraiser
taking place on three stages at the
school on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 2
p.m. to 10p.m .
Over 22 performers plan to sup
port the event with a w ho’s who list
o f local performers including Tom
Grant, Michael Allen Harrison, Ron
Steen, Cool Nutz, Linda Hombuckle,
Shirley Nanette, Valerie Day, Shelly
Rudolph, Obo Addy, Toni Hill,
Lifesavas, Geno Michaels, Famell
Newton and more.
Tickets for the Oct. 2 event will
sell for $5 for day time passes and
$ 10 for evening admission.
For more information about the
Rose City Music Festival, visit the
f e s tiv a l’s
w e b site
at
Rosecitymusicfestival.com. Tickets
are available at TicketsOregon.com.