The concert is a fund raising event for the James M.

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* The
five entries receiving the most votes will become finalists; Verizon Wireless
will select the winner who will be announced on MySpace March 29.hikervision.
V CAST Music runs on Verizon Wireless ' broadband network, the most robust,
award-winning wireless broadband network in the nation, available to 150
million people from coast to coast.

The concert will trace the history of the American musical from the early
days of such shows as "Showboat" and "Strike Up The Band" through to the hits
of today such as The "Producers" and "Hairspray.

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LAUREL, Md.

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myspace. Smith 's own website is
http://www.

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com/callingallbands.99 if purchased from the PC or $1.com/music.

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Listen to Hitchhiker's music and more and vote for your favorite new
artist at http://www.com . The V CAST Music store will contain a million songs by spring
and lets customers browse, preview , download and play high-quality digital
music from their phones or in the Verizon Wireless V CAST Music online store.00 monthly access, added to their Verizon Wireless calling
plan to access V CAST Music and music videos on their phones.

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Customers need a V CAST-enabled phone and a subscription to the V CAST
VPak, which is $15.
* No purchase necessary.

Marcia Cross of TV's 'Desperate Housewives' to Host Scholarship Concert April 24

The theme of the concert is Broadway Milestones: 75 Years of
Striking Up the Band, and features the Hollywood Wind Ensemble under the baton
of Artistic Director Bill Masonheimer. She is very pleased to support the Foundation and
its scholarship program.

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com/callingallbands) from more than 4,000 bands across all
musical genres.
Songs cost $0. Find more information on the Web at
http://www. Over the years, the organization has
grown to include not only the original marching band, but the Hollywood Wind
Ensemble concert band and a number of small ensembles, and now sponsors a
scholarship program for youth in the performing arts .

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, Local Hip Hop band Hitchhiker is one
step closer to being the first unsigned songwriter to launch a musical career
on a wireless phone.
"All those years of traveling between cities to visit parents and family
exposed me to all kinds of music and influences, and that's where the
universalism in my own music comes from," said Smith.
V CAST Music is available through Verizon Wireless' 2,000 Communications
Stores and Circuit City locations and online at
http://www. Tickets are available through
http://www.

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com. Berg Scholarship Fund on
Sunday, April 24, 2005, 6:30 pm at the El Portal Theater, 5269 Lankershim in
North Hollywood.

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The winning band or songwriter will have the opportunity to
have their song, music video, ring tone and ring back tone released on Verizon
Wireless. For additional information, go to the
Foundation's website, http://www. The
scholarship is named in memory of music educator and long time Great American
Yankee Freedom Band director James Berg.

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myspace.
Hitchhiker is both the nickname and musical brainchild of Antwane Smith of
Capitol Heights, Maryland, a new father who served in the US Army in Bosnia
and Kosovo.

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He's one of two Hip Hop artists selected as a semifinalist. For more information, visit
http://www. Cross came to know the Freedom Band Foundation through the "gay uncle"
she referred to in her recent Advocate cover story, who plays saxophone in the
Hollywood Wind Ensemble.

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The program Verizon Wireless is
running on MySpace helped Verizon Wireless introduce up and coming bands to
the mobile world, further extending the music experience on customers'
communication devices they use most every day -- their wireless phones.

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3 million voice and data customers. To preview and request broadcast-quality
video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log
on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.

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com/callingallbands. "I love all kinds of
music -- jazz, reggae, pop, rock , Latin -- everything.verizonwireless.S.

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verizonwireless.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 51.com/multimedia .freedomband. But the Foundation's
mission remains the same as it has been for over 25 years: Supporting the
community through Music and Pride.

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myspace.
From March 13 through March 22, the MySpace network of more than 60
million users can listen to Hitchhiker and all the semifinalists and vote
online for their favorite at http://www.

ABOUT THE FREEDOM BAND FOUNDATION:
The Freedom Band Foundation traces its roots back to 1978, when the Great
American Yankee Freedom Band was founded to provide entertainment at Lesbian
and Gay Pride events and to provide a positive image of LGBT people to the
larger Southern California community.

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TicketWeb.

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Ms. Berg Scholarship
Fund, to provide scholarship assistance to young people who are involved in
what the Freedom Band Foundation has stood for for over a quarter of a
century: promoting greater understanding of Lesbian , Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) issues, with a passion for the performing arts.

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Hip-Hop 'Hitchhiker ' From Capitol Heights MD in the Running to Launch Music by Cell Phone on V CAST Music

I'm trying to relay a
positive message so people can both listen and find something that might help
them to grow.

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"
Verizon Wireless will release the "Calling All Bands" winner's song on V
CAST Music -- marking the first time an unsigned band will release its first
single on a wireless phone.

V CAST Music
V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless lets customers play music from well-
known and independent artists on their wireless phones -- the same devices
they have come to rely on for mobile entertainment, information and
communication. Customers
interested in managing their music from their PCs need Windows Media Player
10; a free download of the player is available online in the V CAST Music
store. LOS ANGELES, The Freedom Band Foundation is
pleased to announce that stage, film and television star Marcia Cross,
currently starring in the ABC TV hit "Desperate Housewives " will be the host
of the second annual concert to benefit the James M.

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Hitchhiker was selected by Verizon Wireless and MySpace
to be one of the 15 semifinalists in the "Calling All Bands" contest
(http://www. He
describes his song "Summer Feeling," as "emotional and passionate; soulful
with a touch of the unpredictable."
Hitchhiker began his music career at age 14, but he describes his musical
education and his nickname starting around age seven when his parents'
separated.

The winner will also collaborate with Verizon
Wireless and a MySpace Independent Filmmaker to produce a music video that
will be released on V CAST and the Calling all Bands Community on MySpace,
plus a ring tone and ring back tone of the winning song that will be available
for purchase by Verizon Wireless customers.99 if purchased and downloaded
over the air onto a V CAST Music phone.verizonwireless .com.

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Void outside the U. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZVOD).

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com.verizonwireless." Tickets are $20, and all
proceeds benefit the scholarship fund.org.

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