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Contact: Casey LeVasseur
615.298.6770
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rememberalex.com@gmail.com
Kallie Bienvenu
615.321.4939
kbienvenu@cfmt.org
February 25, 2010
Jeffrey Steele, Danny Gokey, John Waite and Others Raise Money for Scholarship Program
March 11 Concert in Memory of Alex LeVasseur Benefits Program for Teens
Nashville, Tenn. – The Alex LeVasseur Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee presents the third annual Jeffrey Steele & Friends, an intimate evening with Jeffrey Steele and various music artists, at Rocketown in Nashville, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Artists slated to perform live with Jeffrey Steele and his band include, “American Idol” contestant Danny Gokey, John Waite, Heidi Newfield, LoCash Cowboys, Pearl Heart, and more. Tickets are on sale now at www.NowPlayingNashville.com.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation and its scholarship program, which helps over-looked and underprivileged youth in Nashville by providing incentives and mentors to kids with a passion for skateboarding, motivating them in school and in life
This intimate event will include table seating, with a limited VIP section. VIP tables are $1,500; remaining tables are $1,000; limited single seats are available for $100 each. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The event will also feature live and silent auctions, including a ticket package for a taping of the final season of “Hannah Montana” in California, with airfare and hotel included; and an ocean view cabin reservation for VH1’s Best Cruise Ever, April 15-19, 2010.
Jeffrey Steele and family created the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee after Steele’s 13-year-old son passed away January 28, 2007, in a tragic accident. The program provides opportunities for kids who share Alex’s passion for skateboarding. Steele and his family are very involved with this program, which has already made a significant impact on its participants.
This is the first of two events the LeVasseur family puts on each year in memory of Alex. The second is an outdoor skate and music festival, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2010 in Franklin, Tenn. For more info on the event and scholarship program please visit www.rememberalex.com or twitter.com/thealexfund.
About Jeffrey Steele: http://jeffreysteele.com
Songwriter, artist and producer Jeffrey Steele has become a Music Row fixture – one of contemporary country's most beloved characters. Today's top selling artists have come to trust the energetic songwriter with the easy, infectious grin. Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Montgomery Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, Pat Green, Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, and numerous others have all turned to the two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year for a hit or two. Steele's own impassioned performances make him a constant favorite at songwriter festivals and his own full band gigs, where his rugged, boisterous vocals breathe new life both into songs made famous by the stars and other tunes that are patently his.
About The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee: www.cfmt.org
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee oversees more than 720 charitable funds. In the past eighteen years, The Community Foundation has distributed more than $460 million to community programs and institutions. It is located at 3833 Cleghorn Avenue, # 400, Nashville, Tennessee 37215. For more information, call 615-321-4939 or visit www.cfmt.org.
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