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Contact: Kallie
Bienvenu
(615)
321-4939
kbienvenu@cfmt.org
Casey
LeVasseur
(615)298-6770
(818)314-9910
rememberalex.com@gmail.com
Date: May 15, 2009
Alex LeVasseur Memorial Festival Benefits Local Teens
Skate and Music Festival Remembers Alex and Features Activities for Families and Teens
Nashville, TN – Singer songwriter Jeffrey Steele and family and The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee announce the third annual Alex LeVasseur Memorial Skate and Music Festival from 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Jim Warren Park in Franklin, Tenn. Proceeds will benefit the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation, and its scholarship program to motivate kids.
Admission to the festival is free and kicks off with live music by Jeffrey Steele, American Bang, LoCash Cowboys, Ricky Young & Red White Blue, Pearl Heart, and more. The festival will feature food vendors, skate demos and merchandise, giveaways, autographed auction items, temporary tattoos, and a game booth. Vendors are cash only; auction items can be purchased with a credit card. Live music is scheduled throughout the festival, with Jeffrey Steele closing out the evening.
Alex LeVasseur, the 13-year-old son of hit songwriter Steele, passed away in early 2007 in a tragic accident. Alex was a friend to everyone and an example to his peers. To permanently memorialize Alex and share his passion for skating with other teenagers, his parents established the scholarship program through a Fund at The Community Foundation and planned the first annual festival in June 2007 to raise funds for a scholarship that motivates kids by providing incentives and mentors.
The Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program works in conjunction with Sixth Avenue Skate Park in Nashville to aide overlooked and underprivileged youth by creating programs to keep them motivated in school and in life through skating, and by helping with the cost of skate camps.
The festival is open to all and welcomes teenagers who share Alex’s love of skating. Title sponsors are BMI and 3 Ring Circus Music & Records. Proceeds benefit the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Scholarship Program. Visit www.rememberalex.com for more information. Contact the event organizer, Casey LeVasseur, at 615-298-6770 or rememberalex.com@gmail.com to learn more about how to get involved as a sponsor or volunteer for next year’s event.
About Jeffrey Steele / www.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
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
oversees more than 700 charitable funds.
In the past seventeen years, The Community
Foundation has distributed $426 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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