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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Simon Shaheen & Qantara Event
Information:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Friday October 20, the Boston Chapter of the World Lebanese
Cultural Union (WLCU) is presenting Simon Shaheen and Qantara in A Concert for
Lebanons Children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'>Simon Shaheen <span
style='font-weight:normal'>and</span> Qantara <span style='font-weight:normal'>in</span></h1>
<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'>A Concert for Lebanons Children</h1>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Friday October 20, 2006 at 8PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Shaw Auditorium at Watertown H.S.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>50 Columbia Street Watertown, MA<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>All
proceeds to benefit <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The Chronic Care
Center </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>(Lebanon) </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>For the treatment of chronic childhood diseases
&</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Lebanese Association of SOS Childrens
Villages</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:Arial'>$40 Adult </span></b><span style='font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>/<b> $25 Students</b></span><span style='font-family:
Arial'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(must present student ID)</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Tickets
available in advance: Go to</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt'><a href="http://www.wlcu.us/">www.wlcu.us</a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>(purchase online)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:normal'> or call </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>617.816.1388</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>
for details<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>The program begins promptly at 8pm</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Purchase Tickets Online ($40 Adult):<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Purchase Tickets Online ($25 Student):<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://boston.zebratickets.com/event/event_3802.php">http://boston.zebratickets.com/event/event_3802.php</a><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a
href="https://www.zebratickets.com/ticketing/?eventid=3803&locale=Boston">http://boston.zebratickets.com/event/event_3803.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The concert is to raise awareness of existing non-profit
organizations in Lebanon that provide medical and social services for children
and to encourage ongoing support of sponsorship programs these organizations
provide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Chronic Care Center (<a
href="http://www.chroniccare.org.lb/">www.chroniccare.org.lb</a>) provides </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>treatment for chronic childhood
diseases </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>such as diabetes and </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>thalassemia</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
Lebanese Association of SOS Childrens Villages (<a
href="http://www.sos.org.lb/">www.sos.org.lb</a>) help orphaned and abandoned
children by building nurturing relationships within a family and community
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoTitle><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SIMON SHAHEEN - <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Review
Quotes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>...full of
dignified passion. On violin, his playing was throaty and sensual. His phrases
sighed and lingered over the tune, then spun off trills and filigree like
sparks. On oud, his crisply picked lines took on tension and drama, each
measured phrase holding suspense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span>Jon Pareles, The New York Times <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Shaheen, a
virtuoso of the violin and the oud, was the musical director both for the Sting
performance at the Grammys and for the Two Tenors concert. His electrifying oud
solo was the instrumental high point of the show.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span>Banning Eyre, The Boston Phoenix<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Simon
Shaheen's success in combining characteristics of Middle Eastern music, Western
classical music, jazz and Latin rhythms into a gorgeous tapestry can be traced
to his capacity to find their common threads. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:
2'> </span><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Don Heckman, Los Angeles
Times</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<h1><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'>About Qantara</h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Qantara
group was formed in 1995 by composer and musician Simon Shaheen. Fascinated and
moved by his musician alliances with diverse musical cultures, he was inspired
to develop new works that would bridge the two musical worlds and a group that
could evoke the musical emotion of these culturally crossed exotic and
rhythmically charged sounds. Shaheens compositions for this ensemble fuse his
Arabic musical heritage with the contemporary sensibilities of postmodern jazz.
His works encompass strong classical Arabic and Spanish musical elements that
are crafted to integrate with jazz musical components, which provide the
harmonic and formal structure for this ensembles musical repertoire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Qantara is
comprised of world-renowned musicians whose diverse and uniquely versatile
musical styles lend to this rare blend of traditional world music infused with
jazz concepts. The instrumentation for the group is comprised of Shaheen on the
oud and violin, complimented by artists performing on nay, flute, saxophone,
classical guitar, double bass, and world percussion instruments. Qantara is the
Arabic word for arch. Hence, the name Qantara reveals the gateway to a new
musical expression. After much collaboration with Shaheen, the musicians of
Qantara have acquired the requisite knowledge of Arabic music, and each adds
their own distinctive sounds to Shaheens compositions creating an exciting mix
of intricate melodies and counter rhythms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The music of Qantara allows different styles of performance
and improvisation to stand out while providing a musical structure that goes
beyond the stylistic boundaries. This has resulted in multinational and global
musical exchange, which is both electrifying and enriching. The ensemble is a remarkable
and distinctive example of world acoustic jazz.</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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