Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival

“The 18th Annual Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival” Labor Day Weekend 2008

The 18th Annual Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival has returned to Pennsylvania at the Ft. Washington Holiday Inn, (formerly the Convention Center) on Labor Day Weekend (Friday, August 29 - Monday, September 1). The Jazz Festival will play host to such luminaries in the jazz world as James Lloyd & Curtis Harmon of Pieces of a Dream; vocalists, Nina Bundy & Barbara Morrison; saxophonists, Larry McKenna, Tim Warfield and Bruce Williams; trumpet sensation, Leon Jordan, Jr.; violinists, Jorg Widmoser & John Blake. This years honorees include renowned jazz radio personality, Bob Perkins and founder of the Mt. Airy Cultural Center, Tony Williams. Special festival guests include Philadelphia’s own Bill Cosby and Grammy Award Winner, Cissy Houston.

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“The 18th Annual Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival” Labor Day Weekend 2008

The 18th Annual Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival has returned to Pennsylvania at the Ft. Washington Holiday Inn, (formerly the Convention Center) on Labor Day Weekend (Friday, August 29 - Monday, September 1). The Jazz Festival will play host to such luminaries in the jazz world as James Lloyd & Curtis Harmon of Pieces of a Dream; vocalists, Nina Bundy & Barbara Morrison; saxophonists, Larry McKenna, Tim Warfield and Bruce Williams; trumpet sensation, Leon Jordan, Jr.; violinists, Jorg Widmoser & John Blake. This years honorees include renowned jazz radio personality, Bob Perkins and founder of the Mt. Airy Cultural Center, Tony Williams. Special festival guests include Philadelphia’s own Bill Cosby and Grammy Award Winner, Cissy Houston.

There will be a Youth Jam Session, a pool side jam and a Sunday night dance — all to benefit the college bound graduates of the Mount Airy Cultural Center, Inc.

Join us at the Holiday Day, Inn, Fort Washington, 432 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Washington, PA; Friday, August 29 to Monday, September 1, 2008.

Festival Weekend Packages, Day Passes and Individual Event Tickets are available. For more information, please contact MACC at (215) 753-0232 or (215) 248-4415 or visit the Website at www.maccjazz.org.

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