Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Yuri's Update: Java Joys, Bop Ritual, Chalk Walk, Discover Janesville and more!

Hi Everyone,


In December you will be able to find me playing piano atJava Joys on December 17 starting at 7 pm.

On December 27 at 5 pm, I will be playing piano at theRotary Gardens for the Holiday Light Show.

It's the Holiday season so I am playing at private parties but I still got a few more open dates left so if you're putting together a gathering and looking for some great light background music, let me know!

My Christmas piano CD called Piano Holidays is available once again at Java Joys, Hedberg Public Library and soon you'll be able to find it at many of your favorite local retailers! Featuring your favorites like you've never heard them before as well as original compositions,Piano Holidays will provide you with over an hour of relaxing piano music centered around the Holidays.

My funk/RnB band Bop Ritual where I play bass and keys, will be at Sneakers in Janesville on November 27and December 18. We start to groove at 8 pm.

Bop Ritual will be playing at Latham West in Rockford on December 11 starting at 9 pm. Yet this month you can catch us at the Red Zone in Milton on November 24starting at 8 pm.

Check out www.BopRitual.com for our future times and dates! Looking to book a great dance band for your bar or a special event? Let me know!

Watch for the new episodes of Discover Janesvillefeaturing Janesville charter schools, finalists of Rock County 5.0 business contest, Woman's Club and UW-Rock County rolling out shortly on YouTube and on JATV! You can see highlights from the interviews atGazetteExtra.com and if you do not have Charter cable, you can see JATV anytime live at www.jatv.org.

The first annual Janesville Mile Chalk Walk was a great success. We had 60 entries and over 80 kids participated in this fun effort to decorate Janesville downtown. Efforts are already under way spearheaded by the Janesville Convention and Visitors Bureau to organize next year's Chalk Walk which we intend to be a huge event involving adult artists as well children and featuring some 3-dimensional works of art. If you are interested in being involved in this endeavor, let us know!

If you are interested in becoming more involved in serving your community, as the president of the Janesville Noon Lions, I would like you to think about joining our great club. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at noon at the Elk's Lodge on North Washington and guests are always welcome! Hope to see you there. Check out the introductory video atwww.JanesvilleNoonLions.org to learn more about us.

If you are a writer and want to see your editorials on local issues published (or preserved), email them to me and I will publish them on my blog designed to highlight local writers. Called the Bigger Stage, you can find it atwww.BiggerStage.blogspot.com.

Mark your calendars for February 11 and 12, 2011 when the United Arts Alliance (UAA) ArtsFest will take place at the Janesville Performing Arts Center and the Hedberg Public Library. As the president of the UAA, I'm here to tell that it will be a great event featuring a unique Friday night event / concert at JPAC celebrating local arts! Watch for details to be out shortly. Want to learn more about UAA? Check out our original jingle and promoright here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IddfJxqasUM&feature=related

Also, this past summer, UAA produced a series of concerts highlighting local performers called Summer Acoustic Series. Get to know Janesville stars by going towww.DiscoverJanesville.com orwww.RockCountyArts.com! Watch for a press release promoting the series (first ever JATV production fully posted on-line!) to be out shortly.

On a more personal note, I look forward to completing myMS in Communications at UW-Whitewater next June!

If you would like to be added or removed from this list, please let me know.

Have a great Holiday season and stay in touch!

Thank you,

Yuri

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