Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?_Join_Audiology's_=22A-List=22_at_3_diverse_musical_events_d?= From: Brad Ingrao <info(at)bradingrao.com> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:30:27 -0500HearingAID, a traveling "pick-up band" of audiologists and hearing industry employees will appear at three events during the AAA convention this month in Washington DC. Those attending the AAA Foundation Follies on Wednesday, March 30th, will be treated to musical interludes and a wrap-up jam by Chuck Berlin, Brad Ingrao, Henrik Nielsen, Andy Vermiglio and Kent Weaver. This event is a benefit for the AAA Foundation and will be held in room 206 of the Convention Center. The next evening, Chuck Berlin, Andy Vermiglio and Kent Weaver will provide musical accents for the Academy Awards Reception in the North Salon of the DC Renaissance Hotel from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Following the Awards and the International Reception, all in the same room, these and many others will be hosting a benefit concert for the National Center for Hearing Assistive Technology (www.hearingloss.org/hat), a program of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People. The group will create a :Jazz Bistro" complete with lighting and a cash bar courtesy of the Academy. Players for the Bistro include Roy Sullivan, Dave Fabry, Doug Beck, Dick Vassella, Paul Kileny, RT Campagna, Jim Gahn, Sheila Douglas, Dave Preeves, Mead Killion, and others will play a mix of jazz standards, torch songs and a blues jam. As a special treat, Wendy Cheng, founder of the Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss (www.aamphl.org) will play a classical viola solo accompanied by Dr. Arthur Boothroyd. Individual tickets for the event are $10 each and are available at www.e-audiology.net/hearing-aid . Larger blocks of tickets will also be distributed to select exhibitors at AAA who will be identified by a yellow "Jazz Bistro" sign at their booths. For those unable to attend, separate donations to NCHAT may be made at the HearingAID website. Musically yours, Brad Ingrao, Founder HearingAID - Giving the Gift of Music to Deaf and Hard of Hearing People www.e-audiology.net/hearing-aid Email: info(at)bradingrao.com