RME News - July 1
Rock Camp USA Showings on Mediacom Connections Channel 22
Keep your eyes peeled on Mediacom Connections Channel 22 this month for showings of our 2009 Rock Camp Concerts! Get to witness some great Quad Cities youth rock out on the Redstone Room stage right from your living room!
Scheduled Air Dates for Rock Camp Session #1:
Sunday, July 5 - 1pm
Monday, July 6 - 3pm
Tuesday, July 7 - 10:30pm
Thursday, July 9 - 7pm
Sunday, July 12 - 1pm
More concert dates and times to come soon!
RME Closed on July 4th 
The River Music Experience and all of it's components, including Mojo's Cafe, the Redstone Room, and Museum Gallery, will be closed on Saturday, July 4th, to celebrate Independance Day. We will resume regular business and programming on Monday, July 6th. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend!
RME to Participate in Birdies for Charity 
The RME is excited to be participating in this year's Birdies for Charity! Birdies for Charity, a program in conjunction with the John Deere Classic, helps your favorite nonprofit organization raise money through donations and pledges.
HOW IT WORKS: Charitable organizations such as the RME receive flat cash donations or pledges of one cent or more for every birdie that is made during the John Deere Classic. Pledge forms can be picked directly from the RME or they can be downloaded here from the Birdies for Charity website. When the tournament is over, you will be mailed a notice of the pledge amount due. Once the RME receives your pledge, we will use your generous donation to help fund our many live performances and music education programs!
WHY IT'S AWESOME: The RME gets to keep 100% of every penny that is pledged to us! In addition, the John Deere Fund will provide a 5% bonus on the total amount pledged. Birdies for Charity also provides some cool incentives for those donors who particpate. Each person who makes a pledge has the chance to guess how many birdies will be made during the John Deere Classic. The lucky donor who guesses the correct number will win a 2009 Chevy Malibu Hybrid. In addition, donors are eligible to win John Deere mowers, tickets to any AirTran Destination, and over 500 other great prizes. Your donation is also tax deductible.
EVENT INFO:The John Deere Classic runs from July 6-12, with all pledge forms due to the tournament office by July 10. The RME has set a goal of $5,000 for this year's event, and with your generosity, we can make it happen and provide more musical programming for the Quad Cities!
Birdies for Charity Website
RME Turns Five, Reflects on Past & Future
The RME had it's 5th Anniversary this past Friday, June 12th, and the community as well as ourselves, took some time to reflect on how we got to where we are now, and where we are going.
Check out the featured articles in the Quad City Times from last week:
Redstone Room Key to RME's Success
Changing Mission Helps Pay RME's Bills - link to special video as well!
RME Faces The Music
Timeline of Editorials
RME Receives Rare Piano for Museum Gallery
The RME is now the proud owner of a 113 year old double grand piano, believed to be one of the only remaining ones after WWII. The 1896 Pleyel was brought to us by gift of an anonymous donor.
To read a history on the piano and view pictures, check out the article in The Dispatch at qconline.com by Jonathan Turner.
The public may come view the piano during regular museum hours at the RME, from 10am - 9pm, Monday - Saturday.
Listen to the new single from the upcoming compilation CD to benefit…
Karli Rose Kell Music Scholarship Fund at RME
“Hunter’s Moon,” by Ellis Kell
Performed by: Ellis Kell, Andrew Landers, Matt Podschweit, Dave Cox & Terry Hanson
Download Mp3 file: http://elliskell.com/music/huntersmoon.mp3
Or listen via Windows Media Player: http://elliskell.com/music/huntersmoon.wma
To find out how you can contribute to the Karli Rose Kell Music Scholarship Fund at RME, visit: http://www.rivermusicexperience.org/support/index.htm .
All contributions go to help youth in our community who are in need of financial assistance for music lesson fees and program fees at the River Music Experience. To date we have raised over $13,000 in contributions, and all proceeds from the sale of this new compilation CD will also go directly to this scholarship fund.
The new compilation CD will feature tracks contributed by: Andrew Landers, Dave Cox, The Terry Hanson Ensemble, Tony Hoeppner, Jim the Mule, The Whoozdads, Kim Wiseman & Mark Johnson, Lojo Russo, Boothill Ridge, ‘Coney Island’ Pete Collins, Dave Sebree and The Ellis Kell Band. We plan to have the CD available for sale at RME by early summer.
Watch for more details to come soon!
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