ADVISORY/World Premiere in San Diego: Rancho Buena Vista High School Hosts Debut of Here Comes a Marching Band from Warner Bros. Publications

Business Wire, Dec 6, 2001

Entertainment Editors/Music & Education Writers

ADVISORY...for Sunday (Jan. 20, 2002)

SAN DIEGO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2001

The stars will be out at Rancho Buena Vista High School Sunday night January 20, 2002 for a world premiere event. We're not referring to 'N Sync or other big name stars, but the 148 members of the Rancho Buena Vista High School Marching Band and director Eric Weirather.

The band is featured in Warner Bros. Publications' new video/miniDVD Here Comes a Marching Band. As part of the festivities, Warner Bros. Publications will host a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser at the high school (601 Longhorn Drive in Vista, CA 92083). Dinner is at 5 p.m., followed by the premiere showing at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25, with all proceeds going to the band program. The community, as well as local dignitaries and music industry guests, will be in attendance.

Produced by Warner Bros. Publications with Power To Create, Inc., an award-winning maker of children's videos, Here Comes a Marching Band takes a creative approach toward introducing youngsters to the world of marching bands and music. Members of the Rancho Buena Vista band talk to the video's host Drum Major Dave about their instruments, and perform hits like the "Theme from Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)."

"We're very proud to have the Rancho Buena Vista High School Marching Band featured in our new video. They're a great group of youngsters, and they're excellent role models whose performance on the video will inspire young children to learn music," said Fred S. Anton, CEO of Warner Bros. Publications, one of the many dignitaries who will be on hand for the world premiere.

The video stimulates interest in music education, and promotes teamwork and cooperation. Studies have shown that learning music improves overall academic performance. According to The 2001 Arts Education Policy Review, "Students in music pullout programs and those with greater years spent in arts education maintain a higher than average level of academic achievement. This is in direct contradiction to the `back to basics' mentality that views music and other arts as `frills' ..."

For more information in San Diego, contact Julie Walke at (858) 729-9933. For national information, contact Robyn Perlman, Public Relations for Warner Bros. Publications, at (954) 924-9921. To purchase tickets to the event, please call parent volunteer Claudia Faulk at (760) 945-8299.