REMINDER/Two Borders Books & Music Stores in Boston Host Prestigious Sphinx Competition Laureate, Cellist Tony Rymer, for In-Store Performance

Business Wire, April 15, 2004

Entertainment Editors/City Desks/Assignment Desks

REMINDER...for April 15 & 16 (Thursday & Friday)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Borders Books & Music(R)

Media Alert

    Who: fourteen-year-old cellist Tony Rymer, 2nd place winner in the
    junior division of the Sphinx Competition

    What: in-store cello performance

    When: Thursday, April 15, at 10 a.m. in Borders' Shrewsbury store,
    and Friday, April 16, at 10:30 a.m. in Borders' Marlborough store

    Where: Borders Books & Music - Shrewsbury
    476 Boston Turnpike
    Shrewsbury, MA 01545

    Borders Books & Music - Marlborough
    739 Donald J. Lynch Blvd.
    Marlborough, MA 01752

    Why: Fourteen-year-old cellist Tony Rymer will perform two pieces
    live for Borders customers. He recently won second place in the
    junior division (18 years old and under) of the prestigious Sphinx
    Competition held every year in Ann Arbor and Detroit, Mich. The
    competition is sponsored by Borders Group and is open to all
    junior high, high school and college age black and Latino string
    players residing in the United States. The Sphinx Competition
    offers these young classical string players a chance to compete
    under the guidance of an internationally renowned panel of judges
    and to perform with established professional musicians in a
    competition setting. Rymer, who lives in Dorchester, Mass., is
    also the winner of the Longy School of Music junior division
    concerto competition.

Contact: For more information about the store appearance, please contact Louise Mutterperl at 508-845-8720, or by e-mail lmutter2@bordersgroupinc.com.