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WHEREAS, throughout its history, Pittsburgh has hosted a vibrant, diverse, and innovative music scene that provides the City with great shows and venues, attracts more and more people to the City, and enhances its reputation as a lively place to make your home; and,
WHEREAS, Pittonkatonk, produced by "pandemic" Pete Spynda, Stephanie Brea, Ben Barson, Dori Gardner, Nikita Beniaminav, Carolin Sefcik, Jenifer Davison, Stephan Koledin, Rosemary Barton and a host of others, is a community empowerment program and festival of brass and street music, offering listeners of all ages and all backgrounds the opportunity to be a part of Pittsburgh's proud musical and cultural traditions, highlighting the importance of the arts and music in our community; and,
WHEREAS, for the fifth year in a row, the May Day Brass BBQ brings high-energy brass bands from far and wide, from Oakland, California and Chicago, to Pittsburgh's Polish Hill, drawing and celebrating community collaborators from across the City including 1Hood Media, Pearl Arts, OnePA, the Latin American Cultural Union, New Sun Rising, Allegheny Watershed Alliance, Thomas Merton Center, Fair Districts, Assemble, prototype Pgh and Artists Imaging Resource to Schenley Park for an entire day of music, food, drink, sharing, and family fun; and,
WHEREAS, Pittonkatonk has established multiple educational outreach programs partnering with Ryan Art Center, Timbeleza, and with Ben Barson of Afro Yaqui Music Collective at Sto-Rox High School and other traveling bands who teach young performers about the contributions and positive roles musicians play in their communities. International artists will be performing such as Mdou Moctar from Niger, Kaleta from Benin as well as Super Yamba band and Rumbon De La Calle, a multicultural drum ensemble; and,
WHEREAS, Pittonkatonk's May Day Brass BBQ will take place at various venues around the city on Saturday May 5, 2018, going all-day at the Vietnam Veteran's Pavilion in Sc...
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