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News Release
Nov. 10, 2006
Boise State University's Gene
Harris Jazz Festival Endowment Night Brings in Scholarship Money
The Boise State University Gene Harris Jazz Festival will host Endowment Night
beginning at 5 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Gamekeeper Lounge, the Reef, the Grove Hotel
Ballroom and Hannah’s. Tickets are $12 general and $5 students through the Qwest
Arena Box Office, 1-800-330-8497, or at the door.
Endowment Night kicks off the 2007 Gene Harris Jazz Festival Season. All
proceeds will go to the Gene Harris Endowment, which provides scholarships for
students to study music at Boise State University. This year’s lineup includes
the Boise State Big Band with guest artist Dennis DiBlasio in a “Tribute to
Maynard Ferguson” at the Grove Hotel Ballroom.
Other acts include the Justin Nielson Trio and John Jones at the Gamekeeper
Lounge; Tom Shook and the Gene Harris All-Stars at the Grove Hotel Ballroom; The
Ben Burdick Trio and an open mike event at the Reef; and other acts at Hannah’s.
The Gene Harris Jazz Festival will celebrate its 10th year with music events
April 4-7. The festival brings jazz musicians to Boise for three nights of
concerts and two days of student clinics and competitions.
For more information on Endowment Night or the festival, visit
www.geneharris.org.
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Contact: Brad Peters, Gene Harris Jazz Festival, (208) 426-3099,
bpeters@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
Where you see blue, we see the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho. For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Boise State University has set
an all‑time state record with a fall enrollment of 18,876 students. Since 1996,
Boise State’s student population has increased 25 percent.
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