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April 28, 2000 -- The University of Virginia's Young Writers Workshop, a summer residential program for talented teenage writers, has attracted hundreds of outstanding students to the University as undergraduates, many of whom become counselors and teachers in the program which they attended as teenagers. Margo Figgins, the program 's director and associate professor of English education in the Curry School which sponsors the workshop, estimates that there are, in any given year, as many as 150 Young Writers alumni attending the University. They are part of the tradition and cause being celebrated on Saturday evening, April 29, when Greg Howard, joined by drummer Darrell Rose, gives his Mid-Atlantic Stick Concert at 8 p.m., St Anne 's Belfield School. The Young Writers, a non-profit program, has a 19-year history of success in fostering the growth of young poets, playwrights, novelists, magazine journalists and songwriters. The Songwriting Workshop is the only one of its kind in the country. Greg Howard, Chapman Stick artist, has taught that workshop for over 10 years, where he has mentored talented young musicians and lyricists to not only write songs but to produce and record them as well. A number of his students have become performing artists and pursued professional careers in music. The Proceeds of this concert will be donated to the Young Writers Scholarship Fund to support the many deserving students unable to afford the tuition that could buy them their future as a writer and will be specifically designated to support young songwriters. General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at the door and in advance at Plan 9 Records in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg. For more information contact Margo Figgins at 924-0766 or maf8q@virginia.edu. |
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Mid-Atlantic
Stick Concert to Benefit Young Writers Workshop Fund