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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and the U.S. Department of Education Team Up For “Education Drives America” Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">The Lennon Bus and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Join Forces For Select Dates On Cross-Country Back-To-School Bus Tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">New York, NY- August 31, 2012</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> –
<b>The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus</b> will be teaming up with the <b>U.S. Department of Education and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan</b> for their third annual
<b><i>“Education Drives America”</i></b> back-to-school bus tour. The Lennon Bus will be in the Silicon Valley
<b>September 7<sup>th</sup>-September 12<sup>th</sup></b> for a series of educational events focused on various topics, including technology and innovation in education. Students at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, CA will produce their very own original
music video to be premiered at the end of the five-day tour.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">
<b>Printz Board</b>, songwriter, producer, musical director, and musician for the
<b>Black Eyed Peas</b> will also be joining the Lennon Bus team at Sequoia High School on
<b>September 7, 2012</b> to assist in the production of the original music video project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">On
<b>September 11<sup>th</sup></b>, the Lennon Bus will be pulling onto the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, CA for the LEAD (Leadership, Education, Action, Development) Symposium, where students from Sequoia High School along with Lennon Bus engineers
will be interviewing attendees of the LEAD symposium and incorporating their sound bytes into the finished video project<a name="_GoBack"></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">On
<b>September 12<sup>th</sup></b>, in association with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and the SupportMusic Coalition, the Lennon Bus will head to the Sequoia High School Auditorium. The special event will be livestreamed at
</span><a href="../AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/R0O6MPBH/lennonbus.org/live"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">lennonbus.org/live</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">
starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT. A pre-show event co-hosted by NAMM Foundation Executive Director Mary Luehrsen, will feature interviews with arts education advocates, music educators and school administrators to review back-to-school topics including the importance
of the arts in the core curriculum. The main event begins at 9 a.m. featuring Secretary Duncan, Salman Khan, Andrew Ng, along with other notables in education, government, entertainment and business. The program will also include the premiere of the students’
original project and feature remarks from Sequoia High School students, Principal Bonnie Hansen, and special guests.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">This is the third annual back-to-school bus tour for Secretary Duncan and the Department of Education. “This bus tour is an opportunity to highlight what’s working and
create momentum for education reforms that improve the lives of all students,” said Duncan. In 2010, the back-to-school bus tour included stops in the Delta region in the South and the Northeast. This year’s tour will see Secretary Duncan making stops in over
10 states ranging from California to Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile Pro Audio and HD video recording facility that provides hands-on experiences for students
of all ages. In its 15th year of touring, the venture is proud of its fully professional bus and its studios, which boast the latest audio and video technology, gear and products. The Bus travels across the U.S. and Canada year-round, providing free tours
and workshops at schools, retailers, festivals, on tours with headlining artists, and at major industry conferences.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">The Bus, a 501(c)(3) venture, is made possible through the generosity of sponsors including Apple, Avid, Montblanc, NAMM, Gibson, Epiphone, Neutrik, Sony, Audio-Technica,
Newtek, Todocast, Litepanels, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Clear-Com, Musician’s Friend, Reflecmedia, Disc Makers, Mobile Roadie, Genelec, Ampeg, Roland, Boss, Mackie, Digital Media Academy, Manfrotto Distribution, iZotope,
Glyph Technologies, New Bay Media, Harris Corporation, Applied Acoustics Systems, Antares, McDSP, IK Multimedia, Adobe, Native Instruments, Slingerland Drums, Noise Industries, and Mad Mimi.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is made possible by an agreement with Yoko Ono Lennon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black">Bookmark these sites for the latest on the
<b>Lennon Bus!</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.lennonbus.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">www.lennonbus.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.twitter.com/lennonbus"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">www.twitter.com/lennonbus</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black">**</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black">For Approved Images of<b> The John Lennon Educational
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