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Friday May 9th, 2003

Baldwin jazzes up Mt. Laurel Center with Homer Simpson, loves Miss America and more

Three Baldwin Artist Grands will welcome a host of world-renowned artists at the inaugural season of the Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountatins this summer - two nine-foot Baldwin SD-10s and a seven-foot SF-10.

The new multi-venue Center will feature classical, contemporary, jazz and country music as well as comedy, dance, cabaret and film seven days and nights a week. Performers include Broadway divas Patti Lupone (Evita, Les Miserables) and Linda Lavin and the cast of Hairspray, jazz stalwarts Randy Brecker, Phil Woods and Dick Hyman, blues belters Gatemouth Brown and John Hammond and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. On Thursday afternoons, PEN/Faulkner literary prize authors will read, discuss and sign their works at the Boathouse while later this summer the lake-front venue will host the satirical MacHomer with Homer Simpson as MacBeth, Marge Simpson as Lady MacBeth and all the dysfunctional Springfield characters.

For more information about the Mountain Laurel Center, visit www.mountainluarelcenter.org.

More Baldwin news...

Miss America Pageant 2003: Baldwin has been invited back as the Official Piano for this years pageant, which will be telecast on Saturday, September 20. In addition to the live telecast, Baldwin will be also assisting with various concert services on a local and state level.

Marian McPartland: One of Baldwins most prestigious artists, Ms. McPartland was in NYC this week taping several segments for upcoming air dates for her NPR Piano Jazz series, including a guest appearance by Elvis Costello.

Dave Brubeck Institute: A Baldwin artist grand will be on the main stage with Clint Eastwood at the Mission ranch in Carmel, CA. The occasion is a ceremony and concert honoring five gifted young musicians who are the recipients of the 2003 Fellowship Program from the Dave Brubeck Institute. The Brubeck Institute is based at the University of the Pacific in northern California.

ABC/The View: Look for a Baldwin SF10 in wedding scenes on The View over the coming weeks.