FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Erin Corrigan
Short North Rotary
614-592-6019
SHORT NORTH ROTARY ANNOUNCES MUSIC IN THE ROUND X LINEUP
‘Not Your Grandfather’s Rotary’ Hosts Its 10thSinger-Songwriter Concert Fundraiser March 7
Columbus, Ohio: Short North Rotary Club is pleased to announce the lineup for the 10th annual Music In The Round, which will take place at Via Vecchia Winery on Saturday, March 7, and will star Happy Chichester, Josh Krajcik, Jared Mahone, and Counterfeit Madison.
Planners broke with tradition by inviting Chichester, who played the second event in 2007, to return in celebration of the event’s tenth year. He will be joined in the lineup by Josh Krajcik of X Factor USA fame; Jared Mahone, one of the most-booked performers in the national college market; and Counterfeit Madison, who was featured in Columbus Alive’s 2014 Bands to Watch and (614) Magazine’s Interview Issue. In addition to the event’s unique concert format, guests will also enjoy an eclectic silent auction and a dinner option, both of which are new this year. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m.
Music in the Round will once again benefit the Rafiki AIDS Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya; and Short North Rotary’s 501(c)3 foundation, which funds some of the club’s service projects and donations. New to the beneficiaries list is the Columbus-based Troubadour Performing Art Center.
Music in the Round X is sponsored by Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP; Via Vecchia Winery; Pagetech Limited; Dasco; The Hornucopia; K9 Ponderosa; Logicalis; The Martin, Traxler, & Wagner Finance Team; Planning Next; Jerry Rampelt; Songs at the Center; The Vaughan Family; WCBE; and Tim Yulish.
Tickets start at $35. Sponsorships start at $500. Both can be purchased at
About Music in the Round: Music in the Round is a unique concert formatin which the artists taking turns playing their own original songs using the instruments on which those songs were written. It began in Nashville’s Bluebird Café, having grown organically out of the traditional jam session. Audiences get to hear the artists discuss their songwriting, particularly the stories surrounding the song’s creation. This fundraiser sells out annually and attracts high profile sponsors including entrepreneurs, business owners, and corporate executives.
About Short North Rotary: Short North Rotary, who recently changed its name from Capitol Square Rotary, offers itsmembers eclectic service opportunities locally and abroad with an upbeat (and sometimes irreverent) group. Short North Rotarians serve many Central-Ohio non-profits, including:
●Short North Arts District
●Independents’ Day
●Franklinton Gardens
●Shepherd’s Corner Ecological Farm & Education Center
●Faith Mission
●Mid-Ohio Food Bank
Short North Rotary also serves communities around the world; past service trips include visits to Kenya, Honduras and Tanzania.
About Rotary: Rotary International is comprised of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world.
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