FAME!

Lately, the PS22 Chorus kids truly have been getting a taste of fame!! And now, VH1's Save The Music Foundation has teamed up with MGM Sudios and the cast of the new movie, FAME, to donate a $30,000 keyboard lab to PS22!! And as if that news weren't amazing enough, several cast members will be coming to visit PS22 to make a presentation to the school, with a little help from the upcoming PS22 Chorus of 2010! You can be sure they'll be more to follow on this amazing story! A heartfelt thanks to VH1, MGM, the cast of FAME, Dr. Jim Frankel of Soundtree (education division of Korg), and of course the PS22 Chorus for their respective parts in making this incredible thing happen.

You can read the press release below:

****MEDIA ALERT****

MGM STUDIOS AND THE CAST OF
“FAME”
TO DONATE $30,000 TO THE
VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION

What: On September 14th, MGM Studios and members of the cast of the new movie “FAME” will present VH1 Save The Music Foundation school PS 22 with a $30,000 donation to restore the school’s instrumental music education program. The presentation will feature a special performance by the PS 22 choir, led by select cast members from “FAME,” in theaters September 25th.

The choir at PS 22 shot to fame with their incredible rendition of Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida,” earning them the nickname “The Singing School.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_tcE4rWovI

Who: Members from the cast of “FAME”, including Asher Book, Naturi Naughton, Kherington Payne, Anna Maria Perez De Tagle and director Kevin Tancharoen; VH1 Save the Music Foundation executives, and the students.

Where: P.S. 22 Graniteville

When: September 14, 2009 at 11:00 AM

**Media Coverage Invited**