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Summer Arts Festival's performance of Pakistan's top rock band, noori, on first US tour

John Mitty Friday, June 22, 2012

CONTACT: Dana Rutson
631-271-8423, extension 15
cell 203 912 5460

MEDIA ALERT/INTERVIEW AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Date:               FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
Time:               7:30 p.m. interview/photo opportunity; 8:30 p.m. performance
Place:               Chapin Rainbow Stage, Heckscher Park, Huntington, NY

Details The Summer Arts Festival, in its 47^th year of bringing top performing arts talent to Huntington, will open June 22 with an impressive line up. Friday, June 22 opens the festival with Pakistan's top pop-rock band, noori, on their first U.S tour

Noori helped define Sufi-rock and as one of the leading names in Pakistan's music industry, they are often credited for revitalizing rock music forPakistan's youth. noori won Best Rock Song, "Do Dil" at the MTV Music Awards and was also selected as the "Picked Artist of the Month" on Pakistani channel The Musik. Noori will perform only a few venues in the US, including the Summer Arts Festival and Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Their US performances are part of Center Stage, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by the New England Foundation of the Arts.

About the Summer Arts Festival

Presented by the Town of Huntington and produced by the Huntington Arts Council, the festival offers the caliber and musical journey that is indicative of today's global music scene which extends beyond borders. All performances are free and held on the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Park, Huntington, at 8:30 p.m. and Tuesday Family Nights at 7:30 p.m.

Dana Rutson
Director of Communications & Marketing
Huntington Arts Council, Inc.
213 Main St.
Huntington, NY 11743
631-271-8423 ext 15
fax 631-271-8428

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