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CONTACT: Gary Gordon (310) 899-9555 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 8, 2005 Sunday, June 26th The 5th Annual Main Street Santa Monica Summer SOULstice is coming, featuring live music, pony rides, a petting farm, a scavenger hunt with big prizes, a sidewalk sale-- fun for the whole family, and more! Several tribute bands (Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Doors, and a Neil Young tribute band with Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye sitting in), a petting farm, and the chance to win a night at the Sea Shore Motel & dinner for four Chinois in a scavenger hunt are just part of the fun. The Main Street Business Improvement Association in Santa Monica will sponsor their 5th Annual Summer SOULstice Celebration, Sunday, June 26, 11am to 6pm, on Main Street, Santa Monica, between Pico and Marine. The Sidewalk Sale is also on Saturday, June 25. The SOULstice is co-sponsored by The L.A. Weekly, Indie 103, and Jams World and is supported by additional generous donations from Joe’s Diner, Holy Guacamole, Library Alehouse and the First Federal Bank. Activities will be in parking lots, courtyards and on select side streets. Many Main Street merchants will be offering items on sale as part of the Sidewalk Sale or in-store activities. TRIBUTE BANDS From noon to 6pm there will be a variety of live music. Because of the enthusiastic reaction to the tribute bands for the last two years, Highway 61 (a Dylan tribute), The Neil Deal (a tribute to Neil Young), and Peace Frog (The Doors tribute band), will be back, along with Number 9 (a tribute to the Beatles), and The Rolling Clones (a Stones tribute band). There will also be a variety of music sponsored by Indie 103 (at the First Federal lot between Ashland and Hill) and a variety sponsored by Jams World (in the Marine lot on the corner of Main and Marine), and, in the Edgemar Courtyard, there will be a music event coordinated by composer/guitarist Jonathon Grasse featuring feature site-specific new music works, structured improvisations, and an open-space/multi-stage format for large and small ensembles, soloists, live electronics, and dancers, produced by Edgemar owner Abby Sher. A complete schedule for the music will be on the Main Street website at http://www.mainstreetsm.com For the kids, there will be pony rides, a petting farm, face-painting and balloon twisting with Rockie the Clown; and Jersey Jim, Comedy Magician. SCAVENGER HUNT! Because of the overwhelming response to and participation in the Scavenger Hunt for the last two years, there will be a new one this year. As in the past, it’s an opportunity for participants to win big prizes! Contestants can win a grand prize-a night at the Sea Shore Motel and dinner for four at Chinois; a second grand prize-a Sprint cell phone from the Sprint Store on Main Street; a third grand prize-a bike from Bike Attack, or one of 50 other prizes including prizes worth $200 or more from World Café, LF Stores, Ocean Park Merchants Mart, Urth Caffe, Jams World, Patagonia, Sewjeannie, and Moonlight Rugs. Participants can also win prizes from ZJ Boardinghouse, Nature’s Grooming, Tao Healing Arts, The End, Ten Women, Panini Garden, Uroborus, Yoga Works, Next, Homeworks, Bravo Pizzeria, The Artist’s Web, Gioia, Soul Sonic, Blonde, Pebbles, Splash, Accents Jewelry, Aura Shop, Planet Americana, Seidman Gallery, Fedora Primo, Joe’s Diner, Natural High Lifestyle, Herb King, Arts & Letters, What To Get, and Star Liquor. Scavenger Hunt clue sheets will be available on Sunday, June 19 at: the Main Street website: www.mainstreetsm.com/cluesheet.html The schedule, subject to change: Noon, Highway 61 Revisited (Dylan tribute), Kinney Ave. Noon, *McCrea Adams Band, First Federal Lot/Indie 103 Noon, **Bad Influence, Marine Lot Noon, Joe Gaeta & Friends (jazz), Pier Ave. 2pm, The Rolling Clones (Rolling Stones tribute), Kinney Ave. 2pm, *Soda & MPB, First Federal Lot/Indie 103 2pm, **Seedy Side, Marine Lot 2pm, The Neil Deal (Neil Young tribute), Pier Ave. 4pm, Peace Frog (Doors tribute), Kinney Ave. 4pm, *Amy Farris, First Federal Lot/Indie 103 4pm, **PCH Band, Marine Lot 4pm, Number 9 (Beatles tribute), Pier Ave. *Indie 103 Bands **Jams World Surf Rock bands And the Jams World Marine Lot site will include special surpise guests! The Summer SOULstice is produced by the Main Street Business Improvement Association and is co-sponsored by The L.A. Weekly, Indie 103, and Jams World and is supported by additional generous donations from Joe’s Diner, Holy Guacamole, Library Alehouse and the First Federal Bank. Parking is available in the Main Street municipal lots and all day parking is available at the beach lots only two blocks away for only $6. Check the Main Street website at www.mainstreetsm.com ### |