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The RHODE Island rhythm & blues preservation society

Founder of the State Month of August as Rhythm & Blues Heritage Month

Cleveland Kurtz

President/CEO

Photo By: Jean Coates

Home of The

Preservation Hall Rhythm and Blues Band

Founded in 2003, the Rhode Island Rhythm & Blues Preservation Society is an all volunteer, independent 501©(3), nonprofit, diverse membership organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the African American legacy, heritage, tradition and history of the classic rhythm & blues music style through activities, events and public education. Among its many services, the Society provides instruments to underprivileged children, financial assistance to nonprofit organizations that provide and/or support afterschool music programs for underprivileged kids and educational projects and programs to support and improve public awareness of the music style and its local history.

RIRBPS Headquarters

12 Kipling Street

Providence, RI 02907

(401) 461—0012

Email: rirbps@gmail.com

For a membership application or more information about us please write us at 12 Kipling Street, Providence, RI 02907. Because of serious and continuous abuse of our email address on this web site, the address has been removed. We regret any inconvenience that this may cause in connecting with RIRBPS.

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RIRBPS Original Executive Committee

Left to right are Vice President, Mr. Richard Pena; President/CEO, Dr. Ed Coates; Parliamentarian, Mr. Norman Lincoln; Secretary, Mrs, Sylvia Whiting and Treasurer, Mr. Ron Paiva.

Photo: Jose Santos, 2005

July—October 2010

RIRBPS CELEBRATES THE 2nd ANNUAL RI Rhythm &Blues HERITAGE MONTH AUGUST 6, 2010

Featuring the

Preservation Hall Rhythm & Blues Band

With Special Guest Performers

All Star Jam Session

The RI Rhythm & Blues Preservation Society is celebrating and promoting classic R&B music with a touch of jazz at its 2^nd annual Rhythm & Blues Heritage Month fund raising Festival being held Friday, August 6, 2010. 8PM—12 PM, at the Cape Verdean Progressive Center, 329 Grosvenor Ave., East providence, RI 02915. Admission: $5.00. For more information and advance tickets call 401 461-0012. The celebration will include entertainment , all star jam session, hand dancing, raffles and fun. All proceeds are to benefit the Instruments for Children scholarship Fund and general operations.