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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">For Immediate Release: Tu May 14, 2013</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">Contact: Bridget Lee-Calfas, Advertising and Publicity Director, 217.766.2820,
</span><a href="mailto:bklee@illinois.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"; color:windowtext">bklee@illinois.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman""></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><font class="x_Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://www.ellnoraguitarfestival.com/"></a><a href="http://ellnoraguitarfestival.com/"><span style="font-size:11pt; text-decoration:none">ELLNORA
| The Guitar Festival at Krannert Center</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt">:</span></font><span style="font-size:11pt"> September 5-7, 2013</span></b></font></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b>Cindy Cashdollar Named Artist-in-Residence</b></font><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Avenir 85 Heavy'"></font></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">Austin-based Dobro master <a href="http://www.cindycashdollar.com/">Cindy Cashdollar</a> has recorded and toured the world with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Leon Redbone, Willie
Nelson, and Rod Stewart—and that’s only a handful of her world-class musical partners. Her imaginative virtuosity has earned her five Grammy Awards, and Krannert Center audiences have flocked to hear her at three previous festival appearances. As the 2013
ELLNORA artist-in-residence, Cashdollar will bring her dynamic artistry to sets with
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 85 Heavy"">Dan Zanes and Friends</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 85 Heavy"">Kevin Breit’s Sisters Euclid</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">, and
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 85 Heavy"">The Lee Boys</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman""> and other special events. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">David Spelman, ELLNORA’s artistic advisor, notes that “Cindy Cashdollar’s performances at the festival have included collaborations with Jorma Kaukonen,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">Redd Volkaert, and Daniel Lanois. Her adaptable style has made her one of those artists that everyone wants to work with, so she was a natural fit for a</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Roman"">n
artist-in-residence position. We couldn’t be more pleased that she accepted our invitation.”</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size:15px"><b>The full lineup for ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival at Krannert Center (September 5-7, 2013) will be released on June 11. Please visit <a href="http://www.ellnoraguitarfestival.com/"><span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">EllnoraGuitarFestival.com</span></a> for
information on previous festivals and for up-to-the-minute announcements.</b></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Oblique"">About ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival: <span style="">Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is situated on the campus of the University of Illinois,
in the micro-urban community of Champaign-Urbana, and is North America’s premier university-based performing arts complex. ELLNORA</span> | <span style="">The Guitar Festival (originally called the Wall to Wall Guitar Festival), held biennially, was launched
in 2005 and through its eclectic global mix has presented many of the world’s most influential guitarists and bands, including Buddy Guy, Ani DiFranco, Luther Dickinson, Jerry Douglas, Pepe Romero, John McLaughlin, Bill Frisell, Vernon Reid, Derek Trucks,
Richard Thompson, Kaki King, Andy Summers, The National, Los Lobos, and the North Mississippi Allstars.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Avenir 55 Oblique""></span></p>
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<div style="font-size:12px">Bridget Lee-Calfas</div>
<div style="font-size:12px">Advertising and Publicity Director</div>
<div style="font-size:12px">Krannert Center for the Performing Arts</div>
<div style="font-size:12px">500 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801</div>
<div style="font-size:12px"><a href="mailto:bklee@illinois.edu">bklee@illinois.edu</a></div>
<div style="font-size:12px">217/333-6282</div>
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