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Tippin and his 'I Wanna Play' selected for nation-wide collaboration

Download provided to join in National Wanna Play Week

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Published on Friday, April 20, 2012

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'I Wanna Play' by platinum recording artist Aaron Tippin and producer James Stroud is NAMM's designated Music Monday song. Music Monday participants will be performing this song May 7 at 1 p.m.

'I Wanna Play' by platinum recording artist Aaron Tippin and producer James Stroud is NAMM's designated Music Monday song. Music Monday participants will be performing this song May 7 at 1 p.m.

 

Aaron Tippin is the designated National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) artist for nearly 600,000 students across the United States and Canada who will join together in song in a collaborative show of support for music education on Monday, May 7.

Tippin is scheduled to perform at the Village Hospital Greer Family Fest on Saturday May 5 at 8 p.m., two days before the NAMM event.

For the sixth consecutive year, NAMM members will partner with Canada's Coalition for Music Education in a simultaneous event to celebrate the proven social, wellness and academic benefits of playing music. Music Monday kicks off NAMM's National Wanna Play Week, offering a series of programs designed to engage the public in playing music.

NAMM's designated Music Monday song, is "I Wanna Play!" by platinum recording artist Tippin and producer James Stroud. Music Monday participants will be performing this song at 1 p.m. on May 7.

To download "I Wanna Play!" arrangements and lyrics and for details on how to register for and organize your Music Monday event, visit: http://www.wannaplaymusic.com/programs/2012-music-monday-usa .

NAMM invites all participants to share their unique Music Monday experiences online with their social networks tagging #wannaplaymusic. All people who want to learn to play a musical instrument are encouraged to take NAMM's "Pledge to Play" on Facebook.

Visit www.namm.org or call 800-767-6266 for more information.

Businesses mentioned in this article.

Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce

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