FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A DAY IN THE PARK BRINGS THE MUSIC BACK TO LOWER MANHATTAN

A collective of The finest in independent music and the arts comes to downtown Manhattan's historical Battery Park when "A Day in the Park", part of the River to River Festival, commences at noon on Saturday, August 23.

contact:
Rick Eberle, Event Planner
(516) 729-6872
Rick@PopCore.net

(PRWEB) July, 2003 -- On August 23rd, 2003, a collective of The finest in independent music and the arts comes to downtown Manhattan's historical Battery Park when "A Day in the Park", part of the River to River Festival, commences at noon on Saturday, August 23.

A Day in the Park features a full day of outdoor performances and is free and for all ages. these artists have altruistically donated their time and talent in order to bring thousands of people together, in an effort to assist in the revitalization and cultural growth of the downtown area in an atmosphere laced with positive, constructive, and cooperative energy.

The day will start, as it should, at noon with a beautifully sung "Star Spangled Banner" by New Yorks own LOURDES. The rest of the day has been filled with celebration and support, featuring New York City based musicians including our headliner NINE DAYS who have a Gold Record and Hit single "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)" to their credit, Long Islands own Iridesense, Jen Elliot and Bluestruck, Vida, and many other musicians, well known Comedy Central caliber stand up comedians including Jessica Kirson, and even several renowned actors.

The event is also filled with many generous sponsores including LIFEbeat, a national, non profit organization dedicated to reaching America's youth with the message of HIV & Aids prevention and Circle Line Ferries who are providing discounted cruises around downtown manhattan throughout the day. The cruises dispatch right out of Battery Park and provide yet another form of entertainment.

ALL proceeds from financial donations beyond the cost of the event will be donated to the Greenwich Village Youth Council, for the establishment of a charitable music department, including instrument donation and free lessons, aimed at the area youth. "A Day in the Park" also marks the promotional launch of the Daintree Rain Forest Project, a project to save one of the earth's great rainforests, by two of the sponsors, City Canyons Records and Pivotal Ecosystems.

The organizers of "A Day in the Park" Rick Eberle (President, PopCore Entertainment) and Marco Berrios wholeheartedly encourage the audience to bring kites, beach balls, Frisbees, board games; bring a glove and a baseball, a football, kick a soccer ball around, sit and play guitar, knock a hacky-sack in the air. "A Day in the Park" is meant to allow the audience to revisit and rediscover the pastoral enjoyment of New York City, an atmosphere that has suffered in the events of the past two years. New York City is home to some of the greatest pastoral parks and gardens in the world; the very city is built on the juxtaposition of high culture and appreciation of the outdoors. As Walt Whitman (a fellow New Yorker) said, "Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms." Indeed, lets leave our close rooms and offices...let us all enjoy "A Day in the Park".

For more info, please contact:
Rick Eberle, Event Planner -- (516) 729-6872 Rick@PopCore.net
Marco A. Berrios, Event Director - (917) 403-3623 - Marco.berrios@t-mobile.com

The Line Up:

12:00pm
Star Spangled Banner sung by Lourdes

12:15
NEED
www.need.com
    
1:00
acoustic showcase

1:30
Morgan Ave
www.morganave.com
            
2:15
Stand Up Comedy
Dave Mordal:
appeared on Comedy central and Last Comic Standing on NBC.

2:30
Stand Up Comedy
Rich Vos:
appeared on Last Comic Standing, BET, Comedy Central, Opie and Anthony
and is an all over, serious comic veteran.

2:45
Drag Citizen
www.dragcitizen.com

3:30
acoustic showcase

4:00
Jen Elliot
www.citycanyons.com/jenelliott
        
4:45
Stand Up Comedy
Marko Elgart:
Marko is a professional boxer turned comedian and actor. He is now knocking people out
with laughter. Marko performs stand-up comedy at Caroline's, the Comedy Cellar, The Comic
Strip, New York Comedy Club and many others. Currently, Marko's shooting a sketch comedy
series, to air on a major cable network, where he landed a role as a core cast member.

5:00
Stand Up Comedy
Jessica Kirson:
Jessica Kirson is one of the top female stand-up comics on the comedy circuit.
She has been featured on various television shows including, Comedy Central's
"Premium Blend" and "Fresh Faces", Nickelodeon's "Sixth in the Suburbs", Noggin's,
"LOL", VH1's, "The Celebrity Hair Show", and the Womens Television Network's,
"She's So funny". This fall she can be seen on Oxygen's new game show, "Can You Tell",
as a regular panelist.

5:15
Iridesense                
www.iridesense.com
Long Islands Pop Core pioneers, have shared the stage with Sugar Ray, Tonic, Stage,
Duncan Sheik, Antigone Rising, Royston Langdon of Spacehog, Nine Days, Sev, Fountains
of Wayne Corey Glover of Living Colour and many more, recently had tracks licensed to
Oxygen Media and MTV Real World/Road Rules, were reviewed in Cosmo Girl, and were
selected as one of the Top Emerging Artists in America by CMJ/Coca Cola and the
American Music Awards.

6:00
acoustic showcase

6:30
Vida "We Put the Funk In It"
    
8:00
Nine Days    
www.ninedaysmusic.com
Gold Record (The Madding Crowd) and Hit single Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)"

Supporters:

River to River Festival - This event will be listed as part of the River to River concert series for NYC.
Once the lineup is complete, we will be listed and promoted on their website. We also get a piece of press
every time they send out mailers (circulation over 10,000) and post billboards.
www.rivertoriver.org
Contact: Bill Schreiber - Bschreiber@downtownny.com

II Smart Innovations, LLC - Creators of POW, a board game designed to promote higher learning. II Smart initiated
"A Day in the Park" and is the primary sponsor for the event. Labeled as an innovations company, it is providing
innovative event planning services and is also showcasing "Vida".
www.iismart.com
Contact: Marco Berrios - (917) 403-3623 or mberrios@iismart.com    

Pop Core Entertainment - Showcasing "Iridesense" as one of the day's attractions. Also generating press attention
from the New York Times, The Village Voice and other newspapers in addition to local and medium size radio stations.
Pop Core also has affiliations at one of New York's premier music venues, The Downtown in Farmingdale, LI.
CEO of Pop Core, is also the Event Director at The Downtown and host of The Tuesday night open jam which attracts
over 40 bands every week. This venue will be used for consistent marketing every week until the event.
www.popcore.net
Contact: Rick 516-729-6872 or email: RICK@POPCORE.NET

Marco Art - Does artwork for The Super Bowl, the NBA, Swatch and Macy's to name a few. Marco Art will be designing
the artwork for A Day in the Park. They will also be providing consultant services to the event planners.
www.marcoart.com
Contact: Peter Marco - marco@marcoart.com

Argent Entertainment - Music Management Company with promotional and event experience throughout the New York City
and tri-state area. Providing 3 acts to "A Day in the Park": NEED, Drag Citizen, and a vocalist singing the National
Anthem; additionally, providing event planning services.
www.argententertainment.com
Contact: info@argententertainment.com

Adam Silverman Esq.- Providing legal council for "A Day in the Park". 516-835-0247

Greenwich Village Youth Council - Non for profit youth organization in existence for over 30 years, wants to start
their own self sustaining music department (please see http://www.gvycworld.org/support.html ). All proceeds from
event will go to GVYC for that purpose. Greenwich Village Youth Council will also donate a hand (5-10 volunteers)
in cleaning up.
www.gvycworld.org
Contact: Dave Kaplan - (917) 412-3084

Big Hands, Inc. - Growing cleaning company. Providing cleaning services (5 employees) for the entire day.
Contact: Tony Morris
1-888-352-2595

En Pointe Productions -- Entertainment company showcasing Morgan Ave. www.morganave.com En Pointe is also providing
web design, hosting and maintenance services.
www.enpointeproductions.com
Contact: mail@enpointeproductions.com

LIFEbeat - LIFEbeat is a national, non profit organization dedicated to reaching America's youth with the message
of HIV & Aids prevention. Their mission is to mobilize the talents and resources of the music industry to raise
the level of awareness and provide support to the AIDS community. Recognizing that music plays a significant role
in the lives of young people, LIFEbeat has created a unique niche by effectively using the power of music to reach
this population. It is estimated that nearly 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year. Half are young people
under 25.
www.lifebeat.org
Contact: Steve Honikman
shonikman@lifebeat.org

City Canyons Records - With its publishing divisions, City Canyons Producing & Publishing (BMI) and City Peaks Publishing
(ASCAP)is the Battery Park area's very own indie label. City Canyons Records features a wide variety of music ranging from
power pop to classic rock, all with a fresh and vibrant new approach. The first City Canyons Records national release,
the album THE SECRET'S OUT by Jen Elliott and Bluestruck, will be released on September 30, 2003. City Canyons has also
reached an agreement in principle with exciting UK rocker, David Steele, to nationally release his album, UNDERNEATH THE ICE
later this year or early in 2004. City Canyon Records is currently negotiating with, or developing, several artists
who are likely to join the City Canyons' roster.
www.citycanyons.com
Contact: Trebor Lloyd
tlloyd@ARELAW.com

New York Musician - The New York Musician is a NYC based newspaper focused on local, community events. They have a
circulation of over 5,000 and are promoting this event in various sections of their newspaper from now until the event.
www.newyorkmusician.com
Contact: Bill Taylor (212) 944-6112

Pivotal Ecosystems International - is a non-for profit organization on a mission to save the oldest tropical rainforest
on Earth. In addition to saving the rain forest, Pivotal Ecosystems applies emphasis on protecting endangered species
belonging to a wide variety of ecological environments.
www.pivotalecosystems.org
Contact: Julie Tessler
Jlt@pivotalecosystems.org

Progressive Music Studios - A New York City rehearsal and soon to be recording studio, is providing some of the sound
equipment including, complete drum kit and bass cabinet and cables.
Contact: Dave Levitt
(212) 245-3838 or levittdf@aol.com

Circle Line Ferry - Circle Line is providing discounted cruises around downtown manhattan throughout the day.
The cruises dispatch right out of Battery Park and provide yet another form of entertainment.
www.circlelineferry.com    
Contact: Tara Dyson
Tdyson@circllineferry.com

The MedAbiliti Charitable Foundation is a not for profit organization funded by MedAbiliti Software, Inc. The Foundation
was established in January 2003 around the principal that every for profit organization has a corporate responsibility
to give back to the community.

The MedAbiliti team fully believes in corporate philanthropy and is dedicated to giving back in the form of monetary
donations, donating equipment or other tangible goods, and donating our time and services. The Foundation seeks to help
non-profit organizations and causes that are devoted to education, technology, and science. The foundation is currently
involved in programs with GVYC, Prevention NOW of Boston, MA, Brevard Schools Foundation of Melbourne, FL and Oxford
University of the UK.
Please see the website www.medabilitifoundation.org or www.medabiliti.com for more information.
Contact: scurrie@medabiliti.com

Tribute: A celebration of New York City - a new multi media experience that just opened up in Bowling Green
(same stop for Battery Park - 4+5 trains). It's called Tribute and it's all about the celebration of NYC.
They have HUGE video screens like in Times Square and they are giving us 16 free tickets to give away at the event
(raffle for fund raising). They are also putting A Day in the Park on their screens on the 3 days before the event
and all day during the event. They are also printing out their own promos with A Day in the Park logos on them for
a "street soldier" push. www.tribute-nyc.com

FSI Printing -- Providing high quality printing for the event.
Contact: Don Russo don@fsimaging.com

Chino Records - Does the sound for Telemundo. Is also providing the backline and audio mixing along with two sound techs
for A Day in the Park.
Contact : Jose (347) 645-5577

As it should be, the entire event is 100% free and is open to all ages. The New York City parks department has already
issued and approved the permit for this charitable event.

While all the performers have agreed to donate their time and effort absolutely free of charge, there are certain
production services and costs associated with producing such an event; park fees, equipment needs, marketing & promotion
costs are only a few of the concerns of the organizers. We are still seeking individual donors and/or corporate
sponsors to help support this event with TAX DEDUCTIBLE donations and/or event participation. In lieu of a simple
financial donation, we certainly welcome efforts such as equipment loans (audio/lighting/power), assistance in the
post show cleaning, media coverage or design...no matter what an individual or a company can offer, we are certain
that we can find a means by which A Day in the Park" can make use of any charitable donation. In exchange for
all of their much-appreciated assistance, donors and sponsors receive billing, allowing for extensive exposure
opportunities, as well as an exciting tie-in to New York City's freshest talent. Finally, ALL proceeds from
financial donations beyond the cost of the event will be donated to the Greenwich Village Youth Council, so they
may establish a charitable music department, including instrument donation and free lessons, aimed at the area youth.

This is a unique opportunity to help support the community and the rebuilding of downtown. Some of the ways in which
sponsors will receive exposure in conjunction with our event include:

·Media Exposure - the organizers have made contact with a number of the tri-state areas leading publications. We expect wide-ranging media coverage for the event.
·Public Relations - production has already begun on press kits, flyers, leaflets, and radio and live advertising. All donor/sponsors will receive billing and notice in nearly all advertising.
·Event Advertising - we welcome banners and signage on the day of the event. Additionally, donor/sponsors will receive Inclusion in participating bands websites and to their fan databases

Please help make this event a true success. If you can't get involved by donating your services,
please accept this invitation and enjoy A Day in the Park" on 8/23/03.