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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 9
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AWOL Sound Design Class Releases
Third Album
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hold
Breakfast Kicks Off Light the
Members of the AWOL Sound Design Class at work
The students in AWOL’s
sound design program, known
as The P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S. (The
Positive Re-education Of
Juveniles Everywhere
Concerning The Streets), have
completed the 22-week class
and are about to celebrate their
hard work and dedication with
an album release party at the
Lake Mayer Pavilion on June
26, from 4-7pm.
The students, who range
in age from 13-22 and come
from all over the city, spent
nearly six months learning
about music history, creative
writing, music production and
engineering while creating the
music that appears on the
album.
The songs were concep
tualized, written and per
formed by local youth, and
document their perspectives
on issues ranging from injus
tice in the legal system to per
sonal struggles faced growing
up in the streets of Savannah.
The title, Dirty Water, is
taken from one of the songs on
the album, and is a metaphor
for the flood of negative influ
ences youth must rise above.
This group, which fea
tures poets, rappers, singers
and an engineer, is the third
class of students to complete
AWOL’s sound design pro
gram and release an album.
Unlike years past
though, students won’t be
releasing a CD, but will
instead package the album on
download cards, each of
which has a redemption code
on the back allowing people to
download the tracks from the
Internet.
Being environmentally friend
ly was part of the reason for the
switch.
The download cards use
less packaging, and produce
less waste.
In addition, two free
AWOL Projects 3 ring tones
will be made available through
a community partnership with
Cricket Wireless.
“Cricket has partnered
with AWOL since our launch
in Savannah last year and we
are excited about being a part
of the Lake Bash and offering
free ring tones from the
Projects 3 group to our Cricket
family,” said Tyler Proctor,
District Director, Savannah.
This is the second year
AWOL has hosted a Lake
Bash for youth out at Lake
Mayer that accompanied the
album release party.
See AWOL, page 11
Night Campaign
On Wednesday, June
10, the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society held a
corporate breakfast to kick
off the society’s annual
Light The Night Walk
Campaign at the First City
Club.
Among the many busi
ness leaders and supporters
in attendance at the break
fast was the Stewart family.
Dae’Kyra,
the youngest member of the
family was an honored hero
at the breakfast. “Kyra”
was diagnosed with
Lymphocytic Leukemia in
January of 2008. She will
celebrate her 6th birthday
this summer and begins 1st
grade this fall. Kyra has
three older sister and an
older brother, and enjoys
picking flowers, princess
stuff, and playing
pretend.She is doing well
on her maintenance treat
ments, but has another two
years to complete.
Light the Night is the
society’s annual fundrais
ing walk to celebrate and
commemorate lives that
have been touched by can
cer. Participants carry illu
minated balloons along a
two mile walk-white for
survivors, red for support
ers, and those carrying gold
balloons due so in memory
of those who have died
from blood cancers.
Dae’Kyra, in her father’s arms, is pictured with her
mother and sister as well.
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