Hot Springs Music Festival fundraiser

Did you know John Philip Sousa organized the first national trapshooting organization in America? Join the Hot Springs Music Festival Saturday 29 October beginning at 11:30 a.m. and test or discover your trapshooting skills at the Festival's first shooting contest and fundraiser! The event will take place at the Mountain Valley Sportsman's Association (MVSA) located on Ten Mile Road off Mill Creek Road behind Magic Springs theme park. For more information or to register call the Hot Springs Music Festival at 501.623.4763 or visit www.hotmusic.org.

Food, music and fun for everyone is the day's agenda as experienced and beginner trapshooters alike compete for prizes and bragging rights! The shooting contest will include individual and team competitions for all experience levels. The winning team will receive the grand prize. Loaner shotguns and safety training will be available for the curious and all who would like to participate. Spectators are welcome! Local vendors will set up shop selling an array of Music Festival and outdoors related goods.

Advance registration and contest entry fees are $50 for individuals, $200 for teams of three, and $10 for spectators. All proceeds benefit the Hot Springs Music Festival Apprentice Scholarship Fund. Visit www.hotmusic.org for contest rules, lists of prizes, vendors, musical/marksman trivia and more.

About the Hot Springs Music Festival: 3-16 June 2012 the Spa City will once again overflow with music as 200 international musicians rehearse and perform 20 low-cost concerts and 250 free open rehearsals of symphony orchestra, chamber and choral music in the casual atmosphere of Hot Springs’ Historic Downtown District. USA Today says, “The Hot Springs Music Festival is a classical music wonder.”

The Hot Springs Music Festival, now in its seventeenth season, is one of the premier festivals in the nation devoted to classical music. Since its inaugural season in 1996, it has apprenticed more than 1800 pre-professional musicians from 24 countries; attracted over 300,000 audience members to its various concerts and open rehearsals, and reached 41.7 million listeners through National Public Radio broadcasts of its concerts.

The mission of the Hot Springs Music Festival is twofold: (1) to provide performance experience and mentorship opportunities to especially talented inter/national pre-professional musicians, and (2) to provide high-quality music performances and performing arts-related activities at reasonable cost to residents of and visitors to Arkansas and the Hot Springs community.