Wantagh SOS Fundraising Organization Announces Concert with John Hampson of Nine Days and Paging Grace – Friday October 3rd

Wantagh, NY – What started as an informal living room gathering of a few parents one evening launched as a full fledged 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, named Wantagh SOS (Save Our Students), just days later. Wantagh SOS’s challenging goal is to raise enough funds to reinstate all student activities at all levels that resulted in cuts to student programs due to the contingency school budget. Wantagh SOS is very much an ‘all hands on deck’ grass roots organization that has already garnered significant support from local politicians and businesses, several leading community organizations, parents and students alike.

Now, after raising over $530,697 – as of August 24th – they are producing a concert with a little help from their friends John Hampson (of Nine Days, hit song “Absolutely(Story of a Girl”) – who is actually a Wantagh High School Teacher, and Paging Grace, one of the “best bands on Long Island” as voted for in the Long Island Press, who come from Farmingdale High School and dealt with austerity as students there several years back as well.

Wantagh SOS Presents:
WANTAGH – SAVE OUR STUDENTS CONCERT
http://www.wantaghbudget.com/_mgxroot/page_10719.html

FEATURING:
JOHN HAMPSON (of Nine Days – hit song “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)”
+ Paging Grace

@ Wantagh High School
www.wms.wantaghufsd.k12.ny.us

3297 Beltagh Ave
Wantagh, NY 11793
(516) 679-6402

$20/ALL AGES/DOORS AT 630PM

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ABOUT WANTAGH S.O.S
What started as an informal living room gathering of a few parents one evening launched as a full fledged 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, named Wantagh SOS (Save Our Students), just days later. Wantagh SOS’s challenging goal is to raise enough funds to reinstate all student activities at all levels that resulted in cuts to student programs due to the contingency school budget. Wantagh SOS is very much an ‘all hands on deck’ grass roots organization that has already garnered significant support from local politicians and businesses, several leading community organizations, parents and students alike. Sponsor forms are available online at www.wantaghsos.org and select local stores. For more information on this or other events, please visit www.wantaghsos.org for constant updates.

*If you would like more information about Wantagh SOS, please call Don Desroches at (917) 868-3746 or email Don at desrochesd@gmail.com.

ABOUT JOHN HAMPSON
John Hampson first burst on to the scene as lead singer and songwriter for Nine Days, a rock/power pop band who hit Gold with “Absoluely (Story of a Girl)” in the early 2000s and who still has populararity today. John has since pursued a solo career, with a new album planned for a 2009 release. His songs have been heard in many TV shows and Films and the hit song that made the band a household name is still a modern rock radio staple.

For more information on John Hampson, please check out his website at http://www.myspace.com/johnhampson

ABOUT PAGING GRACE
Their debut single “Leave” impacted at radio in the “Hot Adult Contemporary Genre” and received a huge response on both mainstream & syndicated radio, including being awarded “Hot AC Most Added New Artist” for the week of their debut & reaching #1 on the “Independent Music Network” syndicated radio show within 3 weeks of being added to the program. Recently winning in the music category for the “Best of Long Island” Long Island Press awards, the band is scheduled to have songs featured on MTV’s “The Hills” this season, and have teamed up with CHii Clothing for a sponsorship agreement. The company’s claim to fame is having association with Jes, the winner of VH1′s inaugeral season of “Rock of Love”. They will be supplying shirts and other schwag for Paging Grace’s upcoming summer tour and beyond.

For more information on Paging Grace, please check out their website at http://www.paginggrace.com