SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Sunmark Federal Credit Union issued the final curtain call on its Shine concert series, designed to benefit local school districts' music and arts programs.
The series, called Shine, featured local songwriters and musicians from all types of musical genres such as country, jazz, rock, alternative and children's music. The series is a culmination of three scheduled weekends that began on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Muddy Cup in Albany, N.Y., and ended at the Pruyn House in Colonie, N.Y.
"Participating in the arts helps develop a student's problem solving ability no matter what their career choices may be," said Sunmark Federal Credit Union Director of Marketing Bill Jenkins. "In these years of tight school budgets, Sunmark is proud to promote local music talent while helping maintain programs that cultivate the next generation of critical thinkers."
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In addition to hosting the concert series, Sunmark FCU also promoted participants' bands throughout the Capital Region and offered selected participants opportunities to perform twice in the concert series. Sunmark also made artists' songs available to burn to compilation CDs to be sold at the final event and in Sunmark branches for a limited time.
All proceeds from the final event and compilation CDs will be donated to the music education programs at the Harriet Gibbons Alternative High School in Albany and Central Park Middle School in Schenectady.
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