AIWA Named 'Blues Sponsor of the Year' by the Blues Foundation.Entertainment Editors MAHWAH, N.J.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2001 AIWA AIWA Asian Immigrant Women Advocates AIWA Armenian International Women's Association AMERICA, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . has been selected to receive the 2001 Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Blues Sponsor of the Year. The award, presented by The Blues Foundation, recognizes AIWA's years of support for the San Francisco Blues Festival Debuting in 1973, the San Francisco Blues Festival is the longest running blues festival in the United States.[1] Tom Mazzolini, the event's producer, founded the blues festival to educate the public about the history and evolution of the blues. . As a Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) Award recipient, AIWA joins a distinguished group of individuals and organizations that have been recognized annually by The Blues Foundation for outstanding achievements and contributions to the preservation, promotion and advancement of Blues music, its artists and rich history. The KBA Awards will be presented in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday, February 3, 2001 during the BluesFirst Convention and Expo. "We are honored that The Blues Foundation has selected AIWA for this award," said Hideki Tafuku, AIWA AMERICA President. "The Foundation has done a superb job promoting interest in the Blues. In fact, it is the genre's broad appeal across generational divides that led AIWA to first sponsor The San Francisco Blues Festival four years ago." AIWA AMERICA has been title sponsor of The San Francisco Blues Festival for the last four years. In addition, AIWA has been a four-time sponsor of the Chicago Blues Festival The Chicago Blues Festival is an annual event that features four days of performances by top-tier blues musicians, both old favorites and the up-and-coming. It is hosted by the City of Chicago Mayor's Office of Special Events, and always occurs in early June. and of two summer blues concert series, one in New York and another in Boston. Headquartered in Mahwah, NJ, AIWA AMERICA, INC. is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of audio, video, car stereo, and multimedia products. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AIWA CO., LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability ., based in Tokyo, a $3 billion manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional audio and video entertainment, computer, data storage, and communications products. The Blues Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 international nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of the Blues. It is the umbrella organization for a worldwide network of over 100 affiliated Blues organizations with membership in twelve countries. In addition to the annual Lifetime Achievement Award, the Foundation produces the W. C. Handy Noun 1. W. C. Handy - United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) Handy, William Christopher Handy Blues Awards and the internationally syndicated Blues radio program Beale Street Caravan. |
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