Keystone Weekend 2011 Wrap-up

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s event and helped make it such a success! We’re excited about everything we learned here, and we look forward to participating in the continued collaborative effort to improve the innovative Pennsylvania business environment.

Event Tonight

We’re excited to see you at the Hotel Hershey tonight to kick off Keystone Weekend 2011! Come to the Milton Hershey Suite at 7 p.m. for a cocktail reception.  We’re looking forward to a great weekend!

Performance Update: Band to Play with Country Singer

We just received word that a 4-5 piece professional band of A-list caliber musicians will accompany Eva Katherine for her one-hour set on Friday night at Keystone Weekend! Check out the singer’s music here: http://www.evakatherine.com/my-music/

Performance Update: New Singer Added to Friday Night Entertainment

Eva Katherine, a 12-year-old country singer from Schuylkill County, PA, will perform for Keystone Weekend guests on Friday night. Singles from her second album, released earlier this year, have played on several Pennsylvania radio stations, and she has done numerous on air interviews and performances. We’re honored to have Eva Katherine perform in addition to the previously announced Milton Hershey School senior, who will play a piano selection on Friday evening.

The “Who’s Who” of Panel V

John Esposito (WEA Corp. President and CEO, President of Warner Music Nashville) will moderate Panel V – Passion, Power and Success: The Urgency, Relevancy and Necessity of Arts Education. This session, facilitated and designed by the ArtsRising initiative, will address the powerfully engaging nature of the arts and the growing body of research that links the passion of arts-based learning to academic and personal success. Panel V takes place on Saturday, September 24.

Participants include:

  • Jamie Kasper, Associate Director at the Arts Education Collaborative in Pittsburgh, PA http://www.artsedcollaborative.org/
  • Varissa McMickens, Director, ArtsRising Philadelphia, www.myartsrising.org
  • H. Bernard Hall (Hip Hop Educator, Doctoral Candidate, Temple University, Philadelphia)
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