MEDIA ADVISORY
                                                                    January 29, 2004

Contact:
Terry Hapney, Director of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3112; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell:  (740) 352-5566
E-mail: thapney@shawnee.edu

Who: Doc Severinsen, long-time band leader on NBC’s “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”

What: Available for a limited number of media interviews

When: Tuesday, February 3, beginning at 9 a.m. PST (12 p.m. EST)

Where: Via telephone

Why: Before there was Max Weinberg and Paul Schaffer, there was the incredible Doc Severinsen, long-time bandleader on NBC’s “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.” Doc brings his explosive musical talents and dazzling big band for a spectacular return engagement at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts at Shawnee State University on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Having married a former Portsmouth resident, Doc, one of the world’s greatest trumpet players, considers Portsmouth his second home and always gives a performance here that is like no other.

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