Memorial Day 2007 is getting a contemporary vision through a new DVD and song "Soldier". It is donated for free to every student and teacher in the country.
February 17, 2007 (Press Release) --
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February 18, 2007
Contemporary music video changes the face of this years Memorial Day. “Soldier” DVD and song donated for free to every school, student and teacher in the country.
Vancouver - Singer-Songwriter, Shawn Hlookoff, has written and produced a moving music video and song “Soldier” dedicated to honoring the men and women of our Armed Forces in a respectful manner. The artist is donating this DVD and song for free (download) to every school in the country for use as a Memorial Day tribute and learning tool. He is e-mailing each school and teacher personally in an effort to get to speak to our nation’s educators. To date he has e-mailed over 75,000 teachers. His goal is 500,000 teachers.
Entitled “Soldier”, the video and song is a tribute to our military personnel and highlights the sacrifices our service members and their families willingly make. The song and video walk that fine line, neither commenting on whether a war is right or wrong, if the politics should be left or right, but squarely tackles the personal issues that Armed Forces Members and their families face each and everyday.
As a result of hundreds of ongoing requests from educators across the country, Hlookoff has donated unlimited free downloads of his “Soldier” video and song and the free usage of this contemporary tribute to all schools in the country. The downloads can be accessed at www.MemorialDayUSA.com or www.SoldierSupport.org
Hundreds of fallen soldiers families ask for permission to use Soldier as their lost loved ones memorial service music.
This “staggeringly beautiful” tribute to the Forces first surfaced on the net around 8 months ago. It generated national attention in Canada where a Canadian version was produced for its Remembrance Day Nov 11th. Over 4000 Canadian schools downloaded the DVD for use in their ceremonies and class projects.
“I feel very strongly about this issue” states the 22 year old Hlookoff (pron Ha-Loo-Koff) “Since releasing this song I have had hundreds of soldiers and their families write me to ask if they can use it for their sons or daughters memorial service, I have been blown away and am deeply touched”. “I felt the least I could do was give it to our students and teachers so they could have a contemporary vision and voice for Memorial Day”. Hlookoff has spent hundreds of hours writing to and speaking with students and teachers about modernizing this year’s vision of Memorial Day. “With all that is going on in the world, I thought as a young person I would want to see Memorial Day in a light that I would relate to and in a way that students would relate to”.
To find out more about this story please visit the 2 sites dedicated to this donation www.MemorialDayUSA.com and www.SoldierSupport.com . To find out more about the artist go to www.Hlookoff.com or www.myspace.com/hlookoff To arrange for an interview or to ask for more information write press liaison John Graham at johngraham9@shaw.ca
February 18, 2007
Contemporary music video changes the face of this years Memorial Day. “Soldier” DVD and song donated for free to every school, student and teacher in the country.
Vancouver - Singer-Songwriter, Shawn Hlookoff, has written and produced a moving music video and song “Soldier” dedicated to honoring the men and women of our Armed Forces in a respectful manner. The artist is donating this DVD and song for free (download) to every school in the country for use as a Memorial Day tribute and learning tool. He is e-mailing each school and teacher personally in an effort to get to speak to our nation’s educators. To date he has e-mailed over 75,000 teachers. His goal is 500,000 teachers.
Entitled “Soldier”, the video and song is a tribute to our military personnel and highlights the sacrifices our service members and their families willingly make. The song and video walk that fine line, neither commenting on whether a war is right or wrong, if the politics should be left or right, but squarely tackles the personal issues that Armed Forces Members and their families face each and everyday.
As a result of hundreds of ongoing requests from educators across the country, Hlookoff has donated unlimited free downloads of his “Soldier” video and song and the free usage of this contemporary tribute to all schools in the country. The downloads can be accessed at www.MemorialDayUSA.com or www.SoldierSupport.org
Hundreds of fallen soldiers families ask for permission to use Soldier as their lost loved ones memorial service music.
This “staggeringly beautiful” tribute to the Forces first surfaced on the net around 8 months ago. It generated national attention in Canada where a Canadian version was produced for its Remembrance Day Nov 11th. Over 4000 Canadian schools downloaded the DVD for use in their ceremonies and class projects.
“I feel very strongly about this issue” states the 22 year old Hlookoff (pron Ha-Loo-Koff) “Since releasing this song I have had hundreds of soldiers and their families write me to ask if they can use it for their sons or daughters memorial service, I have been blown away and am deeply touched”. “I felt the least I could do was give it to our students and teachers so they could have a contemporary vision and voice for Memorial Day”. Hlookoff has spent hundreds of hours writing to and speaking with students and teachers about modernizing this year’s vision of Memorial Day. “With all that is going on in the world, I thought as a young person I would want to see Memorial Day in a light that I would relate to and in a way that students would relate to”.
To find out more about this story please visit the 2 sites dedicated to this donation www.MemorialDayUSA.com and www.SoldierSupport.com . To find out more about the artist go to www.Hlookoff.com or www.myspace.com/hlookoff To arrange for an interview or to ask for more information write press liaison John Graham at johngraham9@shaw.ca
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