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Barry Frost, Director of Communications and Public Relations
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JIM TOWEY TO SPEAK AT SALVATION ARMY
ORANGE COUNTY “SPIRIT AWARDS” DINNER

Jim Towey, Deputy Assistant to President Bush since 2002 and Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will speak at the Annual Salvation Army Orange County Advisory Board “Spirit Awards” Civic Dinner.

Under the banner of “Others! … Still Our Mission,” the “Spirit Awards” honors the recipients of the “Others,” “William Booth,” “Volunteer of the Year,” and the “Spirit of the Army” awards, in recognition to those who give exemplary service in Orange County.

The program will also feature musical guest soloist and former “Canadian Brass” member, Ryan Anthony – virtuoso trumpeter; of whom Doc Severinsen has said is, “one of America’s finest trumpeters.”

The Salvation Army Orange County Advisory Board Annual “Spirit Awards” Civic Dinner is being held at the Hyatt Regency Irvine Hotel, 17900 Jamboree Road, Irvine on Friday, May 14 at 7 p.m.

For reservations and information, call 714.832.7100.

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Jim Towey
Director of the White House
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Jim Towey is Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a position to which he was appointed by President George Bush in February 2002.

Mr Towey grew up in Jacksonville, Florida and graduated from Florida state University with degrees in Accounting and Law.

He was a senior advisor to Republican U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield and Democratic Florida Governor Lawton Chiles. In 1993, Chiles appointed Towey to direct Florida’s health and social services agency – at that time the largest in the United States with 40,000 employees. Towey’s career in public service and his work in support of those in need have led to numerous honors, ranging from three honorary doctorates from universities to an award from Pope John Paul II.

Most significant in Towey’s life, however, was his work and friendship with Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Towey met Mother Teresa in 1985, visiting her home for the dying – an event he describes as the “defining moment” of this life. Towey went on to serve as legal counsel to Mother Teresa for 12 years and in 1990 lived as a full-time volunteer in her home for people with IDS in Washington, D.C. He had the privilege to travel on occasion with Mother Teresa and was sent by two U.S. Presidents to represent them at ceremonies in Calcutta and Rome in her honor.

He and his wife, Mary, have five children – all 11 and under.

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Ryan Anthony
Trumpet

Ryan Anthony, trumpeter, best known for his participation in the Canadian Brass, was selected as a 1987 Presidential Scholar and won both the John P. Paynter and Bank of America National Achievement Awards. He is included in Who’ Who in America. At 16 he won the highly publicized Seventeen Magazine/General Motors Concerto Competition.

Anthony has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. State Department This year he will appear with the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic on their U.S. tour and as a guest soloist with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. He is performing with the Tustin Ranch Salvation Army Band at their 10th Anniversary Concert in California.

He has recorded numerous projects for television, radio and film. In 1998 his trumpet solo in “Farewell” was heard nightly as the theme for NBC’s “Must See TV.” His studio recordings have aired on ABC, CBS, FOX, TBS, WGN, TNT and HBO television. Commercial recordings include those for Disney, Hollywood, Paramount, Touchstone and Columbia Motion Pictures. He premiered two compositions written for and dedicated to him by leading 21st century composer Donald Erb. He has a current project in development of a new trumpet concerto with renowned composer and fellow Memphian Stanley Friedman.

As a featured soloist or guest artist, Anthony has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra (Brass) New York Philharmonic (Brass), and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Detroit, Kansas City Milwaukee to name a few.

A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ryan Anthony received the school’s Alumni Achievement Award in 2001. He was Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Oberlin just prior to joining the Canadian Brass in 2000. He has served as an artist/clinician for Yamaha instruments. As an educator, he held residency positions with the University of Memphis, University of Toronto and Music Academy of the West. His master classes include leading conservatories in Europe, Asia and North America. He has edited and recorded works for the publisher, Hal Leonard.

Anthony, one of the most sought after trumpet players in America lead the celebrated trumpeter Doc Severinsen to say, “He will be missed with (Canadian Brass), but I feel certain he will have a great and distinguished career as a soloist.”