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MARCH 26, 2007 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Announces Official Sponsors for 2007 Summer Season

Contact: Chris Guerre
Director, Public Relations
(703) 255-4096;
chrisg@wolftrap.org

Vienna, VA

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is proud to announce its official sponsors for the 2007 summer season. These contributors generously provide cash and resources to help fund, promote, and enhance Wolf Trap’s renowned performing arts and education programs.

“The generous support from local and national organizations and corporations is vital to our continued dedication to integrating the performing arts, education, technology, and the community. We are extremely appreciative of our new contributors as well as the many long-term relationships we maintain,” said Terrence D. Jones, President and CEO of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

Official sponsors invest cash, in-kind products, or services, all of which allow Wolf Trap to further its national arts and education initiatives.

The Wolf Trap Foundation’s 2007 Official Sponsors as of March 26, 2007 are:

Premier Sponsor, 2007 Wolf Trap Summer Season
The PNC Financial Services Group

Official Program Sponsor
Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, Inc., Official Sponsor, The Philanthropy Forum at Wolf Trap

Official Media Partner
NBC4/WRC-TV, Official Television Station

Official Products & Services
Capital Restaurant Concepts, Official Picnic Caterer and Operator, Ovations Restaurant EVIAN Natural Spring Water, Official Bottled Still Water General Motors Corporation, Official Vehicles Heineken USA, Inc., Official Beer Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, Official Hotel Sprint, Official Wireless Communications Provider Starbucks Coffee Company, Official Coffee United Airlines, Official Airline Yamaha, Official Piano

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Catherine Filene Shouse (1896-1994) that presents and produces a full-range of performance and education programs in the Washington DC area, as well as nationally and internationally. Wolf Trap is home to two performance venues, the Filene Center, located at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and The Barns at Wolf Trap; the Wolf Trap Opera Company, one of the country’s outstanding resident ensemble programs for young professional singers; and the Center for Education at Wolf Trap, which serves as home to Wolf Trap’s Education programs (including the nationally acclaimed Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, scholarships, master classes and internships), and Wolf Trap’s Foundation staff. The Filene Center, operated in partnership with the National Park Service, is a 7,028-seat outdoor pavilion that showcases an extensive list of diverse artists, ranging from pop, country, folk and blues, to orchestra, dance, musical theater, and opera, and multimedia presentations, from May through September each year. Visit the Wolf Trap Web site at www.wolftrap.org for more information. Terrence D. Jones is president and CEO of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

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Contact:

Graham Binder
Manager,
Public Relations
(703) 255-1917
grahamb@wolftrap.org

Lisa L. LaCamera
Senior Director,
Communications and Marketing
(703) 255-1997
lisal@wolftrap.org