SHILOH, One of Country Music¹s Fastest Rising Groups, Makes Special Appearance Live in Concert August 20 During The Bowie Center For The Performing Arts Opening Gala Week, August 14-21, 2004

Featuring three Bowie High Alumni, SHILOH Joins Kathie Lee Gifford, Tony and Emmy Award Winner Leslie Uggams, Smooth Jazz Recording Artist Gregg Karukas and Others As Bowie Celebrates A Dream More Than A Decade In the Making on Saturday, August 21

Bowie, MD, July 23, 2004 - SHILOH, one of country music's fastest rising stars, takes center stage August 20 for SHILOH Live In Concert! during the opening week festivities for the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA) located here. SHILOH features three Bowie High School alumni - Jason Minor, Jason Fitz and Joe Zampelli.

SHILOH recently performed at this year¹s 33rd annual CMA Music Festival and Fan Fair in Nashville, Tennessee as well as Detroit¹s Hoedown. This year¹s Hoedown turned out to be the largest event in the festival¹s 22-year history. Well over 800,000 fans turned out to see their favorite performers including Kid Rock, Leanne Rimes, Tracy Bird, The Charlie Daniels Band, Big and Rich, and Shedaisy. SHILOH comes to Bowie straight off concert tours opening for country legend Kenny Rogers and Brad Paisley.

A powerful mixture of country music sensibilities, both old and new, and popular music influences, SHILOH's music speaks to the heart of everyone at every age, with poignant lyrics and rich melodies that stick with you right away.

SHILOH will perform twice during the week, during a full concert at 8 p.m on Friday, August 20 and a special acoustic set during the Gala Celebration Fundraiser on Saturday, August 21 where they will join a lineup that includes; Actress, Singer, Songwriter and fellow Bowie High alumni Kathie Lee Gifford, who will serve as the mistress of ceremonies; entertainer Leslie Uggams, of Broadway¹s Thoroughly Modern Millie; and notable Bowie High School alumni including acclaimed Smooth Jazz Recording Artist Gregg Karukas, (Bowie High Class of 1974) recently featured on the television series Charmed; singer Michie Epstein Mader (Bowie High, Class of 1973), and a tribute to the late vocalist Eva Cassidy (Bowie High, Class of 1981).

Tickets to the Friday, August 20, SHILOH Live in Concert Performance are $15, adults, $10, ages 17 and under. Tickets to the Saturday, August 21, Gala celebration are priced at $100 and include a post-performance reception. Tickets are available online at www.bowieartscenter.com or by calling 301.805.0288 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The week of programming will feature a diverse mix that begins with the opening ceremonies and concludes on Saturday ,August 21 with a star-studded Gala celebration.

The lineup for the week also includes events such as Opening ceremonies and Luncheon; A Classical Evening; Celebrate America!; The Art of the Dance; The Power of Voice and Music; Musical Theatre Performance for Children of All Ages; a Children¹s Art Camp; and an ongoing art exhibition.

Silver sponsors for the event include The Bowie Blade-News, The Comfort Inn, Belair Engineering, COMPASS Information Systems and Hecht's. Event supporters include Time Piece Jewelers, ARINC and Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

The Gala Week Celebration is a showcase of the arts as well as a time for the community to rejoice and explore this wonderful new jewel that is the BCPA. Volunteer committees are expending thousands of hours in pulling together the best and most diverse lineup of performers possible that truly celebrate the best artists that the Bowie region has to offer.

Ticket sales for the week of events begin July 22.

The BCPA, located on Annapolis Road (RT. 450), has been developed over the past decade and funded by a variety of sources. The City of Bowie was the first to provide funding in 1995. Additional funding was provided by the State of Maryland, Prince George¹s County, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, private donations, and the Federal Government, for a total of $13.6 million to build the 800-seat facility.

In 1995, the Bowie Regional Arts Vision Association, Inc. (BRAVA) was created to promote the design, development, funding and creation of a regional arts facility. BRAVA¹s vision of a world-class facility that would be the hub for performing arts, not just for Bowie, but for the entire region has finally become a reality. The opening gala week will be a celebration of the efforts and dedication of the many individuals who have labored over the past decade to make this dream a reality.

About Bowie Regional Arts Vision Association, Inc. (BRAVA) BRAVA was created to promote the design, development, funding and creation of a regional arts facility in Bowie, Maryland, for use by children, families, and adults in classes, stage crafts, workshops, concerts, creative arts, theatre programs, musical performances, drama therapy and other therapy groups, providing functional space for large group assemblies, instructional lectures, performances, demonstrations and forum discussions.

About SHILOH >From a desire to bring a new and exciting sound to country music without trying to reinvent the wheel, SHILOH was born. A powerful mixture of country music sensibilities, both old and new, and popular music influences, all layered with rich 5-part vocal harmonies, SHILOH is a rarity among artists in any style - a fun, engrossing, first-listen band. Likened to the Eagles in their easy-going, infectious style, each of their songs is a captivating ride, from the top-down fun spirit of tunes like Any Road, to the painful heartbreak of I Believe, SHILOH's music speaks to the heart of everyone at every age, with poignant lyrics and rich melodies that stick with you right away.

SHILOH is five talented young men, each a strong lead and background vocalist in his own right, combining to form what almost equates to a young vocal super-group. Far from being a prefab band consisting of boys who had never met before their first day in the studio, the members of SHILOH have intertwining histories that predate their junior high school years. Two of them, now in their early twenties, first worked together as teenage Mousketeers on The New Mickey Mouse Club, developing their artistic skills alongside Britney, Justin, J.C., Christina and others in the challenging world of musical variety television. The other members of SHILOH would enter their lives around the same time, teaming up in various combinations over the years, but never deciding to pool their vast talents until now.

The intent of SHILOH was clear from the outset - to make great music with great songs. In partnership with the strong production and writing team of American Icon Music, SHILOH is entirely self-contained in their ability to create a vast and diverse catalog of hooky songs, and not subject to the whims of a handful of writers and publishing houses.

With an abundance of talent, looks, and charisma, and a fan base that grows like a brushfire, SHILOH has begun what will clearly be a long and exciting journey into a bright future.

For more information, visit www.shilohtheband.com.

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