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The John Lennon Songwriting Contest will celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday on October 9th on Instagram Live on the Lennon Bus’ Instagram page. Special featured guests will include Verdine White (Earth Wind & Fire) and Elle King as well as Lennon Contest winners and much more. The daily podcast is at 2pm EDT, emanating from New York City.
In honor of John Lennon’s 80th birthday, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (JLSC) have announced a partnership with Gibson Gives – the iconic American instrument brand’s charitable arm – to support musicianship, music education and songwriting for people of all ages.
How do creative people recover from COVID-19? West Hartford native Allegra Levy wrote a children’s song about personal hygiene and social distancing, recorded a cute video, released it during a horrifying pandemic, and won an award associated with an iconic Beatle.
Songwriters can enter each week by Sunday at 11:59PM PDT, with Power to the People winners chosen randomly and announced on Mondays at 2PM EDT during the Lennon Bus Instagram Live event with celebrity guests, music experts, JLSC winners and entrants, and more.
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“This is precisely the kind of project John Lennon would have loved.”
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