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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="3a27d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALT="Homepage" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Compositions"><U>Compositions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performances"><U>Performances</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Awards Honors"><U>Awards & Honors</U></A>   |   <B>Recent News</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Information"><U>Contact Information</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="50015340.png" border=0 width="21" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="4fec3ac0.png" border=0 width="195" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Recent News</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="715" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 3020 WIDTH="224"><div> <U>Performances</U></div> <bR> <div> <B>2008-2009</B></div> <div> <B>International Performances</B></div> <div> In 2008-2009, flutist Catherine Branch will be touring internationally, performing concerts including Aaron's <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>2008-2009</B></div> <div> <B>Tonoi Ensemble</B></div> <div> The Los Angeles-based <A HREF="http://www.tonoi.org/index.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.tonoi.org/index.htm"><U>Tonoi Ensemble</U></A> will be performing Aaron's <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><I>Córdoba</I></U></A> and <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A> as part of their 2008-2009 season.</div> <bR> <div> <B>July 12, 2008</B></div> <div> <B>Upcoming Performance</B></div> <div> Aaron will have his next performance at Houston's Ovations Night Club on Saturday, <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="July 12, 2008"><U>July 12, 2008</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>April 14, 2008</B></div> <div> <B>Doctoral Recital</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 14, 2008"><U>Doctoral Degree Recital</U></A> was held on April 14, 2008, Rice University's Shepherd School of Music.  The recital highlighted music written since 2005 and included two premieres!  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> (<A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Program"><U>PROGRAM</U></A>  •  <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures"><U>PICTURES</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>New Musical</B></div> <div> Aaron's new musical, <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale"><U><I>The Nightingale and the Rose</I></U></A> (book & lyrics by Joe Barnes) received a black box premiere at the University of Houston on <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November 30 December 1, 2007"><U>Nov. 30 and Dec. 1</U></A>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/Nightingale"><U><IMG SRC="7bfc8910.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>November 3, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Recent Premiere</B></div> <div> Aaron's setting of Wilfred Owen's famous anti-war poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est," was premiered at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music on <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November 3, 2007"><U>November 3, 2007</U></A>.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>(</I><A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November 3, 2007"><U><I>Pictures</I></U></A><I>  •  </I><A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U><I>Recording</I></U></A><I>)</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>May 12, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Recent Premiere</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U><I>Fairy Tales</I></U></A>, which was commissioned for the thirtieth annual Renée B. Fisher Piano Competition, was premiered at the awards ceremony on <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 12, 2007"><U>May 12, 2007</U></A> by young pianist Alexander Beyer.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>(</I><A HREF="id121_pictures.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 12, 2007"><U><I>Pictures</I></U></A><I>  •  </I><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U><I>Recording</I></U></A><I>)</I></div> <div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 12, 2007"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="71149550.jpg" border=0 width="73" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>February 22, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>FUSION</B></div> <div> Andrea Trusty, Andrew Dunn, and Kyle Evans performed Aaron's <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U><I>Spring and Fall</I></U></A> on the Shepherd School's first <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February 22, 2007"><U>FUSION</U></A> event, which brought together contemporary art, music, and fusion cuisine.</div> <bR> <div> <B>February 11 & 16, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Sounds New Performances</B></div> <div> Noted San Francisco new music group, Sounds New, performed Aaron's <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A> for solo flute on their <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February 11, 2007"><U>February 11th</U></A> and <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February 16, 2007"><U>February 16th</U></A> concerts.</div> <bR> <div> <B>January 12, 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Hawaii Performance</B></div> <div> Aaron's oboe solo, <I>Córdoba, </I>was performed by <A HREF="http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/music/faculty/bios/js_fr_index.html?/music/faculty/bios/davidson.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/music/fa"><U>Ian Davidson</U></A> at the 5th Annual <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January 12, 2007"><U>Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>September 16, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>SCI National Conference</B></div> <div> Aaron's flute solo, <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A><I>, </I>was performed at the closing concert of the <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 16, 2006"><U>Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference</U></A> at the University of Texas at San Antonio.</div> <bR> <div> <B>May 23, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>International Performances</B></div> <div> Aaron received his first international performance, when <A HREF="http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/music/faculty/bios/js_fr_index.html?/music/faculty/bios/davidson.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/music/fa"><U>Ian Davidson</U></A> performed <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><I>Córdoba</I></U></A> in Bratislava, Slovakia on <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 23, 2006"><U>May 23, 2006</U></A>.  Dr. Davidson also performed the piece in Brazil (<A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August 16, 2006"><U>August 16, 2006</U></A>) and Hong Kong (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 9, 2007"><U>March 9, 2007</U></A>).</div> <bR> <div> <B>March 12, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Recent Performance</B></div> <div> Aaron's art song, <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U><I>Spring and Fall</I></U></A>, was performed at a <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 12, 2006"><U>Sonus Chamber Music Society Concert</U></A>.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>March 9, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Recent Performance</B></div> <div> Aaron's oboe solo, <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><I>Córdoba</I></U></A>, was performed on the operning concert of the <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 9, 2006"><U>2006 CMS/ NACUSA-Texas regional conference</U></A> at Texas State University in San Marcos.</div> <bR> <div> <B>February 11, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>SCI Region VI Conference</B></div> <div> Aaron's flute solo, <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A>, was premiered in the <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2006 SCI Region VI Conference"><U>2006 Region VI SCI Conference</U></A> at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 16, 2006"><U><IMG SRC="69e91780.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="120" ALT="Aaron Alon and Rita Linard" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="224"><div> <U>Awards & Press</U></div> <bR> <div> <B>June 2008</B></div> <div> <B>New Music Days in Sweden</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U><I>Dulce et Decorum Est</I></U></A><A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U> </U></A>was selected as a winner of the 2008 Texas Composers Competition.  It will represent the state of Texas in the 2009 World New Music Days in Sweden. </div> <bR> <div> <B>September 2007</B></div> <div> <B>ASCAPLUS Award</B></div> <div> Aaron was selected to receive a 2008 ASCAPLUS Award.</div> <bR> <div> <B>August 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Promising Young Composer</B></div> <div> After reviewing his music, Musicologist Frans Waltmans has selected Aaron for inclusion on a list of promising young composers.  Visit the site <A HREF="http://home.hetnet.nl/~frans.waltmans/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://home.hetnet.nl/~frans.waltmans/"><U>here</U></A> and click on "Presentations."</div> <bR> <div> <B>April 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Mu Phi Epsilon Grants</B></div> <div> Aaron has been awarded two grants: one toward the recording/premiere of his <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U><I>Dulce et Decorum Est</I></U></A><I>, </I>and one toward the creation of a home audio studio.</div> <bR> <div> <B>October 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Review: "Upon Listening"</B></div> <div> Sherry Kloss's review of the new NACUSA <A HREF="http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=3360858" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx"><U>CD</U></A> said of Aaron's <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U><I>Spring and Fall</I></U></A><I>, </I>"How perfect is the partnership of the cello and the voice to convey this music!"</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://cdbaby.com/cd/nacusa" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://cdbaby.com/cd/nacusa"><U><IMG SRC="543787a0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="122" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>October 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Composers in Red Sneakers</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A> was selected as one of the winners of the 2006 Composers in Red Sneakers Young Composers Competition.</div> <bR> <div> <B>September 2006</B></div> <div> <B>ASCAPLUS Award</B></div> <div> Aaron was selected to receive a 2007 ASCAPLUS Award.</div> <bR> <div> <B>September 17 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Musicology Contest</B></div> <div> Aaron's paper, "Finding Gustav Mahler: An Examination of Psychoanalytic Studies of Gustav Mahler" was selected by Mu Phi Epsilon as a winner of  their 2006 Musicological Research Contest Award.</div> <bR> <div> <B>March 9, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>NACUSA-TX Prize</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><I>Córdoba</I></U></A>, for solo oboe, was named the winner of the National Association of Composers Texas Composition Competition.</div> <bR> <div> <B>November 2005</B></div> <div> <B>Membership in ACME</B></div> <div> Aaron was selected for inclusion in ACME, a list of Mu Phi Epsilon members who are "widely known and acclaimed in their field of musical endeavor."</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://home.muphiepsilon.org/acme.asp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://home.muphiepsilon.org/acme.asp"><U><B><IMG SRC="686535c0.gif" border=0 width="83" height="92" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>September 2005</B></div> <div> <B>ASCAPLUS Award</B></div> <div> Aaron was selected to receive a 2006 ASCAPLUS Award.</div> <bR> <div> <B>August 2005</B></div> <div> <B>Mu Phi Epsilon Contest</B></div> <div> Aaron's ballet, <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Pan Suite"><U><I>Peter Pan Suite</I></U></A>, and his solo oboe piece, <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><I>Córdoba</I></U></A>, were both winners in the postgraduate division of the 2005 Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest.</div> <bR> <div> <B>June 2005</B></div> <div> <B>NFMC Composition Award</B></div> <div> Aaron's ballet, <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Pan Suite"><U><I>Peter Pan Suite</I></U></A>, was awarded second place in the 2005 Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs.</div> <bR> <div> <B>March 2005</B></div> <div> <B>Fisher Competition</B></div> <div> Aaron's solo piano work, <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fantasia for Piano"><U><I>Fantasia for Piano</I></U></A>, is a winner of the 2007 Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards.  Aaron has been commissioned to write a new piece for the 2007 Fisher Competition for Young Pianists.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 12, 2007"><U><IMG SRC="7bad2960.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>December 2004</B></div> <div> <B>NACUSA Competition</B></div> <div> Aaron's string trio, <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spell"><U><I>Spell</I></U></A>, was awarded first prize in the 2004 National Association of Composers (<A HREF="http://www.music-usa.org/nacusa/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.music-usa.org/nacusa/"><U>NACUSA</U></A>) Young Composers Competition.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="221"><div> <U>Recordings & News</U></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CD RELEASES!"><U><B><IMG SRC="72998960.png" border=0 width="152" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>July 2008</B></div> <div> <B>New Facebook Page</B></div> <div> Show your support for Aaron's music by becoming a fan on his new facebook page:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Alon/20475513406" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="89477220.jpg" border=0 width="119" height="34" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>July 2008</B></div> <div> <B>YouTube Live Performance</B></div> <div> Watch the premiere of Aaron's <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Rights Reserved"><U><I>All Rights Reserved</I></U></A> on:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qA9pf_KQg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9qA9pf_K"><U><IMG SRC="8937b320.png" border=0 width="123" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> or hear the <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Rights Reserved"><U>studio recording</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>January 2008</B></div> <div> <B>Upcoming CD Release</B></div> <div> Aaron's<I> </I><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A><I> </I>will soon be released on CD by Capstone Records, with Catherine Branch performing.</div> <bR> <div> <B>May 2008</B></div> <div> <B>New CD Release</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U><I>Córdoba</I></U></A> is now available from the Wild Basin Winds label, with a new recording by noted oboist Ian Davidson.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://cdbaby.com/cd/iandavidson" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://cdbaby.com/cd/iandavidson"><U><B><IMG SRC="81178780.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>December 2007</B></div> <div> <B>New Studio Recording</B></div> <div> A new studio recording of Aaron's <I>Dulce et Decorum Est </I>is now available online.  Click <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U>here</U></A> to listen!</div> <bR> <div> <B>September 2007</B></div> <div> <B>SCI Journal of Music Scores</B></div> <div> Aaron's <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U><I>Hibakusha</I></U></A> was selected for publication in volume 40 of the Society of Composers, Inc. <A HREF="http://www.societyofcomposers.org/data/journals/sciscores.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.societyofcomposers.org/data/j"><U>Journal of Music Scores</U></A>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.societyofcomposers.org/data/journals/sciscores.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.societyofcomposers.org/data/j"><U><IMG SRC="812ad3c0.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>July 2007</B></div> <div> <B>New Recording</B></div> <div> A recording of Aaron's <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U><I>Fairy Tales</I></U></A> is now available online!</div> <bR> <div> <B>2007</B></div> <div> <B>Current Projects</B></div> <div> Click <A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Upcoming Projects"><U>here</U></A> to read about Aaron's current and upcoming projects and commissions, including a new musical, a new opera, and works for Angela Mortellaro and David Keck.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Summer 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Article Publication</B></div> <div> Aaron published an <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/Strauss_Article.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/Strauss_Article"><U>article</U></A> on Richard Strauss and composers' rights in Mu Phi Epsilon's <I>The Triangle.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>December 2005</B></div> <div> <B>New CD Release</B></div> <div> Aaron's art song, <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U><I>Spring and Fall</I></U></A>, was released on a CD from the National Association of Composers/USA (<A HREF="http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=3360858" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx"><U>NAC 001</U></A>).</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://cdbaby.com/cd/nacusa" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://cdbaby.com/cd/nacusa"><U><IMG SRC="543787a0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="122" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>May 7 2005</B></div> <div> <B>Master's Degree</B></div> <div> On May 7th, Aaron received his Master's Degree in composition from the <A HREF="http://www.cim.edu/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.cim.edu/"><U>Cleveland Institute of Music</U></A>.  (<A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Master of Music Recital"><U><I>Master's Recital</I></U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Now Online...</B></div> <div> <I><B>Peter Pan Suite</B></I><B> Trailer</B></div> <div> The video trailer for Aaron's <I>Peter Pan Suite</I> is now viewable on the web <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Select your platform"><U>here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Recent Photos</U></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7b7cc8e0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id109_picture.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 12, 2006"><U><IMG SRC="5eeb0870.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="135" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="54c81550.jpg" border=0 width="129" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id108_catherine_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2006 SCI Region VI Conference"><U><IMG SRC="5b73f550.jpg" border=0 width="63" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OFMC Performance"><U><IMG SRC="54b5f4d0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="77" ALT="OFMC photo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" 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