The Key March 24, 2017 Edition

A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends

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Gaining Real Impactful Life Lessons through Experience & Education UMES hospitality-tourism management students will soon have a new option in getting hands-on experience when an existing restaurant getting a new look re-opens in Princess Anne this spring.

M STREET GRILLE is a collaborative venture between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, its foundation, a UMES alumnus and the owner of the Princess Anne University Village shopping center on U.S. Route 13.

Brandon Phillips, a 1998 graduate and owner of the Atlantic Stand on Ocean City’s iconic Boardwalk, is joining forces with his alma mater to expand his hospitality-restaurant business into Somerset County.

“This university has meant a lot to me,” said Phillips, who grew up in Salisbury and played baseball for the Hawks. It was his desire to give back to that program that led to this new relationship with UMES. “I was looking for a way to show my appreciation,” he said, “and when

I learned (hospitality) students had an assignment to design and market a plan for a restaurant, I wanted to see if it might be possible to make it a reality.”

M STREET GRILLE will be in the location that originally opened as the Get’N Grounded coffee shop and will utilize some of that business’ furniture.

University leaders describe the partnership with Phillips as “a learning laboratory that cultivates, encourages and promotes entrepreneurism among UMES students interested in pursuing careers in the hospitality industry.”

Students will have an opportunity to earn extra income as employees while working alongside and observing professionals who will manage the venue for Phillips.

“As chairman of UMES’ Hospitality and Tourism Management program, it is vital for our students to have opportunities while still in school to put M STREET GRILLE / continued on page 4

UMES faculty travel to India for academic exchange Two faculty members from UMES’ School of Pharmacy were among headliners who shared their expertise at an international conference of pharmacists and educators held last month in India.

Dean Rondell E. Allen was a keynote speaker at the event held at the Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CIPS). The institute and UMES agreed in September 2016 to participate in mutual academic exchange opportunities starting this year.

“The agreement,” Allen said, “will allow for student and faculty exchanges and research collaboration with our pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice and administration faculty.”

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Page 2 Top 100 Women

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Medallion of Merit Awarded to Alum

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Concert Choir

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Men’s Basketball Standout Pharmacy Alum Addresses Health Crisis

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Hawks Bound for USBC Nationals

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HTM Students Guest on TV Smithsonian Curator Speaks Faculty/Staff Spotlight

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Calendar of Events Help UMES Win $50K

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Circling the Oval

Dumpson, Luna named

Two women with University of Maryland Eastern Shore ties have been named by The Daily Record to the Baltimore-based newspaper’s 2017 listing of Maryland’s Top 100 Women.

Kimberly C. Dumpson, UMES’ executive vice president, and Bonnie N. Luna, a member of the university’s Board of Visitors, will be among women from across the state attending an April 24 banquet where they will be formally honored. Both are firsttime honorees.

The Daily Record created the annual Maryland’s Top 100 Women event in 1996 to recognize outstanding achievements by women demonstrated through professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring.

Dumpson began her career at UMES in 2005 working in alumni affairs and over the past 12 years has held a number of senior leadership posts.

“I’m honored to be recognized along with these other accomplished women who have contributed greatly to our state in various roles and capacities,” Dumpson said. “I extend my thanks to The Daily Record for including me in this group.”

Dumpson recently was given the additional responsibilities as chief of staff to President Juliette B. Bell.

Bell asked Luna in 2015 to serve on UMES’ Board of Visitors, an advisory panel of community leaders. Luna is founder of the Salisburybased Magi Fund Inc., a non-profit organization with “the sole purpose of raising funds for the Joseph House Center and Christian Shelter.”

“I am profoundly humbled to be listed among such a distinguished and accomplished group of women,” Luna said.

According to The Daily Record, a record number of 435 women were nominated this year for the statewide honor. Nominees were asked to complete an application outlining their educational and career history,

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He and Dr. Yen H. Dang, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice, were featured prominently in the two-day conference. Dang was responsible for conducting two plenary sessions at the event that drew some 1,000 participants, including students and college-level educators.

Allen said CIPS invited (UMES) to co-organize the conference, which focused on “New Insights of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics: Roadmap to Harmonization of Pharmacy Education in India.”

“We participated in a health fair with (CIPS) students and faculty,” Allen said. “We also had a chance to tour one of their government hospitals.”

During that tour, Dang and Allen met with the chief medical officer and several physicians. Interactions with physicians, Allen said, was enlightening because “they gave us a better understanding of their health care system.”

UMES’ School of Pharmacy is “planning to take two of their pharmacy students in October to complete a rotation,” Allen said, adding “we also plan to send two of our students to India as well.”

professional and community involvement, corporate and nonprofit board memberships, and mentoring experience. They were encouraged to submit letters of recommendation from those who are familiar with their accomplishments professionally, in the community and through mentoring.

“This year’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women honorees lead companies, create change, break barriers, chart new territory and inspire future generations,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, The Daily Record’s publisher. “These women make a difference at home, at work and in their communities. The Daily Record is proud to honor them.”

Eleven women on this year’s list have qualified for the Circle of Excellence, which means they will receive the award for a third and final time. Among women with UMES ties already in that select group are Veronique Diriker, the university’s director of development, and Dr. Peggy Naleppa, a university Board of Visitor member and president / chief executive officer of Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

After a preliminary round of judging by Maryland’s Top 100 Women’s Circle of Excellence honorees, 150 applicants were selected to compete in the final round. A panel of business professionals and past Maryland’s Top 100 Women winners from throughout Maryland reviewed the final applications and selected this year’s honorees.

“Maryland’s Top 100 Women have achieved amazing accomplishments in their careers, but to be honored as a Top 100 Woman requires more than just career success,” Fischer-Huettner said. “She must be an exemplary citizen, committed to her community, creating change and growing the next generation of leaders through active mentoring.”

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‘I was never afraid’ Herman Eure, trailblazer, mentor and Medallion of Merit honoree.

By Carol L. Hanner, Wake Forest Magazine

Herman Eure was Wake Forest University’s first full-time black graduate student in 1969, its first black doctoral recipient on the Reynolda Campus and its first black full-time faculty member.

His successful, rewarding career as a researcher, teacher and administrator included serving as chairman of the biology department and associate dean of the College at Wake Forest. He retired in 2013.

Earlier this year, Wake Forest awarded him the Medallion of Merit, the university’s highest honor.

“In some ways it’s kind of embarrassing to be given an award for doing something that you knew you should be doing anyway,” Eure said.

“For me being a college professor is a whole lot more than being in the classroom and doing research. You’re a mother, a father, a coach, a mentor, a cajoler, the person who has to crack the whip. You’re all those things.”

Eure was born the seventh of 10 children to parents whose formal education ended at fifth and seventh grades.

Eure excelled early at math and science as well as football, basketball and track. He graduated as valedictorian and a student leader at his segregated high school and studied science at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he was a leader once again. His mentors there urged him to apply for graduate school after graduating in 1969.

With a five-year Ford Foundation Fellowship in hand, he headed for Winston-Salem.

Eure wanted to be a parasitologist. With the help of Gerald Esch, chairman of the Wake Forest biology department’s graduate committee, Eure went straight to doctoral study, skipping a master’s degree but taking

all the same courses for both degrees. Esch helped Eure and another student do research at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at the nuclear site in Aiken, S.C. Eure studied parasites in largemouth bass.

As Wake’s only black graduate student, Eure said he encountered some bias, more often from workers who thought he should stick to his own kind. Students and faculty would ask whether he played basketball or football, assuming a black student must be an athlete. He experienced nothing but support in the biology department. “After my first year there, no one doubted that I could do the work,” Eure said.

When Eure finished his doctorate in 1974, he had faculty job offers elsewhere, but he saw what was possible at Wake Forest.

Eure was surprised by his experiences as the first black faculty member. He knew he could mentor black students, but he found his greatest immediate impact was on white students, most of them facing a black teacher for the first time.

“I was most favorably impressed the first time I met him,” former Dean of the College Tom Mullen said. “For one thing, here is a man of great emotional balance and maturity.”

“I was 27 years old, with the big Afro, the bell-bottom pants,” Eure said. “There were some kids who didn’t quite know how to take me, thought I was biased. I said, ‘If you do the work, you can be green. You’ll get the grade that you earn.’ ” Eure instilled confidence in his students while accepting no excuses for not trying. “You may not be able to do something as well as someone else, but if you commit yourself to it, you can do it. … because Wake doesn’t accept any students who can’t do it.”

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UMES Concert Choir dedicates concert to AfricanAmerican women of history

UMES’ Concert Choir performed at an invitation-only grand opening ceremony March 10 for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center near Cambridge, Md. along with re-enactors Milicent Sparks as Harriet Tubman and a contingent of men as black Civil War soldiers from Massachusetts’ 54th unit immortalized in the film “Glory.”

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore pays tribute to “two American icons of history and culture,” Harriet Tubman and Ella Fitzgerald, at its April 2 Concert Choir performance, said Dr. Sheila McDonald Harleston, director.

The 4 p.m. concert is free and will be performed in the university’s performing arts center, the Ella Fitzgerald Center, named after the jazz singer.

Fitzgerald attended the Oct. 27, 1974 dedication of the building.

The timing couldn’t be more appropriate, Harleston said, for recognizing the women. The choir recently performed at grand opening ceremonies for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center near Cambridge, Md. and the nation observes the centennial celebration of Ella Fitzgerald’s birth.

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into practice what they are learning in the classroom,” Dr. Ernest Boger said.

“Having the M STREET GRILLE as an additional option to their handson experience in the Henson Conference Center operations will benefit our students and definitely make UMES more attractive to those who enroll here in the future,” Boger said.

“We thank Brandon Phillips for stepping forward to make this a reality,” he said.

According to Kimberly Dumpson, UMES’ executive vice president who worked on the project, employing students will provide financial assistance some may need toward their education expenses.

In 2015, Alexander K. Karavasilis, the lead investor/owner of the Rt. 13 shopping center approached Dumpson about helping UMES increase its visibility along the busy dual highway while also lending support to the university’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program.

Karavasilis, along with his partners in BRK LLC, donated all the business assets within the coffee shop to the UMES Foundation and agreed to lease the premises to the foundation for five years.

Both parties see the venture as “an experiential learning environment to benefit students pursuing careers in hospitality, tourism, merchandising,

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On Fitzgerald’s birthday, April 25, UMES also will observe the milestone with a jazz celebration in her honor. Festivities include a noon lecture, a 4 p.m. master class and a 7 p.m. concert featuring UMES jazz and pop ensembles and special guest Sharón Clark.

“Although the nature of their achievements differed, music was a common denominator in their success,” Harleston said. “Tubman, known as the ‘Moses of her people,’ used the words of Negro spirituals as codes in guiding slaves to freedom and Fitzgerald, known as the ‘Queen of Scat,’ was a pioneer among black female vocalists, especially jazz artists.”

The April 2 concert will also feature Dr. Devonna Rowe, soprano—a recent addition to UMES’ music faculty. Admission is free at the door. Call 410-651-UMES for more information. marketing and finance,” Dumpson said.

The venue’s name is an acronym inspired by the hands-on training concept: “Gaining Real Impactful Life Lessons through Experience and Education.”

UMES stands to benefit from the restaurant’s success; Phillips, already a financial supporter of many of the university’s athletic programs, has agreed to donate some of M STREET GRILLE’s net profits to the foundation to support the university’s hospitality-tourism management as well as the athletics program.

Phillips was attracted to the idea of expanding into Somerset County in part by a senior-year project where Hospitality and Tourism Management students were challenged to develop a marketing plan for a restaurant.

The winning entry was a “sports-themed” grille with a liquor license and televisions where athletic events could be viewed in a group setting.

The venue’s decor will highlight UMES sports history and also will feature a “University Welcome kiosk.” Some of the menu items from Get’N Grounded will remain alongside new fare and specialty baked goods.

Customers accustomed to visiting the coffee shop in the morning will find the grille will be open selling the hot beverage along with breakfast sandwiches.

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Copeland named All-MEAC first team Senior Bakari Copeland finished his college basketball career as a member of the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first team.

Copeland led the Hawks in scoring (17.3 PPG) and rebounding (6.3). He scored 20 points or more 10 times and five times he hit double digits in scoring and rebounding. All told, he scored more than 10 points in 28 of 31 regular season games.

In three 2017 MEAC tournament games, he averaged 19 points and just under 6 rebounds. He was a key contributor to UMES’ two victories—the first time UMES accomplished that feat in 43 years.

Copeland credited a summer workout regimen with his father that enabled him to improve his shooting accuracy and overall game.

“He was really getting me in shape for the season,” Copeland said, adding “After coming back to school, Coach (Cliff) Reed and coach (Adrian) Custis really worked me hard to get me in shape and they told me I was going to have to carry a big load this year to help our team be successful.”

“I give thanks to my family, my teammates and my coaching staff just for believing in me and allowing me to lead this team,” he said.

Copeland’s teammate, Ryan Andino, a junior guard, finished the season ranked second among all NCAA Division 1 players in three-point shots made.

Pharmacy alum helps address health crisis as AmeriCorps member at UMES Dr. Deanna Dunn, a graduate of the inaugural class of UMES’ School of Pharmacy in 2013, took her experience volunteering as a student as motivation to continue to address a major health issue in the community while pursuing her career goals.

Dunn, now a pharmacist at Marion Pharmacy in Crisfield, Md., established the pharmacy this February as the first in the state to be an authorized Overdose Response Program (ORP) which allows personnel there to train walk-in community members how to use the drug Narcan to prevent overdose deaths. Dunn has also applied her knowledge in helping develop an ORP program at her alma mater.

“We are excited to be partnering with AmeriCorps to develop a model for future partnerships in Somerset County to address the opiate crisis,” said Dr. Rondell Allen, dean of UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.

There were six deaths in 2016 from opiate overdose in Somerset County reported as of September to the Maryland Department of Health and Hygiene As of 2014, two percent of all causes of death in the county were due to drug overdoses according to its Overdose Death Rate by County; a rate that has tripled since then.

Dunn, who also registered Marion Pharmacy as a drug drop off site and serves as a member of the Overdose Fatality Review Board of the Somerset County Health Department, is now a support member to UMES’ Overdose Response Program in the pharmacy department as an

AmeriCorps member with ShoreCorps/PALS. “By blazing the path as our first AmeriCorps member, Dr. Dunn is making a significant gift to the UMES School of Pharmacy and Health Professions and the community.” said Dr. James Bresette, a retired captain with the U.S. Public Health Service and associate dean and professor in UMES’ pharmacy department. “Her passion and her commitment to improve public health is obvious.”

AmeriCorps is a federal grant run program that “drives volunteerism in America.” Members are placed in non-profits to address health care, education and youth or adult outreach programs in exchange for financial assistance for education.

Her work with AmeriCorps has helped further “develop my leadership, management and data collection skills.” Skills that have been invaluable in her career as a pharmacist, she said.

“By establishing an AmeriCorps presence at UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, we will provide a model for UMES students to combine measurable experiences of service to the community with benefits that will enhance their education and skill sets,” Dunn said.

Since April 2016, UMES’ licensed Overdose Response Program has trained over 200 people how to save lives. The program and its student leaders are collaborating with local and state partners, Bresette said, to hold two campus events April 29 and in fall 2017 to help address the overdose problem and remove the stigma of addiction.

“AmeriCorps members trained in volunteer recruitment and management as well as data collection methods have been established at UMES’ pharmacy school as a great way to drive this process,” Dunn said.

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Athletics

Hawks bound for USBC Nationals after 2nd Place at Sectionals UMES put up a total pin fall of 12,279 over 64 grueling team Baker games March 11-12 to finish second — behind Webber International — and earned a spot in the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships April 20-22.

The Hawks averaged a 191.86 over two days of competition at the USBC ITC Sectional qualifying and finishing ahead of 14 other teams.

“This was a complete team effort,” head coach Kayla Bandy said.

“In a pretty long Baker format like this sectional event where we bowl for about eight hours straight each day, you know you will have to utilize your entire roster. We used all eight players on the event roster and all contributed in a big way.”

The Shore did get off to a rough start putting up a 179.43 average through the first quarter of the event’s matches and standing in sixth place.

By midday, they had adjusted and it showed in their scores as they improved to 199.00 over the next 16 games to raise their halfway-point average to 189.21. At the end of Day 1, the Hawks were in second place and 264 total pins behind Webber.

“The first set of 16 was brutal, we made bad shots, didn’t make spares, didn’t strike much, had wrong surfaces on our equipment and we played the entirely wrong part of the lane,” Bandy said.

“At the hour lunch break, we altered the equipment surfaces and put together a new game plan of how to attack the lane.

As indicative of our scores, the rest was a success.”

The Hawks’ average took a tiny dip in games 33-48 after they put up a 188.93 to bring their overall average to 189.12, but Webber had pushed the lead to 406 pins.

The Shore finished up at 191.86 after posting a 200.06 average over the final 16 games and they trailed Webber (which averaged 197.60 in the event) by just 368 pins at the end.

“By the end of the second day of the competition, we were putting together several Baker sets that were clean of any opens and we continued to climb to the top of the score board. We couldn’t catch Webber, but if we had thrown the ball better Saturday morning, we no doubt would have won the event. All in all, our goal was to be in the Top 4 — we did that. We are going to Nationals baby! But the chase is not over as we have Music City this weekend.”

Following a ninth-place finish at the Music City Invitational, the Hawks

head to the MEAC Tournament this weekend looking to secure a trip to the NCAA Championships.

Junior Melanie Copey (Ontario, New York) led the Shore in individual Baker average with a 207.2, while marking at 91.5 percent, striking at 45.1 percent, picking up 88.4 percent of her spares and knocking down single pins 95.5 percent of the time.

Classmate Jalesa Johnson (Delmar, Delaware) averaged a 198.6 over 111 frames, marked at 86.6 percent, made a strike 44.6 percent of the time and converted 75.8 percent of her spares.

Graduate student Thashaina Seraus (Oranjestad, Aruba) was next at 197.5 and bowled the most frames (128), while striking 44.9 percent of the time and converting 94.9 percent of her single-pin spares.

Sophomore Jacqueline Rhoda (Portage, Indiana) averaged a 187.3 over 127 frames and converted single-pin spares 97.3 percent of the time.

“Jackie also had a superb performance on Friday,” Bandy said. “She competed in the singles portion of the event and earned herself a bid to the individual portion of the National Championship that takes place the day before the USBC Team Championships.

She found her line and was relentless, securing herself a Top 5 finish.”

Rhoda, averaged a 205.3 over six traditional games as a warm-up to her team competition over the weekend to earn a spot in the Jacqueline Rhoda 24-person national women’s field April 18-19 and 22.

Freshman Cayla Hicks (Richmond, Virginia) averaged a 190.1, marked at 85.0 percent, struck 42.5 percent of the time, converted 73.9 percent of her spares and 91.3 percent of single pins over 78 frames.

Sophomore Danielle August (Mililani, Hawaii) bowled 54 frames at a 188.3 average and converted 76.5 percent of her spares.

Sophomore Alexandra Hernandez (Maracaibo, Venezuela) averaged a 180.5 over 58 frames.

The Hawks (68-34, 19-5 MEAC) marked at a 75.4 percent rate for the event, got a strike 39.6 percent of the time, converted 69.4 percent of their spares and 90.76 percent of single-pin spares.

The Hawks compete this weekend at the MEAC Championships (March 24-26) and then hope to head to the NCAA Championships (April 13-15) before a date already secured at the USBC Championships (April 20-22).

UMES won the USBC event in 2011.

School News

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Faculty and Staff Spotlight

Smithsonian curator speaks at UMES Senior Raquel Bush of Washington, D.C. attended a historical talk, “So What’s Your Story?” by Elaine Nichols, senior curator of culture at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The March 9 presentation was part of the School of Education, Social Sciences and the Arts lecture series.

Kenneth Belton, director of UMES’ physical plant, represented the university at the National Facilities Management and Technology Expo in Baltimore early this month. The trade show, he said, highlights new technologies of interest to facilities managers.

Belton attended educational sessions, a large Expo Hall highlighting vendors, facility tours and networking events.

Belton has been a member of the physical plant team at UMES for two years, the later as director.

He is a member of the Association for Physical Plant Administrators.

Michel Demanche, a professor in UMES’ Department of Fine Arts, is part of a 20-artist show, “We the People” that opened March 10 in West Ashley, near Charleston, S.C. The exhibit at the FABulon Center for Art and Education examines race in America today.

Demanche submitted works, “Pie Rex,” “Blue is Blowing Up a Storm,” and “K,” from her “Tom and Betty Connect the Dots” series for the project.

The show’s creed by Susan Irish, the gallery’s director, is: “As artists, we have the power to change the world and promote messages of peace and harmony. We have a responsibility to speak out against racism. Now, more than ever, it is time to lift our voices.”

Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston was the scene in June 2015 of a mass shooting during prayer meeting where nine people died.

“I really wanted to do the show because I thought Charleston needed it and the people of the nation needed some form of uplifting and a clear message that not everyone agrees with the rhetoric we’ve been hearing…The attendance at the show (opening) was a fabulous, beautiful, diverse group of people,” Irish wrote in a letter to the exhibitors.

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Calendar

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arts & entertainment calendar

*Unless noted, all events listed are free.

APRIL

Health & Wellness Festival

10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Student Services Center Ballroom

Health screenings and wellness informational displays.

410-651-6385

Art Exhibit Opening Reception

4-6 p.m. / Mosely Gallery

“Do It Yourself Art & Fashion: UMES Student Show.”

Student visual art and textile designs.

Show through May 4.

410-651-7770 or visit www.moselygallery.com

Women’s History Month Play

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UMES Concert Choir Performance

4 p.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-6574

7 p.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center “Ain’t I a Woman” one-woman play.

410-651-UMES

UMES Wind Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-UMES

Concert

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6 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Concert Toby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa perform traditional Nigerian Yoruba music fused with Afrobeat, jazz, rock, pop and Latin.

410-651-UMES

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