On Saturday, July 5, Ventura, California’s Army of Freshmen will be headlining the Lower Cape May Regional High School’s 2008 Music Department Scholarship Concert. The all ages concert is a totally free event open to the public and also features the LCMR all teacher band, Old School.

Based out of Ventura, California, Army of Freshmen is fronted by Cape May native, Chris Jay, who is a graduate of Lower Cape May Regional and whose parents are both teachers at the school’s music department. The six piece rock group known for their extremely energetic live performances, have just released their 4th record, Above The Atmosphere, and recently returned from a headlining tour of the United Kingdom which included an appearance at the world famous Download Festival alongside rock royalty like KISS

“Every time Army of Freshmen is on tour in the east coast area we always make it a point to stop in Cape May”, explains Jay. “The LCMR Music Department, besides the obvious impact on my life by employing my parents, played a very large roll in my career. There’s no way I would have achieved success in the music business if the teachers and programs there didn’t exist. To come back and play a benefit concert is really an honor. The fact we were able to make it free show on the busiest weekend of the year just makes it even more amazing. Throw in the fact my dad’s band is opening for us and it should be very special night or at the least a good reason to stop at Wawa.”

About Army of Freshmen: Army of Freshmen are one of the hardest working independent rock bands in the world. They’ve played over 1,000 shows in 10 countries and 42 states. Their new record, Above The Atmosphere was released June 17th and the band is touring this fall in The United Kingdom, Europe and Japan in support of it.

About the Scholarship Concert: Lower Cape May Regional is the southern most public high school in New Jersey and is known for having one of premiere music departments in the state. Each year a concert is held to benefit the music department’s Scholarship Award which has brought in a wide range of national acts to the school’s auditorium including jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, Woodstock folk veteran, Arlo Guthrie and comedic pop punkers, Bowling For Soup.

About the show: The free concert will be held on Saturday, July 5 at Lower Cape May Regional High School’s auditorium (687 Route 9, Erma, NJ). Doors open at 7pm and all ages are welcome. For further information please call Mr. J’s Music Shop at 609-886-4646 or visit www.armyoffreshmen.com and www.mrjsmusicshop.com

Army of Freshmen are available for interviews. Please contact Michael Davenport at dav@expressiveartists.com or call 310-779-5057 for more information
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