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Nội dung: <blockquote data-quote="Butchi" data-source="post: 98585" data-attributes="member: 7">These Jazz Students Play for Justice[MP3]https://server1.vnkienthuc.com/files/3/Media/se-ed-jazz-4-justice-09-dec-10-CQ.mp3[/MP3]This is the VOA Special English Education Report.(MUSIC)Each year, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, presents a jazz [A]concert[/A]. Around one thousand two hundred people [A]attended[/A] this year's concert in October.Yet when the program first started, the student [A]musicians[/A] played to an almost empty theater. Ed Weiner was one of the few people in the [A]audience[/A] when the school held the first jazz concert ten years ago.ED WEINER: "The quality of the [A]performance[/A] was outstanding, but I was shocked to see the poor attendance."So he did something about it. He found a way not only to increase [A]attendance[/A], but also to raise money for the [A]community[/A].Ed Weiner is a lawyer. He organized the [A]concerts[/A] into a program called Jazz 4 Justice. The performers include students and [A]employees[/A] from the university, along with guest musicians.The concert raises money for the Fairfax Law Foundation. The local group uses some of that money to provide free legal [A]services[/A] to people in the community.The foundation also [A]supports[/A] programs to help young people learn about the legal system. These include courthouse tours and [A]education[/A] about the legal and health [A]effects[/A] of drug and [A]alcohol[/A] abuse.Foundation officials say the yearly concert brings in about fifteen thousand [A]dollars[/A]. Five thousand of that goes to George Mason University for [A]scholarships[/A] for students in the jazz studies program.Jim Carroll directs that [A]program[/A]. He says Jazz 4 Justice grew slowly, each year [A]becoming[/A] larger and larger. And he says all the credit really goes to Ed Weiner.JIM CARROLL: "He has done so much to help this program. He is the guy who is out there on the streets selling [A]tickets[/A], building our audience, so on and so forth."Mr. Weiner says the idea is to provide a [A]meaningful [/A]experience for the young musicians.ED WEINER: "We want to keep the focus on the students. This is part of their education and they really see that their talents can be [A]turned[/A] into very good [A]projects[/A] and doing good for the entire community."Trombone player Amy Loudin agrees.AMY LOUDIN: "It's all for a good cause, so I feel glad to be a part of that."Ed Weiner says he hopes Jazz 4 Justice can be copied in other [A]communities[/A] in Virginia and across the country.</blockquote>

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