TCS Sponsors The Voice Contestants in Concert

 

Refinement Records announces summer concert tour for three 2013 Utah contestants of

“The Voice;” Tour and just added a stop in St. George on June 28; Ryan Innes, Amy Whitcombe and Midas Whale will join forces on stage.

St. George, UT, June 5, 2013 — Three Utah contestants who made it past the battle round of the popular national TV talent show “The Voice,” will head out on a summer concert tour sponsored by Refinement Records, a new artist development company in Draper. The three – Ryan Innes, Amy Whitcomb and the group Midas Whale – will make stops in Safford, Arizona, June 13, Provo, Utah, June 14 and Rexburg, Idaho June 15, then on to St. George, Utah on June 28 at 7:00PM in the Cox Auditorium. Atlantic Records band, Fictionist will also appear.

Adam Reader, president and founder of Refinement Records, said the tour idea was hatched with Sammy Schultz, VP of Artist Management, to bring these talented musicians closer to their fan base and catch the excitement the three created during national broadcasts of “The Voice.” Schultz has worked with all three of theses artists many times over the last few years. Reader said, “Sam is an amazing promoter and has put on a multitude of concerts all over.”

“We have remarkable musical talent in Utah that are getting national recognition,” said

Reader. “To see three contestants from the state compete so well with others across the country on “The Voice” is just another acknowledgement that there’s something very special here. I believe that Utah has the ability to be what Seattle was in the early 90s – a musical haven for great acts that will have a national following.”

The concert will be held at the Cox Auditorium located on the campus of Dixie State University. Tickets are on sale at the Dixie Ticket Box Office and online at http://dixiestatetickets.com. For more details go to www.refinementrecords.com.  This concert is being sponsored by TCS Advertising & Public Relations, Dixie Ophthalmologic Specialists at Zion Eye Institute, Findlay Kia, Blake Bench with First Colony Mortgage, Dixie State University Cultural Arts, and STGNews.com.

About Refinement Records

Refinement Records is a 360-degree artist development company offering services in voice, recording, songwriting, video production, image and marketing. Headquartered in Draper, Utah, the fully-equipped facility includes a sound room, recording studio, video room, workshop spaces and a stage. Founded one year ago by Adam Reader and Patrick Coffin, head of production. With Sammy Schultz, VP of Artist Management, Refinement Records has been promoting Utah artists and bands with album development, videos, press kits, live concerts and appearances.

TCS ANNOUNCES NEW PR & CREATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR

The St. George-based agency, Tenney Clemons and Saarelainen (TCS) Advertising & Public Relations announces the hiring of local writer, producer and communications specialist Melynda Thorpe Burt.

Founder of Melynda Creative, Thorpe Burt has been working in St. George serving the public relations and marketing needs of local businesses and organizations since 2009. Prior to moving to St. George, she worked as creative services director at Utah Valley University and served as a communications adjunct faculty and internship coordinator from 2002-2009.

Thorpe Burt serves on the DOCUTAH International Film Festival organizing committee and Heart Walk Foundation Gala Committee. Formerly, she has served on the UVU Rebranding Image Committee, Utah Ballet Board of Directors, and the Springville Museum of Art Board of Directors.

“This is where the boss’s quote goes about we’re excited and what she brings to the table kind of thing …”

Last September, Thorpe Burt traveled to south Peru to write and film a documentary about the plight of the indigenous Q’ero Tribes of the Andes Mountains. Found on the brink of starvation in 2003, Thorpe Burt’s work chronicles the phenomenal tale of how southern Utah’s Tim and Penelope Eicher of Dammeron Valley have spent a decade working to help the Q’ero build trout farms, greenhouses and schoolhouses and to become self-sustaining in their beloved high mountain homeland.   

Thorpe Burt is recipient of several national communications awards including Paragon Award for Best Feature Article in Nation by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations at Chicago, Ill., Excellence in Alumni Magazine Publications by NCMPR at Costa Mesa, Calif., and

Excellence in Creative Marketing Materials by CASE (Council for the Advancement of Secondary Education) at Costa Mesa, Calif. After graduating from Brigham Young University, she began her career at Fleishman-Hillard International Public Relations Agency in New York City and has traveled the internationally writing and publishing for magazines and news organizations. 

TCS Advertising and Public Relations is a full-service marketing company located in St. George, Utah. With a team of professionals with vast marketing backgrounds and expertise, TCS aims to help the local business community grow by applying effective and efficient advertising and integrated brand, identity and promotion techniques.