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• Top vendors honored at annual meeting: West Music.(RETAILER UPDATE)

  - 2008-09-01

  WEST MUSIC COMPANY recognized several of its top business partners at a recent employee meeting. This year's honorees were Will Schmid of World Music Drumming for Business Partner of the Year, Kaman Music Corporation for Vendor of the Year for Overall Excellence, and Andrea Pelloquin of...

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• West music parking lot jam spurs sales.(RETAILER UPDATE: NEWS FROM THE RETAIL FRONT LINES)

  - 2008-08-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WEST MUSIC HOSTED the fourth annual "Parking Lot Jam" June 21 outside its Moline, Illinois, store. More than 30 bands featuring local music students performed their favorite songs from a variety of genres as diverse as the students themselves. Local musicians,...

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• Showtime Utah! entertains with Old West music, show

  - 2008-07-02

  PLEASANT GROVE -- Parley may be a stereotypical sidekick kind of cowboy but he's still amusing. He's also a big part of the Old West Dinner Adventure entertainment at Showtime Utah! playing three nights a week. Parley -- otherwise known as Drew Keddington, the show's producer...

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• West Music Recalls Egg-Shaker Toy Instruments Due to Choking and Aspiration Hazards.

  - 2008-02-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2008-CPSC: West Music Recalls Egg-Shaker Toy Instruments Due to Choking and Aspiration HazardsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07022008 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary ...

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• Kanye West, Evel Knievel settlement announced in trademark suit days before daredevil's death

  - 2007-12-17

  Just days after it was announced that motorcyle icon Evel Knievel and Kanye West settled a trademark lawsuit over a West music video, the 69-year-old iconic daredevil died. Knievel and West had met at his Clearwater, FL, condo recently. They settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's...

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• West Music delivers historic Steinway to Iowa Capital.(RETAILER UPDATE)

  - 2007-02-01

  WEST MUSIC OF Coralville, Iowa, has donated an 1878 Steinway & Sons grand piano to the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum. The piano is valued at $73,200. The 1,500-pound antique piano is the latest piece to be added to the collections at Old...

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• West Music to add early childhood product line.

  - 2005-02-23

  By Dave Dewitte, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 23--CORALVILLE -- West Music Co. plans to build a new $4.3 million fulfillment center in Coralville's WesCor Business Park in conjunction with plans for a new...

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• Steve West West Music Coralville, IA.(Retailers Assess The Challenge Of A Changing Market)

  - 2004-05-01

  Channels of distribution are blurring and the market is hyper-competitive. However, through it all. Steve West of West Music in Coralville, Iowa, says the public's interest in music making is not only alive and well but growing. As proof, he points to his store's recent hosting...

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• West Music buys Simons of Moline.(Acquisitions)

  - 2004-03-01

  WEST MUSIC COMPANY, based in Coralville, Iowa, has acquired Simon's Music in nearby Moline, Illinois. John Simon, former owner of Simons, will continue with the company on a part-time basis as director of institutional sales. With the acquisition of Simon's, West Music now operates...

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• DEATHS.

  - 1999-03-01

  RIKURO HIYAMA Founder of Japan Music Trades RIKURO HIYAMA, founder of The Japan Music Trades, Japan's leading trade publication, died on February 7 after an 8-month battle with stomach cancer. He was 82 years old. The son of a Japanese government official,...

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