Truckee, CA (May 18, 2007) - The KidZone Museum of Truckee is proud to announce the release of "Tahoe Locals - volume 1," the first release from the Locals CD Project, showcasing this area's amazing local artists.  The CD can be found at the KidZone Museum, its satellite children's boutique "The KidZone Treasure Chest," from local merchants, and online (either as a CD or digital download).  Details on the CD itself as well as where to buy your copy can be found on the Project's website, locals.kidzonemuseum.org.
 
In perhaps an update of the old movie plot ("Hey, we can put on a show right here to raise money for the kids!"), artists throughout the Tahoe area have donated their work for this compilation CD, and all profits go to funding the KidZone Children's Museum.  Although the production effort behind the disc is from the KidZone, the music on the disc itself is hardly "kids' stuff."  It reflects the sort of sounds you'd hear from the local artists at the shows around town, featuring original music from stages large and small throughout the Lake Tahoe area.  There is quite a variety of music to be heard: from straight-ahead rock to shades of urban, alternative and acoustic.  It's all good, all original, and all local. 

Anyone who lives in the Tahoe area or visits with an ear to the sounds around them knows that there is a thriving local music scene here.  Whether it's concerts in parks, beach-fronts, resorts, festivals, bars, clubs, or headline stages, there seems to be music everywhere you go.  What has been lacking was a place for the uninitiated to work their way in - to find a way to begin their journey through the variety of music being produced here.  The KidZone has stepped-in to fill this void.  

Why has the KidZone undertaken a Locals CD Project?  Partly because it simply needed to be done, and the KidZone is a great cause for the community to rally-around, but also to stress how music itself is so central to any child's enrichment.  Music is one of the earliest ways children learn to communicate, and yet it is often overlooked or taken for granted later in life.  Throughout our whole lives, art has the ability to communicate with us directly on an emotional level - moving us both to dance and to cry - in a way that words alone simply cannot.  Music comes in many forms, with a tremendous variety even in the small corner of the world we call home, and that alone is something to celebrate.
 
Children's museums facilitate learning through play, interaction and exploration.  The KidZone Museum of Truckee is a small-but-growing, non-profit children's museum, incorporating experiences which are unique to the Tahoe area.  Like other children's museums throughout the US, the KidZone is enjoying a surge in popularity as families have begun to take-to-heart the notion that education is best-served when it is not confined to a classroom.  Truckee's KidZone is always exploring ways to increase their positive impact on children and families, and is currently working with the community to plan an expansion into a larger facility.
 
Take an audio vacation in Tahoe anytime, and help our community to continue improving our efforts in serving children.  For more information, call 530.587.KIDS(5437), or visit kidzonemuseum.org.