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Facts on The Opera Beggars

Friday, Feb. 7, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

RELEASE PARTY: Help them celebrate their "Electromotive" compact disc on Feb. 15 at Champagne Cafe, 3557 S. Maryland Parkway. Call 737-1699 for time and information.

CD AVAILABILITY: "Electromotive" and "Cough" are on sale at most local record stores.

TALK TO THEM: You can contact the Opera Beggars via e-mail (obeggar @ aol.com), Voice Mail (226-8485) and their future website (www.geocities.com/~operabeggars).

RADIO-ACTION: Although it isn't in active rotation, KXTE 107.5-FM ("X-treme radio") has played "Uncurled," a cut from "Electromotive," on its Sunday night "It Hurts Till I Pee" show.

OPERA BEGGARS?: Guitarist Mike Hall coined the name when he was visiting his brother in San Francisco and saw a woman singing opera for money on a street corner.

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