ZanaFest 2009

Click here to learn about the ZanaFest 2009 Youth Talent Search. The winner will have an opportunity to perform at this year's Music Festival.

ZanaFest

The mission of ZanaFest is to support the Richard D. Zana Memorial Fund, of the Beaver County Foundation, a 501(C)(3) Community Foundation. The purpose of the fund is to provide music scholarships for talented area students and to benefit cancer research.

Please support and join us as we celebrate a man who taught us all how to enjoy life through music. He brought joy and laughter to all who knew him and is deeply missed.

For further questions, please contact Greg Paul at (724)266-5559, e-mail: g.a.paul@att.net or Mary Pam Kilgore (412)854-4827, e-mail: kilgorebusiness @comcast.net.

In Memory Of Richard D. Zana

Richard Zana was born in Tarentum, PA on August 6, 1940 and graduated in 1958 from Leechburg High School. He received his B.S. in Music Education in 1962 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and his Masters in Music Education in 1964 from Duquesne University. Mr. Zana passed away on July 13, 2008 after a long battle with cancer.

He taught music in the Ambridge Area School District for 38 years both as a choir and band director and retired in 2000. Mr. Zana was the founder of the Ambridge Area High School Steel Drum program, which continues to this day. A member of the barbershop chorus, King Beaver Barbershoppers, he also sang in a quartet. Additionally, Mr. Zana directed and coached the Sweet Adeline’s.

The official registration and the financial information of the Richard D. Zana Memorial Fund of the Beaver County Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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