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For Immediate Release
Contact David Sharp: dsharpwriter2@yahoo.com

April 22, 2008

SUBJECT: WAMA's congeniality award given to malevolent bully

Wammie recipient linked to bomb threat against veterans' organization

On Sunday, February 17, 2008, the Washington Area Music Association
(WAMA) gave Ron Goad a Wammie award for being the "most supportive of
Washington music." Since the award, an e-mail sent by Mr. Goad has
emerged that portrays him as a malevolent bully. (See e-mail below,
with expanded headers. Ref. Message # 1)

A series of e-mails also link Mr. Goad to a bomb threat against a
veterans' organization. Mr. Goad is a board member of Songwriters
Association of Washington, DC, a sister organization to WAMA. The
president of SAW was investigated by the Montgomery County Police for
inciting the stated bomb threat.

In the referenced e-mail, Mr. Goad made the following vulgar comment
local musician, Dave Sharp: "The proper way for you to position your
pinky is up your butt." Mr. Goad also called Mr. Sharp a "bumpkin
redneck" and issued a warning to Mr. Sharp: "You never know who you
might piss off, how stable they are, or how they might react, do
you?... It'll be fun for me, and then I can critique your performance
and let you know how good you really are so that you may improve." The
harassing e-mail from Mr. Goad to Mr. Sharp is dated October 17, 2007.

Shortly thereafter, Mr. Sharp received an anonymous e-mail from
someone who threatened to blow up the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in
Wheaton, Maryland if Mr. Sharp did not cancel a scheduled performance
with his musical group, the American Hot Club Band, at the Wheaton VFW
on October 20, 2007. The anonymous bomb threat e-mail is dated October
18, 2007. (See e-mail below, with expanded headers. Ref. Message # 2).

Mr. Sharp forwarded both e-mails to the Montgomery County Police who
conducted an investigation.

The Wammie awards are Washington, DC's version of the Grammy awards,
except few non-musicians have ever heard of Wammies. Last February,
Wammie awards were handed out at the State Theater in Falls Church,
Virginia. Tickets to the awards ceremony were $18.00 for WAMA members
and $25.00 for non-members. WAMAs claim the February 2008 Wammie
Awards was their 22nd ceremony.

What is WAMA?
WAMA has a website (http://www.wamadc.com) which describes the
organization and its mission as follows:

"WAMA is a non-profit tax exempt organization of music industry
professionals committed to raising the profile of the region's diverse
music community. WAMA's main goal is to promote Washington area music
in general and to achieve national recognition of the region as an
important center for live and recorded music. Just as the nation's
capital is comprised of a rich cross section of cultures, WAMA's
membership embraces all musical styles from classical, bluegrass, go-
go, R&B, and reggae, to rock, jazz and folk. In short, WAMA is an
umbrella organization of musicians, concert promoters, lawyers,
recording engineers, managers, graphic artists, and related businesses
working together to address areas of common concern."

Mike Schreibman is the president of the WAMA. Other nominees for
WAMA's congeniality award were as follows: Damian Einstein, Mary
Cliff, Richard Harrington, David Eisner, Loralyn Coles, Ronnie
Newmeyer and Wayne Kahn

A detailed account of the bomb threat incident is in the following
article:

"SAW president investigated for inciting bomb threat against Veterans
group."
http://www.akajohnadams.com/SAW.htm

More information about WAMA's congeniality award to Ron Goad is in the
following article:

"WAMA's 08 congeniality award given to malevolent bully"
http://www.akajohnadams.com/WAMA.htm

The SAW article contains links to 32 e-mails, from October 12 through
October 26, 2007, exchanged among officers of SAW, the Montgomery
County Policy, Ron Goad, Dave Sharp and others regarding the October
20th, 2007 performance by the American Hot Club Band at the Wheaton
VFW and the related bomb threat.

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Message # 1: From Ron Goad to Dave Sharp on Oct. 17, 2007. (Private e-
mail)

Synopsis: Mr. Goad goes ballistic on Mr. Sharp and makes numerous
personal, and vulgar, insults simply because Mr. Sharp stated that he
thinks Bill Mulroney is a terrible performer. He calls Sharp a
"bumpkin redneck" and tells him to put his "pinky up his butt." Goad
warns Sharp not to "piss off" the wrong person because they might
react in an unstable manner. He insinuates he might show up at Sharp's
gig and heckle his band, or worse.

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