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Contest that Could Net Cranston East Band $50,000 Ends Today

The Cranston East band needs your vote. They're in the running for up to $50,000 in the Glee Give a Note contest, which ends today.

Time is running out! Today is the last day to vote!

The music program at Cranston High School East needs the community's support. All they ask is you click and watch a video.

The school's music department is vying for some of the $1 million that will be doled out by the Glee Give a Note donation program this year. Ryan Murphy, creator of GLEE and the National Education for Music Education teamed up to form the GLEE Give a Note "to fight for struggling programs all across the country," according to the foundation's website.

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Follow the link to view their submission video and you can help the music program win up to $50,000.

Cranston East is the only Rhode Island school in the competition.

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