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XM Satellite Radio to Sponsor Grand Concert at Home Entertainment 2005 Show to Benefit the Elf Foundation

Medeski Martin & Wood to Headline Evening Performance

April 4, 2005 - New York City, NY

The Home Entertainment Show, scheduled to take place in NYC April 28-May 1, is less than four weeks away! Throughout the Show, ticket holders can experience the finest consumer electronics and convergence products on the planetóPLUS enjoy a variety of live music performances by popular jazz, folk, rap,blues, and classical music recording artists.

A benefit concert sponsored by XM Satellite Radio will be held Friday, April 29, at 8:00 p.m. with a headline performance by improvisational jazz-funk ensemble Medeski Martin & Wood. Tickets to this special concert are available at www.mooreatix.comóproceeds to benefit the Elf Foundation (www.elfsystems.org).

Recently nominated for two Jammy awards, Medeski Martin & Wood offer up a unique brand of organ-trio jazz-funk. Keyboard player John Medeski, bass guitarist Chris Wood, and drummer Billy Martin are Brooklyn boys at heart, their 2004 album, End of the World Party, is considered their catchiest to date and was written entirely by the band and studio legend John King, of the Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys). To learn more, visit www.mmw.net.

The concert will also include a live auction of audio and video equipment donated by HE2005 Show exhibitors. The auction and concert proceeds will benefit the Elf Foundation, a non-profit charity that brings music and films to children experiencing extended stays in hospitals across the country.

Open to the Public, The Home Entertainment 2005 Show is a consumer-electronics showcase featuring the latest in audio, home theater, HDTV, digital music, imaging, and convergence products. Show attendees can check out the XM CafÈ Stage, the Digital Music Lounge, attend free seminars, enjoy live music, attend a DLP movie screening sponsored by Samsung and Texas Instruments, and demo hundreds of components and equipment from such industry-leading manufacturers as Acoustic Research, Belkin, Faroudja, Hewlett-Packard, Outlaw Audio, Naim, PolkAudio, Paradigm, Sennheiser, Samsung, Silicon Optix, TTE/Thomson Consumer Electronics, Wilson Audio, and more. Visit www.he2005.com for a complete list of exhibitors.

The Home Entertainment 2005 Show is sponsored by PRIMEDIA's Home Technology and Photography Group:ConnectedGuide.com, Home Theater, Petersen's PHOTOgraphic, Shutterbug, Stereophile, and UltimateAVmag.com.

About The Elf Foundation
The Elf Foundation was founded in July of 2001, with the express mission of creating private entertainment theaters ñ 'Rooms of Magic' - for childrenís hospitals, autism centers, shelters for abused kids, and terminally-ill hospices for children across the country. Operating as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit charity, the foundation acts as a catalyst within the consumer electronics industry and in local communities to advance their mission of bringing the magic of music and film to special kids in a time of need. To date, The Elf Foundation has opened over 50 'Room of Magic' theaters in the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit www.elfSystems.org.