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Long Beach, CA - July 25, 2000 - Long Beach Culture.org [http://www.longbeachculture.org] today announced that they had been notified as winners of the Golden Web Award. The Golden Web Award is presented to those sites whose web design and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition.

LBC has been chosen by the International Association of Web Masters and Designers as part of a select few to have won the prestigious Webmaster Award. After review of the LBC website, their staff of judges has found LBC to be in the TOP 2% of all the websites they've reviewed. Of the thousands of websites they review every month, their staff believes the LBC web site to have exceptional graphics as well as unique and interesting content.

"Were absolutely delighted about receiving this award. We've worked pretty hard to make LBC a place of value for its members. This award certainly confirms that we're on the right track," said Richard Bergér, Director of Relations at LBC. "Our membership has boomed and we've added some really great functionality to help the members out. The judges must've seen that and considered that in their review of the site," highlighted Bergér.

Lorenzo Gigliotti, Technical Director at LBC is very proud of the award and muses, "this is great!. We've been at this for about a year and to get this kind of recognition feels great. Our members should be proud too!"

The Long Beach Culture.org web site is located @ http://www.longbeachculture.org and has more than 135 unique artists and is a free source for local events and entertainment.

About Long Beach Culture.org

Long Beach Culture.org is a free service that empowers musicians, artists, and actors to promote themselves and their events. Event and Artist information is completely searchable, allowing fans of the Arts to easily find anything they're looking for. New features are being integrated all the time, including 'Chat!' - a message board for the free exchange of ideas and information, GigWatchsm - a free tool that allows Members to receive automatic, personalized e-mail notifications of their favorite artists' event postings, and LBC Radiosm - an Internet radio station with a 24-hour stream of pre-recorded songs from LBC member musicians.

Interested supporters, potential partners and prospective artists are encouraged to contact Long Beach Culture.org, or visit the web site at www.longbeachculture.org for additional information.

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