1.   Hefner has been sponsoring jazz festivals at the Bowl for years now.

2.   Only two of those groups are from middle schools, said Steve Keim, Carnegie coordinator for Field Studies International, the group that is sponsoring the festival.

3.   Rangel, who was listed as one of those sponsoring the festival, has been working hard to dissociate himself.

4.   The bowl was in financial trouble after it sponsored a festival that flopped badly.

5.   The annual Dia de Muertos festival is sponsored by the Mexican Center of Atlanta and the Consul General of Mexico.

6.   The festival is sponsored by the Indo-American Arts Council, whose director, Aroon Shivdasani, says it is the first such festival in North America.

7.   The festival is sponsored by Philip Morris Co.

8.   The festival is sponsored by the Gloucester Seafood Festival Committee, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, local fishermen, processors, restaurants, and others.

9.   When the Yeltsin government sponsored a lavish circus festival on Red Square, Nikulin was quick to criticize it as a triumph of hype over art.

10.   And Minnesota-based credit card issuer Metris Cos. plans to sponsor Cinco de Mayo festivals, part of its aggressive marketing to Hispanic customers.