Lesley Francis PR has been appointed to work with the American Traditions Competition (ATC) to raise its profile in its 22^nd year. February 23-27 2015 will see the best of classic American music performed by 28 individual vocalists at the ATC as they compete for the Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation Gold Medal Award worth $12,000, representing over 25% of the total prize fund of $40,000. 

LFPR was established in Savannah in 2009 by British born CEO Lesley Francis who successfully founded, built and sold a top fifteen healthcare specialty UK PR agency - hsd communications before relocating to the USA with her American husband.  LFPR specializes in promoting local businesses and non-profit organizations, especially in the cultural arena and is delighted to now be working with the ATC.

Board Director at the ATC, Daniel Cohen said “I worked with LFPR during the Savannah VOICE Festival – they were responsible for an impressive level of publicity during its inaugural year which is set to continue in 2014.   When I introduced them to the ATC board we knew that we would benefit from their expertise in helping us to build on the ATC’s success and increase our levels of media coverage about our exciting program and singers”.