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Brennan, who got the idea for such a facility from Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation, said kids will be able to take their musical creations with them. "We're going to be able to mix all that stuff live," he said. "So when they go home, they'll have a CD or MP3, or their parents will be able to log on to the website, put in their kids name and their password and see where they're at in their lessons and see any live performances." Karen Fogas, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire, said the organization's more than 400 members are excited about the upcoming opportunity. She received a call recently from a mother of middle school boy with Asperger's syndrome who's small for his age and often gets bullied, but he has a brilliant ear for music. "That could be life-changing for that boy," Fogas said. Brennan operated Minnesota's Blitz Ballroom rock club in the late '80s, and he said he's made a lot of great contacts in the entertainment business. He "called in every favor I've ever had" for the academy's opening, with Thursday night featuring an all-star lineup of Cooper, Krieger, Bach and Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer of Kiss. "They're doing Kiss songs, they're doing Doors songs with Alice signing the parts of Jim Morrison, they're doing a full Alice Copper set, and they're topping it off with a little Skid Row," Brennan said. "What a show."
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