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(copied and pasted from a Roper newsletter)

Dear Friends of Roper

We are very proud to announce that Roper’s debut CD is now in stores
everywhere and you guys were a big part of making that happen! The
ball campaign was a HUGE success and not only caught the interest of
the retailers but helped us blow away EMI’s first month shipment
goal.

We could really use your help this week in getting EMI to make Roper
a priority for this fall. As you remember, the challenge they gave us
was to sell 3,500 CDs the first week, which according to the head guy
would put us “high on their radar” but he doesn’t think we
can do it.

You guys have been AMAZING in supporting Roper for the last several
months and we are very grateful for that. If we could ask you one
more favor you would officially be our best friends.

We want to tell as many people as we can that the Roper CD is now in
stores and that it would help us a ton if they bought it the first
week – by this Sunday. Send emails to your friends, post messages on
boards, make announcements… anything you can think of. We would
greatly appreciate your help this week!

You can let your friends know that Roper’s “Brace Yourself for
the Mediocre” is available at Christian bookstores, Best Buy,
Wal-Mart, mall stores, Tower Records, Amazon.com and tons of other
places where music is sold. The first week sales numbers starts today
and ends Sunday! We’ll get a report next Wednesday and hopefully
we’ll get EMI’s full attention.

In closing, I would also like to invite all of you to the final 30
shows of the fall tour. The current list of cities we are playing can
be found at www.roperisdumb.com or www.itickets.com. We are having a
BLAST on tour and love hanging out with all our friends.

Thanks again for all your help and support for Roper and for helping
us get the word out about the new CD. We truly think we have the
best fans in the world.

Sincerely,

Frank, Roper and the 5 Minute Walk Family