SINGING SONGS ALL DAY LONG
TO BENEFIT
"SONGS FOR SKILLS" PROGRAM
FOR CHILDREN
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

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MAY 6TH, 2012 from 10 AM to 6 PM

…featuring Magical Music’s singing groups,s,
professional kids from Broadway shows:
Madeleine Rose Yen (War Horse) * Sadie Seelert (Mary Poppins)
Brianna Gentilella (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
Ashton Woerz (Priscilla Queen of the Desert)
Alison Horowitz (Sunday in the Park, Mary Poppins)
Matthew Schechter (Newsies) * Marissa O'Donnell (Shrek)
other talented young singers,
and guest appearances by adult Broadway stars:
Corey Mach (Godspell) * Jed Resnick (Avenue Q)
Jill Paice (39 Steps, Curtains) * James Moye & Randy Redd (Million Dollar Quartet)

Great entertainment ~ raffle prizes ~ auction items!
~ see below for details ~

We’ll be in Times Square and the pedestrian plaza
between 46th & 47th Streets.

Schedule Highlights on May 6th

10:00 am – 6:00 pm        Various Magical Music groups and talented children from the Tri-state area

10:00 am - 5:15 pm         Silent Auction and Raffle of Broadway tickets, exclusive backstage tours, autographed musical instruments, signed Broadway items, and much more!

10:45 am – 11:00 am       Magical Music’s Russell the Hermit Crab cast

11:20 am                Broadway Workshop, New York, NY - duet from Legally Blonde

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm        Broadway child and adult actors performing, with photo and autograph opportunities

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm New Canaan Dance Academy performing various dance styles

4:00 pm                  The Harvey School Chamber Singers, Katonah, NY

4:25 pm                  The Random Farms Kids Theatre, Elmsford, NY – Kids Who Care

4:50 pm                  The Studio Singers, New Canaan, CT

5:00 pm                   More Child Broadway actors: Ali Horowitz (Sunday in the Park with George, Mary Poppins), Sadie Seelert (Mary Poppins), and Ashton Woerz (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)

5:15 pm                    Silent Auction and Raffle ends
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Magical Music for Life Foundation is thrilled to present its first “Tunes in Times Square” benefit concert Sunday, May 6, 2012, in Times Square, between 46th & 47th Streets and Broadway, NYC. The goal of the concert is to raise awareness and funds for the production of a free, downloadable album of original songs written specifically for children with special needs, as well as to foster community spirit, understanding, and goodwill.

The event will be a sing-a-thon, where preselected, talented children will take turns singing throughout the entire day raising money from pledges they have collected ahead of time (much like running marathons raise funds). Many actors and children from past and present Broadway shows have also committed to performing, and children from the special needs community will also have the thrilling opportunity to share the microphone.

While music is magic therapy for us all, it is especially important for those with special needs. According to Barbara Crowe, past President of the National Association for Music Therapy, "Music can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness.” Studies have shown that children in the autism spectrum respond to music differently than spoken language, hence learning for these children is made easier when words are coupled with rhythm and song.

Magical Music for Life is embarking on a project to create a new collection of original songs written especially for children with special needs. The debut album is going to be centered on the theme, "A Day in the Life of a Child". The music and lyrics are designed specifically to: a) help teach social skills, motor skills, and activities of daily living; b) work on sensory desensitization for auditorily avoidant children; and c) facilitate many facets of language development. This album will become part of a library of songs created to serve the specific needs of therapists and parents in working on developing various skills and as an accessible resource for people everywhere … at no charge.

ABOUT MAGICAL MUSIC
Magical Music for Life, founded in 1999, is a nonprofit charitable organization whose mission is to produce a wide range of musical projects which deliver positive messages to children. In addition, as a way to reinforce self-confidence and further self-esteem, each of these projects is designed to enable children to perform/ participate in the professional productions. These projects are also used to generate income and awareness for children's charities across the country as well as to be performed in hospitals, Boys and Girls Clubs and inner city schools. (www.magicalmusic.org for more information)

Magical Music has produced two original family musicals (The Adventures of Zak and Russell, the Hermit Crab), which have been performed throughout the northeast, written songs for several national well-known charities and children with special needs, and performed at such prestigious venues as the White House Easter Egg Roll, The United Nations for the first World Autism Awareness Day, Shea Stadium, and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Tunes in Times Square will be Magical Music’s third benefit concert involving the participation of hundreds of children. In 2005, the Magical Music for Life produced the benefit concert One Town … One Voice which raised over $150,000 for Habitat Humanity's Katrina Relief Fund and, in 2009, it produced another One Town... One Voice concert to benefit the national, celebrity-driven charity, Stand Up to Cancer.

Invitation to bid on the 10 amazing Silent Auction items

• Trumpet signed by Harry Connick, Jr.
• Guitar signed by Paul Simon
• War Horse – Two house seats for this Tony award-winning Best Play, signed playbill, souvenir book, and backstage tour with cast member, Madeleine Rose Yen.  Good through September 2, 2012 and subject to availability.
• War Horse – Framed authentic stage prop, a page which is torn out of a sketchbook by Albert in the first act.  The tear out is then signed by the Broadway War Horse cast and becomes a limited collector's item.
• Million Dollar Quartet– Two tickets, autographed poster, cast recording of the show, and backstage tour with cast member, Roger Redd.  Good for May 7 – June 10, 2012 on Monday (8:00), Wednesday (2:30), Thursday (8:00), or Sunday (8:00) and subject to availability.
• Sister Act– Two tickets and backstage tour with cast member, Marla Mindelle.  Tickets are good for any weeknight performance through June 30, 2012 and the backstage tour is for June 15th - 30th only.  Both are subject to availability.
• Mama Mia– Two tickets, signed playbill, and backstage tour with cast member, Felicity Claire.  Good through June 30, 2012 and subject to availability.
• Avenue Q– Two tickets, signed playbill, and backstage tour with cast member, Jed Resnick.  Dates for use and expiration TBA and subject to availability.
• Four Walt Disney World Park Hopper Tickets and $50 hotel gift card – These are one day park passes good at any of Walt Disney World’s theme parks in Florida and the hotel gift card is redeemable at myhotelgiftcard.com toward a minimum two night stay at various hotels across the country, including Disney’s Grand Floridian, Contemporary Resort, Polynesian, Yacht Club, Boardwalk Inn and Animal Kingdom Lodge.  The passes are good through February 17, 2014 and the hotel gift card has no expiration date.
• 1 Minute & 16 Bars – An audition and coaching session for 1 Minute & 16 Bars for one teenager age 13 – 18 years old.  Together with two TUNES prize winners, the auction winner will meet in a studio in NYC for a voice and acting coaching session with professional singers / actors and then audition for 1 Minute & 16 Bars (bringing a 1 minute monologue and 16 bar song).  Audition will most likely be a Sunday determined by the director of the program and subject to mutual availability.

1 Minute & 16 Bars aims to create a new, more positive concept in reality programming by giving young adults the opportunity to show their talent as they audition for a program in a Performing Arts high school, camp, show, or college.  Presently, webisodes are available online and the producers hope to produce new episodes for a major TV network in the future.  If chosen for an episode, you will be contacted by the producer and go back to NYC for two Sundays where you will receive several hours of free acting and voice coaching as you are videotaped, photographed, etc. for the web/tv series.  
If you or any of your friends are interested in bidding on any of these silent auction items, please contact Lee Ann at  lamistretta@me.com or fax form to 203-972-0197.  Give her the item(s) of interest, maximum bid (we will place bids up to that point), credit card information, and contact information; see attached auction / raffle form.  Winners will be notified on May 8th.

Try your luck for your choice of these 10 must-have Raffle items

• Memphis– Two tickets for this Tony award-winning Best Musical, signed playbill, and backstage tour with cast member, Kevin Massey.  Good for May 10 – June 21, 2012 on Tuesday – Thursday evenings and subject to availability.
• Porgy & Bess– Two tickets.  Good through June 10, 2012 on Tuesday (7:00), Wednesday (2:00 & 8:00), and Thursday (8:00).  Tickets are subject to blackout dates and availability.
• Signed Anything Goes Broadway display poster
• Signed Godspell playbill
• Framed signed Addams Family playbill and photograph
• War Horse canvas bag andsigned poster
• Newsies backstage tour and photo op with cast member, Kara Lindsay.  This is subject to availability.
• Behind the Emerald Curtain and $5 off coupon for Madame Tussauds wax museum – Two tickets for Behind the Emerald Curtain, which is run by cast members of Wicked and at the Gershwin Theatre Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.  Good until May 5, 2013 and subject to availability.
• American Girl Doll – “Julie” with extra accessories 
• 1 Minute & 16 Bars – An audition and coaching session for 1 Minute & 16 Bars for one teenager age 13 – 18 years old.  Together with two TUNES prize winners, the auction winner will meet in a studio in NYC for a voice and acting coaching session with professional singers / actors and audition for 1 Minute & 16 Bars (bringing a 1 minute monologue and 16 bar song).  Audition will most likely be a Sunday determined by the director of the program and subject to mutual availability.

1 Minute & 16 Bars aims to create a new, more positive concept in reality programming by giving young adults the opportunity to show their talent as they audition for a program in a Performing Arts high school, camp, show, or college.  Presently, webisodes are available online and the producers hope to produce new episodes for a major TV network in the future.  If chosen for an episode, you will be contacted by the producer and go back to NYC for two Sundays where you will receive several hours of free acting and voice coaching as you are videotaped, photographed, etc. for the web/tv series. 

If you or any of your friends are interested in purchasing raffle tickets ($5 each) for any of these exciting items, please contact Lee Ann at lamistretta@me.com or fax form to 203-972-1326.  In this raffle, you specify which raffle items you want to try to win.  Give Lee Ann the item(s) of interest, number of tickets to be entered for that item, credit card information, and contact information; see attached auction / raffle form.  Winners will be notified on May 8th.