ONE IS GREATER THAN NONE In April 2007, eight 14 year-old girls from Long Island watched a segment on The Oprah Winfrey Show documenting the plight of children enslaved in the fishing villages of Ghana, Africa. After seeing the show, the girls were moved to take action. They started raising funds by selling handmade bracelets and necklaces in their hometown and through their website. In just one year, One is Greater Than None has raised over $100,000 and funded rescue missions for more than 18 children in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration The girls wanted to raise money, but they were equally determined to raise social awareness. Do anything. Do something. It is such a simple premise, but how easily the world could change if everyone embraced that philosophy. The girls learned that so many people wanted to help. The website, printing, legal consultation, photographers, tee shirts etc… have all been donated by people wanting to contribute in any way they can to help save the trafficked children in Ghana. Groups as well as individuals were equally appalled that children as young as four were being sold as slaves and generously became “part of the equation”. There are problems everywhere. In so many cases there are solutions. The girls are asking everyone to look around and then look inside. The answers are there. It's time to ask how can you "Be part of the equation". They are an inspiration to everyone, that anyone can make a difference no matter how limited their resources. Who would have imagined what eight 14 year-old girls could accomplish. For more information about One is Greater Than None, please visit their website at www.oneisgreaterthannone.org.
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1>0 BENEFIT CONCERT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM NYC March 20, 2009 Featuring Performances By;
WOW GRAHAM COLTON SAVING JANE TAMARAMA PUSH PLAY With Hosts:
CHRIS KOON TIFFANY GIARDINA
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Product Sponsors
CATHY’S KITCHEN
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THANK YOU TO OUR OFFICIAL SPONSORS THE MILLER FAMILY ANONYMOUS and A Special Thanks to the Following for Their Generous Donation of Time and Services: Public Relations
KERRY GILLICK-GOLDBERG
Production Services
JEFF BARKER PRODUCTIONS Backstage Management
DONNA DRAKE
Video Services
MIKE ARBOUET & LARRY STRONG Promotion
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1>0 BENEFIT COMMITTEE Nicole Borden Chairperson, Executive Board
Jamie Klaben
Nicole Zion
Executive Board
Executive Board
Committee Members Catalina Amor Kayla Barnofsky Madison Bennett Blake Breitman Lauren Brodsky Elissa Danielpour Rachel Feit Hayley Feldman Jessica Feldman Elizabeth Friedman Nicole Friend Chelsea Genden Sarah Golan Lexie Grossman
Stephanie Kornfeld Shelby Lebo Emily Magelof Samantha Malis Anjelica Mantikas Brielle Oshinsky Michelle Pandolfo Ariel Sadeghi Rebecca Stadlen Brenden Strauss Ariel Stern Nicole Tannenbaum Emily Trock Samantha Walnick
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March 20, 2009 On behalf of the entire Executive Board and the committee members, I welcome you to the 1>0 None Benefit Concert! This evening began with a simple idea. How could I, a 15 year-old high school student, combine my love of music with my interest in raising funds and awareness for a worthy cause? My friends, Nicole Zion and Jamie Klaben quickly agreed to help and it didn’t take long to realize that One Is Greater Than None was the charity we wanted to partner with. One Is Greater Than None was started approximately two years ago by a group of eight 15 year-old girls from Long Island who were inspired by an episode they watched on Oprah Winfrey depicting young children in Africa enslaved in the fishing villages of Ghana. At a cost of $4,300 per child, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was putting together rescue missions to save as many children as possible and return them to their families with a promise of food, shelter and education for 2_ years. Hoping to raise enough to save at least one child, these girls began selling handmade bracelets and necklaces wherever they could. By the end of the first year, they had also launched a clothing line and raised nearly $90,000 for use by the IOM. Nicole, Jamie and I arranged to meet with the One Is Greater Than None girls to discuss our idea and the 1>0 Benefit Concert became a reality. None of us was really sure of what exactly we’d be in for. Over the course of the past few months, Nicole, Jamie and I together with our committee members, have spent countless hours on our computers trying to make the necessary contacts and learning about production, sound, promotion and fundraising. We’ve learned how to deal with all types of personalities and can tell you the best type of tape to use to hang posters in a store window. Thanks to you and our generous sponsors, not only has tonight’s concert raised awareness and funding for One Is Greater Than None, but we also hope that other young people will be inspired to make a difference and recognize that “any contribution, no matter how small, has value”. Now, sit back and have a great time. :)
Nicole Borden Executive Board
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TIFFANY GIARDINA The 15-year-old singer/songwriter is ready to make her mark on the scene of tween rock with her fast paced, up-beat singles “Hurry Up and Save Me” and “No Average Angel,” featured on her debut full-length album, No Average Angel. The songs are also featured on the Another Cinderella Story soundtrack, starring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley. When the album hit stands, her singles went racing up the iTunes charts! Tiffany just wrapped two new music videos, directed by famed music video director Andrew Bennett, to coincide with the release of her singles. Tiffany premiered her singles this past July and August to children up and down the East Coast on a hugely successful Summer Camp Tour. She was also a featured act on three special Live Nation events alongside Keke Palmer and has also opened for the Jonas Brothers in a Disney Concert series. Tiffany also has a track on the soundtrack for Disney’s Tinker Bell, “Shine,” which was released in October of ‘08. Her recently released pop/rock CD, NO AVERAGE ANGEL, is available now in stores and online at iTunes. The fast paced, up-beat album is filled with instant hits, including the chart topping title song, a favorite request on Radio Disney! They’re songs all young teens and tweens can relate to– from boys, and summer to ups and downs, Tiffany covers it all! She’s already hot on the press trail stopping by high profile magazines such as Seventeen, Popstar!, J-14, M, Astro Girl, Quiz Fest, and Twist. Look out for features on Tiffany in upcoming issues! Past credits include Off-Broadway roles in the beloved musical, Annie, where she played Molly as well as roles in Peter Pan and The Sound of Music. She has also appeared in national commercials for Sherwin-Williams Paint, Major League Baseball, and Cheerios and in comedy sketches on Saturday Night Live and the Late Show with David Letterman. In her down time Tiffany works with the Ronald McDonald House, the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, Outreach ALS, Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation and many other charities, doing whatever she can to help their causes. For more information and to check out her music visit Tiffany on her MySpace page, www.myspace.com/tiffanygiardina.com!
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CHRIS KOON If Chris Koon could explain the last three years of his life in one word, it would be an “adventure." A small town boy-next-door with a dream to perform, Chris Koon certainly has garnered quite a bit of attention just by doing what he loves. Koon’s entertainment career began at the age of six, with a performance in a Christmas musical at his church, and he hasn’t stopped performing since. “Being from a small town, I had a lot of people tell me that I wouldn’t be able to do anything,” he says. His perseverance, hard work, and determination to be seen landed him appearances on two seasons of the hit teen drama One Tree Hill, as well as the opportunity to work alongside the casts of the massively successful shows Grey’s Anatomy and Lost. On top of all that, Chris also found work as a freelance choreographer, winning numerous accolades and awards throughout the Midwest. Chris also took home the award for “Favorite Actor” in the first annual FanGap Choice Awards, an award based on votes from visitors and fans of the hugely popular entertainment website, FanGap.com. Not limiting himself to just acting, Chris put together a live dance stage show, which he choreographed himself, and has taken on the road to stages across the country. Koon explains his show as a “fun pop/rock show with hip-hop choreography.” Chris has taken his show to stages also featuring Chris Fedun (of Jump 5), Joey Page, Katelyn Tarver, Monet Monico, TSquad, and many others. Chris also served as the opening act for a string of shows on a winter tour supporting Phil Bensen & Push Play. He has also been seen onstage with multi-platinum, Hollywood Records recording artists, Jonas Brothers. Using his platform as a known performer, Chris has opened up to TheOneLove.org by keeping up a personal blog that in turn helps benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Chris has also been involved with many other charities throughout his career, by using his time and talents to help raise money not only for suicide prevention, but for diabetes research, children’s hospitals, and much more. With a talent, passion, and drive that is like no other, Chris Koon is bound to be one of this year's biggest upcoming talents. "I just want to be able to do what I love and hopefully inspire others to do the same. It's because of all of the amazing people supporting me that my dreams are finally starting to come true, and I can't say thanks enough."
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Who is WOW you ask? WOW is a new pop super boy band that is getting ready to launch in the spring of 2009 throughout the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Australia and more. The group has just completed its album and guarantees to bring you exactly what their name stands for..... WOW. WOW consists of 5 members, 15-20 year olds; Frankie Zulferino (Staten Island, NY), Eddie Moody, (McDonald, OH), Jake Lauckern, (Auburn, NY), Michael Rechner, (Cape May, NJ) and Kyron Correia, (Fall River, MA). WOW is a group that is all about having fun, treating the fans with so much love and giving back to causes that need help. If your looking for a group that’s trying to be to cool or trying to be R&B, WOW is not that group. "The boys are all about 100% POP music, songs that you can dance too ballads you can relate to," says the group’s manager Paris DJon. WOW has already received so much support and is getting ready to do big things. But it’s not only about the music. The boys are trying to make a difference around the world by working closely with charities connected to Autism and World Hunger. They are also helping to raise awareness of charitable organizations such as One is Greater Than None and Cupcakes for Cancer. For more information and to check out their music visit WOW on their MySpace page, www.myspace.com/wowthegroup.com.
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GRAHAM COLTON "I've never felt more like myself than I have on this album. I found myself, and I finally found my voice," the singer, songwriter and guitarist Graham Colton says of his CD, Here Right Now. Stepping into his own in order to connect to his heart and artistic vision, Graham Colton has emerged with a stunning collection of pop-rock melodies, lyrics and emotions in 12 tracks that swing between love and heartbreak, trials and relief. "The last album I made with my band was heavily influenced by what we all loved listening to and the artists we toured with. Looking back, it was hard for me to identify who I was as an artist in that situation. I had to learn how to be a performer and a songwriter in my own right before I could find my true self to make the album I really wanted to, which is now completely natural and one-hundred percent honest," Colton explains. In the first single, Best Days, Colton sings, "It's a winding road/it's a long way home.” His explanation? "I think that is what the last four years have been in my life, with touring the country and playing everywhere from bars to clubs to theaters to arenas. It was all a great dress rehearsal because I feel like it took that time - and it took those relationships whether they were with girlfriends, band members or meeting other bands on the road to really find their way into these new songs." Indeed, Colton admits the grassroots elements that run throughout his music harkens back to his humble beginnings in Oklahoma City, where he grew up absorbing tidbits of his dad’s record collection. "My dad was in a 60's cover band, I used to watch them rehearse songs by The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Beatles. I liked the music, but all I wanted to do was sing with the band," he recalls. He soon got his wish at age 7, when he stood on a chair and belted out “Oklahoma” in front of a packed house. After learning to play the guitar at 12, he started writing his own songs (Colton still considers himself a songwriter first and a singer second), which led to small Saturday night gigs at a local Mexican restaurant, where Colton continued to absorb musical influences such as Counting Crows, Oasis, The Lemonheads, The Wallflowers, and R.E.M After moving to Dallas to attend Southern Methodist University, a few of the home-recorded tracks from CD’s he handed out at gigs turned up on the Internet and he started drawing a wider audience to his self-penned acoustic rock. “From there more and more people came out to the shows," says Colton, who formed The Graham Colton Band with friends he recruited to play the bigger venues his newfound popularity required. He soon drew the attention of one of his biggest influences, Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz, who got wind of Colton's following and booked the emerging act to open on six weeks of the band's 2002 college tour. A record deal with Universal Republic followed and The Graham Colton Band quickly amped up their tour experience, joining the Crows several more times and hitting the road with the likes of John Mayer, Maroon 5, Train, Kelly Clarkson and Dave Matthews Band. After three years of constant touring, Colton separated from his band and moved to Los Angeles where he spent a year writing songs and recording. In the end, he settled on what he feels are the perfect twelve. On going solo, Colton explains, "I just knew that in order for me to make the kind of album that I needed to make I needed to be one-hundred percent on my own. That is why it is so emotional. Every one of these songs is gut wrenching for me.” The contents of this emotional epiphany would prove to be the recurring thread that connects all of the songs on the album. Perhaps nothing describes the title of the album, Here Right Now, and this underlying theme better than the chorus of Best Days. ”Don’t wait/for someone to tell you its too late, Cause these are the Best Days, There’s always/something tomorrow so I say, Let’s make the best of tonight, here comes the rest of our lives.” Besides the recording of Best Days - a "huge moment," Colton says, that defined the entire direction of the album – Here Right Now also includes "Cellophane Girl," written at the age of 17 and which became one of his early Internet hits, as well as the soaring "On Your Side," a relationship-on-the-mend track showcasing Colton's flare for depicting heartbreak through the realm of hope. "The song says that it didn't work but it's okay. I'm kind of moving on and there's no regret and no hard feelings." Other memorable tracks following this framework include the anthemic "You Find A Way" and raucous "Always In Love." Although it took coming back to his roots in all senses, to go forward, he hopes his work on Here Right Now transcends the moments he used as inspiration and reflected upon. "As far as dynamics, there is a great feeling and a quiet sense of confidence that I have done it all by myself," he says. "My plan is to just kind of let it happen. Ultimately it forces me to connect with what I'm saying every time I strum these songs. I feel that I’ve honed in on what my sound is. Hopefully, it’s a sound that’s all my own."
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TAMARAMA Taking their name from a little known Australian beach where they grew up, Tamarama's Jay Lyon and Nicolas "Pottsy" Potts have nurtured a sound reflecting life on the shores of OZ. With a mix of folk, rock, and reggae rhythms, breezy melodies and easy going lyrics this new collection of songs will surely catch your attention. Tamarama is now based in New York City, far from the tranquil settings of their old stomping grounds, but their vibe has never strayed too far from the beaches at home where the memories feed the music. The new surroundings and it's diversity have helped develop their sound, broaden their influences and deepen their style, not to mention given them a solid local and celebrity following in the US.
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SAVING JANE What started out as simply a campfire song between strangers soon turned into a musical connection in the form of the Columbus, OH-based alternative pop/rock group Saving Jane. It was at this bonfire that vocalist Marti Dodson (then a junior at Ohio State University) and rhythm guitarist Pat Buzzard first met and subsequently became friends. The pair began writing songs together and when the time came to record their work, local drummer Dak Goodman was recruited to help. The trio found something in each other, and the decision was made to form an actual band. Booking their first show, they took the name Saving Jane from a cartoon Dodson had been doodling one late night at the studio. As the band slowly began making a name for itself around Columbus, an additional lead guitarist, Kris Misevski, and a borrowed bass player from Goodman's cover band rounded out the group. About a year later, tensions within the band lead to the departure of their borrowed bassist, and Jeremy Martin replaced him in 2002. Two years later, as Saving Jane found their style shifting more from acoustic roots to alternative rock, their manager insisted that Dodson's be emphasized over the rest of the band; these changes eventually led to the exit of their lead guitarist. Mike Unger filled in the guitar gap, while keyboardist Joe Cochran completed the lineup later on. Saving Jane's full-length debut, Girl Next Door, was issued in October 2005 on Toucan Cove, and the title track found the band making their debut on the Billboard charts. Next signing to Universal, the band recorded a few additional tracks for an April 2006 re-release of their debut album on Republic/Universal. The early months of 2006 also saw guitarist Unger stepping down from the band for personal reasons; Brandon Hagan joined on in his place.
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Push Play is an edgy pop rock band coming to the scene first on Long Island and reaching as far as the Midwest in cities such as Menomonee Falls, WI and Chicago, IL and as far north as Boston, MA. Comprised of four young men, this talented group has just been named Best Band on Long Island by the Long Island Press. Their newly released debut album “Deserted”, which represents all of their own material, has reached almost 30,000 fans across the globe and their iTunes release stayed in the top 100 for the first 2 weeks, which is unheard of by a unsigned band that had not begun touring outside the tristate area. This rock quartet consists of CJ Baran, lead singer, rhythm guitarist and keyboards, Steve Scarola, lead guitarist and keyboards, Nick DeTurris, bass, and Derek Ries, drummer. They are smart, charismatic and true role models. CJ Baran is a senior at St. Anthony's in S. Huntington and president of both Student Council and DECA. Steve Scarola is a member of the marching band at Garden City High and recently came back with a group from his school working to help rebuild New Orleans. Nick DeTurris is VP of Yodel Kadodel at Commack High, which is a club that raises funds for cancer victims and Derek Ries is on a full scholarship with Baruch's Honors Program as a freshman. These young men represent tomorrow’s leaders and more importantly “DOERS”. What sets them apart from the rest is quite simple: PURPOSE! Their Push Play for Purpose campaign is getting national recognition as they start to make their way to other states for one cause: to help those in need. Their philanthropic efforts through this "Purpose" tour has enabled them to raise funds for a multitude of charities including Education and Assistance Corp., Habitat for Humanity, Shared Decision, Christian Ministries, Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation, Team for Kids, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Autism Speaks, Invisible Children, Samaritan's Feet, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Disaster Relief for Hurricane Katrina victims, Habitat for Humanity, Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Relay for Life, 9 in 1, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Fight for Charity, donating money to both Friends of the Arts and Fight for Charity and performing for free at those events as well. Recently signing with Creative Artist Agency, as their agent, they plan to take the world by force, starting slowly and building a fan base across the globe with solid headlining acts. Push Play has been approached by the majors but have decided to take things into their own hands under the leadership of their management and the force behind their “Push Play for Purpose” campaign which has set them apart from other bands. In the tri-state area every show performed has been to a sold out crowd since September 2007. Only together for 2 years, this is quite a triumph for these good looking, multitalented young men.
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We thank the following for their generosity in sponsoring this event:
Gold Sponsors
THE ALTMARK FAMILY MR. & MRS. ANTHONY BORDEN MR. & MRS. WILLIAM BORDEN THE FINSTER FAMILY LAUREN, VICTOR, LOWELL, MADELEINE & REID THE RUBEL FAMILY GAIL, RICHARD, JACKIE & LAUREN NICHOLAS TIMKO, ESQ. KAHN GORDON TIMKO & RODRIQUES 20 Vesey St. Ste. 300 New York, NY 10007 (212) 233-2040 kgtrpc@aol.com
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Patrons REGINA L. DARBY, ESQ. EVAN STEEN & SHARI HELLMAN KAREN, ETHAN, MARISSA & GABE LAZAR GARY SPECTOR & DEBBIE POLEN EFFIE’S BOUTIQUE 2075 86th Street Brooklyn, New York (718) 946-0736
OCEANSIDE IRON & STEEL SUPPLY INC. 3421 Hampton Road Oceanside, NY 11572 (516) 536-4940
Contributors TERRY CARCATERRA AMIE & BOBBY FELDMAN & FAMILY THE HARKAVY-GOLDSTEIN FAMILY THE KARSON FAMILY WWW.ALLYKATZZ.COM
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ELIANE & LEE ROSEN DR. & MRS. STEVE RUCKER & FAMILY MR. & MRS. DONALD SHAEFITZ & FAMILY MYRA & ANDREW SLEPOY & FAMILY SHLOOMZ INC. AMERICAN DRIVE-IN CLEANERS 1345 Peninsula Boulevard Hewlett, NY 11557 (516) 374-3900 MORTON’S 533 Central Avenue Cedarhurst, NY 11516 (516) 569-6366
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