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CHILDREN'S MUSIC FUND ANNOUNCES
CHRISTMAS IN THE NORTHWEST VOLUME 7
SEATTLE - This holiday season, Children's Music Fund announces the launch of "Christmas in the Northwest 7" presented by RBC Dain Rauscher. The album highlights Christmas-themed music from an assortment of Northwest artists, in a variety of traditional styles, with net proceeds benefiting Northwest children's hospitals: Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle; Children's Miracle Network in Spokane, Wash.; and Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, Ore.
A holiday celebration concert featuring many of the CDs artists will be held at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton, Wash. on Thursday, December 9, 2004. NBC's Seattle affiliate KING 5 will broadcast the concert at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21 and again Christmas day on its sister-station KONG 6/16.
The first album launched the hit song "Christmas in the Northwest" with lyrics and music by Brenda Kutz White and has since become a Northwest classic. Music from "Christmas in the Northwest 7" includes:
- Saving Up Christmas - Loni Rose
- Christmas Time - Leah LaBell
- December Snow - Craig Linder
- On Christmas Day - Michael Tomlinson
- O Come All Ye Faithful - Aaron Meyer & Bill Lamb
- I Wonder As I Wander - Walt Wagner
- Santa Baby - Kellee Bradley
- Deck the Halls - Jeremy Cays
- Here Comes Christmas - Beau Killett
- Go Tell It on the Mountain - Michael Allen Harrison
- Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Seattle Men's Chorus
- Ave Maria - Holly J. Dunning
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Steven Ray Allen
- Surely Christmas Will Come and Go - Billy Moon
- Virgin Mary - Chad Mitchell Trio
- Oh Happy Day - Aleteena Mobley
- Christmas in the Northwest - Brenda Kutz White
Included in the album this year will be holiday discount coupons to the following Northwest museums and events: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) holiday laser show; ACT Theatre; Museum of Glass; selected performances of Seattle Symphony's "Holiday Pops; Spokane Symphony's Holiday Pops Matinee; The Museum of Flight; Seattle Post-Intelligencer subscription; Space Needle tickets; and Oregon Ballet Theater's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.
The concept for the project and Children's Music Fund originated when Steve and Debbie Lawson's daughter Alex was admitted to Children's Hospital at the age of two.
"We were so impressed with the treatment she received, we wanted to find a way to give back," said Steve Lawson, founder of Children's Music Fund, Inc. "We enlisted the help of Northwest musical artists and put together a CD featuring contemporary arrangements of original holiday songs and Christmas favorites."
Since the release of the first CD in 1985, the total net proceeds provided to Children's Hospitals have exceeded $650,000.
Children's Music Fund, Inc. (CMF) is a non-profit Washington corporation whose purpose is to raise money for Children's Hospitals through the sale of the "Christmas in the Northwest" CD series. CMF's objective is to provide funding so that every child has access to medical treatment, regardless of their family's ability to afford the cost. For more information on Children's Music Fund, Inc. and "Christmas in the Northwest 7," please visit www.christmasinthenorthwest.com.
** CD cover artwork available upon request.
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Sheet Music for the song "Christmas in the Northwest" is now available. To purchase click below!
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