FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2007
Media contacts:
Alex Rosenstein/Steve Lawson
Children’s Music Fund, Inc.
(206) 954-6688 / (206) 954-3888
alex@friendlyvoice.com / steve@friendlyvoice.com
Children’s music fund launches
Christmas In The Northwest radio
Streaming Christmas in the Northwest Songs 24-Hours a Day
SEATTLE – Children’s Music Fund, Inc. is proud to announce the official launch of Christmas in the Northwest Radio now streaming online at www.christmasinthenorthwest.com.
“We were looking for a fun new way to promote the amazing Christmas in the Northwest artists and all 10 of our CDs,” said Steve Lawson, Executive Producer. “Our goal is to sell CDs and raise money for Children’s Hospitals in the Northwest. There’s no better way to ensure airplay than to operate the radio station!”
Just as he did when the Christmas in the Northwest project began in 1985, Lawson called on his industry buddies for help. Radio personalities such as Mike West (formerly of KMTT-FM), Christy Lynn (formerly of KJR-FM), Will Johnson and Tom McCarthy of KRWM-FM and Dan Murphy of KIXI-AM pitched in to record imaging messages for the station.
The station programs the collection of tracks from all 10 Christmas in the Northwest CDs. It has the feel of an AC station, with continuous music and no commercials.
A link to Christmas in the Northwest Radio is available at www.christmasinthenorthwest.com.
The newest CD in the collection, Christmas in the Northwest 10, presented by RBC Dain Rauscher, is now available at retail locations throughout the Northwest including Amazon.com, Bartell Drugs, Borders Books & Music, Fred Meyer Music, Silver Platters and many more.
Christmas in the Northwest 10 features Kirkland resident and Grammy nominee Stacie Orrico. Discovered at the age of 12, Orrico sold more than 3.4 million albums worldwide by the time she was 18 years old. Orrico’s song, “Blessed in the Northwest” is considered this year’s anthem, incorporating lyrics from the chorus of Brenda White’s 1985 classic song “Christmas in the Northwest”.
The previous nine albums and CDs have featured Northwest artists like Dave Matthews Band, Harvey Danger, Heart, Pete Droge, LeRoy Bell, Kenny G and the Steve Miller Band.
Christmas in the Northwest 10 also features “I Wanna Be Blake, I Wanna Be Sanjaya” a fun, original tune saluting our Northwest “American Idol” finalists Blake Lewis and Sanjaya Malakar. The CD also includes an all new arrangement of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” performed in six different languages by 1st through 4th graders at Cougar Ridge Elementary School in the Issaquah School District.
Net proceeds from the sale of the CDs benefit the following hospitals: Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle; Children’s Miracle Network in Spokane, Wash.; The St. Charles Foundation in Bend, Ore. and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Ore. Since the release of the first CD in 1985, the total net proceeds that have been provided to children’s hospitals have reached approximately $750,000.
The concept for Christmas in the Northwest 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. They created this project as a way to give back to the hospital that treated her.
Children's Music Fund, Inc. is a Washington State 501 (c) (3) corporation whose purpose is to raise money for Northwest children's hospitals through the sale of the Christmas in the Northwest CD series. For more information about Children’s Music Fund and the Christmas in the Northwest series or to listen to song samples from previous albums, please visit www.christmasinthenorthwest.com or www.myspace.com/christmasinthenorthwest.
** CD and cover art available by request.
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