DREW BARRYMORE, FERGIE, ALYSSA MILANO, ALFONSO RIBERIO, KIM FIELDS, DANNY PINATAURO, KIMBERLY McCULLOUGH ARE JUST A FEW OF THE KID STARS ON THE ORIGINAL KIDS RECORDING; ERIC HANSEN OF BLUE STAR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES HAS PARTNERED WITH CHILDREN OF THE WORLD TO CREATE COLLECTORS BOX SET WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY
Los Angeles CA -- The Grammy Nominated CHILDREN OF THE WORLD PROJECT singing WE ARE THE WORLD that 25 years ago helped those in Africa will re-unite TODAY FRIDAY FEB 26 at the SHERATON DELFINA HOTEL located at 530 Pico Blvd in Santa Monica for a special reunion. This reunion will be taped as part of a blu-ray / dvd release that will help raise money for kids in Haiti.
MEDIA CALL TIME IS 2:00PM
CELEBRITY ARRIVALS START AT 3:00PM
These celebrity kids (now grown up) and those who put this project together 25 years ago will get together to do fresh new interviews for this blu-ray/dvd special. TV and Radio Personality Sonny Melendrez, who created CHILDREN OF THE WORLD 25 years ago, said, "It’s going to be great to see everyone again all grown up.” The kids who are now adults are coming in from all over the U.S. to participate in this very special reunion; the taping will become a WHERE ARE THEY NOW special.
UPDATE: BELOW IS A LIST OF STARS CONFIRMED TO ATTEND FRIDAY. CERTAIN CELEBRITY NAMES CANNOT BE RELEASED IN ADVANCE DUE TO SECURITY REASONS:
1-AMY BAILEY- ALICE IN WONDERLAND - ” THE HATTRESS”, BOO BOO STEWART CO-STAR OF THE TWILIGHT MOVIES, KYLE AND CHRISTOPHER MASSEY- STARS OF COREY IN THE HOUSE, THAT’S SO RAVEN, RENEE OLMSTEAD-COSTAR OF SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER, BENJAMIN STONE 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, CASSIE SCERBO- STAR OF MAKE IT OR BREAK IT, ANDREA GABRIEL CO- STAR OF THE ABC SERIES LOST
BRANDI BURKHARDT- BROADWAY STAR OF MAMA MIA
DEREK KEELING- BROADWAY STAR OF GREASE- DANNY ZUKO
2-RASHID DUKE- CELEBRITY MUSICAL ARTIST, WRITER, PRODUCER( ORIGINAL CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
3-KYLE & CHRISTOPHER MASSEY- COREY IN THE HOUSE, THAT’S SO RAVEN
4-SHAUNICE WILSON- MUSIC STAR ( ORIGINAL CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
5-DANNY PINTAURO- WHO’S THE BOSS ( ORIGINAL CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
6-ERIC NELSEN- BROADWAY STAR OF 13
7-RENEE OLMSTEAD- SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER
8-SENATOR CURREN PRICE- CA
9-GABRIELLA RODRIQUEZ- STAR OF DAYS OF OUR LIVES
10-BOO BOO STEWART- C0-STAR OF THE TWILIGHT MOVIES
11-FIVEL STEWART- PERFORMER TOURS WITH MILEY CYRUS AND JONAS BROS
12-BENJAMIN STONE- CO-STAR OF 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
14-TAMMY TAVARES- LAS VEGAS TV SERIES & DAYS OF OUR LIVES
15-TANYA NEWBOULD- RUSH HOUR 1,2,3,
16-HAITI HARRISON- ACTRESS
17-MICHELE CUDE- ACTRESS
18-BRITTANY TINER- ACTRESS
19- MARTIKA- MUSIC STAR- ( ORIGINAL CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
20- SYLVIA KOYS- CELEBRITY ACTRESS/ CO HOST CHILDREN OF THE WORLD 25
21-SONNY MELENDREZ- CREATOR CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, TV HOST
Media is welcome to cover this special event; the celebrities will be available for interview.
CONTACT: ROGER NEAL (Co - Executive Producer, 25th Anniversary edition of Children Of The World) @ NEAL PR - 714-883-0231 or Prstarus2000@yahoo.com
Any additional stars will be given out at the event on Friday.
UPDATED PRESS RELEASE - NEW INFORMATION:
OFFICIAL WRAP PARTY TONIGHT AT CLUB TATOU - Ask for "Sandra" at CLUB TATOU text 310 874 3739 VIP WITH " We are the world " credentials to VIP RED ROOM. Club Tatou, 333 S Boylston, Downtown Los Angeles CA 90017. For directions 213 482 2000.
Los Angeles, CA -- 25 years ago the mega hit “WE ARE THE WORLD” was recorded. TV & Radio personality Sonny Melendrez had a dream of children singing that song. That dream gave Sonny the vision of having kids from around the world record it to help Africa. Sonny enlisted the talents of Roger Neal to help produce the kids version of “We Are The World” known as “THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD” PROJECT.
They enlisted George Duke to produce this special kids version of “We Are The World” which would later be nominated in the kids category for a Grammy Award. George not only produced the song but played on the music track while enlisting the support of Steve Smith (Journey), Sheila E, and Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire). This massive endeavor took over 3 months. The special recording was done with 50 kids, including child stars and children of all ethnicities. Many of the kid stars became adult superstars like: Drew Barrymore, Alyssa Milano, Fergie, Kim Fields, Danny Pintauro, Glenn Scarapelli and Alphonso Riberio, to name a few. In addition, some have become Tony Award winning Broadway stars.
Last week, when it was announced that Lionel Ritchie would produce a new version of “WE ARE THE WORLD” for Haiti, Sonny Melendrez’s phone and email started lighting up. He quickly called Roger Neal and they sprang into action. Feeling inspired to help children who are victims of the Haiti Earthquake, they have announced the 25th Anniversary Collectors Edition box set of “The Children Of The World”.
The Children Of The World Anniversary Collectors Edition box set will include the original recording of The Children Of The World “We Are The World” song from 25 years ago. The Children Of The World “We Are The World” music video has never been available to the public to own until now. Also: a CBS radio special (Original recording as the song premiered), Never before seen photos (From the day of actual recording 25 years ago), Hours of bonus video (Never before seen footage of the recording session ), Reunion footage of some of the 50 Children Of The World kids with current interviews about their memories in a Where Are They Now feature, Bonus collectors 45 record of the original recording, Current celebrities on what the WE ARE THE WORLD song means to them and how it has impacted their lives.
Director Eric Hansen of BLUE STAR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Inc. has partnered with Sonny Melendrez and Roger Neal to co-exec-produce the Anniversary Collectors Edition box set. The box set will include: Blu-Ray disc, DVD and a CD with a bonus collectors 45 record of the grammy nominated recording. Hansen said “When this project was brought to me I said YES! I knew this was history in the making and we want to share this with the world and at the same time help kids in Haiti. This is one of the most exciting projects I have been a part of, almost as exciting as talking the late Roy E. Disney into the DVD Business.”
Hansen is known by many worldwide as one of the top technologists who helped create the dvd & blu-ray disc industries. Hansen built the first independent dvd facility in the world and built the first independent blu ray disc manufacturing plant in the world. Susan Maki - music label manager for Blue Star Digital Technologies - said “This box set will have many new advances that will make this one of the most technically advanced collectors series and one of the most unusual ever made.” Hansen will make the technology both backward and forward compatible from the old style 45 single to the latest technology beginning with BD Live and more to make this great leap in forward digital technologies.
Melendrez said, ”The Children of the World Project was created to give children the opportunity to use their talent to help starving brothers and sisters in Africa. Now, 25 years later, I am proud that those precious efforts will be enhanced to positively touch lives of young earthquake victims in Haiti.”
Neal commented that "this event 25 years ago changed my life, we helped many kids in Africa and now we get to help many children in Haiti.”
The Children of the World kids, now adults, will reunite on Feb 26th at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica to do special interviews for this collector’s box set. Many of todays hot stars will also be interviewed to share what WE ARE THE WORLD means to them, and those interviews will be included in the collectors edition, these stars of today will also see the original children of the world video and hear the kids version fo WE ARE THE WORLD.
Along with Melendrez, Celebrity Actress Silvia Koys co-host the interviews that will happen during the reunion.
The Children Of The World Anniversary Collectors Edition box set will be in stores nationwide and worldwide.
Stars from the original Children of the World Project like Fergie, Drew Barrymore, Kim Fields, Alfonso Riberio, broadway stars Stephanie J Block and Lea Salonga will tape their interviews for this special blu-ray/ dvd.
Media is welcome to cover this special event; the celebrities will be available for interview.
More info is available at www.childrenoftheworldproject.
There will be a wrap party tonight at CLUB TATOU in Los Angeles (information above).
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