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Dionne Warwick Gets Honored, Taps Peabo Bryson For Children’s Benefit Show
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Pop legend Dionne Warwick is gearing up for a special performance at Manhattan’s famed Lincoln Center that will benefit US children.
Featuring special guest Peabo Bryson, the show will take place Sunday, November 19, at 7:30 PM, with proceeds going to Love Our Children USA, an organization dedicated to preventing violence against children and strengthening families.
That same evening Warwick will receive the NABFEME Shero award from the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment (NABFEME). The award is the organization’s highest honor and historically awarded to professional women “whose career achievements have opened doors, set new standards and built the foundation for the careers women in music and entertainment enjoy today.” Past honorees include Suzanne de Passe, Patti LaBelle, Valerie Simpson, Slyvia Rhone, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole and more.
The concert will see Warwick perform classic hits such as “That’s What Friends Are For,” “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Do You Know The Way To San Jose,” “Walk On By,” and “I Say A Little Prayer.” It will also be the first time Bryson and Warwick have appeared on the same bill.
Tickets range from $45 to $135. The $135 ticket price includes the post concert reception. Tickets can be purchased through CenterCharge at 212-721-6500; online at www.whiteweldconcerts.org; or at the Avery Fisher Hall box office.
In related news, Warwick’s upcoming set, My Friends and Me, is scheduled to drop in November and features a gaggle of guests including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Gloria Estefan, Toni Braxton, Cyndi Lauper, Celia Cruz, and her granddaughter Cheyenne Elliot. Warwick also appeared on the singing show Celebrity Duets and her life’s work was recently the focus of a hit musical, “Don’t Make Me Over: In Tribute to Dionne Warwick,” by Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater.
http://www.dionnewarwick.info/
www.loveourchildrenusa.org
http://www.nabfeme.org/
January 27th, 2007 at 9:19 am
thanks for your visit to ghana.
she is a diva.she deserves a lifetime award.