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“HOPE – the Obama Musical Story” World Premiere

HOPE-Musical — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:43:27 +0000

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“HOPE - the Obama musical story” celebrates its world premiere on 17 January 2010!The venue Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt will experience a sound it has never heard before: formed to a huge percussion ensemble, the audience accompanies US president Barack Obama on his successful way into the White House. The event organizer MOVE GmbH promises a double world premiere: at the premiere of “HOPE – the Obama Musical Story” on Sunday, 17 January at 8:00 pm, the audience will rhythmically participate on specially developed percussion chairs – for the first time ever worldwide. “Hope is the first interactive musical of a new generation”, says musical producer Roberto Emmanuele, CEO and creative director of Move GmbH based in Bad Soden. “This is an enormous sound and a great musical experience for the audience.”

The musical stages two moving and exciting stories in parallel plots. The audience looks behind the scenes of the presidential election in 2008 and follows the career of the present US president Barack Obama. The main character is presented less on a political level, but rather as an emotional person who fights for a new, more forgiving and peaceful world and a better future. At the same time, the viewer experiences the societal events from the point of view of a multi-cultural apartment-sharing community in Chicago. Caused by the prevailing tight political and economic situation, societal and social frictions and emotions arise. The people are given new hope by the new spirit of the age.

Author and composer Randall Hutchins works with the best Afro-American singers and actors of the German musical scene. He produces inter alia for “The very Best of Black Gospel”, “Musical the Gift” and he participated in “Starlight Express” as a musician. In “HOPE”, he combines an affectionately arranged mix regarding taste and aesthetics of different music styles in the field of Pop, Soul, Gospel, HipHop and Rock. The diversified mixture of catchy melodies electrifies the audience right from the beginning. Undoubtedly, the songs have what it takes to become hits.

For “HOPE”, 30 world-class artists, singers, dancers and actors perform on stage. They participate in the production with great enthusiasm and dedication. “The spirit of the show is carried by the spirit of the entire team”, praises the producer Roberto Emmanuele. Della Miles and Jimmie Wilson, known as the dream duo of the Michael Jackson musical “Sisterella”, as well as Dynelle Rhodes, the original lead singer of the Weather Girls, join the cast as soloists. They are supported by well-known performers who are leads in “Cats”, “The Lion King” and “We will rock you”. The rehearsals took place inter alia at mediaArt FORUM in Bad Soden.

The production is realized in German and English, so that the story line can be followed by everyone.

On percussion: the audience sitting on specially developed musical chairsIn the course of the musical, the audience develops to co-musicians. For they sit on a musical instrument with an astoundingly high sound quality. Approximately 1200 of the 2000 available seats in the domed hall of the venue Jahrhunderthalle will be equipped with design chairs which house the smallest set of drums worldwide. The special construction of this musical furniture allows for a distinctive bass and snare sound. The people play while sitting, drumming with their hands on the percussion surface. Inspired by this characteristic sound, Roberto Emmanuele and his partner Patrick Strese call the innovation “BAFF musical furniture”. The other musical spectators do not sit quietly on their chairs either. They are handed out rattles, so that the sound of “HOPE” will fill the entire hall. The producers want all people to have access to music as a strong medium.

As early as in September, the musical company enthused about 45,000 viewers with a first musical foretaste during a successful performance at Commerzbank Arena next to stars like Bob Geldorf and Samy Deluxe. After only a short period of time, the entire stadium swung and clapped along to songs never heard before like “Rock the Vote”. Experts of the German music scene praised the high level of the American Pop music and certified the sound to have “Earth Wind and Fire quality”. The most important concert organizer worldwide, Fritz Rau, says: “Respect and two thumbs up for this musical”. According to the slogan “Yes we can”, the musical is to tour in Germany after having premiered in Frankfurt.

Tickets for the premiere can be purchased via the ticket seller EVENTIM within the price scope of 40 to 149 Euros in several seat categories. Following the premiere, a VIP premiere party will take place, at which special culinary refreshments will be served to the guests and the musical performers can be experienced up close in an “unplugged performance”. The VIP tickets can be bought for 99 Euros directly from the HOPE production.

Important note from the HOPE production team:
The “HOPE musical production” does not pursue any political interests with their production. Being artists, we merely stage a piece of attitude to life of the “historic year 2008″ with topics still prevailing today as well as good entertainment and music!

On Dec 12 let’s show the World Wants a Real Deal!

Tcktcktck — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:37:06 +0000

On the weekend of December 12, TckTckTck and our partners will gather citizens in every corner of the world for our next massive global day of action. Our message is clear: at the Copenhagen climate summit, the world wants a real deal!

At very middle of the Copenhagen negotiations, people like you around the world will organize thousands of candlelight vigils, as well as marches, “signature walls”, and other positive events over the entire weekend.

TckTckTck and our partners, including the Elders, will present this global movement via photos, videos, pledges, and stories at a special vigil, happening right outside the summit building. Our partners Avaaz, 350.org, Greenpeace, WWF, Oxfam and others are all working to promote turnout worldwide to ensure that negotiators get the message loud and clear.

In the spirit of our September 21 Global Wake Up Call and 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action on Oct 24, this next and perhaps most important global day of action will bring together a diverse range of groups and individuals, from religious groups, university and grade school students, indigenous peoples, clean energy and technology enthusiasts, environmentalists, economists, politicians and everyone in between who wants strong action to safeguard the climate for generations to come.

Join the global day of action this December 12*. Sign up to organize or attend an event near you. Or visit our partners’ sign-up pages: Avaaz, 350.org.

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Climate-friendly Christmas Dinner!

Invited Contributor — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:46:23 +0000

In a changing world, we all need to change our eating habits. Now we
repeat the success from the Åland islands and take the climate-friendly
Christmas dinner to Stockholm. Klimatvänlig.nu offers, in collaboration
with Seyhmus Vegetarian Restaurant, a climate-friendly, organic and
vegetarian Christmas dinner, the 7-8th of December. There will also be
entertainment by the jazz-musician and actor Anders Linder who performs
the cabaret “Full fart mot jorden…!” (“With full speed towards the
earth…!”)

Complete X-Mas Menue
You wont miss anything on your Christmas dinnertable! You’ll be tasting
traditional dishes such as herring, ham, meatballs and Jansson’s
temptation and also a lot of new dishes such as spinach- and millet
patties and stuffed eggplant. All of it cooked organic and with vegetable
ingredients. Full menu on our site www.klimatvanlig.nu .

Why? The worlds production of meat currently accounts for 18 percent of
the greenhouse gases caused by humans and two-thirds of the most potent
GHGs cause nitric oxide. Meat production stands therefore for more
emissions than the entire transport sector.

Book you Christmas dinner in time: magnus@savetheplanet.ax / + 46-(0)
737842885 For more information go to www.klimatvanlig.nu

Childrens Rights are threatened by Climate Change

Invited Contributor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:53 +0000

2009 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This legally binding document is the most universally ratified human rights treaty. It has changed how the international community, governments and many other actors view children and their rights.

However, we cannot claim that the Convention has achieved what needs to be achieved. For wxample, we don´t live in a world where children’s best interests are the primary consideration in all decisions affecting them – as demanded by Article 3 of the Convention.

Climate change is maybe the biggest challenge for humanity, ever. Lack of water, floods and other disasters already have an immense effect on peoples lifes, especially in developing countries. In fact, climate issues affects childrens health more than anything else.

It´s definitely a step forward to see that MR-dagarna will focus on climate issues. I look forward to the seminars.