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The DVD video preview (Concert for World Childrens Day) on this page contains 3 of the 19 performances including:
Celine Dion & Josh Groban: "The Prayer"
Yolanda Adams: "I Believe I Can Fly"
Enrique Iglesias: "Hero"
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The concert is believed to be the world's first entertainment special shot, mastered and edited in High-Definition 24-frame progressive. As the Producer and production company, EVI chose this leading-edge approach to allow the DVD to retain the highest quality of picture and sound possible. EVI worked with long-time friend and 14-time Grammy winning producer David Foster and his team of top recording engineers (Humberto Gatica, Dave Reitzas) to master the sound with the same quality level as a major record release.
Press Release
CELINE DION, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, JOSH GROBAN, DAVID FOSTER & OTHERS HEADLINE NEW DVD: 'THE CONCERT FOR WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY'
December 18 DVD Release Features 19 Songs From 11 Artists, Highlights Massive Effort to Assist Needy Children Worldwide Through Ronald McDonald House Charities
ATLANTA, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Having awarded $340 million in grants to children's programs worldwide to date, Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), in association with Atlanta-based producer Executive Visions Inc. (EVI), is trumpeting the release of a fundraising DVD just in time for the ho-ho-holidays. The star-studded musical DVD "The Concert for World Children's Day" will be released on December 18 with all net proceeds to benefit RMHC.
A video preview of the DVD can be seen http://www.executivevisions.com/projectdetails.asp?ProjectID=106.
Featuring 19 hit songs from 11 artists under the musical direction of 14-time Grammy winning producer David Foster, the DVD offers an extended version of the one-hour ABC TV special, with one-and-a-half hours of live music, behind-the-scenes footage and the making of the World Children's Day Anthem. Exclusive concert performances, not available anywhere else in the world, include "The Prayer" with Celine Dion and Josh Groban, a new arrangement of "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias, "I Believe I Can Fly" by Yolanda Adams, "Help Me" by Nick Carter, and a medley of top hits by Peter Cetera, his first concert appearance in almost ten years.
EVI ensured that the DVD's creative and technical excellence matched the stunning performances by producing the concert with "film-like" quality in 24p High-Definition Television (HDTV), 16:9 wide-screen, and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. As the world's first entertainment TV special to be shot, mastered and edited in High-Definition 24-frame progressive scan, the DVD retains the highest quality of picture resolution, color saturation and sound available on DVD. EVI worked with long-time friend and colleague David Foster and his team of top recording engineers to master the sound with the same quality as a major record release.
Additional concert elements include Celine Dion: "That's The Way It Is," "My Heart Will Go On"; Enrique Iglesias: "Escape," "Maybe"; Josh Groban: "Gira Con Me," "To Where You Are"; David Foster: "Winter Games"; Nita Whitaker: "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"; Michael Buble: "Under My Skin," "Spiderman"; and multi-artist finale: "Aren't They All Our Children" (World Children's Day Anthem), music by David Foster and lyrics by Linda Thompson. Bonus material includes Celine Dion and Nick Carter visiting a Ronald McDonald House, David Foster anthem piano solo, trailer for World Children's Day, and Ronald McDonald House Charities story and Awards of Excellence.
"The Concert for World Children's Day" forms the nucleus of one of the largest global corporate philanthropic efforts of all time, extending to 121 countries and benefiting millions of children through medical, educational, financial and artistic assistance. Produced by EVI, and Ken Barun, president and CEO of RMHC, the concert originally took place live as part of the annual RMHC Awards of Excellence Gala on September 14.
Following its airing on ABC November 14, the special dovetailed into a wider fundraising effort that peaked November 20 on the first annual World Children's Day, when a portion of the proceeds from over 30,000 McDonald's Restaurants worldwide was donated to help underprivileged children and families.
"'World Children's Day' represents the most expansive single-day fundraising event in McDonald's history, probably any company's history," said Ken Barun, president and CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities. "It will enable our charity to continue efforts to help improve the health and well-being of children who desperately need this assistance right now."
Michael Marto, president and CEO of EVI, stated, "We are thrilled to have helped create the strategy that leveraged the infrastructure of RMHC, McDonald's and its global franchisees to create a truly 'brand-immersive' program. The effort -- integrating event production, celebrity entertainment, original network programming, cause-related marketing, global advertising and public relations, Internet initiatives and other diverse elements -- was successful only as a result of our close partnership and collaboration with Ken Barun of RMHC and David Foster."
About EVI
Executive Visions Inc. is a leading producer of Brand-Immersive Experiences(TM) and corporate communications for Fortune 500 companies and other top U.S. and global firms. Since 1986 EVI has enabled clients to maximize shareholder value with innovative communications approaches. Services include the strategic development, creative design and production of celebrity entertainment events, broadcast and high-definition television, corporate meetings, product launches, training programs, DVD and related multimedia. Its clients have included Anheuser-Busch, Apple Computer, BellSouth, Coca-Cola, Harle
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