Rock Your Stockings - Ring Your Bells

Have a Holiday Ball!

JOHNNYVOLUME

with Special Guests

KILLER JOE & The Lido Soul Revue and Breakaway

Friday December 22, 2006
8:00PM

Long Island’s Best Dance Club
DUBLIN PUB
2002 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, NY 516.352.9131

Bring a Toy for
TOYS OF HOPE
Non-profit Children’s Charity

www.johnnyvolume.com www.killerjoe66.com
www.breakawaygroup.com

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 Saturday, 12/23/06 @ 9pm

VINTAGE LOUNGE
58 Gardiners Ave., Levittown
516-931-9239

www.myspace.com/vintagelounge

Holiday Fundraiser for

TOYS OF HOPE
Non-Profit Children’s Charity
 

The mission of Toys of Hope is to provide toys, books, clothing, activities and other items to needy and homeless children and their families.

The guiding principal behind the Toys of Hope mission is that all children, regardless of financial status, race, religion or nationality, are deserving of those things which can help give them a happier and more fulfilling life.

A new toy can mean everything to a needy or homeless child.

It provides fun and enjoyment and gives a child a sense of pride in having something of their very own.

Toys of Hope also provides essential items to needy families so that they can become more self sufficient and in turn help to improve their children’s lives.
 
Toys of Hope operates all year round and relies solely on volunteers to accomplish its mission.

There are no paid employees and ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of all funds contributed goes towards helping needy and homeless children and their families.
Musical performances by:

9pm-Forever Falling

10pm-Jim Treutlein & Friends

11pm-SpoonWalk

12am-Madawg & The Pack

www.toysofhope.org

Love’s Divide, an un-romantic comedy, is a striking He said/She said series of dialogues and monologues that plumb the endless depths of love, emerging with revelations both hilarious and heartbreaking.  Now playing at Dillons Theatre,  245 West 54^th St. 

While the tone shifts effortlessly from cynical to sincere, painful to hopeful, plaintive to provocative, the audience reacts with immediate recognition and empathy – with laughter, tears and even offense. 

Whether discussing the relative merits of various sexual techniques-for example, the “Jackhammer” approach of certain over-eager Casanovas-the excruciating minutia of dating protocol, or the lingering shadow of a recently departed lover, the actors attack the subject head-on, with consummate skill and breathless candor. 

Spoken from experience and related with unfaltering conviction, this is love in all its myriad forms-a simultaneous “Screw You” and “Thank You” to lovers past, and those yet to come. 
 
Thomas Ryan is a graduate of Niagara University’s Theatre Arts Program. Favorite New York stage credits include: Ken in Perfect Son, Stanley in Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Elvis in First Church of Elvis.  Film and TV work includes A Bronx Tale and “Guiding Light.” 
Suzanne Rydz is a graduate of Fairfield University.  Favorite roles include Nora in A Doll’s House, Kristine in A Chorus Line, and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.  Film and TV credits include: “Guiding Light” and “One Life to Live.”  Numerous industrials and commercials for: T-Mobile, Gateway, USAA, Coca-Cola, New Balance.  Director J. William Bruce, most recently produced and directed a critically acclaimed production of Closer Than Ever.  In January 2006, he and composer David Shenton produced a reading of their newest project Avarice, which is scheduled for a four week run early next year. 

Love’s Divide performance schedule is: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8PM.  No performance on 11/23 or 12/9/06. 

Tickets are $35 and can be ordered online at www.TheaterMania.com, by calling (212) 352-3101 or by visiting the Dillons Theatre box office (doors will open 1 hour prior to the show). 

Dillons Theatre, 245 West 54^th St.

http://www.ryanrydzproductions.com/ & www.MySpace.com/LovesDivide

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Contact: Matt Sicoli / Sidnei Beal
(718) 570-3335 / (646) 705-2645
mattsicoli@gmail.com / sidneibeal@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Levittown, NY (November 15th, 2006) Today it was announced that PopCore Promotion will be teaming up with the legendary “Vintage Tuesday Open Mic”, booking special Tuesday Night Showcase slots which will be intermingled with the open mic performers, at the newly renovated (and under new ownership) Vintage Lounge in Levittown, Long Island.

PopCore Promotion has built an impressive reputation over the past six years, producing shows at some of the areas top venues (The Downtown, The Crazy Donkey, The Dublin Pub, The Knitting Factory) and these showcases will be no exception! Each edition of the Tuesday Night Showcase is sure to deliver great networking and showcasing opportunites for bands and music industry reps alike.

Rick Eberle and PopCore Promotion have always been all about “re-creating the scene” out on LI that has been missing for some time. Their stated goal is to make Tuesday night at The Vintage Lounge “THE” place to NETWORK, meet, and jam for Long Island musicians of all ages and genres! Rick will also be inviting his friends in the press, at the labels and at management companies to some and scout for the best LI talent.

-Here are the details:-

STARTING TUESDAY DECEMBER 5TH and EVERY TUESDAY THEREAFTER…COME NETWORK AND BE DISCOVERED!

Sam Ash Music, Budweiser and PopCore Promotion Present:
The EVERY Tuesday Night Open Mic Showcase and Networking Party
@ The Vintage Lounge
http://www.myspace.com/vintagelounge
58 Gardiners Ave
Levittown NY 11756
516-342-1499

hosted by Ed Ryan

-Doors at 7:00, Signup at 8:00, First Showcase act at 9:00pm, First Open Mic act at 9:45-

ADMISSION AND SPECIALS:
18 to get in and 21 to drink
$5 admission for everyone
$2 domestic draft from 7:00pm till 9:00pm

*All participating or networking Bands in attendance should bring their press kits for possible bookings on PopCore Showcases, opening for Nationals at various area venues, reviews in local zines and newspapers, airplay on local and college radio and for possible band sponsorships with Sam Ash Music!

*Remember, WE WANT ESTABLISHED ACTS AS WELL AS BEGINNERS! We are inviting down many labels reps, local radio and press, management companies etc so put your best foot forward and get on down to the best networking night of the week!

*Amps, Drumset, and Backline provided, all acts should just bring picks, sticks, instruments and cables.

Contact:
Rick Eberle
PopCore Promotions
516-729-6872
RICKUS76@YAHOO.COM

LIPA Prepared to Respond to December Wind Storm
Extra Repair Crews Are Standing By
Call 1-800-490-0075 to Report Outages & Downed Power Lines

Uniondale, NY - December 1, 2006 - High winds and rain will move across Long Island Friday afternoon and into the evening. As a result, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is anticipating the potential for electric outages across Long Island.

LIPA has been closely monitoring and tracking the storm system and is prepared to respond with extra repair crews and Call Center personnel working extended shifts over night and through the weekend.

“LIPA always takes an aggressively proactive approach to prepare for weather that could impact Long Island’s electric transmission and distribution system,” said LIPA Chairman Richard M. Kessel. “We’ve been monitoring the progress of this storm and have been making pre-storm preparations. We will have extra repair personnel available to respond
to any outages that may be caused by the high winds and winds gusts.”

LIPA anticipates that this weather system could cause between 25,000 to 30,000 outages across Long Island. High winds can cause weakened trees and tree limbs to fall bringing down power lines and causing outages. Storm-related vehicular accidents can also cause outages when cars and trucks skid off rain-slicked local roads and hit utility poles.

“Play it safe,” said Mr. Kessel. “Don’t go near any - let me underscore any - downed lines. You can never be sure if it’s a power line, phone line or cable TV line. But it could be energized by coming in contact with a power line.”

Mr. Kessel noted that on Friday LIPA will field 440 electric service and tree trim personnel and 535 personnel on Friday evening. Theses crews are scheduled to work 16-hour shifts starting today and through Saturday to make repairs and restore service as quickly as possible.

Additional Call Center representatives are also set to take wire down calls from emergency service personnel and customers.

LIPA’s automated 21st Century Automatic Phone Answering System will also be utilized to expedite the receipt of outage calls from customers. The 21st Century system, which can process about 100,000 calls per hour, automatically registers the location of an outage as soon as the customer’s call is recorded by the system.

Call LIPA at 1-800-490-0075 to report an outage or downed line.

LIPA encourages customers to prepare for the possibility of a power outage by taking the following actions now:

* Have a battery-powered radio or TV available;
* Have flashlights and extra batteries readily accessible for all family members;
* Have a supply of canned food with a manual can opener available;
* If you have an electric water pump, keep spare containers of water for cooking and washing;
* Keep a non-electronic phone in your home - phone lines often remain operational even during power outages;
* If you decide to use a standby generator, have it installed by a licensed electrician and never operate it inside your garage or home;
* If an outage occurs, disconnect appliances and sensitive electronic equipment to prevent any possible damage that could be caused by momentary power spike that could occur when service is restored.

For additional storm preparedness information, on-line outage reports, links to weather sites and emergency response agencies, and LIPA’s real-time storm outage reports go to www.lipower.org.

LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric utility, owns the retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides electric service to over 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.  In terms of customers served, LIPA is the 3rd largest municipal electric utility in the nation
and the 6th largest in terms of electricity delivered. LIPA does not provide natural gas service or own any on-island electric generating assets.

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LIPA Contact Information:
Media Relations: (516) 719-9892
Media Pager: (516) 525-LIPA
media.relations@lipower.org

LIPA News Center
http://www.lipower.org/newscenter

Massapequa Family-run company announces
Volume 3: “Buster’s Favorite Animals”

Lots to Learn, LLC, the family-run company responsible for producing the award-winning series of preschool DVDs “Nature” and “In My House,” has launched it’s third volume in the Lots To Learn series titled “Buster’s Favorite Animals.” All three of the Lots To Learn DVDs, designed for children ages 2-5, are specially priced for the holidays at only $14.99.

Bill Cusick, founder of Lots To Learn believes in showing families that an award-winning preschool DVD can be both high quality and affordable. Says Cusick, “We’re parents, and having raised five kids, we think a savings of $5 on a single DVD is something that parents can appreciate. We put a lot of love and time into our videos, which we produce completely in-house. We’re very lucky in that parents, children and educators have responded favorably.”

Incorporating live action footage, colorful graphics, entertaining interactive segments, challenging games, sound recognition, object matching, memory skills, fun exercises and original sing-along songs, Lots To Learn believes “Buster’s Favorite Animals” is on it’s way to being the most successful video launch the company has experienced.

The company has been consistently recognized by organizations like The Dove Foundation, Dr. Toy, Creative Child Magazine, The National Parenting Center, The Telly and Aurora Awards, and many others for the content and quality of their DVDs, and currently has two additional DVDs in production.

The Lots To Learn series is available for purchase on the company’s web site at http://www.LotsToLearn.com and at select retailers nationwide.

Bill Cusick
516-799-4376 or info@LotsToLearn.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Long Island, NY (November 23rd 2006) It was announced today that Long Island’s own Paradiddle Records has just released an amazing new Holiday CD “Happy Holidays from Paradiddle Records” featuring Long Island based musicians including Iridesense and Cadillac Moon giving their take on traditional and modern holiday favorites. All the musicians on this CD donated their time to help this worthy cause, and two of the acts even composed and offered their own brand new original holiday songs!

All proceeds from the sale of this cd will be going to Long Island based charities. Paradiddle Records’ Bill Herman remarked “By helping out these organizations, maybe we can make the holidays better for those in need. We are a Long Island label helping Long Island charities, and hopefully we’ll be able to make somebody’s life a little brighter this holiday season”.

You can hear clips and read more about the CD (and about Paradiddle Records) by going to the Paradiddle website at http://www.paradiddlerecords.com/

The proceeds will be divided among the following organizations:

Little Flower Children & Family Services of New York;
http://www.littleflowerny.org/rtc.html

The Sergio Fund.
http://sergiosfund.org/

Charity Begins at Home
http://www.charitybeginsathomeinc.org/index.htm

Complete track listing:
1  Winder Wonderland-Cadillac Moon
2  Little Drummer Boy-The Lone Sharks
3  Silent Night-Johnny Cuomo
4  Do They Know It’s Christmas-Iridesense
5  Boogie Woogie Santa-The Little Wilson Duo
6  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Auld Lang Syne-Bob Westcott
7  A Christmas Letter-Chairman WOW
8  Christmas Time is Here-Denise Donahue
9  Silent Night- Marc Andrew
10 Christmas Eve-Revolver
11 Jingle Bells-The Ghosts of Electricity
12 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring-Joseph Fogarazzo
13 O Come All Ye Faithful-Jera Denny
14 Rock of Ages-Judith Merrick

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Contact:
Rick Eberle
PopCore Promotion
516-729-6872