Stevie Wonder’s 11th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert on 12/16/06 in LA
Well if you missed this wonderful event, it happens every year so put it in your calenders for next December. With a different lineup of great talent every time, it promises to be a long great different show each time for this wonderful benefit cause and toy drive. The December 16th show included some great singers such as Al Jarreau doing "We’re in this Love Together" and some other tunes as well as Brian McKnight and other gifted performers mentioned below. Stevie Wonder came out and sang with many of them before ending the night with spectacular performance of his own hits. One can still donate to the House of Toys organization at the following link and make your plans for 12th Annual event in 2007. www.housefulloftoys.org
STEVIE WONDER’S
11TH ANNUAL HOUSE FULL OF TOYS
BENEFIT CONCERT
Saturday, December 16 at Gibson Amphitheater at Universal City Walk
Tickets now available through Ticketmaster
“Love’s In Need Of Love Today…Now more than ever, we need…A Time To Love”
—Stevie Wonder
LOS ANGELES, CA, December 6, 2006 – Stevie Wonder’s 11th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert will be held on Saturday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m. at Gibson Amphitheater at Universal City Walk. Special guest artists include Al Jarreau, Brian McKnight, COMMON, Corinne Bailey Rae, Danny Carreras, Donald Lawrence, Gary Taylor, and Yolanda Adams, with more to be announced!
Past performers have included Alicia Keyes, Angie Stone, Babyface, Doug E. Fresh, George Duke, India.Arie, Jamie Foxx, Jill Scott, Jonathan Butler, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Karen Clark Sheard and Kierra “Kiki” Sheard, Kem, Kim Burrell, L.D. Miller, Luther Vandross, Macy Gray, Maroon 5, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Nelly, Raphael Saadiq, Raul Midon, Ruben Studdard and Ziggy Marley–along with dozens of others.
This will be the 11th year that Stevie’s House Full of Toys Benefit Concert will be one of the highlights of the holiday musical season. In the past ten years, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of toys, computers, games and educational aids have gone to children, families and organizations in need. Stevie Wonder and his friends are committed to a celebration that will let the world know that they care.
For several years, Stevie Wonder’s We Are You Foundation, has made a generous Christmas donation to the Junior Blind of America. As in the past, Stevie will be attending this year’s Junior Blind annual Holiday Festival, personally bringing Holiday cheer to the children and their families. The Junior Blind of America festival will be held on Saturday, December 9 in the Los Angeles campus gymnasium at 5300 Angeles Vista Boulevard. Information about the organization is available at www.juniorblind.org
Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys Benefit Concert-goers are being asked to please bring an unwrapped gift of joy to the concert. Tickets are priced from $250 to $35 and are available at all Ticketmaster locations. The Gibson Amphitheatre is located at Universal City Walk in Universal City. Stevie Wonder’s 11th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert is a Wonder Productions and Hammond Entertainment event.
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For further information go to www.housefulloftoys.org
For review tickets contact: Meredith Louie (310) 418-4764 [email protected]
For more information on Stevie Wonder’s 11th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert contact either: Shelley Selover (310) 459-1207 [email protected], or Patti Mitsui (818) 766-0443 [email protected]