Bobbi Bear Auction LIFE BALL CHARITY AUCTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH "ARMS AROUND THE CHILD" TO BENEFIT OPERATION BOBBI BEAR Fashion designers, celebrities and opinion leaders from around the world have created unique Build-A-Bear® bears to be auctioned for the benefit of Operation Bobbi Bear.
Alicia Keys, Sir Elton John, Sean Penn, Karl Lagerfeld, Janet Jackson,Vivienne Westwood, Nicole Kidman, Beth Ditto, Heidi Klum, Dita von Teese, Roberto Cavalli, Eva Longoria, Jean Paul Gaultier, Sharon Stone, and President Bill Clinton, among others, have all contributed to this important cause.
Sharon Stone has been closely connected to the Life Ball for many years due to her passionate commitment to the fight against AIDS and as a representative of its partner organization amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research. For Jackie Branfield of Operation Bobbi Bear, she created a “Superwoman” bear wearing a corresponding T-shirt and discreet, feminine make-up.
Signed: “Love, Sharon Stone”.
The auction will take place on
December 8, 2014, at the renowned New York auction house Sotheby’s. People all over the globe are invited to participate in the auction by placing their bids online or over the phone. Arms Around the Child is a not-for-profit public charity recognized by the IRS under 501(c)(3).
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An AIDS Quilt Songbook: Sing for Hope Audio CD (Expected Release: Nov 18, 2014)
Genres: Classical, Music, Modern Era
Label: GPR Records
Composer: Robert Aldridge, Carol Barnett, Robert Chesley, Herschel Garfein, Scot Gendel, et al.
Performer: Ricky Ian Gordon, Fred Hersch, Lori Laitman, Thomas Bagwell, Cristina Pato, et al.
Jamie Barton, Nicole Cabell, Sasha Cooke, Adrienne Danrich, Joyce DiDonato, Anthony Dean Griffey, Isabel Leonard, Lester Lynch, Melody Moore, Daniel Okulitch, Sean Panikkar, Keith Phares, Susanna Phillips, Matthew Polenzani, Randall Scarlata, Michael Slattery, Noak Stewart, Monica Yunus, Camille Zamora
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Sharon Stone, Ansel Elgort, spoken word
An all-star cast of renowned singers and instrumentalists comes together on one CD to sing for hope and in the cause of supporting AIDS research: Joyce DiDonato, Yo-Yo Ma, Jamie Barton, Noah Stewart, Susanna Phillips, Sean Panikkar, Matthew Polenzani, Anthony Dean Griffey, Monica Yunus, Camille Zamora, Isabel Leonard and many more.
Actors Sharon Stone (“Casino”, “Basic Instinct”) and Ansel Elgort (“The Fault In Our Stars”) contribute readings of poetry. All profits from the sale of this album will go to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. This CD features new songs by established and emerging American composers, many specially commissioned to create a global musical portrait of AIDS today.
An AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK:SING FOR HOPE is #9 in classical music before it's even released!
Sharon Stone reads poems "Everyone Sang" by Siegfried Sassoon and “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” By Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Everyone Sang
By Siegfried Sassoon Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom,
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark-green fields; on - on - on - and out of sight.
Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted;
And beauty came like the setting sun:
My heart was shaken with tears; and horror
Drifted away ... O, but Everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.
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“What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why”
By Edna St. Vincent Millay What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
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