White Album for Purple Songs

See KPRC’s feature on the event here.

Thanks to everyone who made the event a great success!

Please join us for a special evening of great music in support of a good cause as Light Street Light Circus presents “While Album for Purple Songs” at the Crystal Ballroom at The Rice Hotel on November 16 at 7:00 p.m.

Enjoy open bar drinks, unique auction items and delicious appetizers and Savoy Truffles from some of Houston’s top restaurants as former television journalist and two-time Emmy award recipient Bob Boudreaux serves as Master of Ceremonies of this not-to-be-missed Gala Evening celebrating the music of The Beatles and the magic of giving to children in need.

Created to support the Purple Songs Can Fly Project at Texas Children’s Cancer Center, the evening will honor special guests Mayor Bill White and artist David Adickes and showcase the art of Don Bertram’s Celebrate Imagination.

See Houston’s top bands come together to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The Beatles’ White Album, performing it live on stage, in its entirety, accompanied by a live orchestra.  Included in the event are performers from the highly successful Sgt. Pepper performances held earlier this year.  Scheduled to appear are: Abbey Rode, Bourbon Street Band, Kosmic Latte, Kozmic Pearl, The Love Street Light Circus Band, Norma Zenteno, Mid-Life Crisis & the Hot Flashes, the Fab 40 Orchestra, members of The Fab 5 and The McClanahans, Norma Zenteno and Lupe Olivarez.

Be a part of it all and buy your tickets here. Dress is casual or “Come as You Were” 60s appropriate.

For group sales, underwriting or other information please write to info@lovestreetlightcircus.org or call 713-256-9007.

Our Beneficiary: The Purple Songs Can Fly Project at Texas Children’s Cancer Center

We are honored to have as our beneficiary for this year’s event a program that shares our love of music and children in need: The Purple Songs Can Fly Project at Texas Children’s Cancer Center, which is part of the Cancer Center’s Arts in Medicine Program.

Purple Songs Can Fly is a unique project that provides a musical outlet for the many children being treated for cancer and blood disorders at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and their siblings. In this program, which is the first of its kind, the children work with Anita Kruse and other professional composers to write and record their own songs. Using the latest technology in an in-house studio, composers work with the children individually or in small groups to compose, record, and burn songs to disc within short sessions.

These children are given a highly creative, much needed musical environment to express the many and varied thoughts and feelings that will surely emerge during this time. The children are then able to share their music with friends and family in the form of individual CD recordings of their songs. Because music and singing are known to be beneficial in the healing process, it is the hope that the process of creating, singing and recording original songs will provide health benefits in addition to a sense of pride and joy.

Purple Songs not only can Fly, but do fly. The children’s songs are copied on purple CDs and flown by participating passengers, pilots or astronauts to places on earth and into space. The CDs then fly back to Houston, signed, with all flight information included.

As the dreams, wishes, thoughts, feelings, and imaginations of these children take wing through the creativity of music, it is the vision of Purple Songs Can Fly that soaring, flying, and rising above the obstacles of illness can truly become a reality as each purple song that flies creates a tangible symbol for the hope of healing.

For more information about Purple Songs Can Fly, Texas Children’s Cancer Center, or its Arts in Medicine Program, please follow the links.

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