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MEET THE FOUNDER OF LUNCH
Bill Pere
One of the Top 50 Innovators in the Music Industry --
Music Connection Magazine
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COMING: DEC 5 2009 --
The LUNCH Holiday Show
"Christmas on Gilligan's Island"
Fun for the whole family, to benefit local social services
AUDITIONS Sept 26
1-4pm, Stonington Community Center
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to the home of the LUNCH Ensemble
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Using the Power of Popular Music
to Produce Positive Social Action
Combining Arts, Education, and
Community Outreach Since 1979
Founded by Bill Pere |
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CARRYING ON THE
LEGACY OF HARRY CHAPIN |
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Current News |
Press
Articles |
Current Newsletter |
NewsletterArchive |
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Coming Oct 16, 2010 - Hunger Awareness Concert,
First Baptist Church, West Hartford -
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/ tickets) |
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Coming Dec 04, 2010 -The Holiday Show: Christmas
at the OK Chorale: May the Horse Be With You
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Coming Apr 30, 2011 - Voices For Hope Final
Auditions and Chapin Tribute Concert Event-
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The
2010 Voices For Hope event was a great success. (photos
winners)
The 2011 Voices For Hope vocal competition is now accepting entries.
Get your entry in early! Details and Entry Form
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2009 Finalist photos
-2010 Finalist
photos
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Chapin Concert
Entry
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-- Our Annual Holiday Show!
2009:
CHRISTMAS ON
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
GREAT SHOW! (photos
here)
(Coming in 2010:
"Christmas at the OK Chorale: May the
Horse Be With You" )
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The LUNCH
Holiday SHOW
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-- Bill Pere's long-awaited book on songwriting is now available! (more...)
Songcrafters' Coloring Book: The Essential Guide to Effective and Successful
Songwriting" |
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"A good book challenges the way you think -- a great book
changes the way you think..." |
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-- May 9, 2008 -- Concert with the Steve Chapin Band at the Shubert
Theater! An amazing Evening for all ! |
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2008 Photos
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YOU CAN HELP!
Donations to LUNCH are Tax-Deductible.
You may donate securely right here online via PayPal or
Visa/Mastercard. Help us help others, and show kids that they can make a
difference! |
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L.U.N.C.H.
Mission and Outreach |
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If there's a fire burning, or a lesson needs
some learning, or a tide that needs some turning to
a better world somewhere, the Old Folkie's there... - Harry
Chapin
Our Mission and Outrach: (1) addressing issues of hunger and poverty
through awareness and financial support; (2) involving children and youth in
programs which show them they can make a difference; (3) helping kids to grow
into tomorrow's leaders who will shape a world free of intolerance, injustice,
and indifference. Through our
partnerships with the
Connecticut Songwriting Academy and the
Connecticut Songwriters
Association, we help young people develop their potential in all
areas of music, theater, and community leadership. Our flagship programs are the
LUNCH Ensemble and the Harry Chapin Legacy Concerts.
 LUNCH is a non-profit, all-volunteer, tax exempt
501(c)(3) charitable organization. LUNCH is non-denominational,
encompassing all faiths, beliefs, and cultures.
To
read more about exactly what we do and how
to be involved,
click here
Founded in 1989 by
Bill Pere as a community service outreach of the Connecticut
Songwriters Association, and spun off as an independent charitable organization
in 1999, LUNCH was inspired by the work of the late songwriter Harry Chapin, who
founded World Hunger Year and who devoted much of his music career to the fight
against hunger, receiving a posthumous Congressional Medal. Our first event, The
Harry Chapin Legacy Show, was held in 1991.
To read what others say about
LUNCH,
click here
To date, LUNCH has raised almost one million dollars and thousands of
pounds of food and clothing through family entertainment events
including:
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Harry Chapin
Legacy Show
series involving more than 1800
students, grades 4-12. |
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Sale of award-winning
CD recordings
by
Bill Pere,
Kay Pere,
and other artists, produced with hundreds of kids from schools around
Connecticut, carrying on the Harry Chapin style of songwriting.
Worldwide distribution, including iTunes |
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Summer Music
Camps at Camp Wightman in North Stonington, CT |
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Concerts
by the Steve Chapin Band and Jen Chapin |
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A production of
Nancy Tucker's
show "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" |
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Holiday
Shows, featuring kids in music and acting roles |
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Performances at Cheney
Hall, the Garde Arts Center, Seven Angels Theater, University of Hartford,
Shubert Theater, The Bushnell, Sacred Heart University, East Hartford Cultural
Center, and around the state at schools, colleges, civic events, theaters,
churches, camps, fairs, and in Nova Scotia at the annual Chapin Festival. |
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The Mystic River Folk
Concert Series |
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The Connecticut
Songwriting and Performance Conference |
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The Connecticut Songwriting Academy, for
development of young talent |
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Student Scholarships |
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School Partnerships
for Distance Learning, Career Days, Artist-in-Residence, IEP Curricula,
Internships, Community Service Credits, Curricula Integration and
Enrichment |
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Food and Clothing
Drives |
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Talent
Contests and Showcases, including
the
Voices For
Hope vocal competition |
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Music Videos ---->
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Come browse our photo archives and see for yourself,
and check out our
CDs in the online store.
To learn more about our programs and what we do, click
here "If a man tried to take his time on
earth and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, I
wonder what would happen to this world?" --- Harry Chapin
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GO TO:
General
Questions --
What We Do and How to be Involved --
What others say about
LUNCH
List of agencies we
have helped --
Learn
About the Founder of LUNCH --
Programs For
Developing Young Talent
Articles About
LUNCH --
List of LUNCH
program sponsors --
Timeline
of LUNCH events
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OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Complete programs for rounded development of talent, intellect, and
character |
Making a Difference one Song at a Time
Bill Pere - Kay Pere - Songwriting that Gets Results
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MORE
CD's With Music from Bill Pere and Kay
Pere |
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with "Army Boots and Satin Slippers, "I Am Erica",
"Because the Sky Fell Down", and "Heart of the Storm"
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with "Blessings" and "New Day Coming Tomorrow"
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with "doG" and "Footsteps"
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Special CD Single of "The Levees of New Orleans", to
benefit Katrina Relief efforts
info/order |
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Donations to LUNCH are Tax-Deductible.
You may donate securely right here online via PayPal or
Visa/Mastercard
Help us help others, and show kids that they can make a difference! |
Donation with Visa/Mastercard |
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Enter the amount you would like to
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tax-deductible charitable contribution.
Thanks for caring !
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For
general questions, click here
For What we Do and How to be Involved, click here
To see what others say about LUNCH, click here
For a list of agencies we have helped, click
here
To learn more about the Founder of LUNCH,
click here
Programs for
developing young talent
Articles About
LUNCH
For a list of LUNCH program sponsors,
click here
For a timeline of LUNCH events, click
here
Contact us: info @
lunchensemble . com
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