FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?‚
BRIAN
BOITANO, RUDY GALINDO, MICHAEL MCDONALD, JAMES INGRAM DO AND THEY‚RE
ALL GOING HOME TO PERFORM THERE....
McCormick
Presents Burt Bacharach Tribute On Ice‚
To
Be Taped September 20, 2003, In San Jose And
To
Air Sunday, December 20, On NBC
SAN
JOSE, CA, June, 2003 ˆ "McCormick Presents Burt Bacharach Tribute
on Ice," a NBC television special combining the musical talents of
Bacharach, Aretha Franklin, James Ingram and Michael McDonald with the
ice skating artistry of Brian Boitano, Ilia Kulik and Nicole Bobek, among
others, will be taped Saturday, September 20, at the HP Pavilion in San
Jose. The program will air on NBC-TV on Saturday, December 20, from 4-6
PM (EST).
Bacharach,
one of the most-acclaimed and popular composers of all time, has won three
Academy Awards and six Grammys. He has had 47 top ten hits and nine #1
songs and received the 1997 Trustees Award from NARAS, ASCAP‚s Founders
Award and the prestigious 2001 Polar Music Prize presented by His Majesty
King Carl XVI of Sweden. Bacharach‚s worldwide anthem, "That‚s
What Friends Are For," has raised more than $1.5 million for AIDS
research, and his three recent appearances on TV‚s top-rated "American
Idol" have resulted in a new hit cast recording of "What The
World Needs Now Is Love," which is raising money for the American
Red Cross. He was the co-musical director for the 72nd Annual Academy
Awards, and has appeared in all three "Austin Powers" films.
Bacharach‚s other honors range from being named one of the "Sexiest
Men Alive" by PEOPLE Magazine (2000) and one of PEOPLE‚s "50
Most Beautiful People"(1999), to induction into the Songwriters Hall
of Fame.
Bacharach
will perform the entire show live with his band and singers. He will sing
his classic song, "Alfie," in concert with a skating performance
by 1988 Olympic Gold Medallist Boitano. Grammy winner and multi-platinum
artist Michael McDonald will sing two Bacharach songs, "On My Own"
and "Make it Easy on Yourself." Three-time Grammy-winner Ingram
will perform Bacharach‚s "A House is not a Home." Franklin
will tape a new song from her upcoming CD, "Falling Out of Love,"
which will air on the NBC telecast.
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In addition to Olympic Gold Medallists Boitano and Kulik, the special
will also feature United States National Champions Galindo and Bobek,
1994 World Champion Yuka Sato, three time U.S. National pairs champions
Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, two-time professional dance champions Renee
Roca and Gorsha Sur, two-time U.S. Pro-Am Champion Caryn Kadavy and two-time
U.S. Pairs Champion, Jason Dungjen.
McCormick
& Company, Inc., was founded in 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, and today
is the largest spice company in the world. McCormick sources the finest
ingredients from around the globe to bring the highest quality flavors
to consumers. In the U.S., it markets products under the McCormick, Old
Bay, Golden Dipt and Produce Partners brand names.
Steve
Disson of Disson Skating, a division of IMG, is executive producer of
McCormick Presents Burt Bacharach Tribute on Ice. Jennie Silverstein of
TWI will produce the event for television, with Yvonne Gomez directing.
Lea Ann Miller has been selected as skating choreographer. David Finley
will serve as lighting director and set designer.
Disson
and McCormick have teamed on a previous ice skating special, "McCormick
Presents Ray Charles Tribute on Ice," which aired on NBC in 2002.
Tickets
to McCormick Presents Burt Bacharach Tribute On Ice are $85 (first two
rows), $55, $45 and $30 and will go on sale Saturday, July 12, at 10 AM.
Tickets can be purchased at the HP Pavilion ticket office, Ticketmaster
Ticket Centers located in select Wherehouse Music stores, Tower Records
stores and Ritmo Latino locations, online at ticketmaster.com, or by charge
by phone at (408) 998-TIXS, (415) 421-TIXS or (510) 625-TIXS. For group
discounts call (408) 999-5748.
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