This is My Australia looks at the inspiring stories of recipient and nominees of the Australian Of The Year Awards.
Channel 10, Friday Jan 24th at 10:00PM
Ballet Director and inspiration for film Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin is one of eight finalists for the prestigious Australian of the Year Award 2014
Born into extreme poverty in rural China, Li became one of China's foremost ballet dancers. He became Principal Artist with the Australian Ballet in 1995, and his autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer, was translated onto the screen in 2009. Today, Li inspires many Australians with his personal story of hardship, perseverance and success.
When asked to identify three Australians that he's taken inspiration from, Li named his wife, Mary Li, scientist Professor Ian Frazer and America's Cup skipper John Bertrand.
Trick Roper Gun Spinner Will Roberts is an
internationally renowned performer and speaker known for his
high-energy and insightful content spiked with humor. He prides himself
on bringing back the common sense and simplicity of America. Along with
being a masterful trick roper and gun spinner, Will finds time to be a
Cirque du Soleil artist on the Las Vegas Strip, business owner, social
networking consultant, author, television segment host, and certified
performance coach. Now donʼt be fooled, Will is a Cowboy. The
values and skills of the West are in his blood and are his true
passion. He apprenticed with world-renowned Mexican charros and
Hawaiian paniolos to help him achieve his current level of success. Since
2000, Will has been working with leading corporations, like Ebay,
Anthony Munoz Foundation, Wells Fargo, and Ford Motor Company. He
shares the western arts of trick roping, gun spinning and whip cracking
with a good dose of humor. Willʼs performance is perfect for
motivating a crowd and adding excitement to an event. His presentations
are always extremely energetic and highly interactive.
Multi-platinum recording artist Selena Gomez will take the stage today for a LIVE performance to kickoff The Salvation Army’s 123rd National Red Kettle Campaign at AT&T Stadium during halftime of the Dallas Cowboys vs. Oakland Raiders nationally televised game on CBS. For the past 17 years, the Dallas Cowboys have helped The Salvation Army launch the campaign during its nationally televised halftime performances. The Red Kettle Campaign raised more than $148.7 million last year to serve America’s most vulnerable by providing food, shelter and more than 1 million toys for children during the holidays.
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Original music on piano by David Vigil (Moorningstar), artist / musician of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. 'beatinthepocket' in sites. ( search Google, Yahoo or Bing).
After multiple outreach events across the country, Transitions Optical, in partnership with GRAMMY and CMA Award-winning country music artist and Transitions® adaptive lenses™ wearer Darius Rucker, have made healthy, enhanced vision possible for hundreds of children in need.
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Definitive Technology today announced nine-time GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist, critically-acclaimed concert performer and philanthropist/social activist John Legend as its first-ever brand ambassador. Legend, who is releasing his highly anticipated fourth solo studio album, Love In The Future on September 3 and recently announced a North American tour this fall in support of the album, has long used Definitive Technology\'s products in his own home and will serve as a spokesperson and creative inspiration for the brand\'s current and future audio products line-up, including home loudspeakers and the brand\'s Sound Cylinder Bluetooth speaker.
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The wait is finally over and the spotlight is shining brightly on Felicia Millikan of Colorado Springs, Colorado. After more than two months of tough competition and over 10,000 online votes by fans for their favorite rising musical stars, three-time Grammy Award-winning artist NE-YO, and his team of YouTube apprentices, artists who became famous through YouTube, hand-picked Felicia as the TGI Fridays Red Hot Summer of Music grand-prize winner. Felicia, who YouTubed her rendition of
Click: http://www.kristenkarma.com "Wasted" by Kristen Karma. Canadian recording Artist. Blends Pop and upbeat Dance music.
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Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Vol. 224 Hosted by Kendrick Lamar can unquestionably be one of the most smoking mixtape collections to end 2012 accumulating the revamped year with a blast. Matthew Schultz is blasting on the music scene & is prepared to make is stamp in the industry. Matthew Schultz is stacked up on Reverbnation as #1 in the USA as Singer/Songwriter and #2 in the globe on the Reverbnation Global Charts.
-New Artist Matthew Schultz was chosen to be offered on Kendrick Lamar\\\'s New Mixtape Album by Coast 2 Coast volume 224 with his revamped hit melody \\\
Click: http://www.melogia.com Sarantos Releases Newest Pop Music Video That Will Inspire Bliss All Summer Long – ‘A Sunny Day’
Summary: Sarantos helps us start our summer by releasing the music video that will encourage a summertime of fun in 2014.
https://www.melogia.com/music.html [Sarantos __title__ Sarantos summer hit original pop music summertime trending hot] Releases Newest Pop Music Video That Will Inspire Bliss All Summer Long – ‘A Sunny Day’
Successfully releasing yet another song from his 1st album, Sarantos continues to juggle his busy schedule with radio interviews, band rehearsals and booking live performances in the states. Sarantos helps us start our summer by releasing his newest pop music video that will encourage a summertime of fun in 2014.
The promising artist quickly responded to his fans request by releasing the music video to his hit pop song ‘A Sunny Day’. With this newly released video, Sarantos hopes to encourage everyone to stay enthusiastic and to simply have a sunny day no matter what storm might arise.
This song does signify an importance to Sarantos personal life. Not too long ago, Sarantos lost his devoted father, after a hard-fought battle to lung cancer. This experience had a major impact towards Sarantos life, enabling him to overcome any obstacle that may pass. The Chicago singer has since been driven to remain strong and positive not just for himself but for his friends & fans.
“Going through life’s hardships has given me the willpower to write songs and to sing from the heart,” says Sarantos. “I wouldn’t have had the passion to strive for my dreams if it wasn’t for my loving family. I know my father would have been very proud of me.”
Sarantos releases his 6th music video, a fun-intuitive summer pop song signifying bliss and optimism, inspiring fans to smile endlessly. The song was released on June 3rd, 2014.
Sarantos' has a strong motivation with his musical passion to raise money for charity. 33% of any music-related sales profits are going straight to charity. For “A Sunny Day”, Sarantos has chosen the Thanioton Society.
“This is a very happy and bright pop song about a sunny day and all the events that transpire on that beautiful day,” says Sarantos. “The sky is bright. The simple things are so apparent and the positive vibe encompasses everyone. This day was meant for you!”
Chicago’s very own music artist has been gaining followers ever since his first song debut back in January 2014.
Internationally, the buzz has continued to spread and Sarantos music has received over 800,000 radio airplays. His fan list continues to grow exponentially.
The social media realm has continued to embrace this rising star. In addition to the attention of over 1M social media followers, Sarantos has now done many radio interviews throughout the world. All this commotion started when his 1st song “Not Where I Wanna Be” was released worldwide on January 2nd, 2014.
Sarantos strives to inspire people with his songs and lyrics. Music is always on his mind and Sarantos has written over 2,000 songs. Sarantos' music has received rave reviews so far from industry insiders, and he relishes this chance to pursue his lifelong dream.
Sarantos unique sound has been best described by industry insiders as "An emotionally powerful vocal style masterfully united with music that is a fusion of classic 80s rock blended with modern soft rock and pop music!"
A new song will be released the 1st Tuesday of every month to tease his fans. Then a new music video on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, a new Funny video of the month on the 3rd Tuesday of every month and a new Whiteboard video on the 4th Tuesday of every month. This will go on for the entire year! The CD will then be released on November 18th 2014.
Sarantos has always been inclined to help people in need and is proud to launch this CD as a way to donate a significant portion of proceeds to charity, hopefully inspiring other artists to do the same. The 11 charities chosen for each album song include American Lung Association, Make-a-wish Foundation, American Heart Association, St Jude's, Hellenic Academy, ASERF, American Red Cross, Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago Medical School, Thanioton Society & the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The website, Melogia (which in Greek means "with words") was established by Sarantos, an aspiring singer and song writer.
Website
http://www.melogia.com
Sarantos Facebook artist page:
https://www.facebook.com/Sarantosmelogia
Sarantos Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/sarantosmelogia
Sarantos iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sarantos/id784136489?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Click: http://tennesseelarue.com/ Filmed on location in historical Bristol, Tennessee. This is where the first country music record was recorded in 1920 by Ralph Peers. The Artist\'s were AP & Carter Family, and Jimmy Rogers . How cool is that!
