The 2005 Music Has Power Awards

This year, yet again, we had a beautiful fundraising event for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function.

The Music Has Power Awards honorees for 2005 included:
Arnold H. Goldstein - Director Emeritus, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function; and Asst. Vice President of Corporate Relations at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services Henry Z. Steinway - Past President and Chairman of Steinway & Sons; and Founding President of the Museum of Making Music.

Performers included Antigone Rising, Moby, John Bayless, Lorin Hollander, Bruce Hornsby, Dr. Billy Taylor, former music therapy patient and vocalist Denise Seda, and Just Us, a band comprised of current and former music therapy patients.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take many photos, but here is the red carpet moment with Moby and Denise, a former patient of mine who made a miraculous recovery. (Isn’t she beautiful!!!)



Read this brief article to learn more about Denise’s amazing story.

Some fantastic show shots

The Grand French Finale!

Oh Wow, I cannot believe it is over! What a wonderful tour!!!! The final shows in France were epic. We had a lovely and energetic crowd in Paris, and THE afterparty of the year, which involved a lot of champagne (!?!) and a fabulous French nightclub, and all the people I have worked with over the year and totally love. So it was quite a historical event. I have enclosed a few lovely photos of the evening:

The two singers, Joy and Laura (Laura visited us in Paris)



The party girls (With me is Elissa, a friend of the band’s, and Kate, Scott’s girlfriend. They joined us on the busses for several nights at the end of the tour. It was so much FUN having a few more girls around!)





Our last show was in Lyon and, like Paris, the show was absolutely brilliant (despite the fact the the entire band and crew was suffering a little from the party the night before). The special thing about the Lyon crowd was their intense attention to every detail of the show. It seemed like they were absolutely silent when Moby was speaking or taking pictures of the audience, as if they were hanging on every syllable he uttered. It was very special, and by the end the crowd poured out their usual energetic response during the louder numbers like Body Rock, Lift Me Up, and Feeling So Real. It was a beautiful last show, and I will never forget it.
Here are a few pictures.

The arena, empty, in Lyon. This whole tour we were playing large venues with packed houses, awesome.



The backstage jam room, Daron and the guys caught in the moment.



And finally the group photo. The last day, the last hurrah, and the last time we will all be together for perhaps ever. (click the pic to enlarge)



Left to right:
Bottom row: Dave (guitar tech), Daron (guitarist)
Middle Row: Scott (drums), Simon (drum tech), Steve (monitor engineer), Luci (keys duh), Mark (merchandise), Ali (tour manager), Nick (system tech), Celine (Mo’s personal assistant), Joy (singer), Jam (lighting tech)
Top Row: Niall (lighting tech), Richie (system tech), Marty (lighting), Matt (production manager), Moby, JP (front of house engineer), Dan (catering), Lincoln (catering).

I had our merchandise guy Mark, from Scotland, try his hand at some photography during a few of the shows, and this guy is talented! Keep checking the site for some drop-your-jaw stage shots. I’ll try to get them up this week. Thanks for reading and we have one more show on December 15th in NY, I’m sure I’ll have updates then too!

Love,
Luci