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Jay London
Opening - Jay London, comic
The master of ceremonies for the evening will be Jay London, finalist on the popular Last Comic Standing television series.
 
                                               
   
Choral Anthem - "Hold Together Strong"
by Jonathan D. Cole

A choral ensemble made up of volunteers and professionals will present emotional works of people who have passed as well as upbeat works to celebrate their lives
                       
                                   
 

Dr. Joseph Cadden, M.D. - Guest Speaker
As the new Medical Director of the Rand Schrader HIV Clinic at LAC+USC Medical Center, Dr. Cadden will share his insight and stories representing the unsung heroes of this disease.

                                   
   
Poems by
One of the centerpieces of the show will be the recitation of a poem. The work will be written by someone with HIV/AIDS or who has passed.
                                   
 
Classical vocal solo - "Butcher"
by Chris DeBlasio

A vocal solo performed by Rada Jovicic written by Chris DeBlasio who passed from AIDS in 1993.
 
 
Bringing forth the names
Scribe Tickets

Instead of vocalizing the names of our beloved ones, the audience will get the chance to write down names on 'scribe tickets'. These tickets will be collected and posted throughout the remainder of the show for all to see, creating a dichotomy between the celebration of music and the tragedy and work against the disease yet to be done.
           
                                               
     
Full Screen Presentation
“The Hollywood Greats”

To remember Hollywood, a full screen montage of those major stars, directors, writers, producers, etc. will be shown on a big screen.
               
                                               
      Howard Ashman                                        
        Medley (choir and soloists)
Howard Ashman (Beauty and Beast, Little Mermaid)
 
                                             
   
Guest Celebrity Impersonators
       
LIberace James Lent
         
             
       

played by
James Lent

             
                                                             
    Peter Allen                               Zachary Provost      
                               
                                       
            played by
Zachary Provost
               
                                       
                                                             
    Freddie Mercury                               Luca Spanio      
        Freddie Mercury                    
                                       
            played by
Luca Spanio
               
                                       
                                                             
Fela Kuti               Samuel Okori      
 
Fela Kuti
(Afrobeat)
             
                     
      played by
Samuel Okori
             
                     
                           
Hector Lavoe               Ricardo Parra      
and Hector Lavoe
(Salsa)
               
                   
    played by
Ricardo Parra
             
                   
 
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Choral Recessional
There Will Be Rest - Frank Ticheli
As the choir performs its last work, the guests are invited to visit four panels of the National AIDS Quilt as well as visual monatages of people we wish to remember on monitors posted next to the quilt.

1327 Dan Jeansonne   1828 Paul Klang    
3942 Armando Valencia 4300 Curtis Clayton  
 
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