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It was an evening filled with extraordinary music
at the Golden Score Awards held by The American
Society of Music Arrangers and Composers
(ASMAC).
This year's black tie event was held at the
Sheraton Universal in Los Angeles and honored 3 top
songwriters, composers and arrangers in the music
5industry - Diane Warren, Bill Holman and Alan
Silvestri.
The evening started off with a social hour of
cocktails and a silent auction, which included
artwork by Tony Bennett, Hanna Montana & Elvis
memorabilia, donations from Disney, Paramount, and
Hearst Castle among other goodies.
Along with the honorees, luminaries in the
attendance were Ron Fair, Chris Montan, Jon
Charles, Amy Smart, Fawn, Stacy Keach, Johnny
Mandel, Mort Sahl, Nancy Knutson, Sylvester Rivers,
Eddie Reasoner, Mike Lange, David Blumberg, Nancy
Holman, Jorge Calandrelli, Jimmy Demers, Donni
Demers and Milt Nelson. After a delicious full
course sit down dinner, the awards show began with
a warm welcome by ASMAC President and 3 time Grammy
nominated musician John Clayton who introduced the
master of ceremonies, Stacy Keach.
The first Golden Score Award was presented to Bill
Holman with stories and introductions by Johnny
Mandel and Mort Sahl. It was quite a treat to hear
Holman's spectacular arrangements as he conducted
The Bill Holman band. The prestigious President's
award was presented to Diane Warren, whose hit
songs, have been recorded by such stars as Barbra
Streisand, Celine Dion, Patti LaBelle, Christina
Aguilera, Steve Tyler, Gloria Estefan and Faith
Hill.
A video montage was played for the audience before
a live rendition of two more of her songs were
performed by singer Jimmy Demers, replacing Michael
Bolton who was out ill. The final Golden Score
award of the evening was presented to Alan
Silvestri whose scores have included the hit Films
and Television shows Tales From The Crypt, Chips,
Starsky and Hutch, Forrest Gump, Night At The
Museum, The Polar Express, Stuart Little, Cast Away
and numerous others. A tribute video was shown of
over 25 of his Film and Television
masterpieces.
ASMAC was founded in 1938 and offers annual
scholarships in both arranging and composing.
ASMAC annually recognizes leaders in the music
industry field by presenting one or more of the
following: The Golden Score Award, The President's
Award, and The Irwin Kostal Award. To find out
more about the American Society of Music Arrangers
and Composers, visit their website at
www.asmac.org.
Photos:
Top Photo: John & Tineke Clayton, Jon & Maureen
Charles
2nd Photo: Fawn, Johnny Mandel
3rd Photo: Fawn, Judy & Amy Smart
4th photo: Bill Hollman, Fawn, Jimmy Demers
5th photo: Diane Warren, Fawn
6th photo: Ron Fair, MC Stacy Keach and Diane
Warren
Photo Credits:
1st Two Photos: FFD Images
All Others: William Kidston at www.conventionstars.com
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By: Songirl
Plus-size advocate and BBW promoter Cher Rue will
be seen this month on the TV Show “Secret Lives Of
Women,” which airs on the Women's Entertainment
Channel. The reality TV show will feature four
different women, exposing their stories about being
considered different from what society calls
“normal.”
Growing up, Cher was conscientious about her weight
and her body size fluctuated up and down. Over all,
she believes that she’s been lucky, because people
have seemed to look beyond her outer image and in
most cases, seen her true essence as a person.
Even so, Cher felt as though she did not quite fit
in.
One night 10 years ago, she discovered the plus
size community in an online chat room. She attended
a BBW dance called the "Big Difference" and
ironically, it really DID make a difference in her
life. Cher found the plus-size community to be
open, friendly. and accepting. As they opened
their hearts to her and shared their various horror
stories about growing up overweight, Cher had an
“a-ha” moment and suddenly knew what her calling
was. Knowing the plus-size communities struggles,
hopes and feelings all too well, she began to help
others feel good about themselves and their lives.
One of her goals was to help each person to be
proud of who they are and realize that it’s what on
the inside that truly matters, not a body size.
Cher says. “People need to see the soul and the
heart of others not judge what they look like on
the outside.”
After 5 years of promoting BBW nightclubs in her LA
based area, appearing on various talk shows such as
Dr. Phil and writing for several online magazines,
she has now embarked on new journey to reach
"mainstream" media. Cher is on a mission to show
society and the general media that “you are you, a
valuable person at any size!”
Separate from her passion for the plus-size
community, Cher has made enough room in her
compassionate heart to have co-founded a non-profit
organization with her husband Jon Rue. The
non-profit is called “Hollywood Cure For Pain” and
through it, they have reached out to others
suffering from chronic pain. Her husband currently
suffers from five different immune system and pain
disorders, which came about just with in the past 3
years.
After talking to Cher for a just a short time, it’s
easy to see why the WE Channel would choose her as
one of their features. She is an extraordinary
woman doing extraordinary things.

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