2008
Events You Missed
: : : January | February
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January 19 at 7:00 p.m.
- - Powers Auditorium, Youngstown,
Ohio
Brenda Rider received the Dream Maker for Area Youth Award, a Martin
Luther King Strength and Love Award. Award was presented by Youngstown
Mayor Jay Williams during a Youngstown Symphony concert and ceremony
celebrating King's life. Award recognizes the accomplishments of Brenda
and the R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir for local young people.
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Now through January 22th
- - Durso Bakery, Youngstown,
Ohio
Freshly made Pepperoni Rolls at $2.50 as fundraiser to send R.O.C.c.K.
Children's Choir to Victory Junction Gang Camp to perform in June
for children with cancer.
- January 24 at 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and
January 25 at 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- - Glorious Homes, 14 N.
Anderson Road, Austintown, Ohio
Pick up pepperoni roll orders
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January 21 at 1:00 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
(regular appearance the third Monday of every
month)
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January 29 at 6:30 a.m.
- - Warren Tribune newspaper
interview, Warren, Ohio
Alan Matavich, Mike Talanca, Brenda Rider, and Janeen Williams speak
about their latest song ("Honey Don't Touch It") soon to be released
which continues the saga of "Dumb as Dillon" theme.
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Mike Talanca
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February 18 at 1:00 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
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March 15 at 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- - Christ Community Church,
531 Neoka Dr., Campbell, Ohio
Pancake and Sausage Breakfast Fundraiser with
Chris Yambar and LIFE MAXX™
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance every hour on the hour
:: Pancake batter and cooks donated by Eat-N-Park Restaurant, Austintown,
Ohio
:: Sausages donated by Bob Evans, Austintown, Ohio
:: Eggs and milk from Sirna & Sons Produce, Ravenna, Ohio
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March 17 at 1:00 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
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LIFE MAXX characters and comic book™
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April 2, at 7:00 p.m.
- - St. Brendan Church, 2800
Oakwood, Youngstown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
- - United Methodist Church
(Liturgy Guild) 601 Ohio Ave., McDonald, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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April 21 at 1:00 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
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April 21 at 6:00 p.m.
- - Communicator Dinner,
Mr. Anthony's Banquet Hall, 7440 South Ave., Boardman, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance to honor Mr. and Mrs. John York
for their support and help to the A Way With Words Foundation, Inc.
(AWWWF)
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April 26 at 6:00 p.m.
- - Sharon Speedway Track
Season Opener, Hartford, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir sings National Anthem before races
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Courtesy Joe
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May 16 at 5:30 p.m.
- - American Cancer Society
Relay For Life, Boardman Middle School,
Market St., Boardman, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance at opening ceremonies
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May 17
- - Leetonia Street Fair,
Leetonia, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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May 19 at 1:00 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
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May 29 at 6:15 a.m.
- - WFMJ TV Channel 21, Youngstown,
Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
Choir and Brenda Rider discuss Golf, Zoo Walk, and Victory Junction
Gang Camp events
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May 31 at 8:00 a.m. for Shot Gun Start
- - Shot Gun Start of Annual
Charity Golf Scramble
2745 Grandview Ave., Olde Dutch Mill, Lake Milton, OH
Annual Charity Golf Scramble
Fees: $75 per person, prepaid tickets $300 per 4-person team (walk-on
teams $350)
Fee includes food, drink, dinner
Prizes, Hole-in-one cash prize shots, raffles, 50/50 drawing, Mulligan
tickets for $5 each
Celebrity surprises
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May 31 beginning at 9:00 a.m.
- - Cleveland Zoo Walk, Cleveland,
OH
9 a.m. ... R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance for Wigs
for Kids
10 a.m. ... Appearance of LIFE MAXX™
in person!
In the morning, event open only to persons involved in Wigs for Kids
programs, including those who come to donate their hair for kids with
cancer.
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After
performing, R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir member Nick walked the Relay for
Life to raise money for cancer research
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June 2 at 5:30 p.m.
- - WYTV Channel 33, Boardman,
Ohio
Brenda Rider with R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir member Kaitlyn to talk
about the upcoming Victory Junction Gang Camp trip. Kaitlyn was featured
on the Wigs for Kids 2007 brochure for donating her hair to during the
2006 Zoo Walk.
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June 7 at 9:30 a.m.
- - American Cancer Society
Relay for Life, Austintown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance at opening ceremonies
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June 24 at 6:30 p.m.
- - Victory Junction Gang
Camp, Randelmann, North Carolina
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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July 21 at 1:00 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
(regular appearance the third Monday of every
month)
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August 6 at 11:00 a.m.
- - Girard Senior Citizen
Center, Girard, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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August 10 at 12:30 p.m.
- - Italian American Heitage
Festival Parade, Warren, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir will have a float in the Parade and perform
for the crowd
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August 17 at 4:30 p.m.
- - Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Baseball Game, Warren, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir sings National Anthem at game opening
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September 7 from Noon to 4:00 p.m.
- - Immaculate Heart of Mary
Parish Center, 4490 Norquest Blvd, Austintown,
Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
A Way With Words Foundation, Inc. Auction
Spaghetti Dinner
Car Show
Celebrity Appearances
Raffle of 1984 Jaguar XJ6 Car
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September 15 at 9:45 a.m.
- - Austintown Friends of
the Library Meeting, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider will speak on the CDs, books, and comic book published
by the R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir and A Way With Words Foundation,
Inc. Public welcome.
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2008
Auction Poster
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* October 4 at 10:00 a.m.
- - Downtown Youngstown Rainbow
of Ribbons Race and Fun Run for a Cure, Starting at Buffalo Wild
Wings (BW3) Downtown Youngstown, Ohio
Rainbow of Ribbons 5K Race and Fun
Run for cancer sponsored by A Way With Words Foundation, Inc.
A 'Rainbow Ribbon' of colors at $25 each in honor of or in memory of
someone
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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October 14 at 6:30 p.m.
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal
Rd., Austintown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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October 31 and November 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- - AWWWF
Benefit Garage Sale, 4032 Mahoning Ave., Austintown,
Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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2007
Events You Missed (and wished you hadn't)
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- January 13
- - American Red Cross Awards Dinner, Boardman, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance and
Choir received Heroes of the Valley Award
- January 25
- - Love of Chocolate Entertainment Festival, Liberty, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance and TV interview
WFMJ 21 TV anchors Scott Schneider and Laurie Lehotsky with
Brenda Rider (yellow) and Charlotte Labuda (pink)
- January 28
- - Steelhounds Hockey Game, Youngstown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir sang National Anthem for game opening
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- March 7
- - WFMJ 21 TV, Youngstown , Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance and TV interview
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- April 20
- - American Cancer Society Relay For Life, Youngstown State University, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance at opening ceremonies
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- May 14
- - Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, Austintown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance for the Ladies Altar and Rosary Society
- May 18
- - American Cancer Society Relay For Life, Boardman, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- May 29
- - WYTV 33 TV, Youngstown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance and TV interview
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- June 1
- - WKBN 27 TV, Youngstown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance and TV interview
- June 16
- - Sharon Speedway, Hartford, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir National Anthem before races
"Dad R.O.C.c.K.s" rocks sold to raise funds for Victory Junction Gang Camp
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- July 29
- - St. Charles Church, Boardman, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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- August 12
- - Canfield Christian Church, Canfield, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- August 15
- - Boardman Park R.O.C.c.K. CD Kick-off, Boardman, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
Launch of R.O.C.c.K. (Raising Our Commitment to Cancer Kids) :
Compilation of Talent Donated for Cancer CD
Thank You Award to Denise DeBartolo-York
- August 16
- - Wickliffe Presbyterian Church, Austintown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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Thank You Award
to Denise DeBartolo-York
Courtesy Karen O'Malia
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- September 8
- - Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, Austintown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance; AWWWF Auction; Pasta Dinner; Car Show;
Celebrity Appearances
- September 9
- - The Hope Center for Cancer Care, Boardman, Ohio
"Survivor Day"; R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- September 16
- - Grace Church of the Nazarene
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- September 16
- - Panache Hair Salon Fundraiser
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- September 23
- - Christ Community Church
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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Auction with guitar autographed by Lone Star band. September 8, 2007
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- October 6
- - Christ Community Church Health Fair
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir concert
- Deyor Performing Arts
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performed as part of the Concert for a Cure
- October 14.
- - Omni Nursing Home
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- October 21
- - St. Elizabeth Church
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- October 23
- - Barnes & Noble Book Fair, 381 Boardman-Poland Rd. in Boardman, Ohio
From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., a percentage of your purchases can be donated to the R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
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Racecar driver Stan Woomer and choir director Charlotte Labuda with some members of the R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir during Barnes & Noble Book Fair
Photos courtesy Brenda Rider
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Stan Woomer's racecar at Barnes & Noble Book Fair.
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- November 4
- - East Liverpool Church
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- November 18; $10 Admission
- - Southern Park Mall, Boardman, Ohio
'Evening of Giving' shopping event; Launch of LIFE MAXX™ comic book, with creator Chris Yambar present to autograph copies; R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- November 24 and November 25
- - Battelle Hall, Greater Columbus Convention Center,
Columbus, Ohio
Launch of LIFE MAXX™ comic book, with creators Chris Yambar and George Broderick, Jr. autographing copies; LIFE MAXX™ T-Shirts as official convention T-shirts
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Looking for the LIFE MAXX™ comic book displayed in front of them? November 18, 2007.
Maybe the choir did see a special guest (look below)!
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- December 13
- - St. Lucy's Church 50th Anniversary, Campbell, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- December 16
- - Mahoning United Methodist Church, 2214 Mahoning Ave. Youngstown, Ohio
R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir performance
- December 17
- - Omni Nursing Home, Vestal Road, Austintown, Ohio
Brenda Rider plays guitar music for Mass ceremony
(regular appearance the third Monday of every month)
- December 23 and December 24
- - Glorious Homes, Inc., 14 N. Anderson, Austintown, Ohio
Sales of new song "Dumb as Dillon" to benefit Toys for Tots and the R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir
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The R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir caught a glimpse of CHEMO GIRL™ at her first appearance during their concert November 2007.
Chemo Girl™ Chris Yambar
and AWWWF
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