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LE STUDIO Celebrates
The Grand Opening Of Their New Culver City Location!

What:
A kickoff event celebrating the very grand OPENING of the massive, state-of-the-art new LE STUDIO location!

Why:
There will be an open “Cirque Bar” and special guest performances by:

• The Wonderthings band
• Cirque artists
• Luminario Ballet
• Stilts
• Singer Nina Kruse,
• AND a special performance by Le Studio’s very own kids team aerialists!

When:
Saturday June 12th, 2010
from 7-10 pm

Where:
LE STUDIO
9500 Jefferson Blvd
Culver City, 90232

For media inquiries and/or to RSVP Please contact Kelley Coughlan at Ballantines PR. Interviews with Nathalie Gaulthier, founder of Le Studio will be scheduled on a first come, first served basis.

Kelley Coughlan
kelley@ballantinespr.com
Ballantines PR
Tel: 310 454 3080
Cell: 310 570 9970
Fax: 310 943 1978
www.ballantinespr.com

Aaron Nigel Smith And Music For Little People Rock The Kids Together On A New Award Winning Cd!

Los Angeles, CA, May 27, 2010 - Aaron Nigel Smith and Music for Little People have joined forces to release Everyone Loves to Dance on June 22, 2010. The CD has already been awarded a Parents’ Choice Award for 2010! Aaron Nigel Smith assembles an all-star team to create his super cool children’s CD. Parents and kids alike will love these hip original tunes as well as funky new arrangements of popular classics. Ziggy Marley, Kevin Richardson from The Backstreet Boys, DJ DREZ, and local LA artists Rhythm Child rock with Aaron on select songs. Grammy Award-winning mixer Myke Aaron closes out the CD with a dance mix that will keep the whole family jammin’.

Leib Ostrow, the founder and president of Music for Little People label is thrilled to be involved. “From the time I first met Aaron a few years ago, I have been totally impressed by his passion and ability to engage children in song and movement. He is truly a dynamic children’s performer and his new recording expresses this whole heartedly.”

Aaron actively promotes the positive effects of music and movement as an integral part of early education through his recordings as well as his enrichment program, FUNdamentals of Music and Movement. Launched in 2002 in Los Angeles, FUNdamentals is now the program of choice for over 100 schools nationwide! The uptempo, hook-filled tunes created for his curriculum get kids literally jumping off the floor while exploring key developmental concepts. His songs have been described as “some of the best targeted music for kids today,” and PBS agrees. Aaron was recently invited to join the cast of the Emmy Award-winning PBS Kids show Between the Lions.

His entertaining stage show has been featured around the country as part of the Ziggy Marley Family Time Tour, Between the Lions Live, NEA Read Across America Tour, NBC/Universal, Sony, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Fox Studios Family Concerts, and the Sierra Nevada World Music and Abbott Kinney Festivals. He received the NAPPA and iParenting awards for his first release, Let’s Pretend, in 2005. Most recently, Aaron collaborated with Ziggy Marley and the Palisades Children’s Choir on the new hit Tuff Gong release of Bob Marley songs for kids, B is for Bob.

Located in the coastal redwoods of northern California, Music for Little People has emerged as a leading resource for quality, alternative children’s music with an educational, multi-cultural orientation. Now, 25 years and over 100 releases later, the label has garnered over 140 awards including two Grammy ® nominations. Their music has been featured in film and television as well as in many custom compilations, software programs and publishing add-ons. Their recordings have been distributed by Warner Bros. Records for over twenty years.

They have worked with renowned artists such as Taj Mahal; Willie Nelson; Faith Hill; Danny Glover; Michelle Shocked; Ladysmith Black Mambazo; and The Persuasions. The label has produced themed collections featuring such diverse performers as Raffi; Paul Simon; Burl Ives; Jerry Garcia; Bobby McFerrin; Joni Mitchell; John McCutcheon; The Doobie Brothers; Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina; James Taylor; Linda Ronstadt; Aaron Neville; Julie Andrews; Chuck Berry; Loreena McKennitt and John Lennon.

“Groundbreaking . . . The label has evolved into a showcase for established pop and ethnic music artists who wish to release children’s albums.” – Billboard

“The Little People’s Music Label That Could” – L.A. Times

For more information, please contact:
Kelley Coughlan
kelley@ballantinespr.com
Ballantines PR
Tel: 310.454.3080
www.ballantinespr.com