Ticket GIVE-AWAY info, NEWS of "12.12.12" -- biggest benefit concert in history, and events for Monday, December 10, 2012...

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In this edition:
1)  The Guide's latest TICKET GIVE-AWAY
2)  12.12.12: The CONCERT for SANDY RELIEF
3)  Creative Thought for Today
4)  Update to MONDAY's events
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1)  TICKET GIVE-AWAY NEWS!
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As promised, here's the news with details how YOU can win a PAIR OF TICKETS to a very special concert!

The Acoustic Americana Music Guide, in Cooperation with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, is doing this

TICKET GIVE AWAY

to see RUFUS WAINWRIGHT and MARTHA WAINWRIGHT in "CHRISTMAS 101," with the McGARRIGLE-WAINWRIGHT CLAN and special performing guests!

The show runs both Friday & Saturday, December 21 & 22, at 8 pm, in Royce Hall at UCLA.

We are giving away pairs of tickets for EACH NIGHT!

We know that EMMYLOU HARRIS, VAN DYKE PARKS, CARRIE FISHER and others will be backstage; will they join the performance? .

YOU can WIN a pair if TICKETS! 

Just after 12 Noon on WEDNESDAY and on THURSDAY, December 12 and 13, the Guide will post a question relevant to the concert.

The first correct answers WIN a pair of tickets!

We're doing it at Noon (a couple minutes after) to give everyone an equal chance. Your boss shouldn't be able to mess with you if you've gone to lunch, right?


See you right here at NOON, Wednesday and Thursday!
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DETAILS:
a)  You can win a maximum of one pair; winners if one pair of tix are not eligible to win more tickets from the Guide for either night of "Christmas 101" at UCLA.
b)  If you win, you must give us your name as it appears on the photo i.d. you will use to pick-up your tix at Will-Call on the night of the show.
c)  Winners must pick-up their own pair of tickets (see "b").
d)  You must be able to attend the show for which you win tickets. If you live in Botswana and you won't be in Los Angeles for the show, do not enter the contest.
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2)  "12.12.12: The CONCERT for SANDY RELIEF"
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It's huge, the biggest benefit concert in history, by virtue of the biggest networking effort ever. It will go live* to over ONE BILLION PEOPLE around the world from Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 12, 2012, at 7:30 pm ET. It will dominate US and international networks and television feeds worldwide, plus radio and online streaming.
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ERIC CLAPTON,  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND,  PAUL McCARTNEY,  BILLY JOEL,and  THE WHO  are part of a superstar lineup including  BON JOVI,   ROGER WATERS,  EDDIE VEDDER,  DAVE GROHL,  and more,  and the inevitable pop singers including Alicia Keys, Chris Martin,  and Kanye West, are all performing.
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The concert will be broadcast live* across all media platforms, online globally, on TV stations around the world, and on radio.
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That includes an astonishing 34 US networks, plus TV feeds to North and South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia, plus live broadcast via a global network of even more international television stations, Clear Channel radio stations, and many leading web sites. Check the list below to see where to tune in to watch or listen.
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TV NETWORKS BROADCASTING the concert (in alphabetical order):
AMC, AXS TV, BIO, Bloomberg, CBS, Cooking Channel, Destination America, Discovery Fit & Health, Encore, EPIX, FX Movie Channel, Fuse, G4, Hallmark, Movie Channel, HBO, HBO Latino, IFC, ION Television, Lifetime Real Women, Live Well Network, Military History, MSG, MSG Plus, mundoFox, NJTV, Ovation, Palladia, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, Sundance Channel, Thirteen, VH1 Classic, WEtv, WLIW.
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WEBSITES streaming the concert live:
AOL, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Outdoor, Crackle, Hulu, iHeartRadio, MTV Networks, Vevo, Yahoo, YouTube, People.com, Time.com, InStyle.com, EW.com.
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On the West Coast, that could be bad news for many, since 7:30 Eastern is only 4:30 pm Pacific. Typically, everybody west of Central time gets a tape delay on broadcast TV networks (as opposed to cable TV networks).
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For broadcast TV airtimes where you are, check local listings ir go to www.121212concert.org/watch
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The producers of "12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief" announced last week the added dimension that the show will STREAM LIVE from Madison Square Garden. That helps make credible the massive number of anticipated viewers. Just keep in mind that overloaded websites crash. Best to choose a TV option.
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Tune in. When you do, lend a hand: give a few bucks to folks in need. And what better gift to you, in return, then this "We are the world" for our time?
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The Guide expects this will achieve its promotional hyperbole, and indeed be "a legendary event."
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The Acoustic Americana Music Guide will bring you more news on this if there is any. And of course we'll bring you more on MANY other upcoming events.
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3)  Creative Thought for Today...
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"Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights, but you make the whole trip that way." -- E.L. Doctorow, writer (b. 1931)
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[Thanks to Anu Garg's "A.Word.A.Day" for the quote.]
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4)  UPDATE to MONDAY's EVENTS...
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Monday, December 10
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Mon, Dec 10, in SW L.A.,
a "$10-&-up" BENEFIT and
"SHOW-of-the-WEEK" pick:
8 pm Grammy-winner / BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS founding member DICK HALLIGAN brings his "MUSICAL BEING" show for a DISASTER-RELIEF BENEFIT at Cornerstone Music Conservatory, 12121 West Pico Bl (one door w. of Bundy, on 2nd floor; handicapped accessible), in southeast L.A. 90064.
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ALL proceeds go to Disaster Relief efforts. "Dick is donating his time & talent, Cornerstone has waived the rent -- all we need is you!" says series producer Jeannine Frank.
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Founding member of BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS, Grammy Award winner, master jazz pianist and witty raconteur DICK HALLIGAN returns to the series once more before heading home to Italy. This time it's to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.
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Halligan's entertaining solo show is highly acclaimed. A composer, arranger and performer of music for film and television, as well as jazz, chamber music and popular idioms, he takes his audiences on a fascinating journey through 60 prolific years of interpreting and creating American music.
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A gifted performer and raconteur, Halligan shares fascinating stories about his early influences and musical development, his days as a rock star with BS&T, and his courageous effort to understand the psychological complexities that came along with his exceptional aptitude for music.
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He says, "My story is played, sung, and spoken, and shown in the light of my many years of musical experiences. It reveals something of the mystery of how I arrived at where I am today. I touch upon music that has struck me and stimulated my imagination through the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and the 2000s,until now. And I tell my side of the story of who I am."
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The outcome of that work-in-progress, "Dick Halligan: Musical Being," is as unique as he is, a memorable evening with an American music legend that will entertain and inspire you.
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All proceeds benefit the AMERICAN RED CROSS FUND FOR DISASTER RELIEF. Presented by Parlor Performances and Androcles Productions. Everyone, including the venue, is donating all money received for the night.
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$10 minimum contribution, and up: it's OK to decide how much more at the door; cash or check only. The venue is an intimate, 60 seat room, so reserve your seats by email to Jeannine@FrankEntertainment.com or call 310-476-6735.
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The rest of Monday's events and Monday's "Music-on-TV" listings (plenty of both) are in the Monday section of the Guide's WEEKEND EDITION, available just below or in the sidebar at left, depending on which edition you are reading.
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More Tuesday!
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Remember the TICKET GIVE-AWAY!
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