<div><strong><em>When the Three Kings arrive they present the gift of their talent</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT ... A JAZZ NATIVITY</strong>
</div>
<div><strong>The traditional Christmas story told in Jazz</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>"LIGHT SERVES AS A SYMBOL OF TRUTH AND LOVE ... AND HOPE</strong>
</div>
<div><strong>HOPE THAT EVEN IN A DARK SEASON, WE MAY BEGIN TO SEE THE WORLD </strong>. . . <strong>BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT."</strong>
</div>
<div>Prologue by first Host, <strong>Charles Kuralt</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong> IF WE EVER NEEDED TO SEE THE WORLD START </strong>
</div>
<div><strong> “BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT” <em> IT IS NOW!</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>AS ARTISTS, WE THREE WOMEN: COMPOSER, <strong>ANNE PHILLIPS</strong>, DIRECTOR,<strong> BETH ANN KENNEDY</strong> AND CO-PRODUCER,<strong> LEE PRIORE </strong>OF CHELSEA OPERA ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BRING LIGHT INTO OUR WORLD.
</div>
<div><strong>This year we are shooting the New York show broadcast quality so we will be able to get it on a TV platform. </strong>We have raised $40,000 of the $50,000 we need, from people who have seen and loved it through the years. We have put together a first-class team to shoot the NY production on December 22. The Three Kings will be Latin clarinetist, <strong>Paquito D'Rivera</strong>, world-renowned tap dancer, <strong>Maurice Chestnut </strong>and "Quing" trumpeter,<strong> Ingrid Jensen.</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This Christmas show has played annually in New York for 40 years with such great jazz stars as <strong>Lionel Hampton,</strong> <strong>Dave Brubeck </strong>and <strong>Tito Puente</strong> and many cities around the country have produced it with their own local stars. It is a family show. Children love it. Jazz- lovers and non-jazz lovers alike love it. They leave with joy and hope in their hearts.
</div>
<div>The show’s closing words, sung, are <strong>“YOU ARE LIKE A LIGHT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD ... LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE”</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>If you live in the NY area you can come to this exciting performance. on December 22 at 8PM.at St.. Pauls and St Andrews Church, 86th and West End Ave. Or if you live near <strong>Bozeman MT</strong>, <strong>Tucson, AZ</strong>, <strong>La Grange, IL</strong> or in <strong>Greensboro, NC </strong>where they have been doing it annually for over 30 years, you can see their performances live. We will also be streaming the NY production. For info on all these see <strong>jazznativity.org. </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>OH WHAT REVIEWS "THE JAZZNATIVITY" HAS GOTTEN EVERYWHERE!</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>“A spiritual classic”. Manhasset NY </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>"a compelling evening in which the secular and sacred swirl and soar!”</strong>
</div>
<div><strong>Topeka, KS </strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>“By the end of “The Jazz Nativity” you know you’ve been through something wonderful … a stirring celebration of Christmas!”</strong>
</div>
<div><strong>Dr. Billy Taylor, CBS Sunday Morning</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>“Of all the works that revolve around the spirituality/jazz axis BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT…A JAZZ NATIVITY’ seems closest to acquiring the stature of a popular classic.” NYC David Hadju Deems Taylor Award</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>“<strong>None of the classics is half so giddy, nor so utterly entertaining as “The Jazz Nativity" Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>"I was held spellbound. I can honestly say that I have never enjoyed a more entertaining communion with God, the church, and my fellow man. It is such a rich cultural experience.” NYC Audience member</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong><em>Dec. 22 NYC</em></strong>
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/82901767_1761588214619146_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>A note from composer, Anne Phillips:</strong>
</div>
<div>I turned 90 this year. I was 49 when "Jazz Minister'" J<strong>ohn Garcia Gensel</strong>
</div>
<div>called to tell me he had suggested me as the writer of something called <strong>"The Jazz Nativity." </strong> Doing the show is just as thrilling now as the very first one at St. Peters Church. And I'm still kickin'! Standing midst the greatest jazz musicians in the world ! What could be more thrilling? Hearing my husband, tenor player<strong> Bob Kindred</strong>, start it alone in the dark with Silent Night just as i had imagined ... like a prayer.
</div>
<div>I wrote all the charts but "The First Noel" when after the first performance we knew it had to be more upbeat. So Bob sat on the piano bench beside me and dictated an incredible arrangement for shepherd <strong>Phil Woods</strong> to play. When we called Phil to tell him that this year, instead of a King, he would be a shepherd, His reply was "What next? a camel?" Now, it is played so excitingly by alto great, <strong>Jon Gordon</strong>. <strong>Dave Brubeck</strong>, happily let me use his 5/4 "<strong>God's Love Made Visible</strong>" and came and played on it!. A few years later his son, <strong>Chris Brubeck, </strong>became a King. Getting <strong>"yes!"</strong> from<strong> Lionel Hampton, Tito Puente, Ron Carter! </strong>
</div>
<div>See <strong>jazznativity.org </strong>and take a look at the list of players who have been in it throughout the years.
</div>
<div>I hope you will help us get <strong>"Bending Towards the Light ... A JAZZ NATIVITY"</strong> out to the world.<strong> <em> </em></strong>
</div>
<div><strong><em> Thank you, Anne</em></strong>
</div>

ALICE MOTT

JANIS INGHAM

Kirk Nurock

Christopher Demeter

Anonymous

Sandy Stewart

bill a mays

John Armato

Sophia Tomasulo

Lisa Barbaris

karen rait

Help us shoot a broadcast quality video

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

Support Comments Allowlist

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

checkout headers audience

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Help us shoot a broadcast quality video

Still $8,995 to go. Help us build momentum.