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May 8, 2009 · Concerts & Events, Empowerment Songs, NLP Songs, Rilee O'Neill Songs

Letters To Daddy Performance Alert

Letters To Daddy: A MusicalIt’s been quietly peculating in the background. I haven’t mentioned it in a while but it’s been there the whole time…quietly building.

  • 2 years ago, Bill Rodman asked me to write a song for his 11 year old God Daughter Rilee O’Neill.
  • 1 song turned into 12 songs.
  • A CD was released Letters To Daddy CD
  • Then an entire choir of Ugandan teens came and added their voices to several of the tunes.
  • A video was made of
    Together We Can Change The World
    and
    Beautiful Person
    .
  • The songs began to link together and support a story.
  • the story turned into a play. A musical called Letters To Daddy.

The first two productions of the musical are premiering in two different locations on the same weekend!

  1. Saturday, June 6th 1:00pm and 7:00pm. Westport CT
    $15.00
    Location: Center Stage at the Seabury Center 45 Church Lane in downtown Westport.
    For reservations and further information, e-mail Jill Jayson at: opedge[at]hotmail.com
    (I’ll be at the 7:00 pm show)
    .
  2. Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm, Sugar Loaf, NY
    $8.00
    Show Time: 7:30 pm
    Location: Lycian Centre, Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY
    Purchase Tickets To The Sugar Loaf, NY Shows of Letters To Daddy
    .
  3. Sunday June 7th at 5:00 pm, Sugar Loaf NY
    $8.00
    Show Time: 5:00 pm
    Location: Lycian Centre, Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY
    Purchase Tickets To The Sugar Loaf, NY Shows of Letters To Daddy

For those of you who live outside of the New England/New York area there are also stirrings. A college choir in Hong Kong is performing Together We Can Change The World as are school choruses all across the USA.

I look forward to sharing more of this as it develops!

Filed Under: Concerts & Events, Empowerment Songs, NLP Songs, Rilee O'Neill Songs

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Never fails to move me…

Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

Love your lyrics!

Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

I loved the song and listened to it 3 times….

Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

Gail Russ

Your song was just perfect to start my day…

Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

Enjoying your songs so much…

Hello Mark. I am enjoying your songs so much! I’d love to see you play live somewhere.

Marianne

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

Jeremy

I Love listening to all your songs…

Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

Total awesomeness!!!

‘Let’s Run’ is MY FAVORITE so far.. I LOVE THIS ONE.. great job.. total awesomeness!!! I thank Jana Stanfield for introducing me to your gifts. I am grateful.

Merril

Been singing the chorus since the first day I heard it…

I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

Gene Moore

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love…

Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

Just awesome…

Your music is taking over my life and it’s awesome!

Eric

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album…

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

Brilliant!

Brilliant! I LOVE seeing the words to all these beloved songs, thanks!

Mary F.

They love (your song) and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

My name is Cecile. I teach kindergarten at OMSD. I had the pleasure of using your song Together We Can Change The World to help my students make a difference in this wonderful world! They love it and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

Cecile Arvizo

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

Gina Sullivan, Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph

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