The "Youth For Hope Concert " Sponsored by
The Louis Gendel/Stan Kaufman Chapter of the City of Hope
Backstage about five minutes before the start of the program.
Shirley is talking with Dr. Ernest Katz, Founder and Conductor of
The Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra of California
The man that you see in the background between Shirley and Dr. Katz
is guest soloist Jordan Bennett. He is an awesome performer.
Shirley was the Mistress of Ceremonies for a magnificent concert
held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on November 12th at 7:00 pm
Here she is in her dressing room about a half an hour before show time.
Shirley did all of the announcing before each musical selection and she was
kind enough to give me her original copy of the script that she read on stage.
Here you see a small section of the eight page commentary that Shirley was given.
They provided a few pronunciation guides and she also wrote in one for herself.
Shirley did an eloquent job. (She always does!)
There was only one slight blooper which Shirley actually worked to her advantage later on!
She began to announce Bizet's Carmen Suite, before Beethoven's Egmont Overture.
After the Overture, when it WAS time to announce Bizet,
Shirley joked: "Everyone still loves Carmen"
This clip from her speech tells you why that made the audience chuckle.
All proceeds from this event will benefit research into
the cure for children's diseases for the
City of Hope National Medical Center
and the Beckman Research Institute
City of Hope