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Guest Occupation: singer, songwriter and guitarist
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SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST

for Britain's most successful international progressive folk-rock band

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

Strawbs are Britain's most successful international progressive folk-rock band. They are mentioned in the same breath as progressive rock bands Yes, King Crimson and The Moody Blues. Strawbs have a devoted fan base that continues to grow on the strength of their incredible live performances together with their classic albums over the years including "Grave New World", "Bursting at the Seams", "Hero & Heroine" and "Ghosts." The band has achieved sales of over three million albums, seven consecutive Strawbs albums have featured in the US Billboard Top 200 albums.

Many top musicians have featured in the Strawbs line up over the years, including Sonjia Kristina, Blue Weaver, Don Airey and as well as Rick Wakeman , both his classically trained sons Adam and Oliver have been featured, a certain compliment to the band's talent. After several years of touring in both acoustic and electric lineups, in 2017 Strawbs released "The Ferryman's Curse", their first studio album of original material in eight years. The album returned to the album charts and garnered rave reviews worldwide!

The current Strawbs line-up comprises David Cousins, lead guitarist Dave Lambert, bass player Chas Cronk, and drummer Tony Fernandez, who recorded and toured together in the 1970s. They are joined by keyboard and guitar virtuoso Dave Bainbridge of Iona - a band who created a mystical blend of rock, folk, Celtic and ambient music - a perfect match for Strawbs.

British rock legends Strawbs will mark their 50th anniversary with a three-day event filled with exclusive musical performances that feature the band’s current line-up, special guests and many of the artists that have contributed to the band’s sound over its five-decade history.

The event will take place at The Strand Theater in Lakewood, New Jersey from April 26 through April 28, 2019 and will be hosted by Strawbs founding member David Cousins, along with long serving band mates Chas Cronk, Dave Lambert, Tony Fernandez and the band’s latest addition, Dave Bainbridge. Featuring special guests Tony Visconti, Annie Haslam, Larry Fast and others! Weekend celebration of the first album release by seminal British band.

STRAWBS (Present) David Cousins (1968 - present)  Dave Lambert (1972 - present) Chas Cronk (1973 - present)Tony Fernandez (1978 - present) Dave Bainbridge (2016 - present)

Guest Category: Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Executive Film Producers
Guest Biography:

SANDY STEWART and BRIAN STEWART

The parents of filmmaker Rob Stewart, Sandy and Brian Stewart acted as Executive Producers on Rob’s first two films, Sharkwater (2007) and Revolution (2013) and most recently worked with a team to guide and complete his final film, Sharkwater Extinction.  In partnership with United Conservationists and Fin Free, two foundations founded by Rob, the Stewarts will continue to complete the many projects Rob had in development at the time of his death.

The Stewarts are also the  co-founders of the Tribute Entertainment Media Group of companies.  From Tribute Magazine, a publication first distributed in theatres across Canada, the franchise has expanded to a roster of online media content products, including showtimes (com), frontrowcentre (com), and Canada’s largest independent movie website. tribute (ca).

With a long history of working with movie producers, movie stars and industry insiders in both Canada and LA, Tribute has produced entertaining content for over 35 years.  Tribute is a leader in creating and executing award winning marketing and promotional opportunities for theatrical motion pictures.

Guest Category: Arts, Earth & Space, Plant & Animals, Entertainment, Kids & Family, News, Pets and Animals, Philosophy, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Ariane De Rothschild fellow for Social Entrepreneurship. He’s a two-time Moth winner, published writer, actor, social activist, educator, and speaker
Guest Biography:

CHRISTOPHER RIVAS

Christopher Rivas is a 2018 Ariane De Rothschild fellow for Social Entrepreneurship. He’s a two-time Moth winner,  published writer, actor (GLOW, Grey’s Anatomy, For The People, SEAL Team, Shameless, Rizzoli & Isles, 2 Broke Girls, and more), social activist, educator, and speaker. 

Human narratives are his single greatest passion, and his mission is to create and share powerful stories that move us forward, blend boundaries, and encourage dialogue. As a speaker and facilitator he has worked with organizations all over the world using the power of storytelling to craft messages that inspire and set us free. He’s developed and facilitated storytelling workshops for The WWE, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Safe Place for Youth, LAMP on Skid Row, The Museum of Broken Relationships, The Skirball Cultural Center, UCLA, CalArts, Upworthy, and content for SoulPancake to name a few.

He’s currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Expressive Arts for Global Health & Peace Building from The European Graduate School.

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Plant & Animals, Health & Lifestyle, History, News, Philosophy, Science, Society and Culture, Technology
Guest Occupation: life coaches and relationship coaches with masters in Spiritual Psychology
Guest Biography:

JAN and MONIKA ZANDS

We are life coaches and relationship coaches that are committed to helping you live the life of your dreams. Our coaching sessions are jam packed with lessons and tools to help you shift your perspective, get out of your own way and let go of the things from your past that are limiting your happiness.

Working on yourself and your relationship doesn’t have to be hard, serious or messy. Often in our sessions, we’re laughing together as our clients uncover misunderstandings, limiting beliefs and patterns that have kept them stuck in their life. When you begin to remove your negative thoughts and feelings about yourself, you can start feeling happier and more positive in all aspects of your life.

To get the most out of your investment in yourself, we often assign personalized work to deepen the lessons and skills outside of our sessions. We see people get better results when they are being more proactive than just during our weekly session. We like to compare working with us like working out at a gym… It takes time and practice to build new muscles. Your personalized assignments are designed to support your growth and awareness and put into action the learning you gain from our sessions.

We both have Masters in Spiritual Psychology and have been married for 18 years with three children. Through the combination of our education, training, and personal life experiences, we’ve learned to create the life and relationship of our dreams, and we are now helping others to create theirs.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Musician, flutist, healer, channeler, author and abstract artist
Guest Biography:

DAVID YOUNG

David Young is a musician who plays two renaissance flutes at one time in harmony. He has recorded 60 albums and sold over 1,000,000 copies. He is a healer, channeler, author and abstract artist.

It is said that more people have had out of body experiences while listening to his music than other musician alive today.

David is on tour throughout the country for 40 weeks out of the year, presenting his healing workshops, A Portal Between Heaven and Earth.

More than 6,500 people have shared their experiences with the Ascended Masters, Archangels and/or loved ones on the heavenly side.

David’s ability to open the channels to the ethereal realms is a direct result of his personal connection to the ascended masters combined with the extraordinary reach of the sound frequencies of his music.

The personal experiences and documented feedback at David’s events are nothing short of phenomenal!

People consistently share their experiences with either Buddha, Jesus, Lao Tzu, Quan Yin, or Mother Mary. Others have experiences with Edgar Cayce, Gandhi, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ravi Shankar, and the Egyptian Goddess Isis. 

Three people at one event saw Jesus standing in the exact same place in the room and he gave each of them the same inner symbols.

Two women sitting next to each other at one event both described experiencing Quan Yin standing between them.

On separate evenings, two people had the exact same experience with Buddha who brought them to this gigantic tree (The Tree of Life) that was so tremendous it was beyond their description of words.

Violetta, who has cancer, has been visited six times by Jesus, George Harrison and John Lennon at events as they are helping her to heal. After living with 10 out of 10 horrible pain from her treatments the week before the last event she was pain free for 48 hours afterwards.

A woman (whose son had Down Syndrome) had a Soul to Soul experience where he was syndrome free on the inner and he explained why he had that disease in his current life.

David was given nine words to give to a woman, “I am Strong, I am Protected, I am Confident.” Afterwards she shared that Archangel Michael had come to her the previous week and gave her the same nine words and told her to write them down.

At one particular event a woman was visited by Martin Luther King, who said he had some work for her in a couple of days. She shared this in front of 40 people who heard this at the event. 3 days later on Monday morning, her boss called her in to say he was putting her in charge of the Martin Luther King fund! 

Experience the healing music and deep meditations of David Young.

Over 10,000 Wellness Centers and healers of all kinds; Reiki practitioners, therapists, psychics, yoga studios and spas use his music all day long because they feel that his music is the most healing music on the planet. John Hopkins Medical Centers actually have entire floors that play his music 24/7 for this reason. Approximately 300,000 people a day are being treated while listening to his music.

David has recorded more than 57 albums including 6 Musical Affirmation CDs that have been approved by the APA (the American Psychological Association) because of their therapeutic qualities. The healing thread that connects all of David’s music is his amazing ability to play two flutes at once. This creates a harmonic resonance and a frequency that millions of people all over the world have experienced and call “The Most Heavenly Music on Earth.” Over 1,000,000 CDs have been sold.

Transforming Spiritual Events

David unique performances consist of two 30-minute musical meditations with a group discussion after each. It’s not uncommon to hear people describe their personal meditation experiences as going to the same exact place in the spiritual world.

“Everyone in the room will have some form of spiritual experience, either with the Inner Light or Sound, experiencing an Ascended Master, an out of body experience, a past life experience, or reconnecting with a loved one.”

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Holistic Physician, Best-Selling Author & Stem Cell Specialist
Guest Biography:

Graduating high school as an Eagle Scout and National Merit Scholar, I was educated at Stanford (Biological Sciences, with graduate courses in immunology, biochemistry, and pharmacology), Case Western Reserve (Medical), and the Florida Institute of Technology Medical Research Institute (Preventive Medicine). I received graduate training in general and urological surgery (San Francisco and University of Texas/Houston). I chose to start a general practice of medicine in Humble, next to the Bush Intercontinental Airport, in 1978. Since then, my post-graduate training has been extensive and expansive, and I’m recognized internationally as an expert in several advanced anti-aging/longevity treatment strategies. Just for fun, I served as a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and as the chief medical consultant to Texas International Airlines, which bought and merged into Continental Airlines.

A Bantam Books bestselling author, I’ve written several popular books and articles on The Yeast Syndrome, toxic heavy metals and chronic illness, heart disease, and arthritis treatments. I have been recognized as a specialist in hormones and longevity medicine by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, in heavy metal toxicology by the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology, and in arthritis and pain medicine by the American Board of Biological Reconstructive Medicine. I am gratefully listed in over 4 dozen volumes of Who’s Who.

I have lectured extensively in the United States and internationally and hosted radio programs on using drug and non-drug treatments for chronic and acute illnesses. I have served as president or director of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Student Association, the American College for Advancement in Medicine (recognized in 1991 as one of their earliest Fellows), the International College of Integrative Medicine, the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology, the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine, the American Preventive Medical Association, the NCR Research Institute, and the National Health Federation, among others.

In 2005, Life Celebrating Health was named one of the leading Centers for Advanced Medicine, sponsored by the Advanced Medical Education & Services Physician Association (AMESPA). For my long service in the advancement of safe and effective health technologies, in 2008 I was knighted in the Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights of Hope.

My passion is finding solutions for chronic conditions that take people out of their lives, that cause disability and discomfort, that make life less worth living. Over the past 30+ years, I have developed and refined elegant hormonal, nutritional, metabolic, and other treatment programs that have resurrected their vitality, comfort, activity, and appearance for thousands of patients.

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Medicine, Science, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Founder of the National Cheer Safety Foundation, USA Sport Safety, and Child Athlete Advocates
Guest Biography:

Kimberly Archie is the Founder of the National Cheer Safety Foundation, USA Sport Safety, and Child Athlete Advocates as well as the Gas Pipe Safety Foundation. She has worked with local, state and federal leaders on a variety of sport safety issues and is considered one of the nation’s leading experts in sport risk management and the prevention of Child Athlete Abuse Disorder. Ms. Archie lead the safety crusade in youth sports and the push for cheer to be classified as a sport with science based research that set off a media blitz of injury stories in 2008 from People magazine to the Washington Post. Her tireless efforts and "never take no for an answer" resolve resulted in a Government Accountability Office investigation called by Congressional leaders into the youth sport safety crisis in America. She is an official research partner with the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina, was a safety official for the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association, has testified numerous times at all levels of government on safety issues, organized numerous national safety events, pushed for stronger sport safety legislation on the national and state level, is a highly sought public speaker and independent source of sport safety information for news media, local government and sport parents. After the San Bruno gas pipeline exploded in her best friend Kathy Ruigomez’ front yard September 9, 2010 killing 8 people, she has turned up her passion to help do for gas pipeline safety what has been done in sports. She has a degree in Political Science and is a legal consultant. Kim lost her son Paul in 2014 at the age of 24 due to the effects of CTE caused by football.



Specialties: Child's rights, advocacy, bullying, cheer safety, athlete abuse and sport coaching standard of care expert; regular media expert on victim's rights, cheerleading, football, sport coaching, sport safety and Title IX

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Sports & Recreation, Variety
Guest Occupation: 35th President of the United States
Guest Biography:

President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was a hero of WWII, a Congressman and Senator from Massachusetts, and the 35th President of the United States of America.

Guest Category: Education, History, Military, News, Politics & Government, Society and Culture