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Charlotte was one of the many stars that participated in the BBC's Music Live music festival. To read about Charlotte's appearances during the festival take a look at our BBC Music Live Weekly Feature!

Andew in England sent me information that Charlotte will be holding a Concert at The Wiltshire Festival's Classical Extravaganza which takes place on Friday 25th August 2000 at Lydiard Country Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, U.K.

Here's a clip that our Media Research Guru Dave found in a Milwaukee Newspaper:

Church, 14, to perform with Festival City Symphony
From the Journal Sentinel
Teen soprano phenomenon Charlotte Church is to make her Milwaukee-area debut Oct. 7 in a concert with the Milwaukee Festival City Symphony at the Milwaukee Auditorium, 500 W. Kilbourn Ave.
The 14-year-old native of Wales became the youngest solo recording artist to achieve platinum status with her 1999 debut CD, "Voice of an Angel." Church's celebrity has brought her appearances on "Oprah," "Touched by an Angel" and "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."
The 8 p.m. show is to be presented in cabaret format, with refreshments and desserts served at some ticket levels.
Tickets are to go on sale at 10 a.m. June 19 at Ticketmaster outlets, including the U.S. Cellular Arena box office at 500 W. Kilbourn Ave.; by phone charge at (414) 276-4545; or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/. Prices range from $28 to $100, excluding service charges.

This is great news for all our Milwaukee viewers! Let's hope you can get tickets.

Charlotte Church To Make American Orchestral Debut with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Welsh Soprano Phenomenon to Perform September 15th
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announced today that Welsh singing phenomenon Charlotte Church will be performing a special concert with the ASO on September 15 at 8 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall. The ASO concert represents Charlotte Church's major American orchestra debut. Single tickets for the concert will go on sale May 7th and can be ordered by calling 404-733-5000. The concert will feature Charlotte Church in Atlanta Symphony Hall, presenting audiences with an up front and personal concert experience versus a large commercial venue. Charlotte Church has marveled the world. She has performed for Pope John Paul II's Christmas concert at the Vatican, at the Ford Theatre for President and Mrs. Clinton, and during the Prince of Wales' 50th birthday celebration. Charlotte Church's debut album, Voice of an Angel, was a major success, topping Billboard's Classical Charts at the No. 1 spot. Her latest album, released last November on Sony Classical and entitled Charlotte Church, enjoyed the No. 2 spot. Highlights of the album include a new song "Just Wave Hello," produced by Trevor Horn and three classical favorites - "La Pastorella" from Rossini's Soirées Musicales, "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. In all, Charlotte Church's recordings have sat on Billboard's Classic Charts at No. 1 for 55 weeks and No. 2 for 20 weeks. Charlotte Church's international success has been instantaneous. Her debut album was certified gold in the U.S. a little more than a month after its release and is still near the top of Billboard's Classical Crossover chart, after maintaining a three-month run at No.1. Church made history when she became the youngest solo artist to ever have a debut recording enter the top 30 on the "Billboard 200." Church has also gained worldwide attention with appearances in recent television ads for Target, the Ford Motor Company and an episode of CBS's Touch by An Angel.

That's right! One lucky viewer of BBC's Music Live and Kicking will be able to sing with Charlotte over the phone here is a clip from their website:

Here's the official description of what Charlotte will be singing during tonight's A&E Appearance.

Special thanks to Theresa at Weller/Grossman productions for sending me this pic of Charlotte's Performance that will be aired Saturday Night on A&E. Charlotte's performance will be part of the hour long special entitled "Heroes for the Planet" featuring special guest Charlotte Church. If you would like more information about click on this special link provided by Ivillage.com.

I know we are a little late posting this here but for all its worth here is what Charlotte had to say about winning her first ever Classical Brit:

"It's really funky, that I have won this prestigious award, considering I'm classified as more of a crossover classical artist. I'd like to think that this will inspire more young people of my age."

Great work once again by Charlotte, good to hear that the first album still has a lot of life left in it!

If you have taken a look at the newest editions to the Classical Brits Photo Gallery you will see the scan from the article that mentions Charlotte's working on her third album which will be a Christmas one to be due out in September. The article also drops hints to a possible USA Tour.

Sorry for the confusion but Charlotte will not be part of the CBS Miniseries "Jesus" the voice heard during the commercial for the show is none other than Sarah Brightman.

Today I saw a commercial for a CBS miniseries entitled "Jesus", in the background of the commercial I believe it was Charlotte singing Pie Jesu. In fact I'm 99 percent sure it was her. What this leads me to believe is that they will play one or two of Charlotte's songs during the course of the miniseries just like they did with Joan of Arc on NBC a while back. Basically lets just all keep on the lookout for the commercial and I will do my best to determine if she will actually be played during the series.

Adam our Co-Founder as well as some of the others on the CharlotteChurchFans Discussion List have pointed out these days as the possible release dates for Charlotte's Autobiography also linked below are the Amazon.com addresses where you can preorder the book.:

Charlotte's autobiography, "Voice of an Angel" will be published by Little, Brown & Company on 14 October 2000. It will be 224 pages long, will cost 12.99 UK pounds and the ISBN is 0316854301.

Special thanks to Rick from Team USA for getting these addresses straight for us.

The Summer Outdoor Orchestral Spectacular

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Mr. Jae Alexander
with special guest appearance
by international soprano
Charlotte Church.

Saturday 17th June 2000
Punchestown Racecourse, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Tickets available at HMV & TICKETMASTER outlets nationwide.
Ticket Prices: Standard Seated - £40 , VIP Seated - £60
TICKET LINE NUMBER: 01 456 9569 (24hrs)
Telephone bookings subject to max 10% service charge / Agents £1 per ticket

Well I'm pleased to announce that the BBC has accepted our application to be a link for Charlotte Church info. so whenever there is a story about Charlotte on the BBC we will be on the associated links!

Thanks to Rick we now know that Charlotte wont be appearing at the World Music Awards so cross that one out on your calendars and add the Teen People Event (Below) to them.

Charlotte is in the Current Issue of Teen People, see our article here! Additionally she will be on an ABC special called "Teen People's 25 Hottest" May 26th. On our feature Story I put a link where you can vote for Charlotte as your favourite.

Jason Howard
Conductor Martin Pring
Morriston Choirs
Community Entertainment
FIREWORK DISPLAY

Tickets	£12.50 (picnic Style)
Under 16	£5.00 (Picnic Style)
Reserved Seat	£17.50
	all plus booking fee

On sale from Thursday 4th May 2000 from Swansea Grand Theatre 01792 475715
VIP Packages and further information 01792 635428 or 635425
Free Parking

Thanks to Bill Horn and Lydia Woltag for sending me this official announcement for the Heroes for the Planet Television Special to be aired on A&E May 20th.

"HEROES FOR THE PLANET"
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST CHARLOTTE CHURCH
HOSTED BY HALEY JOEL OSMENT PREMIERES ON A&E
SATURDAY, MAY 20 (7:00--8:00 PM, ET/PT)

One-Hour Musical Television Event, Brought To You By FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
Pays Tribute To Time Magazine's Environmental Heroes
(Los Angeles, California -- May 3, 2000) "Heroes For The Planet --
Featuring Special Guest Charlotte Church, Brought to you by Ford Motor
Company and Hosted by Haley Joel Osment," is an exciting, exhilarating,
entertaining television event that pays tribute to the Time Magazine
environmental heroes profiled in Time and Time for Kids since 1998 -- men,
women and children from across the United States and around the world who
have dedicated themselves to local and global environmental causes.
Sponsored by Ford Motor Company, the one-hour musical event will premiere
Saturday, May 20, on A&E (7:00--8:00 PM, ET/PT).
Taped before a live audience, one week before Earth Day 2000 at San
Francisco's majestic Masonic Hall, during Ford Motor Company's special
salute to the Time Magazine's honored environmentalists from around the
world, "Heroes For The Planet" will feature the accomplished and
internationally-acclaimed 14 year-old Welsh soprano, Charlotte Church,
performing in a concert accompanied by the award-winning San Francisco
Women's Philharmonic Orchestra, members of The San Francisco Symphony
Chorus, The San Francisco Girls Chorus and The San Francisco Boys Chorus.
During the hour-long tribute, 12 year-old Golden Globe and Academy Award
nominee, Haley Joel Osment, will introduce special segments on the heroes
in the audience and highlight their individual accomplishments. In addition,
both young performers will share their views on the importance of
empowering local environmental heroism, and what it will mean to future generations.
"Ford Motor Company is very proud to be the exclusive sponsor of
this important A&E Special Television Event," says James C. Schroer, Ford
Motor Company vice president of Global Marketing. "Ford has made a pledge
to provide ingenious environmental solutions that will position us as a
leader in the automotive industry of the 21st Century. Our actions, such
as making all of our trucks in the United States low emission vehicles,
demonstrates our ever-present concern to preserve the environment for
future generations.
"Heroes For The Planet" featuring Special Guest Charlotte Church brought
to you by Ford Motor Company was produced for A&E by Weller/Grossman
Productions. Executive Producers for the special are Robb Weller, Gary H.
Grossman and Dick Taylor. Steve Lange served as co-producer with Bob
Bowker directing. Executive producer for A&E is Kris Slava and supervising
producer is Emilio Nunez.

We all know that Charlotte has the Voice of an Angel but here's two stories that prove she has the heart of one.

£3.7m child wards plea
The South Wales Evening Post
Around 1,000 children a year from Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire are expected to receive care at a new children's hospital for Wales being built in Cardiff. The Noah's Ark Appeal aimed at raising £3.7million towards the first phase of the hospital was launched yesterday.Organisers are confident enough money will be donated in time for work to begin next year.At the moment children needing specialist care not available locally have to travel as far as Great Ormond Street in London. The new hospital will put an end to this.It will be built next to the University Hospital of Wales at the Heath in Cardiff but will be self-contained.Clinical director of child health at the Heath Mark Drayton told the Post: "What we are not trying to do is take children away from district hospitals in places like Swansea and Carmarthen. "We will be supporting these hospitals, not taking over from them. "They provide an excellent service for the local population. But there are times when children are critically ill or need specialist care. "We want them to have specialist care in Wales and this hospital will be for the whole of Wales," he said. Around 8,000 South Wales children receive care annually at the Heath, with about 1,000 of these coming from South West Wales. Those 1,000, along with the children who go over the border to England for treatment, are expected to benefit. The Noah's Ark Appeal, launched by singing star Charlotte Church, will help pay for two 25-bed wards with supporting staff and family-friendly facilities. The building will also include a main entrance and the shell of a third children's ward, to be commissioned in phase two. The total cost of the hospital is estimated at £21million. Much of the construction bill will be met by private finance initiatives. Appeal chairman Stanley Thomas said: "Wales is the only country in Europe not to have its own hospital for sick children, a hospital to provide the seriously ill with the specialist care and treatment local hospitals may not be equipped to offer." He said Welsh children who have to travel for treatment face added distress and trauma. Chairman of Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust David Durham said the new hospital would link in to its existing paediatric provision, though this would eventually be replaced by new facilities including a children's surgical unit.

BBC NEWS
Thursday, 4 May, 2000, 15:16 GMT 16:16 UK
An appeal to raise £4m for a new children's hospital for Wales is under way amid criticism that the money should come from the Welsh Assembly.
Cardiff-born child star Charlotte Church helped promote the fundraising for the unit which could open on the University Hospital of Wales site in Cardiff next year.
But amid appeals for the public to respond quickly, there is criticism that the Assembly has not provided the necessary funding.
Wales is one of very few countries in Europe that does not have a hospital specialising in the treatment of sick children.
It is hoped the new 50-bed unit would provide facilties specifically for children and their families. Sister Pat Thomas said: "We're a centre in Wales of excellence. "But when it comes to providing facilities for parents like beds and bathrooms or kitchen facilities, we're very, very poor." But Conservative health spokesman David Melding AM said: "We would have funded the hospital from capital funds and, instead of building an extension to the Assembly building, we would have built the whole hospital." Doctors and parents have campaigned for many years to establish a specialist unit. The project is now a step nearer with the launch of the appeal to raise the £4m necessary to build the first phase of the paediatric unit. It will replace existing facilities for children at the University Hospital of Wales. The ultimate aim is to build a complete hospital at a cost of £22m which will replace existing facilities at UHW which staff and relatives of patients say are unsatisfactory.

Programme: Tonight at the London Palladium
Channel: ITV Carlton
Time:20.00h (8:00PM)

Two days left and counting until Charlotte's big night, looks like until then there wont be any major news to report.

The pics from the Oprah appearance have been posted here. Read more about the show in today's site digest.