• “Easy to Love”
• “Devil May Care”
• “The Very Thought of You”
• “How Insensitive”
• “Make Someone Happy”
• “Some Other Time”

Visit the website at www.smoothjazz.com

I am happy to report that through ticket sales, raffle tickets, sponsorships and community involvement from four local restaurants and the Reading Eagle, we raised over $10,000.00 plus more awareness of BWIC. It was worth all the effort!

It is in giving that you receive, and I encourage all of you to keep
contributing to our community and your favorite charity. Thanks again!!!

Love,
Deanna Reuben

Reading, PA—Singer/songwriter Deanna Reuben and Friends will perform at a special concert on Fri., April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Miller Center for the Arts, Reading, that will benefit Berks Women in Crisis (BWIC) and celebrate the release of her third CD, “The Very Thought of You.”

Ms. Reuben, who lives in Wyomissing, has performed at many fundraisers for Reading and Berks County non-profits, and will donate all of the concert’s ticket sales and CD sales for that evening to BWIC, whose mission is to provide supportive services to victims and eliminate domestic and sexual violence in Berks County.

Tickets are $35 a person. To order, visit www.racc.edu/MillerCenter/events/e-reuben.aspx or call the box office at 610-372-4721, Ext. 5500 or 5501.

“Berks Women in Crisis is such a vital resource for our community and I am so pleased to be able to use this concert to raise funds and awareness for their Safe House as well as their additional programs,” said Ms. Reuben.

Described by reviewers as a “gifted and compelling” singer, Reuben’s repertoire consists of a wide variety of jazz standards, original songs, Broadway show tunes and even classical music, upon request. She has been a regular performer at events associated with the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest since 2005. Her other two independently recorded CDs are “The Look of Love” and “On Life and Love.”

The “Friends” accompanying her on April 15 include pianist Marty Mellinger, who will debut his new classical composition “A Distant Mirror.” He is also the 2011 receipient of the Berks Arts Council’s Frank Scott Award for his contributions to and involvement in local jazz music.

Veteran jazz musicians also performing–as they have on many occasions with Reuben live and on her CDs–are Larry McKenna, tenor saxophone; Paul Colombo, guitar; Steve Varner, bass; Bob Meashey, trumpet; and George Johnson, drums and percussion. Each has been a frequent performer at the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest.

The tracks on “The Very Thought of You” include the title song and “Easy to Love,” “I See Your Face Before me,” “Haunted Heart,” “Devil May Care,” “How Insensitive,” “Where Do You Start?”, “ Just Squeeze Me,” “I Didn’t Know About You,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Some Other Time,” and “Cinema Paradiso.”

Reuben has appeared throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New York and Washington, D.C. Her music can be heard on many PBS and jazz radio stations throughout the U.S. and Canada, and her music has international distribution and sales.

Sponsors for the concert include the Reading Eagle Company, Reading Pediatrics, Gage Personnel, Dr. Mark and Deanna Reuben and the Jerlyn Foundation.

Founded in 1976, Berks Women in Crisis (www.berkswomenincrisis.org) continues to grow. In the last two years, nearly 1,800 women and children received shelter, but 850 had to wait for services and more than 730 had to be turned away or helped to find alternative agencies.

BWIC recently ran a major Capital Campaign and to date has raised nearly $3 million toward building a new center in Reading. BWIC’s current Safe House offers emergency shelter for only 26 women and children for up to 30 days. The new center will house 50, as well as six families in Bridge House. The agency also received a $250,000 Kresge Challenge Grant that will be applied to the capital campaign. It requires BWIC to raise matching funds.

Last year, BWIC provided more than 9,000 nights of shelter and safety to women and children throughout Berks; answered 2,455 hotline calls; responded to nearly 700 crisis situations; and represented more than 700 individuals trying to secure protection from abuse orders.

For more on Deanna and Friends and to sample her new CD and other music, visit www.deannareuben.com. For more details about BWIC, e-mail karenn@berkswomenincrisis.org or call 610-373-1206.

A big thanks goes to everyone who attended the event!
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CD Release Event – April 15th, 2011 | 7:30 p.m. at the Miller Center.

The 3rd CD is entitled “The Very Thought of You.” This will be a fundraiser for our treasured “Berks Women in Crisis.” We will be featuring songs from the album, and Marty Mellinger will debut his new classical work entitled “A Distant Mirror.” It will be an exciting evening with fabulous musicians!! So rally all your friends for this worthy cause.

Tickets are $35.00 - PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE

Sponsor levels are as follows:

• $250.00 – 2 tickets and one signed CD
• $500.00 – 4 tickets and one signed CD

NOTE: If you are interested in being a sponsor, please email me as soon as possible. Thank you so much for your support of my music, but most of all thank you for your support of Berks Women in Crisis.