TRUE GOD'S DAY FAMILY CELEBRATION

The Women's Federation for World Peace, USA (WFWP) and the New York City Symphony presented a special True God's Day Family Celebration* held in the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center on January 1, 2005. The concept of renewing the tradition of celebrating the first day of the year with God as the center of our festivities was the heart of the motivation for producing the event.

The program, organized as a benefit for both WFWP and the New York City Symphony, highlighted several talented young men and women performers including Jena Eisenberg (CA), Kia Victoria (DC), The United Family of Strings (GA), Misako Sato (NJ), Chris Alan and Aurelia Derflinger (NJ) as well as Culture Machine producer Diego Costa and newly commissioned Ambassador for Peace, Laleh.

Music on the program included Chris Alan and Laleh performing "On Common Ground" which was the featured song at the Washington Times Foundation Breakfast Summit on December 13, 2004 and Jena Eisenberg's "In God's Eyes," an award-winning song in the 2004 IIFWP Peace Song Writing Contest CD.

The finale of the program was the WFWP Bridge of Peace Ceremony in which dozens of pairs and families crossed the bridge in the spirit of love and peace.

Door prizes included an XBox, a Mini Ipod and a home theater sound system. The sponsoring organizations donated a part of the ticket proceeds and the concession receipts to the Tsunami disaster relief effort.

WFWP is producing a DVD of the event and it is the hope of WFWP and the NYC Symphony to continue the tradition of presenting cultural events on special holidays with an emphasis on young adult performers.

* True God's Day denotes the tradition of beginning the first day of the year as a time of renewal and dedication of the coming year as one where we are grateful towards and uplift God as our center.