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A Very Special Latin Christmas – Una Noche De Paz Muy Especial DVD Now on Sale

21 November 2006

Sales of latest in the A Very Special Christmas holiday music series will benefit Special Olympics

The DVD of A Very Special Latin Christmas – Una Noche de Paz Muy Especial went on sale 21 November at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and other retailers. [Keith Haring artwork ©Estate of Keith Haring]

Just in time for the holidays, the DVD of A Very Special Latin Christmas – Una Noche de Paz Muy Especial went on sale 21 November at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and other retailers. A Very Special Latin Christmas features Latin music's greatest stars, gathered for an unforgettable night celebrating the spirit of Special Olympics. Enrique Iglesias, Don Omar, Jose Feliciano, Luis Fonsi and Los Tucanes de Tijuana, among many others, donated their time and talent for a concert that was broadcast on Telemundo throughout the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central American and South America.

Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias gathered with other artists for an unforgettable night celebrating the spirit of Special Olympics, which was captured in a special holiday DVD.


Now a DVD of that concert is available, blending the unique rhythms, melodies and harmonies of some of the world's most gifted artists into a message of goodwill and hope for people with intellectual disabilities and their families around the world. Noche de Paz is the latest in the A Very Special Christmas series of Special Olympics holiday music. Funds raised through the concert and DVD sales will benefit Special Olympics in Latin communities worldwide.

In addition to outstanding music, the concert also featured powerful vignettes of Special Olympics athletes describing how their lives have been changed by Special Olympics. "Special Olympics is in the business of sport, but we are also in the business of changing lives," said Bruce Pasternack, Special Olympics President and CEO. "The extraordinarily gifted and generous stars of A Very Special Latin Christmas make it possible for us not only to continue transforming the lives of our athletes, but also to inspire the acceptance of differences across the globe."

Featured on the DVD are top Latin music artists Ruben Blades, Conjunto Artadecer, Jose Feliciano, Luis Fonsi, Los Horoscopos De Durango, Enrique Iglesias, AB Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings, Victor Manuelle, Don Omar and Los Tucanes De Tijuana.

Don Omar
Don Omar, along with other talented artists, donated their time and talent for a concert that was broadcast on Telemundo throughout the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central American and South America, and is now available on DVD.

Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi blends his unique rhythms into a message of goodwill and hope for people with intellectual disabilities and their families around the world.

                              


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