For the new year and the new decade

When You're Smiling by the Jive Aces

Andrea Gerak wishes a great year to everyone with these words: 

"After the holidays mood, celebrations, parties, tomorrow, Monday morning everything goes "back to normal": people start the ordinary working days, kids go to school. Christmas decorations are already hidden in boxes, but hopefully the spirit of love stays with us and new year resolutions stick longer than a couple of enthusiastic days or weeks.


Despite the worldwide financial crisis and very hard, challenging events in my personal life, I can say 2009 was the best year ever for me, in terms of creativity and activity: I became an endorser of World March for Peace and Non-Violence, opened an online webshop with photo gifts, performed with excellent musicians in new collaborations, amongst others with Fabatka, created a few videos, like this one: There Is No Greater Sadness, started to write reviews on fellow artists and articles that are hopefully useful for others, published a new album: This Way, Sweetheart!,and got many new friends, fans, followers and contacts on various sites.



If I Was A River, at Celebration of Hungarian Jazz 2009, Budapest Jazz Club
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2010 looks even better, with more exciting works with my composers Cambridge 2003 and Effi Shoshani and with other musicians to perform with, and I am looking forward to new collaborations with a few other international artists, to be named a bit later, festivals and other concerts, more songs, videos, perhaps one or two books and photo exhibitions.


This was the self-promotion part :-) but the point of my message is this:


No matter what happens, if you are able to keep on creating and giving out good stuff, life will be good to you - that's a stable datum I am operating on.   

And that's my wish for you in the new year and the new decade: have you all a happy life, and create it in the way as it is the best for you and for the most people around you, and for the world.

Love, Andrea"


Andrea's birthday wish

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World March for Peace and Non-Violence in Stockholm

World March for Peace and Non-Violence arrives to Stockholm on the 29th of October. March together with the whole world, in this most embracive peace manifestation that has ever happened.

The march passes more than 150 countries and demands the governments to dismantle nuclear weapons, end war and all forms of non-violence. The World March implements joy to a new, global consciousness of non-violence.

On Thursday morning, the 29th of October the International Peace Group comes to Stockholm.

Join us in welcoming them when they arrive with the Finland boat to the Viking Line Terminal at Stadsgårdskajen, at 9:40. Bring balloons, drums, flags with you and your best mood.

In the afternoon we gather around the Hiroshima Torch which is carried around the world - the greatest symbol to remind us that NUCLEAR WEAPONS MUST DISAPPEAR from Earth.

In the evening we meet at 17:30, Raoul Wallenbergs torg/Nybroplan, in front of the Drama Theater, and march to Sergels torg where we will sing together.

Contributing artists: Regina Lund, Pepe och Mari, Bolingo, Andrea Gerak, La Populär and Love Aurell. On the screen we will follow Daniel Andersson and Andrea Csaszni Rygh, Perfect Performance broadcasting Bed-in for Peace.

Andrea Gerak and Regina Lund on the 2nd of October at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm

World March Sweden is supported by: World Without War, Women for Peace, Left Wing Association of Swedish Women, Swedish Peace Council, Green Party, Poetas del Mundo, Museum of Work Norrköping, Radio Studio, Feminist Initiative, Zinkensdamm Hotel, and many private persons, Maj Britt Theorin, Arja Saijonmaa, Mikael Wiehe, Malin Berghagen, Agneta Sjödin, and more.
Media partners: Music Industry News Network, Nordic Africa News, TilliT, Webfinanser, Facebook

Related news: Andrea Gerak sings for World March for Peace and Non-Violence Launch

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Source press release in Swedish

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Andrea Gerak sings for World March for Peace and Non-Violence Launch

Tomorrow, the 2nd of October is the International Day of Non-Violence when the World March for Peace and Non-Violence will be launched in New-Zealand.

All around the globe there will be events celebrating the start, broadcasting live the official ceremony, speeches, artistic performances, live non-violence signs.

The Stockholm event will be held at Norrmalmstorg where Andrea Gerak was selected to perform along with Chilean singer-guitar duo Pepe&Mari and well known Swedish actress, singer, songwriter Regina Lund.

Event starts at 16:30, ends at 19:00, with attendees forming a live non-violence sign.
Press release of the Stockholm event (in Swedish)

Andrea was one of the first endorsers in Hungary, joined the movement in February this year, along with her world famous colleague Marta Sebestyen.

Andrea's message about the march:
"This initiative is a great step toward a sane and rational Earth. It's time for a takeover: our world should be controlled by well-intentioned forces and groups which strive for constructive goals, which want valuable and joyful activities, happy living for themselves, their families, friends, nations and the whole Mankind. The great majority of people have these ideals. Let it be then the determinant majority!"


Andrea Gerak giving an interview on 2009 March 20, for the Hungary chapter
VIDEO (in Hungarian)

Non-violence sign in Budapest

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