Lincoln Center 4-Pak Jazz Ticket GIVEAWAY May 6th Essentially Ellington Festival Concert & Awards

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As a music-loving family, I can't imagine a more awesome jazz music concert opportunity than this. Here's your chance to grab a family pack of four highly sought-after tickets to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Final Concert and Awards Ceremony. Scheduled to take place at the prestigious Avery Fisher Hall on the evening of May 6, this is the crowning jewel event of next weekend's 17th Annual Essentially Ellington EE Competition and Festival in New York City.

Essentially Ellington, Image from Jazz at Lincoln Center

Since 1995 the Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival program has inspired countless numbers of young people. With 1,700 student bands participating for the current 2011-12 school year, the program which is mentored by professionals and top music educators is regarded by many as the super bowl of high school jazz band competitions. 

This year's culmination event runs from May 4-6, bringing together the 15 best high school jazz ensembles from across America.  The three top bands in the competition perform with classical and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis and the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the festival's finale on Sunday evening, honoring the young finalist bands as well as outstanding soloists and sections.

Here's my own music-loving family, DH w/ our 4 kids

In celebration of the late great Duke Ellington -- and for the first time this year also honoring the music of Dizzy Gillespie -- and their collective, profound influences on the jazz genre, young competitors partake in workshops, jam sessions and more while mentored by professional jazz artists over the course of the three-day event.

Tickets to the festival's public competition portions on Saturday, May 5 from 2:30-6:30 pm and on Sunday, May 6 from 10-11:30 am and 1-3 pm are free, available on a first-come basis. Tickets to the final concert and awards ceremony on Sunday, May 6 at 7:30 pm are $20 and $25 and are available by calling CenterCharge 212-721-6500 or by visiting jalc.org.

Jazz at Lincoln Center - Essentially Ellington

Final Concert & Awards

Sunday, May 6, 7:30 pm

4 Ticket Package GIVEAWAY, $80-$100 value

HOW TO ENTER

Just leave a comment(s) below this post saying why you'd like to win. Contest ends May 3, 2012 at 12 midnite PST and is open to legal residents of the U.S. only. One winner will be selected at random from all entries and notified via email. Prize is four tickets valued at a total of $80-$100 to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington performance and awards ceremony on Sunday, May 6 at 7:30 pm at Avery Fisher Hall.

Avery Fisher Hall, Image from Lincoln Center

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Ultimate Design A Cape for Every Day Heroes Moms & Kids for National Super Hero Day April 28

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In metro areas across America, print and online media and Television anchors  -- and mom bloggers like me -- will be celebrating National Super Hero Day on Saturday. This is a special day that was originally created by a group of Marvel Comics employees back in 1995. A variety of fun events from coast to coast are being held to mark the occasion again this year.

The Power Cape I designed online, finally arrives at my doorstep

What's all the hoopla about? Of course Marvel and The Avengers feature movie will be opening on the big screen May 4, but that's not the whole story. There's also the classic fictional heroes Baby Boomers like me grew up with to honor this weekend, like Superman, Batman, and all the rest that have endeared generations before and since. 

And, I'd be remiss, if I didn't mention the kaleidoscope of real life heroes to honor tomorrow from the everyday person that does the smallest bit of good for a stranger to the child or adult who saves another human being or animal in harm's way to the complete spectrum of community service workers who protect us in so many different ways 24 hours a day to active duty personnel serving in the U.S. military at this very moment.

Getting ready for another day as Super Mom at our house

Come to think of it. Moms are pretty heroic, too, don't you think? After all, we are the ones who endure morning sickness and all the other lovely sentiments of pregnancy and actual child birth.

Who else but a Super Mom Hero does dishes?

Mommies are also the primary day-to-day care givers of children from the moment of birth to the moments we send our kids off to college and then out into the world, to walking down the aisle beside them at weddings.

Mom to the rescue! From diaper changing, nursing baby, doing laundry, dish washing, and carpool driving to tutor, soccer mom, cook, maid, personal assistant, lawyer, and family therapist, who can imagine the world without moms taking care of everyone else 24/7?

Flying off in a blur to save another day for my kids

To list all the things we mothers do for our children and our families would cause this post to run on almost to infinity, perhaps. So instead, I'll tell you about PowerCapes the company who provided the colorful Super Mom Cape featured in this post. It was quick and easy as 1-2-3 for me to make this by using the company's site to design my cape which arrived in the mail just three days later. They also offer express shipping if you'd like it even faster.

Image from Power Capes

Constructed of 100% polyester light weight satin, these colorful and whimsical capes are proudly and quality made in the USA in Michigan and come in three sizes for toddlers, older kids, and adults. Currently priced from just $24.99-$39.99, each cape is completely customizable because you design them yourself online. Available in 16 different hues and an equally wide assortment of emblems, colors, and letters to personalize the cape to make it your own.

Just imagine the colorful possibilities, Image from Power Capes

Power Capes are not just for National Superhero Day, 365 days a year these are a fun way for you to dress the part, helping your kids to recognize all you do as their ultimate hero: Super Mom. This would make a memorable gift for another hero in your child's life too, such as that other unsung hero -- Daddy -- or another important person in your son or daughter's life such as a teacher, babysitter, or nanny.

Power Capes come in sizes for little ones, too. So you may want to get your child to design their own one-of-a-kind cape to play the all-important role of sidekick hero. Whether for your own child or as a gift for one of their friends, both boys and girls will enjoy wearing these as costumes, at parties and for every day pretend dress up and dramatic role playing. 

Worth noting: There's also an element of good in that the company works with individuals, schools and organizations on fund raising and donate a cape projects associated with the extensive line of capes and accessories offered for heroes from every walk of life.

FTC Disclosure: MommyBlogExpert received the custom designed super hero cape from PowerCapes to facilitate this review. I did not receive any other payment or compensation associated with this post. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.

Free Parents Consumer Safety Recalls Plus App for iPhone iPad Android & as Facebook App - Review

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by Janis Brett Elspas

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In February SAP released Recalls Plus, the company's first consumer mobile app providing parents and other caregivers of children with the essential safety information they need to guard little ones against faulty and dangerous consumer products, food, medicine and baby equipment. Not long after the launch, Apple included Recalls Plus on three of iTunes lists: Great Free App, What's Hot, and New & Noteworthy.

My son when he was a baby, Vintage Family Photo

The news gets event better now that Recalls Plus is also available as a Facebook app and for Android users to tap into.

Recalls Plus App

• Proactively delivers timely recall alerts for the items on your customized personal list of items to watch
• Curates relevant product and food recall information directly from the four key government agencies the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, U.S. Food & Drug Administration FDA, and U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA, data is then organized for you and is easy to access and use
• Provides moms, dads and others who care for children with a simple, easy-to-use solution to track recall information and quickly share it with your family and friends

Free to Download

For iPad iOS 4.0, iPhone, iPod Touch on App Store
For desktop computers as  Facebook App

For Android on Google Play

Button Image from Recalls Plus

To Learn More
Join the She Speaks Up #RecallsPlus Twitter Party tomorrow where they'll be talking about which toys, food and baby equipment to buy as well as chatting about RecallsPlus and other great apps and tools to make and keep track of your family purchases. 

FTC Disclosure: MommyBlogExpert plans to attend the SheSpeaks Twitter Party as a guest but I did not receive any payment or other compensation associated with this post. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.