Ana Cristina Takes It to the Next Level as She Delivers One of the Best Performances Ever Witnessed at a Calle Ocho Festival

php?id=3851

After being the first Hispanic in history to sing the national
anthem at a Presidential Inauguration, Ana Cristina (Sony Discos)
showed the world what she's really made of: as one of Calle Ocho
Festival's headliner events, the 19-year old Cuban-American prodigy
jammed before 1 million + spectators accompanied by a 12 member band
including original members of The Miami Sound Machine and a host of 10
striking dancers.
Her CD can be purchased at http://www.

tango bangkok

"Through Nursery Tap, young
viewers will gently be introduced to the performing arts in an entertaining,
stimulating and challenging way," Murray said.

herbison merengue

It has been little under a month that her hit
single 'A Un Paso de Mi Amor' has begun to be heard on the radio waves
and on TV shows around the U.

salsa lambada

, When the winners of the 64th
Annual Peabody Awards were announced last month, one of the 32 honorees was
not like the others: For the first time in Peabody history, a direct-to-home
children's video was recognized as one of the best in electronic media. The crowd rocked to the beats of the Miami native's
Latin pop and salsa rhythms as her powerful voice debuted songs from
her recently debuted album 'Ana Cristina'.

jive samba

"Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe " retails for $21. "When I saw this beautiful Cuban-American strap on
her guitar after already having sung a salsa piece, I couldn't have
been more proud.323.

steps latin

Contact:

Juleen Murray Shaw
Nursery Tap, LLC
253-858-8891
juleen@nurserytap.com. Bush at the Presidential Inauguration rocked
to the pulsating beats of her new Latin Pop and Salsa Album titled
'Ana Cristina' at this year's Calle Ocho Festival

NOTE TO EDITORS: A high-resolution image is available at:
http://www.

merengue rumba

com
http://www.ereleases.

4800 or
via email at Natalie@bodenpr.com and
http://www.amazon.

merengue jive

com/pic.S.php?id=3851

tango salsa

"The
spoken word and the physicality of dance combine to offer an enchanting
learning experience for the young - and not so young.com.hispanicprwire.

salsa brazilian

95 for the two-disc set and can
be purchased through the Nursery Tap Web site, http://www.

survival dancing

anacristina.com
NOTE TO EDITORS: A high-resolution image is available at:
http://www.

dancing herbison

"They will joyfully want to
sing, dance and recite these tiny treasures of literature .

steps herbison

'Nursery Tap Hip to Toe' Receives George Foster Peabody Award

com), directed and produced
by award-winning actress and writer Juleen Murray Shaw, will soon be a
permanent part of the University of Georgia Libraries' prestigious Peabody
Archive as well as the Museum of Television and Radio in New York.
Each is choreographed, costumed and filmed against colorful sets to give the
young child a complete sensory experience - and all are shot from the waist
down, allowing viewers of all ages to imagine themselves in the rhymes.com, or
at Amazon.

manila paso

"'Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe' is delightfully different; this collection of
30 well-known - and not-so-well-known - nursery rhymes introduces children to
a full range of the performing arts," stated the Peabody Foundation.
For further information please log on to
http://www.

salsa dance

herbison rumba

GIG HARBOR, Wash. Toy's Best Smart Play/Smart Toy Products 2005
and an iParenting Media Best Products 2005., joined the ranks of some of
the great Calle Ocho performers including Thalia, Gloria Estefan and
Gilberto Santa Rosa. Interviews, videos, photographs and
b -roll are available upon request.

evans hispanic

"I have been coming to Calle Ocho since its first ever festival ,
since 1978.anacristina.com/pic.

paso evans

nurserytap.cduniverse.

dancing jive

For more information,
visit http://www ., and she already managed to secure a
spot at the largest and most well known Hispanic street festival in
the U.

paso gig

"
The DVD/CD set features 30 nursery rhymes set to tap, hip-hop and ballet."
Along with the Peabody Award, "Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe" has received
several other honors this year, including a 2005 Parents' Choice "Recommended"
Award, a 2005 Telly Award, a 2005 KIDS FIRST ! Endorsement and the Dove
Foundation Seal of Approval with the highest rating of five Doves.nurserytap .nurserytap. I've seen the very best perform- and Ana Cristina's
powerful voice and diversity of music styles and overall show was one
like I've never seen before," stated Candelaria Mendez, a 79 year old
Calle Ocho veteran.com or contact Natalie Boden at 305.com.

tracing dancing

"Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe" (http: //www."
Ana Cristina, who just recently debuted her Spanish-language CD
'Ana Cristina' (Sony Discos ) in the U.

salsa manila

Murray, whose own child inspired her to create Nursery Tap, collaborated
with actress /dancer Brynn Bromley and dancer Krystal McMullin to update
traditional nursery rhymes for the 21st century. The set
was also chosen as one of Dr.hispanicprwire.

dance manila

S.S.

steps tracing

herbison cha

I call this
layered learning because children are simultaneously experiencing and
assimilating the musicality of the spoken word and the art and physicality of
dance.com

This release was issued through eReleases(TM ).

Entertainment Editors/Music Editors

MIAMI----Ana Cristina
International:

- The powerful and crystalline voice that sang the Star Spangled
Banner before George W.com and all
online music stores, including http://www.