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"Shine, Shine, Shine", performed by Len Seligman & Carey Creed (www.careycreed.com) at the Institute of Musical Traditions (www.imtfolk.org), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA on September 19, 2012.

Mahbood Len Seligman is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and chant-leader inspired by many traditions. He was nominated for 2011 WAMMIEs (Washington Area Music Awards) for Best Inspirational/Gospel Recording (Head Over Heels) and Best Inspirational/Gospel individual artist and has been a Finalist (New Age/Celtic) in the Mid-Atlantic Song Competition.

Carey Creed has been honored by multiple First Place awards from the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest and eight WAMMIE awards from the Washington Area Music Association. Her recordings have been featured on folk radio shows throughout North America as well as Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and Scotland.

She was joined at the IMT CD release concert for "Small Braveries" by friends Lynn Hollyfield (vocals), Jody Marshall (hammered dulcimer/vocals), David Marsh III (acoustic double bass), Dan Reynolds (piano), Jon Seligman (percussion), Len Seligman (acoustic guitar), Janice Torres (vocals), Ron Warren (Native American-style flute), Bob Williams (guitar and harmonica), and special guest vocalist Grace Griffith. In the audience were three acoustic music radio personalities: Mary Cliff, host of WAMU's "Traditions," Lee Michael Demsey, host of singer-songwriter and bluegrass shows on WAMU, and Mary Sue Twohy, Program Director, SiriusXM Satellite.

Carey donated her proceeds from the show to Bright Beginnings, a D.C. non-profit which helps homeless children in the District of Columbia have the best chance at obtaining a good start in life (http://www.brightbeginningsinc.org/) and her proceeds from CD sales at the concert went to support the work of the local Interfaith Power & Light program, which works with congregations of all faiths across Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia to save energy, go green, and respond to climate change (http://www.mdipl.org).

Sound: Charlie Pilzer, Dave Eisner

Camera: Dick Tufts, Ralph Lillie

Editing: Ralph Lillie

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