Live Concert Benefits Hospitalized Kids

Children's Miracle Network
Friday, 6 April 2001

Brian McKnight and Sawyer Brown Perform at Children's Miracle Network Concert for Kids

ORLANDO (April 6, 2001) &emdash; Grammy nominated R&B artist Brian McKnight and award-winning country group Sawyer Brown will perform live at Walt Disney World in Children's Miracle Network's Concert for Kids presented by Marriott. The concert is being produced for television and will air the weekend of June 2 and 3 as part of the annual "Children's Miracle Network Celebration" on syndicated stations throughout North America.

Among those attending the concert are 50 children&emdash;one from every state&emdash;who have been treated at one of the 170 children's hospitals affiliated with Children's Miracle Network. Each of these children has overcome a personal battle with a disease, injury or birth defect and has been selected to serve as an ambassador for the 14 million children treated each year at Children's Miracle Network hospitals.

McKnight has been voted top Songwriter of the Year by Billboard magazine and his latest CD, Back at One, has reach multi-platinum status. Sawyer Brown has won six consecutive TNN/Music City News Top Vocal Band awards and has also been recognized with the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.

"I perform hundreds of shows every year," said McKnight. "But doing this one for kids in children's hospitals across the country was really something special. I hope that, through my music, I can be of some influence to help better their lives in some small way."

Sawyer Brown front man, Mark Miller, who traveled to Orlando for the concert from Augusta, Ga. where he's been enjoying the Masters golf tournament, said he was fine with missing the remaining rounds at the tournament. "It's all about priorities. When you have a chance to help children in need, you take that chance every time," said Miller. "We're just thrilled to share the stage with Brian [McKnight] and see what we can do to help."

The concert, closed to the public, will be from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. in the Coronado Ballroom at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort.

For more information, or to contact Children's Miracle Network, see their website at: www.cmn.org