DAVID SHIRE
(music) has written forty film scores, including The
Conversation, All the President's Men, Norma Rae, The
Hindenberg and Paris Trout. He won an Academy Award for the song "It Goes
Like It Goes" from Norma Rae; received four Emmy nominations for his TV scores;
and won two Grammy Awards for his songs on the Saturday Night Fever album.
David's recorded songs include Barbra Streisand's "What About Today" and the Billy
Preston & Syreeta hit "With You I'm Born Again." With Richard Maltby, Jr. writing
lyrics, he wrote the music for Broadway's Baby, as well as Off-Broadway's
Closer Than Ever and Starting Here, Starting Now.
FAO SCHWARTZ
(producer), the world-famous toy emporium, was founded 132 years
ago by Frederick August Otto Schwarz, just six years after he arrived in America from
Westphalia, Germany. Today, the toy store has 15 branches throughout the United States
in addition to flagship stores in Manhattan, San Francisco, Boston and Chicago. The
company is directed by John Eyler, President and CEO, and is owned by KBB, the large
Dutch retail group.