Carol

My journey into filmmaking began as an amateur in my hometown of Modesto, California in 1985. At the ripe old age of 14 I saw "The making of Raiders of the Lost Ark" on television which made this business actually look like FUN. My Dad's super8 film camera was equipped for single-frame exposures and so my first films were in stop-motion animation, usually about 20 seconds long. I've always been fascinated with silent films because film and music are the two universal languages. My dream and prayer was to one day go to Hollywood and live among other like-minded film lovers....making meaningful movies and also making a difference in the world. In Modesto, I partnered with some friends in high school to make half a dozen short super8 sound films (not video - film) with the help of church friends and of course, family.

We got our first video camera in about 1988 and I took video classes in Junior College. I also managed to volunteer at the local cable station, appear in TV & print advertising and I even worked in the feature film Back to the Future 3. For a girl from nowheresville, having a big movie crew come to within 30 miles of my town was better than a dream! I worked for 19 days on location watching and learning how the "big boys" make movies. I wore a 100 year old victorian dress complete with corset, bonet and high laced shoes (growing up watching "Little House" really paid off!). If you're a bride, I can give you great pointers on how to move gracefully in such a gown - practice, practice!

I went to Loyola Marymount University film school followed by a special semester in film studies. I also interned at Warner Brothers. After graduation, I moved to Toluca Lake, took a class at the American Film Institute, did office work at Disney and Script Supervising work on low budget films.

I taped my first wedding video in 1990 for my cousin Bonnie in Salem, Oregon. It was my gift to her. That was before digital video, in the days a analog linear editing. Back then, wedding videography was not the art-form it is today because of all the limitations of technology. Digital video cameras didn't really exist in variety until the millennium which is coincidentally when I got laid off from Disney (I was part of the Tokyo DisneySea themepark design team). I was then able to start my new business when digital video was the newest revolution.

In about 2004 there was a slow-down in Hollywood that brought a flood of talent into the event videography market. Suddenly there were 200 new video businesses where 30 had been. Live events are vastly different from features or television production because these are not actors and a church is not a set. It takes some special finess to shoot a wedding without making people feel uncomfortable about being on camera. In 2008, with all the talent available in Los Angeles, there's no such thing as just a wedding video anymore.

Gone are the days of cheesy video when you hired a guy just because he had a big camera. High Definition technology is available to everybody now. My specialties are editing and camera operation - as they always have been - and although I miss the movie set, I really love making beautiful wedding videos. Each movie is a personal fairytale woven in magic.

For more information on Carol visit his website: www.videobycarol.com

Robert F. Lyons

Born in 1940, Robert F. Lyons has been prominent on the movie and television scenes since the mid 1960’s. He has appeared in such famous television shows as: “Bonanza,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Days of our Lives,” and “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Movie roles include: Shoot Out with Gregory Peck, James Gregory, and Susan Tyrell, Cease Fire co-starring Don Johnson, The Todd Killings, Dark Knight of the Scarecrow, and American Eagle. Recently, Robert Lyons appeared on the Emmy-nominated, TV series “Cold Case,” and played a role in the 2006 action/drama movie Cut Off. With over 100 movie and television roles in the last four decades, you’re sure to recognize Robert Lyons and his movie-star smile the minute you see him.

For more information on Robert Lyons visit his website: www.robertflyons.com

Sue Raney

Sue Raney has one of the most beautiful voices in music. She is always in-tune, displays complete control over her vibrato, and has the rare gift of being able to interpret lyrics with such deep understanding that she makes them sound fresh, even if the words are familiar. Raney would be much better known today if she did not spend most of her time as a well-respected voice teacher, living in the Los Angeles area, and if she had recorded more extensively throughout her career. But she is one of the greats.

Sue was born Raelene Claire Claussen on June 18,1940, in McPherson, Kansas, and her career started very early. "I came From a musical background for my mother was a singer and my great great aunt had been in German opera When I was about four my mother realized that I could sing. My first public appearance was at a party in Wichita, Kansas when I was five."

Unable to find a voice teacher for her daughter at that time (due to her extreme youth), Raney's mother (who later in life became a vocal teacher) took voice lessons herself and then passed what she learned down to Sue.

"Early on I sang the hits, tunes that the girl singers in the big hands were performing. While growing up in the 1950's. I first listened to Doris Day, Patti Page, Rosemary Clooney and Kay Starr. I discovered jazz when I was 16 or 17 and of course soon loved Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan."

After working steadily in New Mexico and taking several trips out to Los Angeles during a couple of summer vacations, Sue Raney joined the Jack Carson radio show in 1954. "That is why the family moved out to Los Angeles. I had auditioned for Frankie Laine and made a couple of demos for his office. It was through him that I ended up on the Jack Carson show. It was one of the last major radio programs on CBS and at 15 I was the teenager on the show for nine or ten months. After Jack Carson I started appearing on Ray Anthony's television program and then became the vocalist with his hand when he played the Palladium. When I was 19, I put an act together and started working on the road."

She was already an established singer when most young girls were making a rather awkward transition from Elvis Presley to Clearasil. It took time to polish her vocal talent. There were ups and downs, good breaks and bad ones. There was the time in Australia when the critics banged nothing but praise out of their typewriters and the crowds came early and stayed and stayed and stayed. Then, for a time, things couldn't be better, She completed her third album for Capitol Records and was swamped with hotel and night club bookings as well as offers for various television appearances.

came a down. An auto accident crumbled the classic stairway to stardom. Bedridden for months, Sue faded out of the musical picture. But no one seemed to forget. With the help of crutches, she made an appearance on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," and became an instant hit.

In the 1960's Sue Raney worked with the Four Freshmen at Las Vegas, toured with her own group, and appeared frequently on television variety shows including those of Red Skelton, Dean Martin and Danny Kaye. During the following decade she became active in the studios where her impressive voice helped sell products. But when asked to name her favorite gig, Sue Raney says "Possibly the highpoint of my life musically was when I toured with Michel Legrand in the 1980's. We worked with symphony orchestras in addition to having a self-contained rhythm section. I had a chance to sing Michel's lovely songs and it was wonderful." Of her own personal recordings she says "I think the trio of records that I made for Albert Marx, on Discovery in the 1980's are the ones that I am most proud of. I also like the Henry Mancini tribute Dreamsville that I did with Alan Broadbent." Sue is also an accomplished songwriter, contributing lyrics to several songs including Statue Of Snow.

These days Sue Raney is quite active as a voice teacher. "I've been teaching since the early 1980's, originally at the Dick Grove school and now privately nearly every afternoon. It is very rewarding. Teaching has allowed me to relearn what I thought I knew and explore new areas. I find that I'm now in better shape vocally than I've ever been. I sing with the L.A. Voices and Supersax, occasionally appear at the Moonlight Tango Cafe in Sherman Oaks near Los Angeles with Bill Watrous' big band and still go on the road when it feels right and it is artistically rewarding." When asked about her future goals, Sue Raney replied "I'd like to record a duet album with Alan Broadbent. But basically I just want to keep on doing what I'm doing, singing the music I love."

This biographical sketch is a compilation of material from various liner notes and reviews by several writers, most notably Scott Yarnow.

To learn more about Sue Raney, visit www.sueraney.org.

Ray Abruzzo

Ray was born and raised in Queens, New York. After college he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. It is in LA where he rose to fame in television. Ray is best known for his roles in "LA Law," "Dynasty," "NYPD Blue," "Touched By An Angel," Doogie Howser M.D.," "The Practice," and most notably "The Sopranos."

Ray remains active in local Los Angeles theatre as both an actor and director at The Playwright's Kitchen Ensemble.

Christina Davis

Christina was selected as number 7 among the top 25 most powerful Hispanic women by "Hollywood Reporter" magazine. See the article.

JoAnn Jansen

JoAnn Jansen is one of the most sought-after choreographers & movement coaches working in the industry today.   She has been honored to choreograph for several well known actors, and her work has been featured in everything from movies, to television shows, to the theater, to music videos.  JoAnn is well-known for her remarkable rapport with actors.

To learn more about JoAnn, visit her website at www.joannjansen.com.

John Proulx

John Proulx (pronounced "Proo"), has been a patient of Dr. Bieber's since 2003. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, John received his Bachelor's of Music from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. In 2001, John moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. Since then, John has become a sought-after jazz pianist, vocalist, recording artist, and Grammy-winning composer. John's debut CD, "Moon and Sand" was released on the Max Jazz label on August 1st, 2006. It has received glowing reviews, and even earned him an opportunity to be a guest on the Marian McPartland Piano Jazz radio program on NPR. John is also quickly establishing himself as a prolific composer. Legendary jazz singer, Nancy Wilson, recently recorded, "These Golden Years", a song co-written with lyricist D. Channsin Berry, on her latest CD, "Turned to Blue", on the MCG label. She just received a Grammy for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. To learn more about John Proulx, you can visit his website at: www.johnproulx.com.

“I’d highly recommend Toomin and Bieber’s office. The staff is very friendly, and Dr. Bieber is the real deal. I really appreciate their preventive dental approach, and the personalized attention you receive on each visit is fantastic!”

Adrienne R. Hymes

Founded in 2002, Real Plans Outrageous Dreams (RPOD) is a Los Angeles-based strategic success company founded by Adrienne R. Hymes II.  Hymes specializes in motivational keynote presentations, strategic planning and organizational development strategies.  As an education-focused presenter, Hymes shares specific strategies that guide schools, organizations and communities toward the primary goal of transforming abstract “outrageous” dreams into achievable goals through tangible, realistic plans. A fan of “edutainment,” Adrienne charismatically engages her audience by seamlessly pairing a powerful message with comedic delivery, inviting full audience participation.

In March 2007, Hymes successfully launched the first “Living Life with Contagious Inspiration™” personal empowerment and spiritual awareness conference in Los Angeles. The Contagious Inspiration conferences will be held bi-annually with national expansion.

For nearly three years, Adrienne had the privilege of serving as one of the few presenters for the prestigious Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) speakers bureau in Los Angeles—a position that required multiple presentations per day to high-school audiences and college audiences. During this time, Adrienne was able to creatively to pair her tactical public relations experience with her professional stage presence and natural abilities to grab and hold an audience's attention. As a public speaker, she is keenly aware of the importance of delivering meaningful information in a way that it is both informative and entertaining to the entire audience.

With more than ten years of corporate public relations agency experience, Adrienne has an eclectic communications background that includes a specialization in healthcare issues; corporate and diversity training; marketing communications; and print/broadcast journalism. As a corporate trainer she conducts workshops on effective public speaking and presentation skills and strategic planning, most recently for large medical device company, Medtronic MiniMed (diabetes) in Northridge, CA. She has been trained at such prestigious public relations agencies as Ketchum Public Relations in Washington, DC and Ketchum Los Angeles, as well as Manning Selvage & Lee in Los Angeles.

For more than three years, Adrienne has taught her independent workshops in public speaking and strategic planning as an adult educator at the Culver City Adult School throughout the year. Adrienne’s public speaking and training experience is supported by her background in television broadcast journalism. She has experience in the field of television broadcast journalism, and has worked at the FOX and ABC affiliates in Richmond, VA. She currently produces and hosts the Time Warner public access television community affairs talk show, “Absolutely Adrienne,” in Los Angeles.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Adrienne earned her B.A. in rhetoric and communications studies in 1994. She earned a full academic scholarship (the University Achievement Award) and the Philip Morris academic scholarship. She is currently an active member of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, and continues to mentor UVA and local Los Angeles students. Adrienne serves on the Vestry of St. James’ Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, and is a proud member of international service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Lauren Jacobsen

Toluca Lake, California resident, Lauren Jacobsen, has won the UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships and set a new world record. Representing the USA and racing for cycling team NOW MS Society, Lauren won the gold medal in the women’s age 50-54 500 meter Time Trial on October 16th, at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney Australia. Lauren set a new world record of 39.704 beating the former world record of 40.202 set in Colorado Springs in 2002. At 52 years old, Lauren, is the first woman in this division to ever break the 40-second mark. Her record setting time was almost a second and a half faster than Donna Smith, the current USA Nationa1 Champion and silver medalist at the World Championships. Jacobsen started cycling a short 3 years ago, where cycling coach Antony Galvan, identified Jacobsen as having potential as a sprinter.

Galvan worked with Jacobsen from May to October in preparation for the title. When she is not racing her bike in circles, Lauren Jacobsen is a residential interior designer in Los Angeles.

Paul Salamunovich

Paul Salamunovich has conducted the all-volunteer St. Charles Borromeo Choir for the last fifty-eight years.  The Choir has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale on many occasions and, in 1973, was featured on the NBC Christmas Eve Special with Doc Severinson and Henry Mancini.  They have since recorded for numerous motion pictures and television shows including True Confessions, Flatliners, ER and Cirque de Soleil’s Journey of Man.

The Choir has been invited by the American Choral Directors Association to perform at three of its National Conventions:  1981 in New Orleans, 1991 in Phoenix and 2003 in New York.  They made their third appearance at an ACDA Western Division Convention in February 2002 (Honolulu), having also performed in San Diego (1974) and Sacramento (1994).

In June of 1985, by invitation of the Papal Church Music Society, the Choir toured Europe in conjunction with the 8th International convention of Sacred Music, the high point being a private audience at which the Choir sang for Pope John Paul II in Clementine Hall in the Vatican Palace.  On September 15, 1987, the Choir sang at the Diplomatic Reception/Prayer Service for Pope John Paul II at St. Vibiana’s Cathedral, officially welcoming him to Los Angeles and, on June29th, 1988, they sang Mass at St. Peter’s in Rome for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, with the Pope presiding.  This occasion marked one of only four times a group other than the Sistine Choir has been afforded this honor and the St. Charles Choir is the only American choir ever invited.

Paul Salamunovich has been the Music Director at St. Charles Borromeo Church in North Hollywood 1949.  He has long been recognized for his contributions to the field of sacred music and was honored by the Vatican in 1969 with a Papal Knighthood in the Order of St. Gregory.

In April 2001, Salamunovich was named Music Director Emeritus of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, capping his ten-year term as its Director and marking the culmination of a lifetime association with both the Chorale and its founder, Roger Wagner.  Paul was a Charter Member of the organization and was, for twenty-four years, Assistant Conductor of both the Roger Wagner and the Los Angeles Master Chorales.  In 1998 Paul and the Master Chorale received a Grammy nomination for the “Best Choral Performance” for their recording of music of Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna.  This overwhelmingly successful recording is still being heard all over the world.

Salamunovich has also earned national and international attention as an esteemed conductor and educator.  As a music educator, he began his teaching career at Mount St. Mary’s College in 1957, while still a student himself.  Paul joined the part-time faculty of Loyola University in 1964; he became a full-time member in 1973 and remained on the faculty as Director of Choral Activities at what is now Loyola Marymount University for twenty-seven years, being promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 1980 and awarded an honorary doctorate and Professor Emeritus status in 1993.

During his career, Paul has conducted clinics and festivals throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, South America, Europe, Australia and the Far East.  He has also conducted at an unprecedented four consecutive ACDA National Conventions: with the LMU Men’s Chorus in 1987, their Women’s Chorus in 1989, the St. Charles Borromeo choir in 1991 and the L.A. Master Chorale in 1993.  In November 2003 Paul conducted the St. Petersburg Philharmonic of Russia along with the Master Chorale of the USA in the Mozart Requiem at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome for the concluding concert of the 2nd annual Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra.

Salamunovich has been responsible for choral music in numerous feature films and television productions.  These projects include such films as First Knight, Air Force One, Sum of All Fears, Steven Spielberg’s A.I. and Sony’s XXX.  By invitation of the University of Southern California, Paul is the Interim Director of the USC Chamber Singers for the 2007-2008 Season.

To learn more about Paul Salamunovich, click here.

Todd Sherry

Todd Sherry is an actor and casting associate in Hollywood, CA. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous TV shows and films including Will & Grace, Desperate Housewives, Joan of Arcadia, Half & Half, The O.C., The Nine, Ghost Whisperer, Miss Congeniality 2, and the 2008 release Get Smart. He played one of the leads in the independent feature film Hiding Victoria opposite another patient of Dr. Toomin's, Michael Wiseman.

As a casting associate with Patrick Rush Casting, Todd has helped cast such shows as Chuck, Men in Trees, The O.C., Everwood, Jack & Bobby, and Supernatural.

Originally from a small town in Pennsylvania, he first moved to NYC where he pursued a career in musical theatre. Todd played such roles as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lancelot in Camelot, and his favorite role, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors which he played in three separate productions including the U.S. and Canadian tour. A world cruise featuring him as a vocalist eventually brought him to Los Angeles where he has lived since 1996.

Rabbi Janet Bieber

Rabbi Janet Bieber has served the Southern California Jewish Community as an educator, chaplain, counselor and Cantor for over 25 years. In 2005 she received Rabbinic Smicha from the Academy for Jewish Religion.  For six years she served at the Jewish Home for the Aging in San Diego as Rabbi, Cantor and Administrator of all Jewish programs and religious services.

Rabbi Janet holds a Masters degree in Jewish Education from the University of Judaism and has taught over 400 children and adult B’nei mitzvah privately and in classes.  She has performed numerous concerts in Hebrew and English, with Yiddish Songs as her specialty. She is currently working on integrating English into the Yiddish text to preserve the sound of the Yiddish while making it accessible to everyone.  Her most recent CD, “Kol Isha: The Voice of a Jewish Woman,” contains music in Hebrew Yiddish and English and includes two original compositions.

Rabbi Janet is currently the Director of Religious Education at Temple Emanu El in Burbank. 
She is available to all those in need of Rabbinc services – weddings, funerals, baby namings, lifecycle events.

Visit www.rabbijanetbieber.com for more info.

Jonathan “Legacy” Perez

B-Boy, Dancer, Choreographer, Director, Dance Instructor

Jonathan Lee Perez, aka Legacy, was born in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of four, he moved to Miami, Florida. Mentored by his father as a young teen, Legacy excelled in soccer and received a scholarship. Unfortunately, due to an injury, his dream of pursuing a career in soccer was cut short. At fifteen, he was exposed to breaking (B-Boying) at a skating rink called “Hotwheels”, where he learned that breaking came to him naturally; and where he acquired his name “Legacy”.

Legacy’s first dance job was in 1998 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum, which led to a contract at Universal Studios Florida. In 2004, Legacy moved to Los Angeles with $240 in his pocket and a dream to show his talent in music videos, commercials, and movies.

In the few years Legacy has been in L.A., he has accumulated an impressive resume. His highlights include a featured role in “Stomp the Yard” and two world tours with Gwen Stefani in 2005 and 2007. He has worked with many top choreographers, including Jamal, Rich and Tone, Tina Landon, Dave Scott, and Sho-Tyme. Among other things, Legacy has appeared on the Vans Warped Tour w/ The Black Eyed Peas, the Lady of Soul Awards w/ Toni Braxton, The Video Game Awards w/ Method Man & Redman, the Latin Grammy’s with Roselyn Sanchez, the MTV Movie Awards with Lindsey Lohan, The Grammy Awards with Rhianna & The Time, performances with Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman” video and Janet Jackson’s “Rock With U” and is currently working on Chris Brown’s next music video.

Known for his acrobatic movement, distinguished for his individuality and drive, Legacy aspires to become a choreographer and director. He appreciates all the support he has received throughout the years and hopes to return it on a bigger scale. In the summer of 2008, Legacy’s first instructional hip-hop/break dance video entitled “Let’s Break” will be available in stores!

Big Thanks to his mother Gladys, father Oscar, and brother Oscar Andres. Peace to his crew Street Masters. Thanks to MSA for keeping it real and to Tiffany – You’re the best! To Gwen and all the amazing crew, THANK YOU!

Contact: MSA (323) 957-6680

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