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ABC7 Salutes - Be 
the Star You Are! - Matchmaking
 Service For Books
 and Readers

Volunteers face painting 
and BTSYA booth at
 the 2007 Pear Festival

OSH EVENT

Bathrobe Babes

Laugh & Donate!


St. Mary's STAR Team

Dan Esbensen of Touch Technologies, Inc., our First Class Man! (with Cynthia)

Party with a Purpose


Pictured Pat Hallberg, and Cynthia Brian.  Oil painting donated by Armand Cabrera

Operation Ground Hero

Pat Hallberg, Program Coordinator and Reading SPELLS Success literacy outreach director with Kim Carlson, webmaster and newsletter publisher 

Book Signing Events
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Pat Hallberg and Cynthia Brian at the Navlett's
book signing event  in March 2001

St. Patrick's Day 
autographing event at Borders with contributors Rayne Wolfe, Debbie
Farmer and co-author Cynthia Brian

Beauty From Head to Soul
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Volunteers Cynthia Brian, Rebecca Schmidt, and Pam Center at our booth

Animal Star Search 2000
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Agents with Animals Animal Star Search Sign
Teen Volunteer Allie Cynthia Brian, Chantelle Marks, her sister, and cat
Rebecca Schmidt at the registration table Joe Carvalho & his owl
Live radio broadcast, Cynthia and engineer Henry San Miguel Merlot, the Pot-bellied Pig
Dagne Wesley, Cynthia & Merlot Sara LaFrance, with Clumsy the Goose & Cynthia

 


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RECENT EVENTS!
2007 Pear Festival Photos

Steamboat Pilot & Today newspaper article about Cynthia's Bathrobe Babes and Arts for the Soul 6-day tour of Steamboat Springs, CO
ABC7 Salutes
- Be the Star You Are! - Matchmaking Service For Books and Readers

OSH Event

Laugh and Donate   °   Dine and Donate

Party with a Purpose!
<UPDATED!> Book Signings and TV Appearances - See  details below

Sept. 11 Commemorative Dance
and Book Collection Event
 Operation Ground Hero
Book Sale and Celebrity Author Event
Be the Star You Are!™ - An Action Workshop
Empowerment Conference
Beauty From Head to Soul - Oct. 30, 2000
Animal Star Search 2000 - Jun. 11, 2000

AWARDS

NEW! We have just been nominated for the 2007 Threads of Hope Award by Contra Costa Juvenile Hall for spreading the thread of community, hope, and volunteerism.

 


2003-The Sisters of the Holy Faith of Holy Spirit School nominated Cynthia Brian, and the Catholic School Department named her Distinguished Catholic School Graduate for 2003.  The award states: Cynthia Brian, Distinguished Catholic School Graduate for 2003, for Making a World of Difference in your work and service to others with education, inspiration and hope! (Pictured above: Father Patrick McGrath from Ireland and
Cynthia's family and relatives.)


Awarded on Nov. 29, 2000, The Threads of Hope Volunteer Awards honor local residents and charities whose outstanding volunteer efforts have helped to mend and strengthen the social fabric of our communities.  Presented by Diablo Magazine in partnership with Aloha Airlines, The Shops at Blackhawk, Hawkins Design Group, State Farm Insurance, Oakland Athletics, The San Francisco Chronicle and John Muir Health Systems.


  RECENT EVENTS:

OSH EVENT: Sponsored by Orchard Hardware Supply, Bank of America, and Bob Skelton-Pull Out shelves, the Be the Star You Are! day was a community literacy awareness day. Activities included a reading corner, book sales, plus face painting for the kids and paint a pot and plant for all ages. BTSYA had numerous volunteers and it was a fun day.

Be the Star You Are!™  planned some big events for 2004-05.  One was a youth empowerment conference and teen symposium.  We are currently seeking underwriting from major contributors and corporations as well as volunteers who wish to work with us on these exciting celebrations.  If you have any interest in participating or want more information on how you can be involved, please contact our office at 877-944-STAR or email us: events@bethestaryouare.org.  We'll keep you posted as the events evolve and you will be invited to attend. 

DINE & DONATE  °  LAUGH & DONATE

EAT AND DONATE:

China Moon Restaurant in Moraga graciously donated proceeds from our patrons' dining bills on the following days:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of May 10, 11, 12, 13 and 17, 18, 19, 20. 

Here’s how it worked: 

Have lunch or dinner on any of the above days and mention to your server that you are there to support Be the Star You Are!™  15% of the total bill will be donated to the charity when you pay by cash or check, 10% will be donated when you pay by credit card.  This offer excludes lunch specials and package dinners.  It may not be used with coupons or other offers. Valid for Dine In or Take Out! 

China Moon Restaurant 
380 Park Street 
(Rheem Shopping Center between Nations  and the Rheem Theater) 
Moraga 925-376-8558

Come out and enjoy fine Asian dining while contributing to this charity.

LAUGH AND DONATE at our first ever COMEDY NIGHT!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at  "Be the Star You Are!™ at 50 Mason", a Charity Benefit on Saturday, June 26 from 7pm –10pm with family fun and laughs.  50 Mason aka SF Comedy Club is the newest San Francisco venue to host comedy showcases on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 8-10:30. Performers include some of the finest Bay Area comedians. Your ticket donation included: the Comedy Showcase, munchies, one  drink, book sale and signing with best-selling author, Cynthia Brian, exciting raffles and silent auction including original works from Armand Cabrera, an award-winning oil painter.

Doors opened at 7pm. 7-8pm:  Finger foods, drinks (one drink ticket given at entrance), music, book sale and signing, raffles and silent auction.  Raffle tickets were $5.00 for one, $10.00 for three, and $20.00 for seven.  When you bought $20 worth of raffle tickets you were an AUTOMATIC WINNER with your choice of raffle prizes. 8pm-9:45pm- Comedy Show Case 9:45-10pm – Final raffle and prizes.

Getting There & Parking:
Address: SF Comedy Club
50 Mason
San Francisco 
Parking lot across street for $9  or take BART to the Powell Street station and walk two streets west to Mason.  For more info please visit www.50masonlounge.com or www.bethestaryouare.org.

September 11th Commemorative Dance and Book Collection Event

We received a wonderful phone call from Sister Dorothy at Carondolette High School in Concord.  She is in charge of the Community Service Dept. for the all-girls school.  These girls came to Be the Star You Are!™  in 2001 and helped us pack up the huge donation we shipped to NYC firefighters and policemen's children...OPERATION GROUND HERO.  A year later, they came up with an idea to benefit our book collection.  They wanted to have a dance to remember 911 and picked Friday, the 13th of September 2002.  We brought them the bins that they decorated and placed at the dance where they expected 800/1,000 kids, and each was to bring a new book for kids ages 3 to 17 years.  They filled the bins, emptied them into boxes and brought them to our office where we prepared them for donation to youth at risk.  The theme of their dance was EVERYONE IS A STAR and, of course, that is what Be the Star You Are!™  believes!

BOOK SIGNING EVENTS 
AND TV APPEARANCES

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2004:

  • Dec 6-Dec. 18 Aboard the Celebrity Cruise Line, Galaxy, from Galveston, Texas through the Panama Canal.  Cynthia will give several presentations on writing, becoming an author and how to have "the write stuff." www.celebrity.com.

  • October 5, 2004 - 12:30-1:30pm, Magee Park’s Heritage Hall, 2650 Garfield St., Carlsbad, CA. 92008-2216. Back together again for the first time-Action Jack McClendon, author, award winning corporate trainer, and radio host, with best-selling author, movie/ TV/ radio personality, Cynthia Brian presenting “Anger is Nothing to get Mad About.” Space is limited. Cost $5.00 Call 760-754-1954 EncourageMint Seminars for more information.

  • May 15- 9 am-6pm- The Writes of Spring Book Festival- a literary feast featuring more than 25 best selling authors, including Cynthia Brian, and thousands of books for sale. Foundation for Global Community, 222 High Street, Palo Alto, California 94301 Benefit for Paul F. Byrd Mathematics Scholarship Program at San Jose State University.  For more information call 650-328-7756

  • March 2, 2004: Party with a Purpose from 4-9pm sponsored by the St. Mary’s Business students STAR team at Baja Fresh, 3596 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, Ca. 94549. Come eat fresh and raise funds for the charity, Be the Star You Are!™ empowering youth at risk. Cynthia Brian will be signing her books with proceeds benefiting the charity.  For more information visit http://www.bethestaryouare.org or call 925-376-7126. 

  • March 20, 2004  9am-4pm, Girl Scouts of Monterey First Annual Career Conference, Heald College, 1450 North Main Street, Salinas, CA 93906. Keynoter, Cynthia Brian, on Be the Star You Are! Success Strategies for living, loving, laughing, and learning to make a difference.  For more information, call 1-800-MB-GIRLS

  • April 28, 2004 1-2pm EST (10-11am PST) FREE Teleconference "How to get booked as an EXTRA for TV and films and other show business tips" with Annie Jennings. Go to http://www.anniejenningspr.com to register.

  • May 4, 2004 12:30-1:30pm  “Trigger-nometry-Finding out what makes you tick” with Action Jack McClendon at Encouragemint Seminars. Heritage Hall, 2650 Garfield St., Carlsbad, CA. 92008 (That's at Magee Park.) Cost: $ 5.00. Limited seating.  RSVP Encourage Mint Radio1-760-754-1954.

2003:

  • November 21-23, 2003 San Diego State University Leadership Institute Conference, San Diego Marriott, Mission Valley.  Topic: "A Juggling Act-How to Balance your Life without Dropping the Balls!" For more information, contact Jennifer Johnson, 619-594-5221.  Conference registration is http://www.sdsu.edu/leadership/conference.

  • November 20, 2003, San Diego State University Bookstore located on the SDSU campus. For more information you may call Susan Schiele at 619-594-7528.

  • November 18, 2003, 7-9:00pm. “Gardening with Soul”,  Master Gardener’s Event at 75 Santa Barbara, Pleasant Hill, California.  For more information, contact Mary Lou at 925-957-0229.

  • September 16, 2003  6:7:30 pm Live Gardening Demonstration and book signing in Golden Gate Park (County Fair Building)- 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA

  • September 15, 2003 , 6:7:30 pm Live Gardening Demonstration and book signing in San Mateo.   San Mateo Garden Center- 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA

  • November 4, 2003 The Power of Positive Parenting” presentation at Holy Rosary Parish, 503 California Street,  Woodland, California.  For more information call Nancy Johnson, 530-662-5394

  • September 19-21, 2003, Be the Star You Are!™ presentation for The University of Pacific Faculty Retreat, Lake Tahoe, California. (Private Engagement).

  • September 16, 2003. Gardening Demonstration and book signing in San Mateo.  TBA

  • September 15, 2003 Gardening Demonstration and book signing in San Mateo.  TBA

  • May 20, 2003, 7pm, Women’s Retreat at St. Bonaventure’s Catholic Church in Concord. 6:30pm, 5562 Clayton Road, Concord. For more information contact 925-672-5800 or 287-0246.

  • May, 9, 2003 12 noon radio interview with Romanus, “Kick Start Your Business” on wsradio.com.

  • May 1, 2003, Holy Spirit School Children (day time  Be the Star You Are!™ presentation) and at 7pm, Parent’s Club.  1050 North Texas Street, Fairfield, Ca. For more information, call 707-422-5016.

  • April 12, 2003,  4pm, Words are Your World Literacy Day for National Literacy Day. Reading and presentation of Be the Star You Are!™, Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul, and the Business of Show Business at Wal-Mart , 4101 S Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008, Store phone: (323)299-8014.

  • April 4, 2003, Monticello Inn, San Francisco, California 5:30-7pm. Presentations based on Cynthia’s books, “Be the Star You Are! 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference”, “Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul,” and “The Business of Show Business”.  For more info contact, Chris Holbrook, Monticello Inn ,127 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA  94102, 415-394-0661 direct, www.monticelloinn.com 

  • April 4-6, 2003, The Humor Project International Conference, New York. What the world needs now is laughter, sweet laughter. Meet many kindred spirits from around the world who are interested in humor, hope and healing.  For information and reservations, contact 518-587-8770 or http://www.humorpoject.com/conference/  

  • Thursday, March 6 at 7pm, book signing, Barnes & Noble, 1040 El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA. For more information call 1-760-943-6400.

  • Wednesday, March 5th at 6pm, Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort in the Terrace Room located at 3075 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad, CA 92008. A reading and presentation of Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul.  For more info, contact  Kelly Reid, 1- 760-434-7020 x441.

  • Wednesday, March 5th at 3pm, book signing,  San Diego State University Bookstore located on the SDSU campus  For more information you may call Susan Schiele at 619-594-7528.

  • Tuesday, March 4, 2003,  12:30 p.m.,  Cyn-sational Cynthia will be in Carlsbad inaugurating her three day book tour of San Diego with a special a sixty minute motivational seminar on the subject of How To Be The Star You Are!   North County Woman & My Time magazines and AM 1320/ KKSM / Encourage Mint Radio are proud sponsors of the event. Cost: $ 5.00. If you are interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry or would like to learn how to be the writer, producer, director, and star of your own life, come see her at one of her events. Limited seating.  RSVP Encourage Mint Radio 1-760-754-1954.
     www.encouragemint.com 

  • Sunday, March 2 from 1-3pm, Cynthia will be signing books and talking about her books at Carlsbad Book Company, 5630 Paseo Del Norte #127,Carlsbad, CA 92008. For more info call 1-760-804-0467. 

  • EncourageMint Radio interview, Feb. 15, 11:00 am, AM 1320/ KKSM / www.EncourageMintRadio.com

  • January 30, 2003: Catholic School Celebration Breakfast.  8:30 am in Sacramento, California, 1201 K. Street.  Cynthia Brian was named the Distinguished Catholic School Graduate for 2003, and will speak on “Making a Difference”.  For more info contact Lynette Magnino 916-733-0118  or CLICK HERE.

2002:

  • December 19, 2002, HGTV "Smart Solutions" episode #811, 11 am EST, 8 am PST (check your listings for additional air times and dates.)

  • December 11-15, 2002 Lake Austin Spa and Resort, Austin ,Texas, Bathrobe Babes™ presentations including readings from Cynthia's 3 best sellers: Be the Star You Are!, Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, and The Business of Show Business.  For information  and reservations contact: 1-800-847-5637 or http://www.lakeaustinspa.com

  • December 3, 2002, 6pm, “ The Business of Show Business” presentation and book signing at The Monticello Inn in San Francisco. For more info contact, Chris Holbrook, Monticello Inn, 127 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-394-0661 direct, www.monticelloinn.com

  • November 9, 2002, HGTV "Insiders Garden", Tropical Plants Indoors (check your listings for additional air times and dates.)

  • October 27, 2002 at 7:30pm, Orinda Lafayette Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette, CA.  For more info call 925-254-6211. Presentation, "You are a STAR!" and book signing.

  • September 20-October 5, 2002 International  Conference on Healing in Bali.  Discover personal passion and enjoy beautiful gardens. Join Cynthia. Contact Powerplaces Tours 800-234-8687

  • June 25-30 Be the Star You Are! Bathrobe Babes in Whistler, Canada, retreat for women only.  For more information contact, Aurora Winter  at 1-949-735-7292 or email: Rarewaterfront@aol.com

  • Wednesday, June 19, 5:30-6:30pm at the Monticello Inn in San Francisco for the Book Reading Series. For more info contact  Chris Holbrook ,General Manager, Monticello Inn, 127 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA  94102,  415.394.0661 Direct, 415.392.8800 Main  www.monticelloinn.com

  • May 18-19: Body, Mind and Spirit Expo, Santa Barbara. For more info call Megan at 541-482-3722

  • May 11: 2pm Borders Books in Sunnyvale, CA (Cherry Orchard mini-mall on the corner of Mathilda and El Camino Real, phone 650-730-5050

  • May 4-5: Body, Mind and Spirit Expo, Seattle. For more info call Megan at 541-482-3722

  • April 26, 12:30pm presentation on Be the Star You Are!™, 1-5pm  autograph session. Ageless Lifestyle and Golf Expo, Contra Costa Center, 2310 Monument Blvd., Pleasant Hill, Ca. For more info visit www.aglesslifestyle.com

  • April 20-21 Body, Mind and Spirit Expo, Concord/East Bay. For more info call Megan at 541-482-3722

  • April 13-24Body, Mind and Spirit Expo, Sacramento. For more info call Megan at 541-482-3722

  • April 10, 7:30pm Barnes and Noble in Walnut Creek.  Join Dick Bolles (author of What Color is your Parachute?) and Cynthia Brian for a Parachute to the Stars presentation.  1149 South Main Street, Walnut Creek

  • April 7, 11:30-4pm Contra Costa County Home and Garden Show  in Concord at the Chronicle Pavilion. for info call 925-682-7227 

  • April 2: 6:00 p.m., The Authors' Guild, Monticello Inn, San Francisco, CA, phone 415-594-0661.  Cynthia will be coaching authors for PR and marketing.

  • March 23-24 Body, Mind and Spirit Expo, San Diego. For more info call Megan at 541-482-3722

  • March 15, 16, 17 Mega Book Marketing University, Los Angeles, Cal. For more info contact 1-800-433-2314

  • Feb. 21, Maui Hawaii, 7 pm at Borders Books located  at 270 Darcy Rd., Maui Marketplace, Kahului, Maui.  For more info call 1-808-877-6160.

2001:

  • March 17, book signing with contributors Debbie Farmer and Rayne Wolfe at Borders Books in Pleasant Hill, California 2-3pm.  For info or directions call Lonnie at 925-686-4835.

  • March 24, book signing with contributors Debbie Farmer and Rayne Wolfe at Barnes and Noble, Pleasant Hill, Cal. 1-2pm.  For info and directions call Chris Hoffman at 925-609-7060. 

  • March 24, A Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul event with proceeds benefiting Be the Star You Are! at Navlett's Garden Center in Danville, Ca. from 2-5pm.  Cynthia will read stories, talk and sign books and be joined in the afternoon by contributor Debbie Farmer. Directions: Exit 680 East at Sycamore Valley and take your first right onto Camino Ramon. Navlett's is on the East side of the street at 800 Camino Ramon, 925/837-9144. Contact Steve DePalma at 510-865-9378 or you can view a map and directions at the following web address: http://www.navletsgardens.com/store_locations/store_locations.html#danville 

  • March 28 Alamo Women's Club Presentation

  • March 31, (CHANGED TO APRIL 21!) book signing at Bonanza Books in Walnut Creek, California from 12-2pm with contributors Debbie Farmer and Rayne Wolfe.  For more info, call Peter at 925-932-2466.  

  • April 7 and 8, 12:00-4:00pm at Contra Costa Home and Garden Spring Show at The Chronicle Pavilion (Formerly the Concord Pavilion.  For info call 925-682-7227.

  • April 21- Bonanza Books 12-2 pm contact Peter 932-2466

  • April 21, book signing at Barnes and Noble, Walnut Creek, Cal., 2:30-4:00pm.  Cynthia will be reading stories and talking about the process of writing, and will be joined by contributor Debbie Farmer.  For info or directions, call Rex Frasser at 925-280-0673.

  • April 21- California State Garden Association Convention, 4-6Pm San Ramon Marriott, San Ramon, Calif.

  • April 27-May 6- Arbor Day and Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul Day

  • April 28, Arbor Day and Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul Day.

  • May 17- Keynote presentation for Mt. Diablo School District Volunteer Recognition, Concord, Calif. 

  • May 19, Shasta Daisy Birthday Party on Rose for Luther Burbank Day, 12:00-4:00pm, contact Cathy Stevenson at 707-524-5445, fax 707-524-5827.

  • May 23 TV show, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

  • May 30- June 5  Book Expo in Chicago

  • June 6-11  - Interior Design Conference in  Philadelphia and Winterhur

  • June 28 - Workshop at The Learning Annex, "Be the Star You Are!™ 6:30-9:30pm to register call 1-415-788-5500 

  • August 23 - 7:30 pm Pleasant Hill Barnes & Noble Contact: 925-609-7358

  • August 25 - 6 am Pacific or 9 am Eastern, Cynthia will be a guest on The New Intimacy at http://www.wisdomradio.com from NYC

  • September 12 - 7:30 pm at the Walnut Creek B&N. Your contact is Rex Fraser, ph: 925-280-0673

  • September 27, 4-6 pm, Orinda Books: for more info 925-254-7606

  • October 5, 2001 - Alameda Fall Home and Garden Show-  in Pleasanton from noon to 4pm, for info call 925-682-7227

  • November 2 -  Shoot TV program, "Life in Balance" for Wisdom Television Network

  • November 2, 2001 - Contra Costa Fall Home and Garden Show in Concord at the Chronicle Pavilion from noon to 4 pmfor info call 925-682-7227 

  • Wednesday November 7-Sunday November 11, 2001  -  Meet the Author Event, - Lake Austin Spa, Austin, Texas http://www.lakeaustinspa.com

  • November 13 at 7:30pm Berkeley Barnes and Noble - 2352 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA 94704.  For more information: 510-644-3635

  • November 28 at 7:30pm - Fairfield Barnes and Noble,  1620 Gateway Blvd., Fairfield, CA For more information call 1-707-435-0484

  • December 7 at 7:00pm - Readers' Book:127 East Napa St., Sonoma, CA 95476. For more info: ph: 707-939-1779 store

  • December 12 at 7:30pm - Barnes and Noble in Walnut Creek, CA, 1149 South Main Street

  • December 16 at 7:30pm - Orinda Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Lafayette, CA, 49 Knox Drive, for more info call 925-254-6211

BOOK SALE AND 
CELEBRITY AUTHOR EVENT

Did you know that between 1914 and 1944, more Bartlett Pears were grown and sold from the Moraga Ranch than from any other operation in California?  Well, neither did we, even though our charity offices are close to the numerous pear orchards that are over 100 years old.  The town of Moraga celebrated its pear legacy with the Moraga Days Pear Festival and we were there!  The popular Sí Sí Caffé, an espresso and smoothie meeting place extraordinaire hosted our local Be the Star You Are!™ charity book sale on Sunday, October 7th from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  A variety of wonderful books for the entire family were on sale for reduced prices.  All the proceeds benefit youth-at-risk and Be the Star You Are!™ non-profit.  Circus performances were held in the former pear orchard next door, and there was food and fun for the entire family.  There was a wonderful opportunity to meet celebrity authors Marilyn Azevedo (Defending Andy) and Cynthia Brian (Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul and Be the Star You Are!™ 99 Gifts to Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference), and take home autographed copies of best-selling favorites.  Autographed books are a treasure for a lifetime.

BE THE STAR YOU ARE!™
AN ACTION WORKSHOP
©2001 Cynthia Brian, Starstyle Productions, LLC

Be the Star of Your Own Life!

Cynthia Brain teaches people how to design and be the star of their own lives. "You can't leave your life to chance," says the woman who has dedicated twenty-five years of her own life to showing ordinary people to, Be the Star You Are!™ Learn to live a life of meaning by following her 3 simple rules:

1. You must smile.
2. You must have fun.
3. You must be willing to be wild and crazy.

Her book, "Be the Star You Are!™ 99 GIFTS to living, loving, laughing and learning to make a difference," (Celestial Arts, May 2001) was developed from two and a half decades of coaching actors. Each chapter provides different gifts that everyone possesses along with exercises on how to discover them in your own life.

This is a hands on workshop for ages teens to adults. We'll do exercises based on the three rules and find the answer to the question  "What would you do with your life if money wasn't an object and you knew you couldn't fail?  What would your life look like?" 

Dress comfortably, we'll be active and have fun. Be prepared to get your circulation and creativity moving. Walk out of the class with a concrete plan on how to achieve more success, live more fully, laugh heartily, love intensely and make a difference in your world.  You will be the star you were born to be.

Cynthia Brian, President of Star style™ Productions, LLC and host of radio and TV shows, is the author of Be the Star You Are!™ (Ten Speed Press) and co-author of the NY Times best seller, Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul (HCI).  She is Founder of the charity, Be the Star You Are!™, 501 (c)(3), a positive programming media library providing hope and inspiration to those in need.  Her syndicated column, "Business Bytes" is read in newspapers around the world. As a personal growth success expert, she has been coaching teens and adults for 18 years to help them achieve their dreams.

For more information:
Cynthia Brian
Starstyle Productions, LLC
PO Box 422
Moraga, Ca. 94556
925-377-STAR
www.star-style.com



ANIMAL STAR SEARCH 2000
Sunday, June 11, 2000
Concord Feed and Pet Supply
Pleasant Hill, CA

Our annual audition event in search of animal stars was a day of fun for both participants and the crowds.
  • Bow Wow Productions and All-Star Animal Agents were in attendance to review all the animal participants.
  • Each animal received a special goody bag filled with yummy treats and coupons.
  • A fabulous Petting Zoo including chickens, ducks, geese, goats, and a lamb was provided by Animal Cuts TV, and Radio Host, Heather Brittany kept the children happy and entertained.
  • Pygmy goats and their babies were also available for petting, provided by the Martinez 4-H Club and their leader, Vicki Schlinkert.
  • Animal Rescue Center (ARC) provided animal adoptions.
  • Joe and Stephanie Carvalho, owners of the global bird performance show "Birds of a Feather" shared their owl and talking parrot.
  • Pugs on Broadway strutted their stuff.
  • Participants indulged in delicious food and drinks, had sketches of their favorite critter drawn by renowned artist Beth Bachelor, bought real stars in the heavens in the name of their pets and loved ones, made mugs with the photo of their pet, and created pet trading cards and hats.
  • Raffles for all kinds of great gifts were held throughout the day with almost everyone being a winner!
  • Merlot, the pot-bellied pig, star of the Letterman show, was a definite Animal Star attraction.
  • Cynthia Brian broadcast the radio program Starstyle™ Be The Star You Are!™ live from 4-5pm and interviewed many of the various animals and their owners.  Featured were talking birds and singing dogs and lots of kids! (and we don't mean the goat kind!)

It was a fantastic day of fun and frolic for animal lovers everywhere.  We hope you'll join us next year!  If you want to sponsor Animal Star Search or participate next year, contact Rebecca Schmidt, Vice President. 

BEAUTY FROM HEAD TO SOUL

Monday, October 30, 2000
San Ramon Marriott Hotel
San Ramon, CA

A Day of Celebrating Your Spirit!

Cynthia Brian was one of the featured speakers for the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay, Inc. and  Changes Salon and the Center for Well Being's extraordinary event "Beauty from Head to Soul" at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel in San Ramon. The day included a wonderful luncheon, make- overs, and ideas on enhancing your inner and outer beauty. Be the Star You Are!™ had a booth to generate awareness for the charity and also had a raffle to give away a life affirming book.  Rebecca Schmidt and Pam Center volunteered their time to be the representatives of Be the Star You Are!™.  The sponsors made a generous donation to Be the Star You Are!™  and we are very grateful.


Be The Star You Are!™
PO Box 376, Moraga, CA 94556
Tel: 877.944.STAR or 925.376.7126
Fax: 925.376.7142

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