120,000 People Expected to Attend the 2008 Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival at Brookhaven's Calabro Airport August 9
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., Aug. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Singer/philanthropist SIR IVAN is preparing to take center stage at the Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival at Calabro Airport in Brookhaven on Saturday, August 9 at 3:30 p.m. The Billboard Chart-topping recording artist will perform from his new album of 60s favorites, I Am Peaceman. Sir Ivan's royalties from the album will benefit his Peaceman Foundation. The Peaceman Foundation's mission is to battle Hate Crimes and to treat the victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder all over the world. One hundred percent of all charitable contributions will be donated to organizations that adhere to the mission statement.
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Sir Ivan is best known for his participation in the 2007 NBC/Sci-Fi Channel hit series, Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, as "Mr. Mitzvah," a crusader who fights the purveyors of hate and protects the world's children. (Action-comic guru Stan Lee, the show's producer/judge, personally selected Sir Ivan as one of ten finalists from among thousands of other super-hopefuls.) Indeed, organizations that serve children hold a special place in his heart. Sir Ivan has also been a notable supporter of Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation and the family-endowed Wilzig Hospital in his native New Jersey.
Sir Ivan has also been featured on VH1's "Fabulous Life in the Hamptons" and his famous Castle has also been featured on The Travel Channel's "Grand Castles of America".
For more information please on Sir Ivan, visit his Web site http://www.sirivanmusic.com/ and his MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/sirivanmusic .
