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==='''Perfomers with Songs'''===
 
==='''Perfomers with Songs'''===
 
* [[Paula Abdul]] - "[[Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah]]" from ''[[Song of the South]]''
 
* [[Paula Abdul]] - "[[Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah]]" from ''[[Song of the South]]''
* Peter Alsop - "I Am a Pizza"
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* Kris Kross - "Krossed-Out Version of a Nursery Rhyme"
* [[Michael Bolton]] - "You Are My Sunshine"
 
* Craig & Company - "Haircut"
 
 
* [[Celine Dion]] and Maurice Davis - "[[Beauty and the Beast (song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" from the [[Beauty and the Beast|1991 film of the same name]]
 
* [[Celine Dion]] and Maurice Davis - "[[Beauty and the Beast (song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" from the [[Beauty and the Beast|1991 film of the same name]]
* Sheila E. - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
 
* [[Melissa Etheridge]] - "The Green Grass Grew All Around"
 
* Gerardo - "Here We Go Loopty-Loo"
 
 
* [[Woody Harrelson]] - "Happy to the Sun"
 
* [[Woody Harrelson]] - "Happy to the Sun"
 
*Shanice - "Mockingbird"
* Kris Kross - "Krossed-Out Version of a Nursery Rhyme"
 
 
* [[Michael Bolton]] - "You Are My Sunshine"
* Patti LaBelle - "What a Wonderful World/Sing a Rainbow"
 
* Bobby McFerrin - "The Wizard of Oz"
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*Mat Plendl - "My Hula Hoop"
 
* [[Melissa Etheridge]] - "The Green Grass Grew All Around"
 
*Salt 'N' Pepa - "This Old Man"
 
*[[Randy Newman]] - "I've Been Working on a Railroad"
 
*[[Randy Newman]] - "I've Been Working on a Railroad"
 
* Sheila E. - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
 
* Craig & Company - "Haircut"
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* Bobby McFerrin - "The Wizard of Oz"
 
* Gerardo - "Here We Go Loopty-Loo"
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* Peter Alsop - "I Am a Pizza"
 
*The Party - "Nursery Rhyme Melody"
 
*The Party - "Nursery Rhyme Melody"
 
* Patti LaBelle - "What a Wonderful World/Sing a Rainbow"
*Salt 'N' Pepa - "This Old Man"
 
*Mat Plendl - "My Hoola Hoop"
 
*Shanice - "Mockingbird"
 
   
 
==='''Hosts'''===
 
==='''Hosts'''===
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*Jason Priestley
 
*Jason Priestley
 
*[[Baby Sinclair]] from Jim Henson's ''[[Dinosaurs]]''
 
*[[Baby Sinclair]] from Jim Henson's ''[[Dinosaurs]]''
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==='''Reading'''===
 
==='''Reading'''===
 
*Ted Danson - "The Little Engine That Could"
 
*Ted Danson - "The Little Engine That Could"
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==='''Dancing'''===
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*Kids - "Dance Number"
   
 
==Release==
 
==Release==

Revision as of 23:31, 16 October 2019

For Our Children (also known as For Our Children: The Concert) is a two-hour television special which it aired on the Disney Channel on February 16, 1993.

Background

The network unscrambled its signals for that night to allow basic cable subscribers to watch. This remarkable two-hour program was a televised benefit concert with an incredible group of stars and musicians, along with seventeen songs (15 with 2 classic songs from Disney films) came together to perform a live concert for families to benefit an extraordinary a nonprofit organization that funds research on the effects of HIV/AIDS on children, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation (PAF) to raise money and funds.

Plot

In the intro, Paula Abdul begins the show with an uplifting rendition of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" before hitting a serious note. After the song ends and intro plays and Paula appears on the stage as if out of nowhere.

Paula Abdul is the first host and really gets the crowd going! Then she finishes by introduces “Kris Kross” and their “Krossed-Out Version of a Nursery Rhyme.”

People

Perfomers with Songs

  • Paula Abdul - "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South
  • Kris Kross - "Krossed-Out Version of a Nursery Rhyme"
  • Celine Dion and Maurice Davis - "Beauty and the Beast" from the 1991 film of the same name
  • Woody Harrelson - "Happy to the Sun"
  • Shanice - "Mockingbird"
  • Michael Bolton - "You Are My Sunshine"
  • Mat Plendl - "My Hula Hoop"
  • Melissa Etheridge - "The Green Grass Grew All Around"
  • Salt 'N' Pepa - "This Old Man"
  • Randy Newman - "I've Been Working on a Railroad"
  • Sheila E. - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
  • Craig & Company - "Haircut"
  • Bobby McFerrin - "The Wizard of Oz"
  • Gerardo - "Here We Go Loopty-Loo"
  • Peter Alsop - "I Am a Pizza"
  • The Party - "Nursery Rhyme Melody"
  • Patti LaBelle - "What a Wonderful World/Sing a Rainbow"

Hosts

Reading

  • Ted Danson - "The Little Engine That Could"

Dancing

  • Kids - "Dance Number"

Release

The live album, "For Our Children: The Concert" was released in 1992 and for the VHS release of the special was released on March 2, 1993 from Walt Disney Home Video.

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