4th Annual Danny Awards Honorees - Transcript

Narrator and On-Screen Text: Daniel's Music Foundation Presents The 4th Annual Danny Awards Honorees

Description: Video clip of a man with long hair, a black tanktop, and a backwards baseball cap, playing a dramatic heavy-metal guitar solo. He has limb differences which affect his approach toward fretting the guitar. The text "Rick Renstrom, Florida" is in the corner of the screen.

Description: Video clip of a woman in a black dress sits on stage in front of a grand piano. She is playing Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor". The text "Yoo Jin Noh, Massachusetts" is in the corner of the screen.

Description: Video clip of a four-piece rock band--a singer, guitarist, bass player, and drummer, on stage in front of a blue background.

Singer (singing): Take me as I am, the differences within, if you open up your mind.

Description: Video clip of a woman with long brown hair, standing in a sound-proofed room next to a grand piano. She is operatically vocalizing a moving melody. The text "Mina Cuesta, New York" is in the corner.

Description: Video clip of a man in a black t-shirt playing piano and singing. The text "Josh Armstrong, Minnesota" is in the corner.

Josh (singing): Let me take away, take away your pain. Let me make anew, what rusted from the rain.

Description: Video clip of a man performing on stage in front of a screen. He does not have arms, and is singing, and playing guitar with his feet. The text in the corner reads "George Dennehy, Virginia".

George (Singing): Trails of tears and open scars, of all the enemies you have to face, the one inside of you, you can't embrace.

Description: Video clip of a man with dark glasses and a short-sleeved button-down shirt playing a jaunty ragtime song on a grand piano. The text "Santon, Massachusetts" is in the corner.

Description: Video clip of a five-piece gospel band in a recording studio performing "There's a Leak in This Old Building". The camera centers on the two singers, one of whom is a double-leg amputee. The text "Ricky Bartlett & Vibe" is in the corner.

Ricky (Singing): And my soul's, got to move, my soul's, got to move, my soul's got to move.

Description: Video clip of a woman with long blond hair and a peach-colored dress performing on stage with an acoustic guitar. She is surrounded by several patrons sitting at tables. The text "Sarah Hardwig, Tennessee" is in the corner.

Sarah (Singing): Lately, baby, everything's felt so wrong. Yeah, I think you've got something else going on.

Description: Video clip of a young man on stage in front of a large crowd. He is performing a piano rendition of Lionel Richie's "Hello". The text "Jude Kofie, Colorado" is in the corner.

Description: Video clip of a woman performing an athletic dance routine. She has one leg, and incorporates a single crutch into her movements. The camera cuts to another woman sitting at a piano and singing. The text "Eliza Hull, Victoria, AUS" is in the corner. She is soon joined by the dancer, who rests her head on her shoulder.

Eliza (Singing): 'Cause I'm not getting far, running from you. Take the weight off me, show my bones, for you to see.

Narrator and On-Screen Text: Dress to impress, and come celebrate the 2023 Honorees live! Saturday, November 18th, from 4-6 PM ET at Symphony Space in NYC.

Description: Brief video clips of the outside of the Symphony Space venue, and the curtain call of the 2022 Danny Awards Show.

Narrator and On-Screen Text: To attend the live event or to register for the livestream, visit danielsmusic.org/thedannys. We hope you can join us!

Description: "The 4th Annual Danny Awards" logo, with "Lead Sponsor Rene Plessner" written below.

Description: Daniel's Music Foundation's logo, with a white treble clef on the left. Below is written "Changing Lives Through Music Since 2006".