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The Max Cure Foundation will host its first benefit event – the first annual “Roar for a Cure Carnival,” and proceeds from the event will benefit several organizations, including The Max Cure Fund For Pediatric Cancer Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The T.J. Martell Foundation, for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS research, and Katy’s Courage Fund.　

A gentleman by the name of David Plotkin started this foundation. His 4 year old son, Max, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. He’s been raising money for not only the cancer clinic that treats his son, but for families at this clinic with kids that are less fortunate.

Event Details:

The Max Cure Foundation Presents

Roar for a Cure Carnival

In Honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month

Saturday, August 22nd 2009

East Hampton Indoor Tennis Club

2PM – 6PM

*****Featuring Live Performance by Push Play

Get your tickets today @ http://www.maxcurefoundation.org/events.html

Admission price includes unlimited food and drinks, all carnival activities, the Push Play concert and parking. A significant portion of the ticket price and event contributions will be tax deductible

Your boys, CJ, Nick, Steve, and D-Rock are on their way back to New York.  They have been on the west coast for a while filming different webisodes and enjoying the beaches too!  Check out what they’ve been twittering:

PushPlayCJ: First off 11:11 make a wish!  Packing packing packing – I’m finding socks and underwear scattered all across my room – this is a challenge!  – from TwitterFon

PushPlayCJ: @PushPlayDerek @PushPlayNICK@PushPlaySTEVE Reunited and it feels so good, reunited… I don’t know the rest of the words tomorrow!

PushPlayDerek: @PushPlayCJ@pushplaynick@pushplaystevereunited finally tomorrow!!

PushPlaySTEVE: last day in cali cj!

CJ misses the east coast..PushPlayCJ Last day in LA- I like it here but I miss the east coast!!

Feeling the Vibe Comment Contest

We are giving away 3 autographed Professional Photos of Push Play!

Here’s what you have to do to win!

Feeling the Vibe just unveiled a brand new look for the magazine and we’re announcing our very first contest giveaway. Now is your chance to have your voice heard by commenting on the stories you like or maybe you don’t like so much right here. 

Feeling the Vibe Magazine is giving away 3 autographed Professional Photos of Push Play!

Here’s what you have to do to win!

1. Go towww.feelingthevibemagazine.com

2. Look at the different stories, interviews, reviews, photos, and videos on there.

3. Go to the bottom of the page of the post you’re looking at and leave a comment.

4. The top three comment posters (the ones who post the most comments by May 22, 2009) on FTV will win a signed Push Play Photo!

*The contest will run until May 22, 2009.

A few rules:
The comments must be at least 10 words long each

You can comment multiple times per story as long as the comments are different from one another (ie: replying to another poster)

No spamming

The comments must be relevant to the story they are posted on.

No foul language or derogatory remarks.

Open to everyone. If you win, we will notify you via the email address you use to post comments and we will need an address to send the prize to.

*The contest has finished.  Thank you to everyone who entered!  The top 3 comment posters have been chosen.  They are:

Romina

Meghan

Sarah

Congratulations girls!!  Keep watching for more contests from Feeling the Vibe.

But, No matter what i will always be there for them and Do whateverr it takes to make there dream to play at Madison Square Garden come true! These boys deserve the world!

Tori’s Encounter with Push Play

My name is Tori and I met Push Play before and Islander game. They were performing and me and my friend went over to them and they were really nice. A few weeks later, at the Thanksgiving day parade my friends and I were

standing there and we turn around and CJ Baran is behind us with Derek. We took a picture and talked for a while about the upcoming CD release party. Those guys are awesome and their music is amazing.

Kim’s Encounter with Push Play

I met Push Play when I was waiting on line for a Jonas Brothers concert over the summer. They were so nice! I also met them 2 times after that including their press conference and at the NYC thanksgiving day parade. here is a picture of me and my 2 friends, tori and sam, with Derek and CJ on Thankgiving.

CJ Update

I guess Marg Simpson is in style out there in California… maybe the mascot of the “Kwik-e-mart” ? CJ seems to be having fun with it! He thinks he’d make a good “Marg” in a recent “tweet.”

Beach becoming part of the vocabulary…

CJ has tweeted “Beach Volleyball,” “going to the beach” and numerous messages about muscle beach. It must be the California lifestyle.

Hola, como estas?

He’s at it again, never know what might happen with the lead singer of Push Play. In a recent tweet he mentions he “Just got a churro and spoke only in Spanish… Never broke character… The guy working was confused… Very confused”

Steve update

Went to Universal Studios, felt “12 again” but found out the ET ride and Back to the Future ride were taken down.

Push Play hits California!  CJ, Steve, Nick, and D-Rock just made it out to California and already started filming.  CJ posted a picture of the beach right outside their place in Santa Monica, California.  Looks pretty nice!

 

What makes you love Derek, CJ, Steve, and Nick?

 

 

Exclusive Interview : Push Play

Introducing…
This local group from Long Island, New York is quickly finding incredible success. The mix of their talent, music, and great presence have given them just the formula to make it. With a CD ready to release before 2008, a tour on the horizon, and sweet personalities, Feeling the Vibe wants to help you get up close to this special band, Push Play!

Did You Know…

*All 4 members of Push Play are born and raised in New York.

*Nick is the only self-proclaimed “night owl.”

.*Steve really hopes to open for “Paramore” one day.

*The guys tend to quite often find themselves writing their songs about girls even when that wasn’t their original intention!

The Guys, The Group

FTV: How long have you guys all known each other?
A: CJ and Nick have known each. other for 6 years, the other guys have all known each other for 2 years.

FTV: Are any of your related?
CJ: Not by blood, but by soul!

FTV: Are you all pretty much alike?
CJ: We are, but Derek has better hair.

Do you guys cook?

CJ: I actually learned how to make amazing grilled cheese sandwiches. Honestly, they’re cosmic..

Nick: I make a mean pasta with sauce!

CJ and Steve: Apples and peanut butter are really good. (CJ likes green apples best)

*The guys really liked this special pizza their old producer used to make, a true Taste of Italy!

Sports Sports Sports!

 

 

FTV: Which sports do you like to watch or play?
Derek and Steve: We like to watch the Islanders. We’re all Islanders fans.
Steve: I play baseball and soccer. Outfielder for baseball and goalie for soccer.
.Nick: I used to play hockey, but I don’t have time to do it anymore. I played badmitton for a season, that was a lot of fun.

FTV: Are you guys Yankees fans?
Derek: I’m a Boston fan.
Steve: He only likes them because they’re frontrunners.
CJ: I like basketball, I have 103 Kobe Bryant cards. I was a big collector, I even have a holographic shoe of his!

Push Play …. Press Play….where did this name come from?

FTV: Where did the name Push Play come from?
Nick: We were actually trying to find a name for our band because we were two months without a name. We were driving to Borders to find some really cool English magazines for their cool words. Then the CD we were listening to in Derek’s car wasn’t playing so CJ was just like “press play.” That was the name for a little while. A few months later we found out Pdiddy was coming out with a cd called “press play.” So we changed it to “Push Play.”

Very First Performance…

FTV: What was your first performance as a band? What was the experience like?

CJ: That was the “King of America” video shoot. Afterwards we played a “live” show. We had played it plenty of times before in rehearsal studios, but never live. It took 32 takes, and I sang it every time because it looks more real that way. At the end of it .was tough to sing a full set! We got to jump off the stage and crowd surf which was pretty fun. Nick didn’t get caught.

Nick: They dropped me. They had me for two seconds and then just let me go.

Myspace

FTV: We see that you comment people on myspace. How long do you spend on myspace on an average day?

CJ: Me? About 2 hours per day.

Nick: Lately I’ve been on there from 8:30 – 10:30 pm. I’ve been teaching my dad how to accept friend requests.

Steve: I don’t have a time limit, I just keep doing it until I’m mentally fried.

Derek: I’ll do it between classes and when I get home if I have time.

Opening For…

FTV: Which were your favorite groups to open for?

All: Ryan Cabrera hands down, he was a really nice guy.
Steve: I liked the Everlife show.
Nick: I think the Everlife show was my favorite.
Derek: Everytime all the bands have been really nice. They always come up and introduce themselves to us.

FTV: Who would you like to open up for?

Derek and CJ: Maroon 5
Nick: Kanye West
CJ: Jonas Brothers
Steve: Paramore

The Future

FTV: What is in the plans as far as a CD and tour?

CJ: Our CD is due out on December 22nd, but it may not be in stores that day. That’s just the release day in New York. It should be in stores then, but if not then some time in January. It will be on Itunes definitely.

Derek: Itunes, it’s the new way of doing things. We’re having a big cd release party in the city.

Nick: It’s going to be a blast. Tickets are on ticketmaster.