Health and Harmony on the Harbor
ABOUT "HEALTH AND HARMONY ON THE HARBOR"
WHERE: Christopher Columbus Park - Boston, Massachusetts
WHAT: Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Boston’s signature ensemble for Music and Medicine, will be presenting a special summer event in Boston, August 2010. This inaugural Longwood Symphony Orchestra event, “Health and Harmony on the Harbor” will be hosted by Latoyia Edwards, health re- porter and NECN weekend morning anchor, and will feature a Health Expo offering families fun and creative ways to live a healthy and active life from some of the region’s leading health experts. The day will culminate in a concert led by Maestro Jonathan McPhee that will be featured on NECN during a future broadcast (date to be determined).
The goal of the event is to promote healthy living for families throughout Massachusetts, through increased health education, better nutrition and healthy lifestyles. At the same time, the Health Expo is an opportunity for businesses and foundations involved in Health Care to showcase their work.
The event will also raise awareness for Longwood Symphony Orchestra and its role in the arts and sciences as the orchestra of Boston’s medical community.
For 27 years Longwood Symphony Orchestra has served its community through musical performances that support the medically underserved through outreach into hospitals and health care facilities, and public educational opportunities about music and medicine. Many of the orchestra members are leaders in the health care community. They are caregivers, research scientists, and primary care physicians that represent all of the major medical centers and medical schools in greater Boston.
THE AUDIENCE: Longwood Symphony Orchestra’s summer concerts in Boston traditionally draw people from the local community (Back Bay, Beacon Hill) and the Greater Boston area (Cambridge, Wellesley, Newton, Arlington). With opportunities for children and families to learn and participate in healthy activities, we expect an audience of more than 3,000 people.
THE SPONSORS: It is planned that 35 booths will line the perimeter of the grounds of Christopher Columbus Park. This event is an opportunity for the potential sponsors and organizations to share information about their products and educate the public about healthy lifestyles. We are currently looking for corporations and organizations in the following areas:
• health care industry
• biotech
• healthy foods
• health related apparel such as running shoes and backpacks
• medical centers and hospitals
• medical schools
• health prevention nonprofit organizations
• green technology companies
• educational companies