The First National Tween Girl Summit 2009 Announces Concert Line-up For Festival

The First National Tween Girl Summit 2009 announces the concert line-up for this year's Tween Summit Music Festival. Headlining the performance will be American Idol finalist Brooke White, teen rock band Comic Book Heroes, and the energetic fun boy band WOW. Opening the show will be tween singers and dancers Cymphonique and Jacob Latimore. The AllyKatzz Tween Summit Music Festival is free to all Summit attendees. To register for the The Tween Summit, visit www.tweensummit.com. The Summit and the Music Festival will be held at the Historic Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on October 10, 2009.

The daylong Summit, hosted by AK Tweens and AllyKatzz.com, will examine the minds, motivation and lives of tween girls, giving them a platform to share their thoughts and opinions on a range of subjects. Over 300 tween girls from around the country will convene with policy makers, experts, and celebrities to discuss a wide range of topics. Parents, politicians and marketers will have the opportunity to hear directly from the girls about what's important to them - from their struggles with peer and parental pressure, to government policy affecting their lives, to what motivates them to buy what they buy. The evening concert performance will offer a chance for the girls to celebrate this groundbreaking Summit.

"Tween girls are drawn to talented performers who emanate the joy of life," states Denise Restauri, founder of The Tween Summit, AllyKatzz.com, and AK Tweens. "The Tween Summit is a day of celebrating the excitement of youth and hope for the future. As my tween friends say, ‘This concert is going to Rock!'"

ABOUT BROOKE WHITE

Singer/songwriter/musician Brooke White became America's sweetheart when she appeared as a finalist on Fox's hit reality show "American Idol." Her acclaimed debut full-length album High Hopes & Heartbreak was released July 21 via June Baby Records, a new indie label formed by Brooke, Randy Jackson and Carl Stubner (head of Sanctuary Artist Management). For this project Brooke teamed with Randy who executive-produced, marking the first time he has produced an "American Idol" contestant's music in the eight years of the popular TV show. Also a gifted songwriter, Brooke co-wrote all but one song on the disc with producer Dave Cobb (Chris Cornell, Shooter Jennings) to ensure that the album fully reflects who Brooke is as an artist. Brooke has just set off on her first-ever nationwide tour teaming up with fellow "Idol" alum Michael Johns for a co-headlining run. www.realbrookewhite.com; www.myspace.com/brookewhite.

ABOUT COMIC BOOK HEROES

Comic Book Heroes (CBH) stand out amongst today's music acts with undeniable talent and a mature, yet fresh solid rock sound. The rock band is composed of four long time friends and high school seniors Collin, Steve, Ned and Koz. CBH has recently emerged as one of the most promising young rock bands, and has been playing hundreds of shows for thousands of fans across the country. Last year, Comic Book Heroes was selected as a Radio Disney "Next Big Thing" artist, in which they placed as a Top Three finalist among eleven other musical acts. CBH's latest EP, Take A Seat, was released in 2008 with their top 15 hit single "Catch Me if You Can." www.cbhmusic.com.

ABOUT WOW

WOW is a new pop phenomenon boy band that is already making a huge impact on the tween and teen music scene, quickly selling out their concert performances. Consisting of five boys, ages 15-20 years old (Frankie Zulferino, Eddie Moody, Jake Lauckern, Michael Rechner and Kyron Correia), this talented pop band is all about having fun, entertaining their fans, and giving back to charities. Everything about this energetic boy band is exactly like their name WOW, sporting bright colors, eccentric style, and hypnotic energy that truly set them apart from any other boy bands. www.wowthegroup.com.

ABOUT CYMPHONIQUE

Cymphonique, Hollywood Dream Music recording artist, is a talented teen entertainer, releasing her upcoming album Fabulous Girl in January 2010. She has performed at schools and theme parks across the country and just came off of Six Flags' National Tour with Raven Simone. Currently, she is featured as the "Next Big Thing" on the Disney Channel, Radio Disney, and RadioDisney.com. This teen sensation, actor and dancer is a co-star in the sitcom Uncle Willy's Family. Cymphonique has guest starred in the Nickelodeon television show Just Jordan, and she provides the voice of Gretchen on Disney's TV animation cartoon, Phineas & Ferb. While committed to upholding her honor student status, she is inspired by her passion to help others, she has created a book series to empower young girls called Fabulous Girls, and founded Fabulous Girls Charity to help bring awareness to kids with cancer. www.cymphonique.com.

ABOUT JACOB LATIMORE

Jacob Latimore is a 13-year old singer and dancer. His first song, "Best Friend," received a great deal of airplay and was picked up by Radio Disney. As a result, Jacob was featured on the station's Incubator program, which profiles promising young artists around the country. He has also appeared on Radio Disney shows such as B5 and his first national television performance on the Maury Povich Show. Jacob's single, "Superstar," charted on the Billboard R&B and Hip Hop Sales Charts. www.myspace.com/jacoblatimore

ABOUT AK TWEENS & ALLYKATZZ.COM

AK Tweens is the leading consulting, research and marketing company that captures the thoughts and opinions of tweenage girls and is built around one of the country's largest COPPA compliant tween girl social networking sites, AllyKatzz.com. 100,000 tweenage girl members come to AllyKatzz.com to share uncensored information about what's going on in their worlds: opinions, ideas, dreams, people, places, products and trends. AK Tweens is able to translate their thoughts and opinions from "tweenage chatter" into valuable feedback for companies seeking a more meaningful and beneficial relationship with the tween girl market. AK Tweens Founder and CEO, Denise Restauri, is the country's foremost expert on tweenage girls and is a frequent commentator on national television, newspapers, magazines and radio programs including CBS Early Show, BBC America, The Today Show, ABC, NPR, E!Online, USA TODAY, People Magazine, among many other outlets. For more information visit www.aktweens.com.

First National Tween Girl Summit at the Historic Capital Hilton

1001 16th Street NW ? Washington, D.C. 20036

October 10, 2009, 8:00am - 10:30pm

www.TweenSummit.com

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