Get your red dresses on!

February is Women’s Heart Health Month, and Go Red for Women is an initiative started by the American Heart Association for awareness of women and heart disease.

Dave Jay of Insightful Entertainment, in coordination with Charles Nolan Boutique and Ghylian Bell of The Urban Yoga Foundation and the Foundation House proudly present the results of  their “Get Your Red Dresses On!” event/video shoot to help raise awareness of women’s heart health issues, held on Thursday, February 9^th, from 6-9PM at Charles Nolan Boutique, 30 Gansevoort Street (at Hudson), NYC.

New York songwriter/performer Dave Jay was inspired to contribute to the cause in recognition of the heart attack which befell his grandmother, and wrote a song called “Red Dresses” to help spread the word that women’s symptoms show differently than in men, and just what those symptoms are.

Women of all ages were encouraged to express themselves by donning their red dresses to appear in a video for the song, which was shot at the event, (gifted by Evan Seplow of Image Factory).  For those red-dressless, there were some red dresses at Charles Nolan Boutique for you to try on.  Women all over the country were invited to participate by taking pictures/videos modeling their own red dresses, and were encouraged to  send the footage in for inclusion in the video.  Most notably, Nathalie Malpica of Life Reel Productions in Boca Raton, FL contributed footage from her event and Karen Mazowiecki and her colleagues at Fourteenth Avenue School in NJ created their own special lesson plans to share with us.

In addition to the video shoot, Ghylian Bell spoke from a platform of prevention with special attention to young people, Dr. Ira Blaufarb, Dr. Donna Ingram and Nurse Dawn Howard of Park East Cardiolvascular, NYC, provided valuable and insightful information, and refreshments were served, courtesy of Bill “Tish” Tisherman of wineforall.com.

While this is an independent venture, The American Heart Association, has graciously offered to share the new video via Twitter and their Facebook page, and Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, attending Cardiologist and Director of Women & Heart Disease at Lenox Hill Hospital has served as a chief source of inspiration for the song and project.

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©2009 Dave Jay Gerstein 

Be my co-dependent Valentine

I’ve all ready built a shrine to feeling unfulfilled

I swallow a heart-shaped bitter pill

Will ya be my co-dependent Valentine?

I need you so co-dependently

Without you here

There’s no me to speak of anywhere

The fun in dysfunction disappears

With our splendid co-dependent love affair

Hey!  I watch it drift away from a place where I can handle it

Wait!  Enable me a little more

Our therapist says to slip my check under her door…

God bless this livin’, breathin’, lovin’ mess

That we created with success

I guess we have to climb

The hopelessly copeless go sublime

I’m your moping co-dependent Valentine

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My friend and colleague Marie gave me this thoughtful holiday card, the cover of which inspired this song…thanks Marie!

Winter Magic
©2011 Dave Jay Gerstein

Winter magic
Glitter on the treetops glistening
In the distance
Santa’s sleigh bells; I am listening
Wow–I’m sure he’s on his way right now

Winter magic
Can you hear them play “White Christmas”?
Powder blankets
& I am prone to reminisce

Season’s come and go and before long
It’s come and gone again
What makes it magic is a little song
And I sing it when
I need some enchantment

Winter magic
Frosty’s hat has landed on my head
I’m a snowman
Wishing he was warm with you instead
Melting in my snow bed

Season’s come and go and before long
It’s come and gone again
What makes it magic is a little song
And I sing it when
I need some enchantment

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I have been working on a new collection of music (um, album...uh, record...CD...?

Whatever ya wanna call my newly recorded 13 songs), and psyched that it's nearly

complete...a few finishing touches, some mixing and mastering, and voila!

Here's one of the new ones...it's a called "A Place In My Heart For You"...enjoy!

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“Santa Forever” (featuring Mia Crosby) by Dave Jay (for JOMA Music)

“Santa Forever”
©2009 Dave Jay Gerstein

Santa Forever; never say never
Your dreams can come true
From out of the blue
I long for love; he’ll see it through

There’s a time and place each year
When Santa makes real love appear
In just one night his gift of glee
In the form of just one boy for me

Santa Forever; never say never
He’ll fly ‘cross the sky
To bring me my guy

Bags full of timeless love
As he flies through wintery skies above
That’s some “Ho-Ho-Hope” you hear
Flown first class by eight reindeer

Santa Forever; never say never
Your dreams can come true
From out of the blue
I long for love; he’ll see it through

Santa Claus look down your list
And bring my heart one special gift
To meet a boy to say “I do”
Dear Santa you make dreams come true
I believe in you and I will forever

Santa’s Forever… (SOLO)

Santa Forever; never say never
Your dreams can come true
From out of the blue
Santa Forever; never say never
Can happen for you
And those you love too
Always believe he will come through

Written by Dave Jay Gerstein

Performed by Dave Jay & Lenny Monachello

Lead vocals by Mia Crosby

Track Produced by Lenny Monachello, Dave Jay, & John Maria

Mia Crosby’s wardrobe provided by Lynn McCune

Video shot, directed & edited by Sandhya Dahari

Video Produced by Dave Jay Gerstein

Special Thanks to John Maria of JOMA Music, Inc.
http://jomamusic.com/

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"It's for you, Em..."

I wrote this song, “So Smile” for my niece Emily on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah in December 2009; I made this collection of pictures and assorted great memories for her 15th Birthday on 11/11/11…enjoy! Love ya, Em! www.davejay.com

So Smile (For Emily Gerstein)

©2009 Dave Jay Gerstein

Held you in my arms the day you were born

Thirteen years didn’t take too long

But all we ever really have is now

And standing here with you I feel so proud

So smile

Your “Rock Star Birthday” and my backstage pass

Memories forever meant to last

Watching you grow up and dance and sing

Designed to go from your mind and then to bring

A smile; you know I love ya

And I’ll always be thinking of ya

While I can’t always be here with ya

Take this in, Em

If there’s one thing I wanna give ya It’s a smile

Every family has got its way

Of honoring its kin on a special day

So all our hearts they beat for you tonight

To top it off and make it all just right

We smile; you know we love ya

And I’ll always be thinking of ya

While we can’t always be here with ya

Take this in, Em

If there’s one thing we wanna give ya It’s a smile

Can’t wait for what the future has in store

If I think about it I just want more, more, more, more, more

So smile and know I love ya ‘Cuz I’ll always be thinking of ya

While I can’t always be here with ya

Take this in, Em If there’s one thing I wanna give ya It’s a smile

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Related show

• Artist: Dave Jay
• Date: October 22, 2011
• Time: 1:00pm
• City: Dave Jay in New York, East Harlem
• Venue: Central Park East
• Address: Madison Ave & E 104th St New York, NY 10029
• Country: United States
• Admission: free
• Age restrictions: All Ages
• Notes:
  Central Park East II Fall Fair
  Fun for all ages, including a huge bouncy slide, box maze, face painting, live music, games (three-legged race, hula-hoop competition, basketball toss), seasonal activities (pumpkin and cookie decorating), spin art, healthy homemade eats and a rummage sale. There will also be some special cash-only activities, like posing for cool photos on a motorcycle, custom airbrushed T-shirts and hats, and portraits painted by a professional artist.
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