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Bonta Story For Children in Holiday CD

Vanna Bonta, poet, novelist, and actress lends an original story peformance to a Children`s Hospitals entertainment CD. The holiday CD of songs and stories has Santa visiting children and their siblings in hospitals this year. The CD includes an original fable by Vanna Bonta, novelist of the book `Flight`, and actress who plays the queen cameo in the fantasy classic movie `The Beastmaster`.

The center feature is a story by Mark Patterson starring voice actors Phillip Tanzilo, Greg Dehm, and Jeffrey Gelder. As Santa makes his way from the North Pole to the children with newbie Jeffrey the Reindeer, they collect sparkling entertainment along the way and meet Jeffrey?s cousin, Carlito, who lives at the Wild Animal Park.

Bonta is one of several talents who were tapped to lend their magic to the CD. Among artists lending collectibles to `Holiday Magic 2005, A Gift for Children of All Ages` are TV episodic hit songwriter Meredith Chapman, movie and television composer Sharon Farber, and award-winning KFMB-TV anchor Beth Shelburne.