MEGA Brands's Smart Builders Piano receives Oppenheim Toy Portfolio's Platinum Award for 2008 (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
MEGA Brands Inc. is pleased to announce that Oppenheim Toy Portfolio has awarded its top Platinum Award to the Mega Bloks Smart Builders Piano as one of the best toys for 2008.

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Brian becomes the piano man for leading role (Central Western Daily)
HE’s an accomplished pianist, so for Brian Irvine - who plays the role of the late Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz - learning to leap onto and dance on a grand piano with dexterity is a new experience.

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Five Questions With: Elizabeth Joy Roe of piano duo Anderson & Roe (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Elizabeth Joy Roe of the piano duo Anderson & Roe knows that a little showmanship can’t hurt classical music. Her performances with duet partner Greg Anderson have been compared to dancing by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Sitting side by side on a single bench, facing a single keyboard, the two young Juilliard-trained musicians sometimes make their piano duets harder by adding more ...

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Cliburn at the Kimbell presents piano duo (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Cliburn at the Kimbell presents piano duo Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Anderson are an unusual piano team in that their creative energy and verve add up to more than the sum of the two artists onstage. Some have dubbed these two the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of the collaborative keyboard. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth. $35. Central ...

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