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The owner of VideosForFamily.com and TheWizardofOzFilm.com

AARON PACENTINE

Aaron Pacentine owns and moderates the online web site and company www.VideosForFamily.com The web site and company are located in Greenville, South Carolina. He promotes and personally selects different intriguing people in the entertainment industry pertaining to movies and interviews them personally. He also is very involved with promoting and selecting people involved in Christian music and conducts audio interviews with them as well. He has interviewed country singer, Billy Gilman, Hunter Gomez, among many other artists and actors including Christian music artists Sandi Patty, Evie Tornquist Karlsson, and producer Michael Landon Jr. His Father, Michael Landon produced and directed the television series "LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE." Interviews with cast members from the popular NBC-TV series "Little House on the Prairie" which ran from 1974-1984 have also been interviewed on Aaron's web site with Dean Butler, (Almonzo Wilder) and Alison Arngrim who portrayed Nellie Olson on the show. Aaron has also been able to promote independent singer/songwriter Jared Wagner who hails from Washington state. Jared is only 20 but has already released several albums and has toured all around the united states. Most recently in November 2009 Aaron produced and hosted a panel, titled "Young People In the Entertainment Industry". It featured, Jared Wagner, 18 year-old actor Hunter Gomez, and also 17 year-old actor, Soren Fulton. The panel will be featured and posted on the web site toward the upcoming holidays, this coming Christmas of 2009. To learn more about Aaron personally you can also visit AaronPacentine.com. This is Aaron's personal web site.

Aaron's web site also has a large section devoted to the 1939 M-G-M classic "Wizard of Oz" film which can be found at www.TheWizardofOzFilm.com

Not only does Aaron interview noted individuals in the Oz community but he also has an online talk show devoted to Oz dated as far back as March of 2006. He has been able to record interviews with Oz historian John Fricke, L. Frank Baum's Great Grandson, Robert Baum, Author/Cartoonist Eric Shanower, Jonathan Shirshekan, and even a few collectors, and impersonators, such as Master Oz Impressionist, Kurt Raymond. Most recently as of this fall he has been able to interview, Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft. Many of the people he has interviewed in the Oz community can be seen on Warner Brother's Blu-Ray edition of "THE WIZARD OF OZ", that was released on September 29th 2009.

Aaron also has a strong connection to Disney's film version of Oz from 1985, titled, "RETURN TO OZ". He is good friends with Aaron Schultz who owns www.WaltDisneysReturnToOz.com and has collaborated with him on interviewing several individuals from the "RETURN TO OZ" film. Interviews have been recorded with claymation director/producer Will Vinton. Will was nominated for a special effects Oscar in 1985. Aaron Schultz not only owns the fan based web site on "Return to Oz" but also owns many rare and interested collectibles from the film. He owns several original props/clothing from the 1985 film - - Jean Marsh's Mombi dress from the film, one of Mombi's Oz keys, and even the Nome King's pipe just to name a few!

Doug Aberle who was involved with the claymation sequences was also interviewed. Both interviews consisted of alot of interested background and behind the scenes information on the film. Also interviewed on the radio show is one of the head producers of the 1985 film, Paul Maslansky.

On October 27th 2007 an Oz event took place at the WestGate Mall in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Aaron Pacentine produced, the event and even there were a vendors selling Oz collectibles as well. This event was very enjoyable and included the premiere of a film titled, "RETURN TO OZ: THE JOY THAT GOT AWAY." Aaron was named executive consultant for this project. Video clips on the event can be found online on his web site, provided/hosted by YouTube.

On September 16th, 2006, Aaron hosted his first Oz event, “We’re Not in Indiana Anymore,” in Chesterton, Indiana. One of the original child munchkins, Donna Stewart-Hardway, and Judy Garland memorabilia collector Michael Siewert came as invited guests.

On March 11th 2006, and March 10^th 2007 Aaron worked and was involved in the 1st and 2^nd Annual Wizard of Oz Day in Orange Park, Florida.

Aaron Pacentine's radio style talk show, then titled "Returning to Oz" premiered online on, March 2nd 2006 and is available at www.returningtooz.com (as our, many of the past episode and present episodes to date (now titled Ozcast)

His radio show ran for 3 years and ended with the final episode in the summer of 2008, with a total of 32 episodes A few of these recordings were video episodes, during the course of the 32 shows. The first 13 episodes were hosted by Aaron and co-hosted by well researched Return to Oz Celia Foster from Texas. In fall of 2008 the show came back, this time with a new name, simply titled Ozcast.

Others alongside many different fans will be interviewed and be a part of Ozcast along the way, so keep checking out the Ozcast site for new episodes. From time to time we will have episode videos of fans be interviewed so watch of those. (The video episodes will be hosted from YouTube and running on the Ozcast site).

During the entire month of October 2009 he sponsored an official Wizard of Oz Sweepstakes and Contest that ran through his online talk show, Ozcast. Fans would listen in to various Oz related quiz questions provided both Aaron and co-host, Lisa Carmichael for the show. The winner that answered all the questions right, received a box full of Oz related memorabilia directly from Warner Brothers in honor of the 70th Anniversary.

Aaron is thankful for what he has been able to do and that is something that makes a difference for people in general and in the entertainment world. He now appreciates looking back on his life and always remembering the many positive outcomes he has fulfilled. Aaron continues to bring quality family entertainment online that is thrilling, delightful, and exemplary for you and your family that can all be found on a web site titled, VideosForFamily.com

AARON PACENTINE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCES

For...conventions, meetings, presentations, Oz festivals, meet-and-greets, special events, and even voice overs, narrations, and more! He would enjoy being a part of your event and helping you learn more about family entertainment with the VideosForFamily.com, TheWizardofOzFilm.com or another one of his sites what he has to offer.

If you are interested in arranging to book him for one of these engagements contact Aaron directly at VideosForFamily@gmail.com Aaron or someone from his team will get back to you directly!

Aaron Schultz., (June, 2006-Present) (Co-Producer of "Returning to Oz" and Assists with the Oz portion of the VideosForFamily.com / TheWizardofOzFilm.com web sites

Aaron was the co-producer for "VideosForFamily.com's "Returning To Oz" Radio talk show series. The shown ran from March of 2006 to summer of 2008.
He currently resides in a small town in the northern United States.

He runs and maintains online, WaltDisneysReturntoOz.com which was formally the ReturntoOzthemovie.com web site which was previously run by Celia Foster. Aaron is in his early 20s and lives in a small midwestern town in Iowa. He owns a massive collection of memorabilia from “RETURN TO OZ” which he as acquired over the years, since he was a little boy. He is one of those people, who “must have everything” and anything that Disney put out on “Return to Oz”. He owns many different versions of the film, the US press kit, the UK press kit, and even the French press kit! Aaron even made his own “Tick-Tall doll’, ruby slippers, and even one of the lunch pails that Dorothy used in the film! He is very talented when it comes to collecting and even when it comes to hunting down items that are hard to find. He works with Aaron Pacentine with the Oz section of his site and is co-producer of the “Returning to Oz” online radio show on the internet with Aaron. It is the only radio show on the internet devoted to the “OZ” online. From time to time he will appear as a guest on the talk show series Ozcast. Aaron and Aaron Pacentine (the owner of this web site) have become close friends as they have gotten to know one another as they have been involved together working in the Oz community.

Daniel Shanks (November 2006-Present) Assists with the VideosForFamily.com in the area of Professional Video Production & Writing

Daniel is originally from southern CA, and now lives in Houston, Texas. He has a great interest in Animation, currently extending his knowledge in the computer animation and fine arts in college. His interest in The Sims 2 computer program has inspired/encouraged him to experiment in movie making as it has a function where you can capture video in-game. He is utilizing this program to make his own adaptation of The Wizard of Oz which is pretty exciting. He has a lot of interests that are educational and beneficial to his well being. Through the years his variety of interests such as; visual arts, creative writing, singing, piano, gymnastics, and theater have all contributed, building his experience and developing a good foundation in order to continue his passion. He says, "As I grew up everyone noticed my skill in visual art", which I'm sure has also made a big impact on him. He feels his biggest strength is in conceptual design. After he took a series of examinations called the aptitude test he discovered his natural talent in Ideaphoria (idea making). "It helps a lot, to have ideas while being an artist at the same time. I love it when I get that constant flow of ideas really helps and that is partially why I love storytelling in any form. These days I'm not so much of an attention getter (in person) so I'm not doing theater or singing as much, I was introduced to that by my mother." Art and writing are correlated with his main goals and he is currently pursuing them using these talents full heartedly with the wonderful talented group of people, with the team here at VideosForFamily.com

Even more...Daniel is a big fan of the Wizard of Oz and is big fan of the L. Frank Baum books. Check out Daniel's video production web site, http://www.pumpkinweirdo.com

Celia Foster is a graet young woman and at one time ran the largest fan site on the Internet on the Disney 1985 film, "RETURN TO OZ". She, along with Aaron Pacentine helped run the internet series, on the "Return To Oz" movie, "RETURNING TO OZ". She is now involved with the "Ozcast" internet audio talk show. Celia currently lives in Florida. She has been interviewed by Aaron on his web site. This was her first formal interview that she had the honor of participating in. She has collected memorabilia from the Return to Oz movie ever since she was 16, and when she can she always enjoys adding more to her collection. Celia participated in a Wizard of Oz panel with Aaron Pacentine and Oz fan and collector Zach Allen. It is on CD still at this time available on compact disc. She has a sweet gentle spirit and is always a willing worker when it comes to do with something in relation to the movie she loves..."RETURN TO OZ".

Lisa Carmichael (Host for "VideosForFamily.com's Ozcast Radio Series, and assists with the VideosForFamily.com/ReturningToOz.com, etc related web sites.

Lisa Carmichael is an Oz collector and has recently produced a new Wizard of Oz web site entitled Ozma's Magic Picture: Behind The Scenes of Oz and Beyond. And she hails from east coast Rhode Island. Her interest in Oz started and expanded at the age 3. In her in her teens her interest in Oz hald a deeper meaning, in her twenties Lisa started what one could call an envious collection of Wonderful Wizard of Oz memorabilia. She prides in her Horse of a Different Color Special Edition Musical figurine. Her Knowles Collection of plates has a special meaning, they are from the year of 1977 the year she was born. The 1980's Effanbee dolls are among her collectibles alongside her keepsake Hallmark ornaments. Brass Key Porcelain produced 2 sized dolls: Lisa owns the entire 7' inch collection as well as the famous four in the 14' inch series. Her collection stems from Wizard of Oz and Wicked memorabilia. She also is an aspiring writer and has been published in Rhode Island College's newspaper The Anchor under the pen name Sera Alexia. She writes inspiring Oz fan fiction at Jared Davis's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Writer's World under the pen name Sera. Lisa is currently co-hosting Ozcast: Online Oz Radio Talk Show with Aaron Pacentine.

On May 22, 2000, a young man named Billy Gilman become the youngest soloist ever to appear on Billboard's Country charts, breaking Brenda Lee's record (1957), with his debut single 'One Voice.' In the same week, Billy's debut album is released, his first single soars to #1 on the Billboard Country Singles Sales Chart on June 19, 2000 and stays there for 5 weeks, making more Chart history. Amazing isn't?

His 'One Voice' goes Gold on July 19, 2000...In just 4 weeks, 'One Voice' is certified Gold, and Billy becomes the youngest country artist ever to have a gold album. On September 12, 2000 - Twelve weeks to the day of its release, Billy's 'One Voice' album receives Platinum certification from the RIAA, signifying One Million albums shipped. Billy is the youngest solo artist EVER, in any type of music, to be certified Platinum.
With both Billy's 'One Voice' and 'Classic Christmas' albums in Billboard's Top 10, and a combined sales of about 65,000 per week, Billy is the biggest selling artist in Country music at the end of November and beginning of December on November 13th 2000. The Daily Variety ends up naming Billy as one of the Top 10 Youths in Entertainment.

In late November 2001 Billy sang Michael Jackson's hit song 'Ben' at CBS' - 30th Anniversary as a Solo Performer - special in honour of Michael.

Following his "One Voice" album it was a Christmas album "Classic Christmas" (also released in 2000) and then second, "Dare to Dream" (in 2001), both of which were certified gold.

"Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek " was released in 2003. These songs were based on poems written by Mattie Stepanek, a poet with muscular dystrophy who passed away in 2004. In 2005 he released "Everything and More".

Here, Billy Gilman explained at one point his album, "Everything & More" and the single at the time: "It was during the first process of getting some of the demo songs that they possibly wanted me to record. I was sick that day. As a matter of fact, I was so sick- I think I had the flu or 100 degree temperature. It was bad. So I was sitting in bed, and my mother came in and said "Oh, you've got songs, do you want to listen to them now?" I said "sure, pop them in." I was half asleep, half not, when this song came on and at that time, there were different lyrics. I said "this is the one." Even at that time, I knew it was going to be the first single. I just had a feeling from day one. It's beautiful. I was un-sick for like 5 minutes or however long the song is. And, I was reading who wrote the song, and one of the writers was Senator Orrin Hatch which I thought was amazing too. It's amazing that he has time to write such a beautiful song. It was just an unbelievable song and thank God it came to me."

One of Billy Gilman's biggest achievement within his music career is just to be singing again. He continues, "It was such a rough point for me because I would try to sing within those two years when I was off with the voice change, but it wouldn't come out I contemplated whether it was going to come back or not. That's how bad it was. So it's great to be back and belting and doing what I love. That was a feat in itself. But, I think the biggest thing was the Opry. Grand Ole Opry was number 1 for me. I think it always will be.

At one point he even appeared on the Stuart Little Two soundtrack, with a song titled, "Count On Me".

In March of 2005 Aaron Pacentine was able to do an interview with Billy Gilman for the VideosForFamily.com web site. It was the first audio interview to be displayed on the web site. Because of that interview it set a milestone for this web site (VideosForFamily.com) and we continue to promote Billy's work in music and endorse what he is doing as well.

In 2006, he released the self-titled "Billy Gilman" album, this was his 6th album! I'm sure more will be on the way! In the past few years he's already released a few singles (available on ITunes and elsewhere online) rendition of the classic, "Crying" song. For a number of years as MDA National Youth Chairman, Billy spearheaded the efforts of thousands of teenagers and young adults who help the Association’s lifesaving mission.

Billy now lives in Hope Valley with his parents Bill and Fran Gilman and his younger brother Colin. He frequently flys back and forth to Nashville to write and record music. He is also Celebrity Ambassador for the MDA (the Muscular Dystrophy Association) You can check out and listen to Aaron's interview with Billy here which was recorded in March of 2005 when Billy was 16.

For more information about Billy Gilman personally and professionally please visit visit www.BillyGilman.com.

Jared Wagner, (Fall 2005-Present)
Country Music Artist/NBC's Most Talented Kid/Singer & Songwriter

Jared Wagner has been performing professionally for eight years and has not yet reached the peak of his career. His portfolio contains many incredible events, including over 500 concerts performed before thousands of people, travels around the United States, spot lights on televisions (ABC & NBC) and radio. Jared has been training for the music industry and performing arts since he was three years old. His first professional performances were at age seven and with the help of his parents started his own business at age eight. In the beginning Jared performed locally in his hometown of Newport, Washington (State) singing songs from popular country artists. In 1997 Jared released his first album, Starting Young, which was locally recorded and produced. Don't Grow Up Too Fast, Jared's second album was recorded at a studio in Priest Lake, Idaho and released in 2000. In 2003 at age 14 Jared began writing songs for his best and newest work. After two years Jared Wagner was released in 2004. It is a three-song press album. Jared wrote the three songs and he became the youngest members of ASCAP.

--Aaron Pacentine had the honor of giving this gifted and talented young man, Jared Wagner his very FIRST internet audio interview that was published on the Internet. Check out Jared's 1st interview on the internet here today!--

Jeremiah Rich, (January 2007-Present) Contemporary Christian singer/songwriter

Jeremiah Rich is a contemporary Christian singer/songwriter whose songs are the outward expression of an intimate encounter with God. Jeremiah's percussive energy on guitar and genuine lyrics reveal his soul as he masterfully fuses passionate worship with contemporary influences.

Jeremiah began his music career singing in his home church in St. Louis in 2002. He was asked to sing in the youth group and soon after started writing songs from his heart and composing them on guitar. With the encouragement of others, Jeremiahs music career picked up momentum and his personal ministry soon began to develop around his God-given talent.

Jeremiah independently released his first album in May of 2005 which sold over 400 copies. He has performed at churches, coffeehouses, festivals, fundraiser events and has toured Ireland with John Brown University's Cathedral Choir in Summer of 2005, steadily building up a dedicated following of youth as well as adult fans.

Jeremiah is an avid gospel singer/songwriter with over 40 original songs in his catalog. He is currently working on a much anticipated sophomore project and is available for bookings. Jeremiah welcomes the opportunity to support your ministry and has solid references of his personal ministry. Please contact us about your event, for songwriting collaboration, networking and as a prayer partner.

In all things, and especially his music, Jeremiah seeks to glorify and worship God. For more check out Jeremiahrich.com Photos courtesy of Jeremiah Rich.

"The first thing you'll notice is Jeremiah's unique ability to make his guitar come alive, but it's his lyrics and melodies that will capture you as he sings of the greatness of God. As you listen, you'll find yourself focusing on the Lord, absorbing truth, and affirming the awesome presence of God's Holy Spirit in worship. Jeremiah's music has a strong appeal to worshippers of all ages."
-Reece Watson, Pastor of Worship & Music, First Baptist Church of Siloam Springs, AR

"Jeremiah Rich combines the creative acoustic stylings of a seasoned guitarist with touching and emotional lyrics straight from his heart."
-Bryan Johns, Asst. Program Director, 101.1 KLRC FM