StarJam’s first single Queen of Hearts is out now!

The CD is on sale at The Warehouse as well as Sounds and the CD/DVD Stores throughout New Zealand . The CD includes the song video.

You can also download Queen of Hearts from digirama , Vodafone

Telecom and i-Tunes . On the Telecom and i-Tunes sites please search on StarJam.

You can see a preview of the song and footage of the stars on MySpace .

Funds raised from the sale of this song will help StarJam to create even more opportunities for young people with disabilities and also support song writers Jono and Renee in their future endeavours.

Release of StarJam’s first single – Queen of Hearts
StarJam Documentary wins USA International Film Festival Award
Launch of New Logo and our Logo Creator

The release of StarJam’s Queen of Hearts song was celebrated on Thurs May 24 th in Auckland and what a celebration it was. It’s hard to say who was more excited; the Jammers or all our VIP guests. Perhaps everyone had a sense of how successful this song would be. Just 72 hours after its release, the song had risen to number 15 on top download site digiRama and has also just become third most popular caller tune on Telecom!! Join the in crowd and get a hold of the song – you can buy it from The Warehouse, Sounds or the Cd/DVD Store. You can also download the song at digiRama , i-Tunes , Vodafone or Telecom which will cost less than $2!     Thomas Castle and Jane Kiely enjoy meeting each other and the Jammers go on stage, ready to rock. The official Song Release function was held at Air NZ House in downtown Auckland with Dave Dobbyn honouring us as MC for the occasion. Everyone enjoyed the mix and mingle before the big excitement started. Jammers Kimberley McLean and Alex Snedden and StarJam volunteers enjoyed serving the guests with delicacies and drinks. The Close Up crew from TVNZ left to take the hotly shot footage to the studio to broadcast it less than an hour later. If you didn’t see this feature on TV, you can view it here . After the singing, Dave presented each Jammer with a special award to mark their outstanding achievements. Dave Dobbyn presents awards to our songwriters, Renee Maurice and Jono Heaps. Sincere thanks go to Air New Zealand for allowing us to hold this significant celebration at their fabulous new building We were also overwhelmed by the generosity of many others who helped us make this a night to remember. EMI Music , Designworks Enterprise Multimedia , More than Bread , Charlies , Rampworx , Patrick Bellett , Island Films , Costume Studio , and Jodine Gribble, sign language interpreter With so much to celebrate, the StarJam community gathered on Saturday 27 th to congratulate each other. Simon Dallow re-presented the awards to the Jammers (they could never get enough of this stuff) Simon looks at Joshua Dainty’s award and shares the proud moment with Anthony Jellyman

StarJam Documentary wins USA International Film Festival Award

Our StarJam Stage Show Documentary has won an award at the 40 th annual U.S. International Film and Video Festival competition. ‘The StarJam Stage Show’ documentary was one of 1,200 entries received from 24 countries. The documentary features the very memorable Show (the opening of the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre) which took place in May 2005, where 100 Jammers performed to an audience of 1000 people. The documentary tells the story of some of the key young people involved, and the families who helped get them there. The documentary was produced and directed by Graham Elliott of Picture Talk Productions .

The award will be presented to StarJam founders Roy and Julie Bartlett at a ceremony in Hollywood on 1-2 June 2007.

Launch of New Logo and our Logo Creator

You will have noticed a new logo at the top of this newsletter. It was created pro bono by our design team at Designworks led by Geoff Suvalko working with Sam Trustrum.

Designworks are brand experience designers with a focus to put down under brands on top - internationally. Since its formation in 1978, the consultancy has worked with a broad range of New Zealand and Australian client companies in either the establishment or reinvention of brand. Across Auckland, Wellington and Sydney studios, the company has worked to develop brand stories for down under icons such as Tui, Air New Zealand, L&P, Monteith’s and AMI, while assisting in the creation of newcomers such as B_E_E, Ara and Charlies. The focus in every case, to create inspiring stories that deliver authentic experiences.

Sincere thanks to Designworks for this very valuable work. We are extremely grateful for the assistance from all our supporters and fans.