It Takes Star Dust To Create a Star is one man's journey from choosing his parentsin the forests of Pennsylvania to returning to the stars on or about the year 2033.An altar boy and a paper boy he enjoyed the sanctity and sanctuary of a small childwho learned at an early age that we are here to sing and dance and give praise tothe life of bringing joy to others. As a youth worker in Pittsburgh he trained fourchildren to sing as the group of "Don & the Pennies." His Journey continues ontowards fatherhood as he becomes an actor in New York, making choices that leadhim to his one true vocation that of being a loving father and husband. He haswonderful meetings with Carol Burnett, Deborah Howe, author of Bunnicula, whodied quite young . He has discovered the wonder of prayer and of developing atP.A.T.H. that will help us on the Journey to the Stars. He has plunged to the depthsof despair and to the wonder of the heavens. In a few short words he tells teenagersthey are the hope of the world and asks all to honor the sanctity of the children ofthe world and to join together to provide them sanctuary. He is the director of theannual Peace at Last concert and charts the first inspiration to the actual event fromhis love of the music of Stephen Foster to the sharing with the world the wonderfulwork of Anton Dvorak who turned Foster's simple "Way Down Upon the SwaneeRiver" (Old folks at home) into a choral symphonic piece. He writes of a new visionfor this earth, a place where we certainly recognize our function here is to totallybelieve in all the world coming to the realization that, like Martin Luther King, Jr., who he stood shoulder to shoulder with in 1965, will be not only free at last butexperience peace at last.
About the Author: Don McGrath, raised in Pittsburgh and attended Duquesne University and NewYork University. He marched shoulder to shoulder with Martin Luther King, Jr.and was jailed in the Selma/Montgomery Marches of 1965. He was jailed inMontgomery and led a hunger strike for 9 days. He was a Youth Worker with theWar on Poverty Government program in Pittsburgh, and a Supervisor of Recreationfor the New York State Narcotics Commission. He made his Broadway Debut as anActor/Singer in 1975, and worked with Carol Burnett, Christopher Lloyd, and Al Pacino in "Godfather Two" and "Dog Day Afternoon". He is father of Sean and Ryan McGrath.