Featured in the gala concert were Metropolitan Opera legend, Lucine Amara, a veteran of over 800 performances at the Met including five opening nights; Mark Watson, a singer who has performed in Japan, Italy, Israel and across the country in operas, musicals and concerts; the charming, 50-voice New Jersey Youth Chorus made of talented young singers from around the state, directed by Patricia Joyce; Indian singer and tambura player Dr. Preeti Saraiya and tabla player Jayesh Saraiya; violinist Jonathan Roberts; the lush-voiced Armenian singer, Maro Partamian, who has sung all across North and South America, Russia, Europe and the Middle East; Shakespearean actor and former leading artist with the prestigious Stratford Festival in Canada, Craig Dudley; pianist Lloyd Arriola; and the thrilling voice of Evelyn LaQuaif from New York City all of whom are donating their talents for this special cause. The program was a musical banquet of Broadway songs, operetta and international favorites featuring selections from Showboat, Camelot, the beautiful Meditation from à Tha ¯s, and spiritually uplifting songs sung in English, French Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Armenian and Hindi.