Stand Up For Heroes Benefit: Rolling Stone Review
Read Rolling Stone Magazine's review of the Stand Up For Heroes Benefit. The review mentions Kristine's "stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner"
Kristine To Perform With Roger Waters At The Stand Up For Heroes Benefit
Kristine will be performing with Roger Waters at the Stand Up for Heroes Benefit. The concert will be held at Madison Square Garden, New York City, on November 6th. The 7th annual Stand Up For Heroes event that will benefit post- 9/11 wounded veterans, presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival, will be available via a broadcast featuring a Google+ Hangout at google.com/+Stand4Heroes. The event will also be available via live stream at bobwoodrufffoundation.org/youtube.
The Nov. 6 event, taking place at the new Theater at Madison Square Garden, will feature performances by Bill Cosby, Jim Gaffigan, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart and Roger Waters. Roger will be performing with a band comprised of nearly two dozen musicians and singers, all of whom are wounded active service members or veterans representing all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and the MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band. The performances will be captured for fans beyond the venue, courtesy of Google+, the sharing and communications platform that brings real-world interactions online.
The Google+ Hangout will also facilitate an interactive discussion between musicians on location, celebrities and veterans about their personal perspectives on the importance of supporting the veteran community.
“We’re excited to work with Google for this year’s Stand Up For Heroes event to give the American public the chance to connect to post 9/11 veterans and celebrities. This will orchestrate a new level of engagement between performers, veterans and fans,” said Anne Marie Dougherty, executive director of the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
The Google+ Hangout will be available on the Bob Woodruff Foundation Google+ page and the Bob Woodruff YouTube channel, and will be posted for fans to view after the event.
The Stand Up For Heroes event—brought to you by the Veterans on Wall Street (VOWS) and supported by founding sponsor GFI Group, Inc.—will bring together leaders from the business, entertainment, the military, government and philanthropy to raise funds to help post-9/11 injured service members and their families thrive long after they return to the home front. Tickets for Stand Up for Heroes can be purchased at bobwoodrufffoundation.org ornycomedyfestival.com.
Kristine records with David Botrill
Kristine recorded her EP to include "The Storm" and "Waiting for You" with 3 time Grammy award winning producer David Botrill.
Veteran Shows Her Appreciation By Singing The National Anthem
By Chris Reber
July 01, 2013 - 12:00 AM
Pocono Record Writer
Most singers would be nervous about performing the national anthem before 40,000 people. But for Coast Guard Chief Kristine Rommel of Effort, singing the national anthem in uniform before huge crowds is easier than singing before one person.
Rommel says singing is a way to serve others, whether it's military veterans or people coping with addiction.
"When I sing for veterans, they're so appreciative," she said. "It means a lot to me."
Rommel started singing at sports events about 15 years ago. She found confidence in the fact that she was representing the military, specifically women in uniform.
"I love that I can represent the Coast Guard in that way and women in the military. It's kind of a powerful feeling doing that."
Over dozens of performances, she has crafted her own style: acapella, with a little embellishment.
"It's not really a show. It's making people feel something," she said.
But recently, she has had to turn down some requests to sing the anthem. Her schedule is just too full with a job at Morgan Stanley, commitment to the Coast Guard, her husband working as a New York steamfitter, and two kids at home — Nicholas, 11, and Lucas, 9.
Her sons join her at most performances.
"I love my children seeing what I'm doing. It's all about mentoring them to strive for anything and everything they can do."
Rommel puts just as much significance into her pop songs. Her most recent single, "The Storm," is based on a poem she wrote as a teenager to help people coping with addiction.
Growing up on Long Island, Rommel said addiction affected many people around her — close friends, foster family members and her own mother.
When her mother died in 2010, Rommel, still haunted by that addiction, was ready to share the song with the public.
"After she passed and I had the opportunity to work with this producer, I had a chance to do this because it was very important to me," she said. "It's a song that I hope will help other people."
Kristine To Perform At Citifield
Kristine will perform the National Anthem at Citifield for The Mets vs Atlanta Braves game and Military Appreciation Day on May 26th at 8pm
Kristine To Perform National Anthem At Rivals For Relief
Kristine will perform the Anthem at Rivals For Relief 2013, March 24th at Madison Square Garden.
This charity hockey game features our heroes of the NYPD against NHL alumni who will sharpen the skates one more time! Rivals for Relief, presented by the Stan Lee Foundation, will raise money for the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, in support of Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts.