Twelve Year Old Jazz Prodigy Matt Savage Swims With Dolphins of Curacao Dolphin Academy
Matt is on Curacao to perform at a fundraising event for the Autism Association of Curacao (AAC). His group, "the Matt Savage Trio" will perform at Landhuis Brakkeput Mei Mei on Saturday March 12 2005 to raise money for helping autistic children on Curacao.
Willemstad, Curacao (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) March 12, 2005 -- On Friday March 11th, 2005, twelve (12) year old
jazz prodigy Matt Savage swam with dolphins of Curacao Dolphin
Academy.
Matt Savage is a famous jazz musician, though he is only 12
years old. It sounds impossible, but at the age of 12 this outstanding pianist
has already 5 CD's to his credit. He has been compared to Mozart and appeared on
national television and in a lot of newspapers in the USA numerous times. Being
a musical savant at such a young age is a miracle in itself, but even more
surprising is the fact that Matt has autism.
Matt is on Curacao to
perform at a fundraising event for the Autism Association of Curacao (AAC). His
group, "the Matt Savage Trio" will perform at Landhuis Brakkeput Mei Mei on
Saturday March 12 2005 to raise money for helping autistic children on Curacao.
Matt and his mother always had the dream to swim with dolphins. Their
dream became reality on Friday March 11th 2005, when they were invited to visit
Curacao Dolphin Academy and to participate in a Dolphin Swim program with his
mother Diane. For Matt it was a good time to relax in between his demanding
activities. Both Matt and Diane loved the interaction with the bottlenose
dolphins, they were really on cloud nine during this experience!
Though
Matt did a 'normal' Dolphin Swim, Curacao offers a facility which is specialized
in Dolphin Assisted Therapy for children with different types of disorders, for
example autism. The Curacao Dolphin Therapy and Research Center (CDTC) welcomes
these children to help them develop and push back their bounds by means of a
well-structured dolphin therapy program.
Dolphin assisted therapy, under
supervision of specialized therapists, combines both traditional and new,
inventive therapy-methods with the interaction of a dolphin. A fitting program
is constructed for each individual child before starting the actual therapy.
Extensive research has shown that specially trained dolphins are able to realize
a child's problems and help a child re-establish the contact to its
surroundings.
Matt of course didn't have the time available to follow a
complete dolphin therapy program. However he did enjoy his Dolphin Swim program
very much and keeps promoting awareness for autism!
For more
information
Media Contact: Hilde G. Gerlofs and Annabelle De
Clippeleir
Phone: 599-9-4658900
Fax: 599-9-4658300
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Photos courtesy of Curacao Dolphin Academy
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Related links:
Curacao Dolphin Academy http://www.dolphin-academy.com
Dolphin Therapy and
Research Center http://www.cdtc.an
Matt Savage http://www.savagerecords.com
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb217724.htm