hello everyone...........i know its been quite a while since i have given you any new updates on what has been going on with me.

outside of still traveling this globe of ours some wonderful things have been happening..........i've recently been given 2 more honorary doctorates from lincoln college, and maryland university both of which were lovely ceremonies, and i've joined forces with the "hunger project" an organization based in london with agencies internationally and being an ambassador of the f.a.o. section of the u.n. it fitted beautifully with what my mandate as an ambassador happens to be........you can find them by going to their web site and i know you will be as impressed as i was to see all of the incredible work that they have been doing for quite a while.......we have planned a benefit concert to be held in January in london to combat hunger, and i will be providing you with the date and place once all has been decided.........i will ask all that are in the u.k. and surrounding areas to consider attending this event as i promise it will be wonderful.........we are working on who will be able to attend and perform aside from myself at this time..........i have also finally found out that the reason for the delay of the release of the sammy cahn cd that i did is because the record company wanted to find a distribution company that felt the same excitement as they do and have joined with sony music as the distributors of the c.d., who by the way are as excited and pleased with the product and are as anxious to get it released as i am..........mastering of the cd is being done now and it should not be very long before we can all say YEA!!!.........i also have done something that i said i would never do.... and that is write my auto biography.........well.........simon and schuster convinced me that i had a story to tell and to do this and i am happy that i did.........i had a wonderful time remembering things that occurred in my life thus far and i think you all will get to know me a little better.........the title of the book is "my life as i see it" and instead of someone that does not have a clue as to who i REALLY am writing an unauthorized bio, i felt it would be best coming directly from me........the book is scheduled to be released November 2nd and will be in book stores at that time, so look for it and if you are inclined to buy it please do so, i promise it will make you smile, learn, and get to know a bit more about MARIE DIONNE WARRICK / aka/ DIONNE WARWICK ...........something else wonderful happened because i used my HP to write the book....the hewlitt packard company decided to donate a full blown computer lab to the dionne warwick institute and are installing it for the children to use when the school year begins in september............i cannot tell you the joy i feel and how grateful i am to hewlitt packard for stepping up to the plate with this enormously generous learning experience for my "babies" at d.w.i. and will be forever beholding to them..........well, i think i may have gotten you all up to speed and i do apologize for the long wait but here i am (back in the saddle) and i hope you all will forgive my absence.

until next time...........take good care of yourselves!!

as always

dionne

p.s. so much has been happening that i almost forgot to mention that i will be having an e card with the doozy card company soon...........i'm really excited about this as this is the card that i send out for all birthdays, weddings, etc............they are fun cards and if you get a chance go to their web site i think you will enjoy.........they have created a line for me and a character who will be named loretta. please visit their web site at www.doozycards.com