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News Come Fly Away, Voca People and Jordin Sparks Perform on MDA Telethon Sept. 4 Come Fly Away national tour cast members Cody Green and Laurie Kanyok dance to the music of Frank Sinatra during the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2011 MDA Labor Day Telethon Sept. 4.

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Cody Green and Laurie Kanyok perform "That

The annual telethon, which has been streamlined from over 21 hours into a six-hour event, begins airing live at 6 PM from the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas. It marks the 46th annual presentation of the telethon that raises awareness and funding for the neuromuscular disease.

Green (West Side Story, "So You Think You Can Dance") and Kanyok also appeared in the Broadway production of Come Fly Away and repeat their work for the national tour, which began Aug. 2 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

The two are announced to perform "That's Life" and "One for My Baby" as part of the event. Also scheduled to appear are the Off-Broadway cast of Voca People, who will offer highlights from the musical, as well as Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Steven Tyler, Randy Jackson, Jordin Sparks, Greyson Chance, Darius Rucker and Richie Sambora.

Visit MDA.org/Telethon for more information and local listing guides.

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The cast of Voca People Photo by Leon Sokoletski
 
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