Fumy Beppu will be a guest at our two fundraisers in November 2007, the Entertainment Extravaganza and the Tokyo Shine On! Idol.

An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, and his work for The Walt Disney Company with Alan Menken (Aladdin) and Elton John (The Lion King, Road to El Dorado, and Aida).

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE (born 18 July 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer rated as the “outstanding fast bowler of his generation”. Lillee was known for his ‘never-say-die’ attitude and popularity with the fans. By the time of his retirement from international cricket in 1984 he had become the then world record holder for most Test wickets (355), and had firmly established himself as one of the most renowned Australian sportsmen of all time.

Christopher Lance Cairns, ONZM, (born June 13, 1970) is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand international cricket team, the Black Caps, and is son of former New Zealand cricketer Lance Cairns. He starred in both the One-day and Test New Zealand teams, as well as the Canterbury New Zealand domestic championship team. Cairns also captained the Black Caps on seven occasions. Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a bowling average of 29.40.

Executive Sous-Chef Shaun Keenan of the Grand Hyatt Tokyo has twenty-three years of cooking knowledge under his tall white toque. That includes stints at Level 41, Pavilion on the Park, and Fratelli Paradiso in Sydney. But the cheerful, quietly confident Australian, while gravitating between some of the best restaurants in Australia and Japan, doesn’t often receive a culinary challenge quite like the 2006 Sports Extravaganza Celebrity Dinner, which the Tyler Foundation is hosting on Friday, September 29.

Joel Theodore Stransky (born 16 July 1967) is a former South African rugby union footballer, most notable for scoring the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. He played as a fly-half. Joel Stransky will be one of the celebrity guests at our 2006 Sports Extravaganza; a series of fundraising events including a hospital visit, gala dinner, golf day and a celebrity cricket match.

Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand) played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999. Nash was a right-arm fast medium bowler, taking 93 Test wickets in a career spanning from 1992 to 2001. In June 2005, Nash was named as one of the national selectors. In 2008 he became a batsman/bowler for the official New Zealand Beach Cricket Team.

Michael (“Mike”) William Gatting OBE (born Kingsbury 6 June 1957), is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club (1975–1998; County Captain 1983–1997). He also played for the English cricket team from 1977 to 1995, captaining it in 23 Test matches between 1986 and 1988. He is currently the ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships.

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in test cricket.

Raymond James Bright (born 13 July 1954) is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer. Bright ended his first-class career with 471 wickets at an average of 32.08 and scored two centuries. Since retiring from playing professionally after the 1987-1988 season, Bright has served as a selector for the Victorian state team and has taken on a number of coaching roles.