SO DARN CUTE!!!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
GMC, America's Favorite Network for Uplifting Music and Entertainment, Announces Casting Call for New Original Series "America Sings" Hosted By Drew
GMC, America's Favorite Network for Uplifting Music and Entertainment, Announces Casting Call for New Original Series "America Sings" Hosted By Drew Lachey
Weekly Series Premieres on GMC This Summer
LOS ANGELES, April 7, 2011 -- GMC, America's favorite network for uplifting music and entertainment announced today, a nationwide call for entries for their new original series, "America Sings," hosted by multi-platinum recording artist, Dancing with the Stars winner and performer Drew Lachey. "America Sings" is an uplifting, one-of-a-kind victory of voices celebration that will highlight North America's most talented singing groups and the communities they are from. Each group will sing to win America's vote. "America Sings" will air weekly, beginning this June.
The "America Sings" call for entries is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for singing groups of any age from across North America to showcase their talents on national television. Singing groups featured on the television series are eligible for a chance to win $10,000. Thousands of hopefuls ranging from a wide variety of musical genres, including a capella, barbershop, choral, doo wop, gospel and more are encouraged to enter. All singing groups are welcome. Church choirs, school music ensembles, street corner duets and singing groups from colleges, universities, community centers and the military may enter.
Each group is asked to provide a video of a performance of one song that best showcases their talent. Entry information is available online at www.watchgmctv.com/sing
WHO: Singing groups of any age who are eligible to work in North America. Some restrictions apply. Please visit www.watchgmctv.com/sing for details.
WHERE: Upload your video to www.watchgmctv.com/sing or mail your entry to: "America Sings" PO Box 2904 Toluca Lake, California 91602
Drew Lachey is best known for his pop group 98 Degrees, which he joined with his brother Nick in 1995. Drew took home first place on the second season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, beating 10 other dance couples. He served as co-host of Dancing with the Stars the following season and as host of ABC's Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann. He also hosted HGTV's $250,000 Dollar Challenge. Drew has appeared on several TV shows, including As the World Turns, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica and on Broadway, in the musicals RENT and Monty Python's SPAMALOT.
"America Sings" is produced by Genco Entertainment. Brad Lachman is executive producer. Co-executive producers are Bill Bracken and Mark Waxman.
Nick, Keynote Speaker at Boys & Girls Clubs Annual Achievement Luncheon
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The Boys & Girls Clubs Annual Achievement Luncheon, presented by First Financial Bank, will be held on Friday, April 29 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 at the Xavier Cintas Center. The Annual Achievement Luncheon highlights the accomplishments of five Boys & Girls Clubs “Youth of the Year Finalists.” One youth will be selected as “Youth of the Year” and receive scholarship funds. Being selected as Youth of the Year is the highest honor a Boys & Girls Club Member can receive. The title recognizes outstanding contributions to a Member’s family, school, community and Boys & Girls Club.
Youth of the Year Finalists:
Javele Jackson – Avondale Club K’ron Covington – Newport Club
Donzel Bailey – Over the Rhine Club Ziphiyahn Glass – Covington Club
Alesea Ronnebaum – Lower Price Hill Club
National celebrity and hometown hero, Nick Lachey serves as the 2011 Achievement Luncheon Keynote Speaker. Lachey has continued to build an extraordinary career as a multi-platinum recording artist, actor and producer. He is also a tireless advocate for children and humanitarian causes. A graduate of the local School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), we also have the pleasure of starting the annual program with a musical tribute courtesy of “The Chorale Choir” from SCPA.
What: Annual Achievement Lunch, Sponsored by First Financial Bank
Who: Nick Lachey, Keynote Speaker
Tricia Macke, Emcee
The Chorale Choir; 50 Member Choir courtesy of SCPA
When: Friday, April 29
Media Preview 11:00 to 11:30am;
Choir Performs: 11:30-Noon; Luncheon Noon to 1:30pm
Where: Schiff Conference Center @ Cintas Center on Xavier University Campus
Tickets Available: Sponsorships, Tables and Tickets available for purchase, 421-8909 Ext. 15
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Songs for Japan
Songs will be sung, dances danced, and paintings painted this week in honor and support of Japan.
Local musician Ireesh Lal was watching CNN at the very moment the devastating earthquake roiled Japan and the tsunami it subsequently produced obliterated entire towns and villages along the northeast coast.
Lal, a deejay and trumpet player, had already planned on establishing a regular Sunday night event at Sangria at which local charity groups could work together to raise money for their various causes.
But at that moment he knew Japan needed help. He and his musical partner – the legendary painter Norton Wisdom, who creates spontaneous artwork on stage, and has done so everywhere from the Lincoln Center to Disney Hall – immediately launched a fundraiser at Sangria in Hermosa Beach this Sunday night.
“This is not even a question of something being done for any other reason than there is no way of not doing it,” said Wisdom. “Having empathy for the people who went through probably the worst disaster in modern times…When Sangria jumped on this, it just blossomed. Everyone is responding with real feelings for the deep sorrow and loss people are experiencing in Japan. This is how it came about – it could not not come about.”
Local music consultant Tom Callahan was in Fukushima, Japan, only last month. He travels to Japan twice a month to teach and train in Kyokushin-kan karate, a martial arts discipline in which he is black belt and sensei. He was stunned when the disaster struck.
“The wave went six miles in,” Callahan said. “Think about that – if a wave went six miles in here, Hermosa would be gone. Nobody ever thinks it will happen, but nobody thought it would happen there, either.”
Callahan has worked in the music industry for more than two decades, and he decided to use the many contacts he’s made along the way to put together a “Jam for Japan” night of music at Saint Rocke next Monday. Among the musicians participating are Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night), Jeff Timmons (founder of 98 Degrees), and Arnold McCuller (James Taylor, Phil Collins). “I don’t have a lot of cash in the bank or a lot of money to give, but I can give this little concert,” Callahan said.
“I think about all the people, the shop owners at the convenience store down the street you see every day. They are not there anymore. Those people don’t have anything – they and their families, their wives, their children, even their dogs and cats – they will never be the same. We won’t raise that much money, a few thousand, but it is more the spirit with which we are doing it. People in Japan are so grateful. The money helps, yes, but the Japanese are just more grateful that we are thinking of them.” ER
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