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presents the
EnterActive Arts Concert at Penn's Landing

Saturday, July 24, 2010
5 pm to 9 pm
The RiverStage on the Great Plaza @ Penn's Landing
www.delawareriverevents.com
215.922.2FUN

FREE - BRING THE FAMILY!

LifeLine Music Coalition, Inc. is delighted to be participating in the first annual Enteractive Arts Concert along with AMLA, Art Sanctuary and The Black Pearl Orchestra. What a great opportunity for folks to see some of Philly's renowned artists perform ...LATIN, JAZZ, and CLASSICAL MUSIC and SPOKEN WORD - together for one great evening on the new RiverStage. And its FREE! Hope to see you on July 24th!

5 pm - 6 pm
ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS OF LATIN AMERICA (AMLA)

Music Theory and Composition - Latin!

Dance in Relation to Music: performance by AMLA musicians Select audience members will be invited to perform with AMLA musicians and dancers

6 pm - 7 pm
LIFELINE MUSIC COALITION

Music Theory and Composition - Jazz! Music performance by Warren Oree & The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble Select audience members will be invited to perform an impromptu tune with Arpeggio

7 pm - 8 pm
ART SANCTUARY

Creative Writing
Music Improvisation - Spoken Word Artists will perform improv works featuring Monnette Sudler-Honesty; Trapeta Mayson and Bassey Ikpi Select audience members will be invited to write and recite their own "I AM" poem. Poets accompanied by Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble.

8 pm - 9 pm
THE BLACK PEARL ORCHESTRA

Orchestral Conducting
Music Composition - Classical!
BPCP performance
Special audience engagement activity


Philly's Class Act Vocalist ELLA GAHNT is a finalist in the 2010 Jazz Mobile Vocal Competition in
New York City!
Come on up!


POETRY IN THE PARK - COOPER RIVER PARK

Jazzy July - Beginning at 7pm

   June 30 - The Budessa Brothers
   July 7 - Suzzette Ortiz & her Latin Jazz Ensemble
   July 14 - Sam Dockery
   July 21 - George Perakis Trio
   July 28 - Jazz vocalist Demetria Bailey

Hopkins House of Cooper River Park
250 South Park Drive
Haddon Township, NJ 08108
(856) 858-0040  TTY: Dial 711



Daphne Fund Benefit

August 1 , 2010 - 7:30-9:00pm

On Sunday, August 1st, Jazz Bridge will hold a benefit at the La Rose Catering and Social Club at 5531 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

The Rob Henderson trio featuring Orrin Evans on piano and Mike Boone on bass will be the house rhythm section for featured guests Trudy Pitts, Odean Pope, plus many local jazz artists. The band Mischa Machez featuring bassist Jason Fifield, pianist David Dzbinski, and drummer Paul Albrecht will also appear.

Show: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Donation: $15 No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914

The money raised will go into the Daphne Fund to help pay the medical bills of Daphne Fifield, the wife of bassist and jazz filmmaker Jason Fifield. She has breast cancer. The Daphne Fund will be a permanent fund that will assist women jazz and blues musicians (and the wives of jazz and blues musicians) in crisis from gender-related illnesses.

Photo: Daphne, her son and her husband.


August 7 , 2010 - 8:00pm
Bowlerama, New Castle, Delaware

At The WayMor...You get Way More than you bargained for... The WAYMOR
A New Book
by
Will Smith 1 & Tony Smith


CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS



Lucky Thompson's DNA
Everybody Oughta Have One


Alfie Pollitt
Alfie


The Tony Smith Quintet
Slammin' at Christina


Budesa Brothers
Jazz Organ Jazz Guitar


Edgardo Cintron
Greatest Hits

The Passion


Umar A. Raheem
Bigboy's Honor

 
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