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Re: Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival
Ocean Grove Proudly Presents
The Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival
Free Event! - Saturday, September 27, 2008 – Ocean Grove NJ
Oakhurst, NJ, September 6, 2008 - Sing the praises of The First Annual Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival, coming to Ocean Grove on Saturday, September 27 from 12:00 – 9:00 PM in Auditorium Park Square. This is a free, family event, open to everyone!
An eclectic mixture of musical sounds and styles merge in this free multicultural family friendly festival, held in partnership with the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. With dynamic and powerful Gospel musical expressions from Haiti, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Japan, the US, Trinidad, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Canada, Barbados and the UK, the Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival is growing daily. There will be unique vendors and a food sponsor, Chick-Fil-A, to help celebrate expressions of gospel and the arts from different cultures around the world. This event is the first of its kind to be staged in Monmouth County.
Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival is brought to Ocean Grove by Oakhurst-based Solid Rock Productions, a Christian marketing and special events company with over twenty years of promotions and marketing experience, dedicated to producing quality events.
Says Arlene Green, founder of Solid Rock Productions and organizer of the event, "My vision for this festival is to illustrate unity in the Christian faith through music – even though we come from the four corners of the earth, our musical expressions all sing praise to God."
Featured artists in the Celebration of Praise Festival include the contemporary Gospel Jazz group <span style="font-weight: bold">FRENS</span>, fronted by female vocalist Theresa Thomason, who delivers her spirit-filled message at concerts throughout Europe and the US, and who has recently appeared on Broadway in Earth, Wind and Fire's musical Hot Feet. She is joined by Rudy Faulkner, a fiery percussionist and exciting vocalist likened to Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross and Donny Hathaway, and Carl Lester El II, a multi-instrumentalist who adds rhythm, magic and style and has appeared on BET's Sound and Style with Ramsey Lewis.
Other talent in the Festival includes <span style="font-weight: bold">The Zarephath Band</span>, with songs of contemporary praise; Jamaican-born singer and international recording artist <span style="font-weight: bold">Jason Mighty</span>; <span style="font-weight: bold">Alan Charles</span>, who combining rapping, chanting and poetry is a regular on the secular and comedy circuit in the UK; <span style="font-weight: bold">Lynette White</span>, whose talent has been featured on television and movie soundtracks such as NBC's "Smart Guy" and Universal Pictures, "Fear"; well-established Barbados vocalist <span style="font-weight: bold">Hoszia Hinds</span>; <span style="font-weight: bold">Craig C., </span>on a mission to use his musical talent; <span style="font-weight: bold">KOTIJ Crew</span>, transforming Reggae, Soca, and Calypso music into a continual praise to the Almighty God; Brooklyn native <span style="font-weight: bold">Lazarus</span>, combining musically his knowledge of the streets with the wisdom of the word; Jamaican <span style="font-weight: bold">Teddy Japs</span>, an inspiring gospel artist and prolific producer; <span style="font-weight: bold">K-One</span>, born in Trinidad into a musical family and a performer since the age of eight; <span style="font-weight: bold">Lyta</span>, a Bahamas-born singer whose songs are infused with her reggae roots; <span style="font-weight: bold">Brotha Remixx</span>, winner of the 2008 McDonalds Gospel Fest Best Rapper category; Gospel Poetess <span style="font-weight: bold">Danielle Williams </span>and the <span style="font-weight: bold">Cocolo Japanese Gospel Choir</span>, composed of singers all from Japan who have embraced Gospel music.
Additional artists include <span style="font-weight: bold">Cassandra Momplasir, L-Egant, Ayo Dele, (which means "Joy in the house" in Yoruba) featuring Gloria Acker, Louise Bailey, Hollis Cooper, Karen Credle, Tarika Jean-Pierre, Tracy Mitchell, Linda Pere, Debbie Willis, and Kevin Hughley; Kenneth G. Craddox's Bishop's Kid Gospel Play Productions, Sheilah Anderson, Timothy Benson, DJ Disciple,</span> and other surprise guests.
Ocean Grove's vibrant program of teaching, preaching and celebration throughout the summer months wraps up with the Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival. Join us as we make history at Ocean Grove with the Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival!
For additional information visit the Celebration of Praise Gospel Festival Website at http://www.celebrationofpraisefestival.com for up to the minute festival news and updates.
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