Broadway Meets Hip Hop - The Urban Nation Academy for the Performing Arts - Photos

Performing on the Veterans Plaza Stage, Urban Nation Academy students presented a musical review of Broadway show tunes, coupled with exciting hip-hop tunes and dances.

The Urban Nation Academy for the Performing Arts is both a music and dance performing arts school located in the heart of the Arts District in Downtown Silver Spring, Md. They are dedicated to providing quality music and dance lessons to children and adults alike in a professional, nurturing, and student oriented environment. For information, check out their website at http://www.urbannationacademy.com

The Broadway Meets Hip-Hop musical review was produced and directed by Dr. Rickey Payton, Sr., assisted by Artistic Director, Sherion Cosby, Acting Coach Lyndsay Rini, Music Director Glenn Pearson, Choreographer Shawn Cosby, Assistant Choreographer Roslyn Ramseur and Children's Coordinator Tomasena Allen. The performance band includes Glenn Pearson and Rickey Payton on keyboards, Kush El-Amin on bass and Michael Nicholas on percussion.

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Slide Show http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/sets/72157627299204307/show/

Detail http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/sets/72157627299204307/detail/

Thumbnails http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/sets/72157627299204307/

ISO Volunteers for the Silver Spring Blues Festival

We're looking for volunteers to help us run the 2001 Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring on Saturday, June 18, 2011. Can you help us?

This year's Silver Spring Blues Festival is bigger than ever, with two stages and and eleven acts, including The Kinsey Report from Chicago, our first national act.

We're pleased to have a new stage--the Market Stage--located at the popular Fenton Street Market. Our acoustic performances start at 10 am on Veterans Plaza with the Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble. Our "Fountain Stage" performances on Ellsworth Drive begin at 2 pm, with the School of Rock rockin' the blues.

We need volunteers to help staff the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. and the DC Blues Society tables, to host the "Green Room," to escort the performers, to help with Choo Choo Charlie's harmonica workshop and Dale Music's musical petting zoo.

Your time commitment is flexible...we need your help.

If interested, please email us at SilverSpringTownCenter@gmail.com or contact us on Facebook @ "Silver Spring Town Center.

Thanks for your support and see you Saturday, June 18th at the Silver Spring Blues Festival.

Kids at the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring 2010

Mary Shaver and the Smokin' Polecats at the Silver Spring Blues Festival 2010

Thanks to Alan Bowser and Jazs!

Many thanks to our Executive Producers of the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring--Alan Bowser of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. and Jazs of the DC Blues Society!

Jonny Grave at the Silver Spring Blues Festival 2010

A Spectacular Silver Spring Blues Festival!

The Silver Spring Blues Festival 2010 was spectacular!

The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. wishes to express its appreciation to the hundreds and hundreds of fans who attended the 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring.

Concert-goers were treated to high-energy performances by the legendary “Nighthawks,” Silver Spring’s favorite son, Jonny Grave, Choo Choo Charlie Williams and Baltimore Red Jones, the Andy Poxon Band, the DC Blues Society Band, the Daryl Davis Band featuring Ida Campbell, and Mary Shaver and the Smokin’ Polecats featuring Pete Ragusa.

At the Festival’s end, blues fans witnessed an incredible jam session featuring the Nighthawks, Mary Shaver, Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, Andy Poxon, and Sam’i Nuridden of the DC Blues Society Band.

The Silver Spring Blues Festival was sponsored by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., the DC Blues Society, Downtown Silver Spring, RCN, Lee Development Group, Southern Management Corporation, the Silver Spring Voice, Dale Music, WPFW-FM and the Silver Spring Regional Center. The Festival was videotaped by Montgomery Community Television, Inc.

Many thanks to all who supported the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring!

Silver Spring Blues Festival 2010

Check out Silver Spring Blues Festival pics on Flickr

Check out the Blues Festival Slide Show on Flickr