Jazz in the Gardens

Greetings..

This past weekend ( March 15 I think) I attended the third annual Jazz in the Gardens music festival here in Miami. I must say the vibe was NIIIIICE. It reminded me of my trip to Chicago last year to see Frankie Beverly and Maze. It was a sea of all races in the audience. That is what made it even better. It is something about music that brings EVERYBODY together. It was a two day festival where we had acts such as, The O Jays, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Kem, Crisette Michele, Nancy Wilson et all. I went Saturday night where George Duke, George benson, Chaka Khan, and Wyclef performed.

Me and my friend had great seats by the way. Four rows away from the stage!!!!! I failed to mentioned I have a Sony Cybershot..which is way better than the Nikkon Coolpix I had. I could not take decent night picutres with my Nikkon for the world. But..the D-40 will make up for it. (C'mon tax return)

The legendary George Duke

The legendary George Benson. He was JAMMIN. When he played Breezin, Gimme The Night and Turn Your Love Around...OMG!!! Everyone was DANCIN'!!!! Either he didnt age a day of his life or....he's got one heck of make up artist. George..can you tell a sista how you keep your skin so smooth.....??..

The legendary Chaka Khan. Can you say standing ovation for ten minutes..!!..

my favorite picutre...I like I how I was able to catch a portion of her face on the big screen while her eyes were closed...she was singing Angel..from her new album

another favorite of mine

Wyclef!!! I must say he really got the crowd moving. He is definiatly a showman. He was climbing over seats, gaurd rails, he climbed up the scafolding and anything that was or wasnt nailed down. He is truly a musician. SERIOUSLY!! He mentioned his mom was in the audience and that he would not curse. And you know what..he held true to his word. Entertainer and Musican..that is Wyclef. Too bad the Fugees are'nt together.

...and of course the sea of people. Please believe the crowd goes past the light source in the back...

My next installment will be New Years in South Florida...(I know im backwards). This summer, Im really going to kick-off the summer experience with "Memorial Day-Best of the Best Reggae Concert".

The Beta Pi Reunion

Its been a long time..since I left you..without a good pic to step to LOL.


My bad folks. I have taken PLENTY of picutres since October. I just did'nt put them up yet :(. (Gimme a few more weeks, I will put up some more pictures)

A few weeks back, I was able to cover the "Phi Beta Sigma - Beta Pi Reunion" cook-off during the Florida Memorial University Homecoming festivites. Now, I am a FAMU Rattler to the heart but I still love my HBCUs (Historically Black College or University). I was able to attend last years events and had a great time. This year it rained. Rained it did. However, the weather did not stop this event from being well attended. I chose a few photos for special reasons:



It's something about black and white photos that bring out the meaning of the pictures. The first one shows the branding of the event and of course the hand-sign for the fraternity. The second photo is my favorite. It represents the Old School and New School of PBS.





It kept drizzling so these young ladies tried to stay dry...







I like to call this: The Soul of Sigma! :) If you ever get an opportunity to take picutres of REAL "old-school" members of BGLOs please do so!! I think a group of black men are the best to photograph. This may sound silly but, their faces tell a story. It also helped that they were in a very jovial mood before I cajoled them for a picture.

and of course the group shot of the "New School"