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Grammy Nominated Recording Artist To Performance At The Orange Bowl Field Of Dreams Benefit

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Top Stories Grammy nominated recording artist Eric Benet will be performing at the Orange Bowl Foundation 6th Annual “Field Of Dreams” Scholarship Benefit. The benefit, which will be held on Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Broward County Convention Center, will honor Miami’s own Alonzo and Tracy Morning. The Mournings who have made significant philanthropic contributions in the South Florida community are among several other honorees.
Eric whose latest release entitled Hurricane is in stores now, will be performing new songs and some old time favorites. "The premise of this album is wrapped up in its title," explains Eric. "It's about how everything I knew and loved was leveled and how something real and positive and beautiful emerged from the rubble. It's a chronicle of my life through the past five years...and coming out the other side."
On Hurricane, Eric Benét's harrowing and healing new album on Reprise Records/Friday Records, courage comes from honesty, vulnerability and a stubborn optimism that infuses every note and each word of these thirteen original tracks with hard-earned wisdom and an artistry drawn directly from life.

Five years is how long it's taken the Milwaukee native to follow-up his breakthrough 1999 album A Day In The Life featuring the Grammy®-nominated smash "Spend My Life With You." What followed was a high-profile marriage and an even more high-profile break-up that tested and tempered him as both an individual and an artist. It was also the creative impetus for the remarkable musical odyssey that comprises Hurricane.

Proceeds from the “Field of Dreams” Scholarship Benefit will be donated to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Florida Region, whose Ft. Lauderdale chapter serves several UNCF schools such as Florida Memorial University, Edward Waters College and Bethune Cookman College. Proceeds from the benefit will provide academic scholarships to African-American South Florida high school seniors student athletes’ planning to attend a UNCF institution.
The Orange Bowl Keith Tribble Trailblazer Award goes to Alonzo and Tracy Mourning. Special recognition of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, The African-American Research Library and Tarra L. Pressey.
The Orange Bowl Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organization created by the Orange Bowl Committee. The Foundation is responsible for managing and allocating grants, scholarships and charitable contributions to deserving South Florida organizations. The Orange Bowl Foundation's mission is to organize, sponsor, produce, promote and participate in educational opportunities, athletic contests, clinics, expositions and other similar programs and projects in order to enhance the lives of youth in South Florida communities.
For tickets and more information on the Orange Bowl Foundation, please contact LaToya Williams at (305) 341-4728 or lwilliams@orangebowl.org. All media inquiries should be directed towards Circle of One Marketing at (305) 576-3790.

CA Championship A Buzz

The World Golf Champion-CA Championship is into its second day, with 10:45 am starting tee times. The Tee Times for some of the notables on the leaderboard are as follows: Sergio Garcia – 10:55 am, Luke Donald at 11:05 am, Angel Cabrera, Paul Casey, Tiger Woods at 11;15am, Phil Mickelson, Craig Parry, Camillo Villegas, Geoff Ogilvy, Niclas Fasth and Ernie Els at at 12:25 pm. Adam Scott and Stewart Cink at 12:35 pm. The weather today is somewhat cloudy as we are expecting the sun to hide all day. With minor wind gust lets see if that will affect the pros in the hunt.

DaScoop On Kem’s Performace At Jazz In The Garden

The recently concluded Third Annual City of Miami Gardens – “Jazz In The Garden” was indeed a success.  The two-day music festival, which was held March 15-16 on the grounds of the Dolphins Stadium.  Artists appearing at Jazz In The Garden were George Benson, Chaka Khan, The OJays, Wyclef Jean, Nancy Wilson, KEM,George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Chrisette Michele, Mike Phillips, Anthony David, and Elin among other local artists.  When I saw the news releases leading up to this concert, I was extremely excited about seeing singer/songwriter Kem.  Kem of course, is a talented singer whose music captures a wide cross-section of different genres – R&B/Jazz/Adult Contemporary. Enjoying the success of his sophomore CD – Kem II, he has been staying on the road, touring with the likes of Fantasia, Reuben Stoddard, Al Jarreau, OJays, Nancy Wilson, Boney James among others.  Kem says that he has performed in Miami before at the Tom Joyner Sky Show, but the gig with Jazz In The Garden was his first main billing.   Appearing on the Sunday’s Show at Jazz In The Garden, Kem gave a stellar performance from start to finish.  He performed songs from his debut album as well as his sophomore album.    Due to his schedule, I had to catch up with Kem two days after the festival, we talked via telephone, covering topics like how he first started, his advice to up and coming artists, to producing and being knowledgeable about the music business.   Kem, who is current working on his new album in the studios, says that this album will be a little different from the others.  But it will not be a deviation from who is musically.  A full interview with Kem will follow.  For more information on Kem, visit his website at www.kemmusic.com.  Look out for KEM III – Intimacy when it hit records near you soon.

Recapping The First Day At The Championship With Tiger and Da Boys

Tiger Woods seeks to continue on his winning ways this week at the CA Championship being held from March 17 – 23, 2008 in Doral, Florida.  Woods who is fresh off that impressive win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which was his sixth straight victory around the world, is the three-time defending champion this week at the CA Championship. 

 The CA Championship’s Leaderboard has Geoff Ogilvy and Miguel Angel Jimenez sharing  the first-round lead after posting matching 7-under 65s Thursday, which is a one stroke ahead of Stewart Cink and two clear of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Anders Hansen and Nick O’Hern.  Woods was said to be in a bad mood after a bogey on the Blue Monster’s 18^th hole.  In his defense, that hole really bites, no comment on how I have played that hole. 

 Co-leader Jimenez birdied four of the final five holes to tie for the lead.  He is down playing Thursday’s success though, hoping to go on Friday and continue but he has been around far too long to get overly excited about one round on a Thursday.  Phil Mickelson also had an up-and-down round but was able to bounce back from a double-bogey in the water with four birdies over his final six holes for a 67.  Adam Scott, who won the Qatar Masters with a closing 61 earlier this season, is also at 67.

The 2006 United States Open champion Ogilvy, continued his recent winning ways with round which included seven birdies on his scorecard.

Other notables were Luke Donald and Ross Fisher who shot 68, with Justin Rose and Nick Dougherty at 70, but it was a dreadful day for Colin Montgomerie, who stumbled to a 75.

Thats Dascoop From Da Links!!!