:: Various acts entertainment ::

VIVA VINSON, vocal entertainer

Viva began her performing career in San Francisco at age seven, singing show tunes with her mother in the San Francisco Theater underground. Viva, the product of an Italian American mother and African-American father has had musical interests as varied and mixed as her ethnic and cultural background.
In her early teens she performed with Le Miz, an all female, Broadway musical review, as well as many small choirs and ensembles.
In her late teens, Viva put her musical interests aside to pursue a film and television acting career. She made guest appearances in such shows as "Fresh Prince of Bel Air", "A Different World" and "Cop Rock".

DAWN DiPAOLA, vocal entertainer

Dawn DiPaola is the whole package, combining glamour, grace, heart-stopping stage presence and the ability to entertain any audience.
She performs everything from jazz, blues, R&B, easy listening to motown, disco and Top 40 dance hits.
Dawn is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and has performed at venues throughout the United States and Italy. Dawn sings in english, spanish and italian.
Her bands have been featured in such publications as Atlantic Avenue, In the Biz, the Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post.

ATC TRIO, jazz trio

Shaun Thomas-Canadian Tenor Saxophonist Shaun Thomas is a very energetic and entertaining saxophonist combining his wide range of influences and experiences into his own unique style.
Mary Ancheta is a piano / keyboard player, singer, and composer. She has toured internationally to the Netherlands, Italy, Canada, 2 Warped Tour festivals through the states, Germany, the UK, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, and Luxembourg sharing the stage with acts such as Bjork, Mute Math, Interpol, Helmet, Fishbone, M.I.A., and HB Wild (cousin to Jimi Hendrix).
Goby Catt, acoustic Bass & vocals, was born and raised in Sydney Australia, where he was a respected bass player and vocalist in the city's jazz scene for more than a decade.

NANETTE FRANK, jazz vocalist

An Impeccable five octave vocal range, She's the voice behind such major products as Coca-Cola (Always Coca-Cola) national radio, TV spots. The ad became the longest running advertising campaign in the company's history.  Nanette also launched the Crest Multicare product line with her rendition of "If I Could".
One of the highlights of her career was a special performance with the legendary, Stevie Wonder. Nanette's unique blend of R&B and Soul with a healthy mix of Jazz, draws record crowds and "Turns out the house" wherever she performs.

JEWELLE MCKENZIE, vocal entertainer

Born in Montreal Canada, this talented singer/songwriter has been singing since age five. At age six, she began piano lessons and continued for eleven years before turning her attention towards becoming a vocalist. Music and singing have always come naturally to her; talents that she has been blessed with, along with an incredibly accurate ear. Her love for rich harmonies and the blending of voices inspired her to join a Gospel choir as a teenager.
As a lead vocalist (Soprano) of the Umoja Gospel choir, Jewelle’s interpretation of songs by Karen Clarke-Sheard left audiences awestruck. How did such a small frame house such a powerful voice! Wow, can she soar!

DIHANN MOORE, vocal entertainer

Dihann Moore, a native washingtonian, has been singing since the age of three. She sang in school choirs--most times as lead vocalist-- classical choirs, and gospel choirs. As a teenager, she formed and led several community gospel groups and sang classical and jazz with the DC youth chorale--an after school program at the Duke Ellington High School for the Performing Arts. At Howard University, where she attended college, she minored in music and dance. After graduating, Dihann went on to form several female R&B groups and a live band.
They performed in some of the top venues in Washington DC. But, after futile attempts to write originals with the group, she decided to go solo.

ALLEGRO DUO, classical lobby & restaurant music

Duo Allegro is formed by two lovely and talented young ladies Marina and Albena.
Marina, violonist, is from Bulgaria and graduated from the Music Academy - Plovdiv as a violinist. Marina works with different ensembles ,classical and pop.

Albena Graduated from the Music Academy in Plovdiv, Bulgaria as an artist instrumentalist - piano. Prize winner of the "Svetoslav Obretenov" competition in Provadia-Bulgaria. Albena has many solo concerts in Bulgaria, Italy and Belgium.

HETTY KATE - jazz vocalist

"...Pure of tone, sweet sounding and dangerously infectious - English born, Melbourne based Hetty Kate has performed with some of Melbourne's finest jazz musicians.
Audiences who have heard this leggy siren note the influences of classic Peggy Lee and modern day chanteuses such as Silje Neergard and Stacey Kent.
Originally trained in classical piano and voice, Hetty Kate loves great music and has developed her craft as a singer with not only a look, but a sound and depth that simply puts her in a class of her own..."

FRANKYE KELLY, jazz vocalist

One of the San Francisco Bay area's top jazz vocalists, Frankye Kelly puts a lot of honest feeling into her singing. "I interpret the songs that have the most meaning to me. I have a wide range and I can sound like any horn but I feel that the voice is its own instrument. I love to be one of the instruments in my band, singing from my heart.
It was obvious from an early age that Frankye Kelly would be a singer. Living in Jackson, Mississippi for a few years with her grandparents, she remembers performing in a play when she was just three.
She heard the music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Sarah Vaugan along the way as well as Fats Domino and Little Richard although most of her early singing was in church, acapella groups and choirs.