I love New York & I Love Disco! Heres all details for next Saturday in Central Park NYC - PRIDE weekend 2014... Club Classics Live! A FREE sensational New York summer dance party DATE/TIME: Saturday June 28 2014 at 3 pm WHERE: NYC Central Park SummerStage Rumsey Playfield Directions: Enter via the 72nd Street entrance on Fifth Avenue (Closest subway lines are the N and R), or enter at Central Park West and 72nd St (closest to the B and C subway lines). Curated and directed by JASON KING featuring ULTRA NATE SAM SPARRO KEVIN AVIANCE ALFA ANDERSON, LUCI MARTIN, and NORMA JEAN WRIGHT (Former Ladies of Chic) and COMPANY FREAK special guest: VIVIAN REED and featuring vocalists: KAREN BERNOD, DARRYL DBONNEAU, KARL DIXON, KEITH FLUITT, DAMON HORTON, SANDRA HUFF, CASSONDRA KELLAM, JASON KING, DAWN TALLMAN, and MATIA WASHINGTON the Company Freak band: GREGORY BARRETT, KENYATTA BEASLEY, CLYDE BULLARD, JOHNNY MERCIER, STEVEN RODRIGUEZ, JAMES ROHLEHR, JUAN USERA, IAN YOUNG Opening DJ Set by ANDRE COLLINS EVENT DESCRIPTION: A sensational summer dance party featuring new live interpretations of disco, funk, and house classics made famous by artists like Chic, D-Train, Donna Summer, Dan Hartman, Gwen Guthrie, Armand Van Helden, Loleatta Holloway, Loose Joints, Cheryl Lynn, NYC Peech Boys, Sylvester, Unlimited Touch and many more... On the day before New Yorks famous Pride Festival, CLUB CLASSICS LIVE! assembles powerhouse performers to recreate the magic of legendary NYC dance clubs like Studio 54 and the Paradise Garage. Expect to dance your behind off to live renditions of songs associated with iconic DJs like Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles, and iconic record labels like West End, Salsoul and Casablanca. Curated and directed by Jason King, producer/scholar and host of NPRs R&B/soul streaming radio channel, CLUB CLASSICS LIVE! gathers an impressive array of headliners, including pop sensation Sam Sparro, house legends Ultra Nate and Kevin Aviance, and the ladies from the original line-ups of Chic (Norma Jean Wright, Alfa Anderson, and Luci Martin). Acclaimed dance music supergroup Company Freak supplies the music as house band, along with invited guests. DJ Andre Collins spins the opening set. CLUB CLASSICS LIVE! is a once-in-a-lifetime party that should not be missed. Official Summerstage website link: bit.ly/1nDR2TG
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 14:16:24 +0000