This is the third year for the Red Pump/Red Tie Affair, and we could not be more excited. We have a new venue, a new award winner, a host of new supporters and of course (cue music) not one, not two but THREE great hosts as well as the most fashionable DJ in the city on the 1’s and 2’s. You do not want to miss this year’s World AIDS Day benefit. Not only are we going to support and raise money for The Red Pump Project and Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, we are going to party with a purpose, bring awareness and education as well as celebrate life. Really, what more can you ask for?
From red carpet reporting and event hosting (emcee) to being an on-air personality and fashion blogger reviewing the hottest trends, T. Strong is the go-to resource for style advice for the every day, yet chic and fashionable woman. With over 10 years of experience in the New York fashion industry having worked with and for such well known
brands and corporations as Nautica Enterprices, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Sean Jean, NY Fashion Week, The Source Magazine, Essence Magazine and Jones Magazine. Currently featured on FOX News Rising with a weekly segment entitled “The Life & Style Tip of the Week with T.Strong,” style contributor to Creative Loafing and creator of the StyleMayvin website (www.stylemayvin.com), she continues to keep the Queen City and beyond “In the KNOW” on all things fashion.
From humble southern beginnings Bluz has risen through the ranks of spoken word entertainment. He is the slam master and coach of SlamCharlotte, A competitive team of poets whom he led to back to back National Poetry Slam victories in 2007 and 2008. Bluz is the 2008 LEAF Festival poetry slam champion. In 2003, Bluz solidified a spot hosting a segment on Charlotte’s #1 urban Radio station every Friday morning at 9:50am.
Bluz has been performing spoken word and hosting events for 7 years. He was the host of the RedBull StreetStyle Contest, Fresh fest B-BOY break dance contest and participated in the Redbull “SayWhat” spoken word workshop. An active member in the community, Bluz has worked on several projects with organizations such Junior Achievement, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Wachovia, Bank Of America, CBS Radio, Radio Disney, ESPN, SPEED TV, BET, and NASCAR where he wrote and performed several intros for the Nationally televised showed NASCAR:TODAY in which he won an Emmy.
Bluz has shared the stage with several distinguished poets, Taylor Mali, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Gil Scott Heron and he has opened for many national recording artist such as Outkast, Amel Larrieux, Yung Jeezy, Little Brother, Pink Floyd, Last Poets, D’Angelo, John Legend, Soulganic, Del La Sol, KRS ONE and more. He is the author of a book of poetry(Articulate Slang), released 3 cds, and featured at world famous Nuyorican poets Café and Bowery Poetry Club. All of these accomplishments pale in comparison to his role as father to three beautiful children, husband to a dynamic wife, and friend to a core of poets known as the Concrete Generation who constantly help him push the limit of poetry. Bluz remains a visionary in the art of spoken word and slam poetry. His relentless pursuit to reinvent himself and the art form keep him in the upper echelon of poetry. This is Bluz
Cheryl “Chirl Girl” Patterson-Coad loves to talk! But, things didn’t start that way for this North Carolina native. In fact, this little girl from Salisbury, didn’t say her first words until she was almost 2 years old, when she told her sister, who was picking with her, to “Leave me ‘lone!” And pretty much since that day, Chirl Girl has not shut her mouth and will talk to any and everybody! Fortunately, that’s what she gets paid to do every day on the radio! Chirl Girl can be heard weekdays on V101.9, 10am-3pm. Her love of radio started almost 20 years ago, when a revival preacher heard her do the “Junior Church Report” and asked her to read the ‘sick and shut-in” list on his radio show! Now, with almost 20 years of radio under belt, Chirl Girl has co-hosted and produced morning shows for Kevin “Cooling” Foxx, The Breakfast Brotha’s , Tom Joyner and Steve Harvey. Chirl was also the first African-American to host a show on Charlotte’s #1 County station, WSOC. These days, she stays busy, hosting and producing her own show on WBAV, the highest-ranking Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in the Queen City. This “Mid-Day Diva” has been recognized for work by NABFEM, The Easter Stars and BET just sent her a certificate of achievement for being a positive role model and a “Black Girl Who Rock!” She is also a proud alumni of the NC School of the Arts and UNC- Chapel Hill and just got married, so while she may have started out with nothing to say, Chirl Girl has got a lot to talk about now!
You can follow her at www.Twitter.com/ChirlGirl , www.Facebook.com/Chirl Girl and email her at ChirlGirl@V1019.com.
Yasmin Young (Official Red Pump/Red Tie DJ)
Emcees and DJs provide the atmosphere of any good party. But it requires more than technical equipment to entertain a crowd. Since her youth, Yasmin Young knew she had a passion for music and later discovered her personality for radio. Recently joining the #1 station in Charlotte, NC as the morning show co-host on Power 98, DJ Jazzy Yazzy has turned a childhood pastime into a fulfilling career.
Taking a break from radio in 2000, she pursued her Master’s degree in Media from NYU. When Yasmin returned to Tallahassee in 2002, she was hired by WWLD, Blazin 102.3 as a morning show producer/news reporter for the Doug Banks Morning Show. She also worked weekends improving her skills and worked as a promotional spokesperson and event emcee. The sacrifice paid off. In May of 2009, she was promoted to doing nights on Blazin 102.3. In April of 2010, she was recruited for the #1 morning show in Charlotte, leaping from market #162 to #24.
Inspired by the music itself, as well as media veterans like Terri Thomas, Hurricane Dave, Terri Avery, Miss Jones, Wendy Williams, Oprah, Ellen and Tyra, Yasmin is encouraged by their achievements. In working towards her own goals, she received the TJs DJs Platinum Needle Award, Ozone Magazine’s Sexiest Female DJ recognition, and nominations for Break-Out Personality and Best Female DJ at the Southern Entertainment Awards.
Join us at the 3rd Annual Red Pump/Red Tie Affair–Don’t Miss out!
Purchase tickets here.
