1/17/10:
Another amazing week of classes and we welcomed more new students! Miss Kacie Ledbetter joined vocal lessons & Miss Madison Buchanan returns!It’s only a week now to our January performance weekend!
Jan 22nd: Southside Elementary School 12:45 & 1:45 performances
Jan 22nd: The Coffee Well (Lacey D, Cassidy K, Rachel H, Ashley S, Sarah N, Brianna B,) 6 - 9 pm
Jan 23rd: Underground Atlanta Performance (lunch at Hard Rock Café as well) performance time is noon central time!
If you have any personal news feel free to let us know and we will post it! Good grades, awards, an accomplishment of any kind. We are proud of all that you do and want to share it!Please be in prayer for Emma Shorts grandmother, Eura. She has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. We pray for miracles in her life and peace and healing. 1/8/10:
Wow! What a first week of 2010! Welcome back students and families! I’m so glad to be back in the swing of things! I missed everyone over the holidays but I hope everyone had a great holiday season! It has certainly been a cold week!Welcome to our new team and it’s members: Dakota Crawford, Bailey Crawford, Ciara Crawford, Morgan Kidd, Sarah Fasold, Zoe Fasold, McKensie Fasold, Lois Webster & Claire Grace Carter. Welcome to new voice student Ashley Stanford, and welcome back to voice student Kathleen Whiteside.We have new classes: A new Alabama Entertainer team for ages 4 to 12, new beginning clogging classes for ages 4 all the way up to age 18 & An adult clogging class will be forming soon since it is so popular.Over the break we took a small group to “The Basement” in Birmingham for a great night of worship! What an amazing experience! I hope everyone gets to go to this occasionally. Check them out at thebasementonline.comWe are relaxing a little this month on the performing so that we can learn some new numbers and perfect some we haven’t done in a while. Just one weekend of performing this month! Our performance schedule for this month is as follows:Jan 22nd: Southside Elementary School (requires check out school) 12:45 performanceJan 22nd: The Coffee Well (for chosen soloists) 6 - 9 pmJan 23rd: Underground Atlanta Performance (lunch at Hard Rock Café as well) time tba We received the nicest letter from the Lions Club! In all my years of doing this I have never received a better one. I have it posted for everyone to see.
12/21/09:
On Thursday we had our annual Christmas concert at Daystar Christian Center in Alabama City. Without a rehearsal and with some absent, we pulled it off. We crowned our 2009 Entertainment Queens while there. Miranda Fairel & Christa Clay are our new Queens! Congrats girls. Later that same night, Cassidy King and Sarah Nichols performed at a sorority reunion and were a big hit! Tonight some of our students performed at the Rainbow City Lions Club Christmas Dinner. We took our ever popular cloggers, our Where Are You Christmas dancers, singers who are also those dancers, and Alyssa Duke who performed a singing solo and an incredible tap routine to Hey Santa! This was one of the most fun performances to date! We were a big hit and we thank the Lions Club for having us for what is now 6 years in a row!
Happy December Birthdays to Jesslyn Hardy and Harmony Medlin. They will celebrate their birthdays the first group class back in January! Our videos from our performances at Tennessee Shindig in Pigeon Forge are now on our youtube page (cut into pieces for timing) & pics from all our Christmas performances are on all of our sites. If you cannot access us through facebook or myspace, try our website at www.alabamaentertainers.com where you can click on the photo page and see lots of great shots!
We are currently on Christmas Break and will return for classes on January 4th. In the meantime we hope everyone has a safe and very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Please remember the reason for the season and be joyful for all of life’s small blessings! I love ya’ll!12/13/09:
This Thursday we performed at the Quintard Mall. This was simply an incredible performance! It touched many people! I saw so many miracles happen! Elexa Crawford sang her first solo ever and did it with happiness and joy! I watched as Brooke Boozer performed her tap solo that she choreographed herself and it looked like something a professional had done! Carly Sawyer announced the Junior team numbers and did a fabulous job getting the crowds ready! She said “we sing together, we dance together, we worship together & now we are going to Praise Him with the dance”. The Where Are You Christmas number with Brianna Rudd singing and the dancers behind her was simply beautiful. Brittany Cumby did a great job choreographing! The clogging team was once again a highlight. My actors and their skit were ever so cute! I could just go on and on! Cassidy King summed it up before the final number by saying that “we stand here tonight as proof of the power that is in the blood of Jesus.” Singers, dancers, and actors, all outdid themselves! My heart was touched by that performance more than ever! As I announced to the audience, I may facilitate the group but each one of them is a leader. A lady who saw the show told us that we were a breath of fresh air. Not a typical dance studio or choir group but instead unique. She said we made her entire Christmas! Those are the type of compliments that we want to hear! Friday was our Team Christmas Party at the Boozer house in Pell City. Jay Boozer came to Gadsden in a 15 passenger van to take those that couldn’t get there! How nice was that? Team sisters exchanged their gifts, we ate, we fellowshipped, we sang, we danced, we had a blast! Brett Benefield set up karaoke and played DJ! We took a hayride and Caroled through the neighborhoods! I have never seen so much food! I have never had so much fun! Everyone agreed that it was the best Christmas party ever! To quote Kelli Boozer, “just when you think it can’t get any better, it does!” The Boozers really outdid themselves and I will never be able to repay them. These are the memories that last a lifetime! This coming Thursday, Dec 17th at 5:30 pm we have our Christmas concert at Daystar Christian Center in Alabama City. Please come and bring guests for our evening of Christmas music. The students are sure to touch your heart and leave you with the spirit of Christmas well within your soul. Admission is free! 12/06/09:
This weekend we performed twice! Once unexpectedly but loved every second! On Saturday at 1:45 we entertained at the Gazebo in Attalla for the Attalla Old Fashioned Christmas. We then traveled to the 256 Kids Café in Alabama City for Christmas on Wall Street. We performed there from 4 to 7 pm! Pictures from both evetns are on our facebook, myspace and company web site. www.alabamaentertainers.orgThis Thursday we perform at Quintard Mall from 7 pm - 8:30, followed Firday by our Team Christmas Party in Pell City. Make plans to attend our Christmas Concert: Mistletoe Magic at Daystar Church on Dec 17th at 5:30 pm. Please bring guests for a festive time.
Haley Livengood has been selected to be in the National Elementary Honor Society. She was inducted on November 13th but missed the ceremony to perform at the Tennessee Shindig. Very proud of her!! :)I had an incredible experience Friday night. I was picked to interview the band Daughtry by “Nashville Sound”. I received a VIP pass with all the normal VIP treats that included sitting in on sound check, meet and greet, etc, as well as getting the wonderful opportunity to interview Chris Daughtry. It was quite an experience for me and one that I look forward to again with other groups. During the interview Chris asked if I had a request of a song that he could do that wasn’t his. I did! I stood front row at the stage for the triple bill concert where Chris actually did the old song I chose lol. Everyone in my party, as well as those around me who had been back stage with me, all looked at me as shocked as I was. Just for the record, Daughtry and his band mates are very humble and very nice. I wouldn’t have traded this experience for anything! Good news!! We had a monthly performance at the Grind Coffee House so when it closed we were sad to lose a showcase place to perform. The new business is The Coffee Well and they have invited us to come and perform there monthly as well! The new owner, Tammy, is a Godly woman who is reaching out to the community in a spirit filled way. The saying remains true, when one door closes another one opens! We will use this venue to showcase our advanced students with 20 or 30 minute sets of music allowing the community to get to know these talented folks and bringing joy to audiences. We look forward to our first performance there on Jan 22nd. 11/28/09:
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and shared it with loved ones. Moving full swing into our Christmas season and last month of 2009, we are hitting the performance world with all we have! Please leave open the following dates:
Dec 5th: Performance at Wall Street Christmas Celebration: 4 - 7 PMDec 10th: Performance at Quintard Mall Christmas Performance: 7:00 - 8:30 PMDec 11th: Christmas Party: 6:00 PM (the Boozers home in Pell City) Dec 17th: Performance at our Christmas Recital: Daystar Church 6 pm (everyone)Dec 21st: Performance at the Lions Club Dinner Performance: Rainbow City Hall. (select numbers only) It’s “Bring An Ornament Time” at AETC! Bring an ornament to class for our studio tree this week and next week! We will put your name on it and your ornament will be forever a part of our studio!
This week at class we will be celebrating November team birthdays. Monday night we will celebrate Ashlan’s & Emma’s and Tuesday night we will celebrate Christa’s!Happy birthday to Christa Clay who celebrated Thanksgiving and birthday all at the same time! We love ya girl!
Alabama Entertainers made the Anniston Star Newspaper! Our performance on Nov 21st at the Spirit of Anniston gained us some fame in the way of print! Great pic of a smiling Jessi Cumby and the Sr Entertainers!See everyone at class this week!11/22/09:
Congratulations to Hannah Beth Black for winning 3rd Place in the Gadsden Middle School Oratorical Competition and going on to the City Wide Competition and winning 3rd Place there also. Also congratulations to her for winning 2nd Place in the "Miss Merry Christmas" Pageant for Gadsden Middle School last night held at Gadsden City High School.Congratulations to Miranda Fairel for winning 2nd place in her talent show at Hokes Bluff Middle School! Last weekend we performed in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg & what a weekend it was! We performed for the 9th time at Country Tonite Theatre and for the 1st time at the Tennessee Shindig! We truly took that area by storm! There is no way to describe the weekend or the performances other than to say WOW! During the weekend we had the most fun ever & on Sunday before returning home, some of our folks even got saved! You can’t top that! Needless to say we cannot wait to go back! Performing at these professional venues is much different than anything we do here and it really showed the kids how hard they have to work & what the rewards are!
A big congrats to Chasity Doster who won the Miss Gadsden State Pageant and now goes on to compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant in June! Way to go Chas! We are so very proud of you!This weekend we performed at the Spirit of Anniston / Super Saturday Christmas! This is as awesome set up they have over there and we were so happy to be greeted with warmth and excitement. We performed our Christmas numbers for the first time & it is with much happiness that I report that we have been invited to perform at future Super Saturdays! The highlights of the performance were the Jr cloggers who were nothing less than amazing, Carly Sawyer with her baton twirling skills, & Sarah Nichols and Cassidy Kings harmony filled duet of “Warm & Fuzzy”! I also want to give mention to the applause that Madison Smith received on her solo part in her group number! What a voice! Pictures from our recent events are up on our website, facebook, and myspace. Go check them out.This week we are on vacation for Thanksgiving. Spend it with family and friends and don’t forget to be thankful for all you have and all who are in your lives.
11/8/09:
Friday we performed from 6 - 8 pm at the historic Pitman Theatre for First Friday. I thought everyone did a great job. Newcomer Sarah Beavers stole the show with an amazing vocal to “Never Alone”. This weekend the teams travel to Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg to perform! For the first time we will perform at the Tennessee Shindig! That’s Friday night at 7:30. On Satruday we will perform for the 11th year at Country Tonite! That show begins at 7:15. We are so excited and ready to go! Later this year we will be back in Pigeon Forge performing at Dollywood & Smith Theatre. These are the performances that we look so forward to. Professional theatre settings with professional shows and Alabama Entertainers on stage!Happy November birthday to Ashlan Harigel, Christa Clay, & Emma Short! We love ya’ll. Happy birthday to a great team mom too, Ms Traci Morris!! Welcome to new Junior Alabama Entertainer Alexa Crawford! Alexa will be joining the group and, while not doing Shopping Trip or Habits, she will be joining us for our most recent numbers & the future ones.
Brittany Cumby traveled to Atlanta for “So Long Springfield”, a tribute to Gulding Light which went off the air after 72 years. While there, besides hobnobbing with all the daytime stars, she was lucky enough to act in a scene with 2 time Emmy Nominated actor Robert Newman (Josh Lewis), 2 time Emmy Nominated actor Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding, 2 time Emmy Award Winning actress Gina Tognoni, and Daytime Emmy Award Winning Actor Tom Pelphrey! Way to go Brittany!Please note the following performances so you will be ready:Nov 21st: Downtown Anniston
Dec 5th: Wall Street Alabama City
Dec 10th: Quintard Mall
Dec 11th: Christmas Party at the Boozers (Pell City)
Dec 21st: Rainbow City Lions Club
Somewhere in there will be our Christmas Program but since we are having to change the location we will have to let you know where and when.
10/25/09:
It’s been an impressive couple of weeks! Brittany Cumby, Hannah Beth Black and Caiti Gattis modeled in a very impressive high fashion modeling show at the BJCC. Impressive enough that both girls were featured in a news story on CBS 42!! Way to go girls!Hannah Beth Black appeared in the Gadsden Times Web Page singing at the Boaz Harvest Festival! Way to go Hannah!The Entertainers performed in Gulf Shores at the 2009 Shrimp Festival! It was a great weekend! We also performed at Attalla Heritage Day in some cold and overcast weather but we pulled it off. We also performed at the closing nioght of the Grind and celebrated my birthday there! Then this weekend we performed at Mountain Lakes Resorts in Guntersville for the 11th year. It’s been a busy month!
Last night was the Thompson’s huge Halloween party which was a total blast again this year! Next weekend is Halloween and the Seniors perform Freakshow at the River Ridge Halloween block party!In other news, all Sept and Oct b’days are to bring goodies to group class this week so that we can celebrate your special day!It’s friend day at the Church at Center Stage. Come one come all. Join us and lets worship together!
10/4/09:
Friday Hannah Beth and Cassidy performed sets in Boaz at the Boaz Harvest Festival and that evening we performed at Gadsden’s First Friday! Saturday the groups were back at the Boaz Harvest Festival and performed 2 sets! Sunday we partied in Pell City with the Boozers and had a great time!! Whoo! What a weekend! Pictures are up on our facebook, web site, and myspace from everything we did! Check them out!Welcome to new vocal students Elesa Crawford (Pell City) & Morgan Kidd (Gadsden).We are now gearing up to head to Gulf Shores this weekend for the Shrimp Festival! This huge event is having us perform 4 times in one day!!! So Gulf Shores here we come!
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