MUSICAL FAMILY
Dobrik; pop icon and Broadway
star Debbie Gibson; and show
host, singer and television personality
Nick Lachey.
During the grand finale,
recording artist and show mentor
Pete Wentz surprised the
final four bands to help prepare
them for their performances,
while singer/songwriter Blanco
Brown took the stage to perform
his smash hit “The Git
Up,” according to Nickelodeon
in a statement.
But it said it was The Melisizwe
Brothers’ “jaw-dropping
renditions” of “Brave” by Sara
Bareilles and “7 Years” by Lukas
Graham that led to their win.
Nickelodeon said the Melisizwe
Brothers were first introduced
to audiences this season
with a performance of “All of
Me” by John Legend that “left
the judges in awe, and continued
to stand out throughout
the competition,” with moving
performances of “Water Runs
Dry” by Boyz II Men, “Waiting
On The World To Change” by
John Mayer and “Let It Go” by
James Bay.
Following the finale, The
and society, during his 16th
Annual “A Shared A Dream”
concert on Jan. 20, at Goshen
Temple of Seventh Day Adventists,
in Brooklyn.
He thanked church officials
for opening their doors
to the community, like Dr.
King, who took the church to
the streets. “His life and legacy
is critical today, said Sen.
Parker adding that he was
born just before the civil right
Melisizwe Brothers released
their new original single, “Stadium,”
leader’s assignation, over
fifty years ago, and reminded,
that it’s the responsibility
of adults and community
leaders to educate the next
generation to give rise to Dr.
King’s legacy.
“Dr. King did not only
fight for the rights of African
Americans, but for everyone.
He fought for the
rights of sanitation workers,
for women, for lesbians, for
housing,” he contended.
“We are here to refresh
ourselves in the memory of
the civil rights leader, and to
recommit to his work and legacy,
of service, and love,” he
said thanking supporters and
sponsors for celebrating Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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as part of their contract
with Republic Records.
The Melisizwe Brothers can
be seen performing their new
single “Stadium” on Nickelodeon’s
“All That” on Saturday,
Jan. 25, at 8:30 pm (ET/PT).
Nickelodeon’s America’s
Most Musical Family premiered
Friday, Nov. 1.
Over the course of the season,
it said bands were eliminated
through a process of the judges
nominating their top picks of
the week, and the show’s live
studio audience selecting which
of those bands should move to
the next round.
During the finale, the audience
voted The Melisizwe
Brothers to be the winning
band, Nickelodeon said.
“America’s Most Musical
Family” is produced by Industrial
Media’s Emmy Award-winning
The Intellectual Property
Corporation (IPC), with IPC’s
Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman
(“Undercover Boss”, “So
You Think You Can Dance”),
Claire Kosloff and showrunner
Jeff Boggs (“Nashville Star”,
Melisizwe brothers score a recording contract with Republic Records. The Melisizwe Brothers
“Who Will Rock You?)” as executive
producers.
On their official website The
Melisizwe Brothers said they
created the site “for all of our
fans to keep up with our very
hectic and sometimes borderline
exhausting musical happenings.
“We have been blessed with
this musical gift many dream
of but few actually do,” they
said. “We, however, believe that
there is a gift in each one of us.
“We encourage you to find
what you are gifted at and then
work continuously, as we have
done, to perfect the gift,” they
added. “The world needs it.”
The Melisizwe Brothers also
said it’s their “life’s work to
express those emotions and
feelings that can only be conveyed
through music.
“It’s how our spirit takes
wing and soars to unfathomable,
seemingly unreachable
heights,” they said. “I hope that
our music does the same for
you.”
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Bishop Orlando Dindlayer, Adigun Olusola,Elijah Hardison,
and Sen. Kevin Parker, after A Shared Dream Foundation
scholarship presentation. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
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A Green card love story
he yearns for his big break into
soca-stardom. Struggling on his
meagre takings, and her own
erratic earnings as an “underthe
table” worker, Petra lives in
an office, bitterly weighing the
consequences of hitching one’s
wagon to the wrong dream. For
Petra, all experiences are evershadowed
and shaped by the
darkness of her “illegality,” and
the cluelessness of those around
her.
“Green Card A Love Story”
stars Asha John as Petra, Alia
Pierre as Marva: her best friend
and neighbour, Susan Kennedy
as Joslyn, the mother-in-law,
Cameron Bhola as Philo, Marvin
George as Battica, the schemer,
and Derek Noel, as Taxman, the
landlord. Three episodes are
currently available on YouTube
channel “Green Card A Love
Story,” out of a planned eightepisode,
first-season-arc. A new
episode is released each month.
For the producing team, Jacob
and Warner, this is a passion
project. The duo hopes to promote
compassionate conversations
around Black and Brown
immigration and produce and
grow Caribbean-American stories
using all available media.
Green Card A Love Story
explores the duality of life on
several fronts: it is both comedic
and dramatic; it measures Petra’s
love for America against
Petra’s love for Philo; it pits
functioning as an undocumented
immigrant, against operating
as a “regular” person.
Jacob said, “I invite you to
check us out on YouTube. We
have a well-developed series,
a great team and a 100 percent
thumbs-up rating, across
our three episodes. All we need
is you!” Beginning in March,
the company will host “Green
Card LS Live,” before a studio
audience, at 204 Parkside Ave.,
Brooklyn, New York at 7 pm,
presenting the audience with an
opportunity to interact with the
cast and join the performance
in a fun-filled evening.
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Kings
dream
Petra and Philo in “Green card A Love Story.”