Forever R&B featuring Kelly Price, Carl Thomas, Dru Hill and Shirley Murdock 9/22/12
Forever R&B featuring Kelly Price, Carl Thomas, Dru Hill & Shirley Murdock
Saturday September 22nd, at 7:00 PM
Bank United Center
1245 Dauer Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
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Tickets range from $35 to $65 http://tinyurl.com/9ey5d7o
Tickets are on sale at the BankUnited Center box office, Ticketmaster, and www.j6ent.com.
SoFlo Based J6 Entertainment Launches ‘Forever R&B’ Concert Series with Kelly Price, Carl Thomas, Dru Hill, and Shirley Murdock.
South Florida based J6 Entertainment taps into the valuable 25-54 demographic bringing to the stage rhythm and blues icon Shirley Murdock who in the late 80’s peaked on the R&B top ten with the hit ‘As We Lay’, followed by years of memorable chart toppers and an acclaimed acting and gospel line-up of respected work. Heart-throb vocalist Carl Thomas adds to the roster promising an impressive return for a bevy of fans anticipating a night of ‘Summer Rain’ and ‘So Emotional’ — hits that secured Thomas’ spot in R&B history. Headlining the show is 4 time Grammy nominee Kelly Price, who since 1992 has graced the airwaves with beautiful songs full of amazing lyrics sealed in the memories of music lovers domestic and abroad.
Undoubtedly the most intriguing highlight of the show is the re-emergence of New Jack Swing super group Dru Hill featuring lead singer, Sisqo, who took a break from the group to deliver the solo hit ‘Thong Song’, only to return 8 years later uniting the group once again, much to the delight of R&B fans.
These iconic artists kick-off the ‘Forever R&B’ Series of specialized adult contemporary rhythm and blues concerts across the U.S., with the first installment on Saturday September 22nd at BankUnited Center on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables.
“J6 has built its reputation on promoting quality targeted events rendering effective results. Forever R&B was designed with a specific South Florida demographic in mind…adults who still love and appreciate real rhythm and blues†commented Devaris Laster, CEO of J6 Entertainment.
When the words “pastry” and “Miami” come together, the first thought that usually comes to mind for locals and tourists, alike, is Cuban pastry – those little geometric shapes of crispy, lardy, flakiness most famously filled with guava paste and/or cream cheese.  Cuban culture and cuisine have come to be almost synonymous with Miami culture, and apart from the plethora of Cuban bakeries on almost every corner in western Miami, practically every supermarket in South Florida carries pastelitos and croqueticas.  However, after having moved to North Miami Beach and then bouncing around different neighborhoods in the northeastern part of Dade County, I discovered that Cuban pastries are not as prevalent in this part of the Magic City as they might be in Hialeah, Little Havana, Kendall, or Coral Gables.  Whereas Español might be the language of choice in those neighborhoods, Kreyòl is the lingua franca in places like North Miami, North Miami Beach, Miami Shores, and Little Haiti where it’s easier to find a place to grab a box of griot (spicy fried pork chunks) and a Choucoune (champagne cola)  than it is to find a Cuban sandwich and a cafecito.  Haitian culture is very prominent in northeastern Miami, which means that Spanglish phrases widely accepted in other parts of the city are usually met with blank stares (I learned this the hard way), and the chances of finding a fresh guava and cheese pastry can be slim to none.
Discovering Haitian cuisine is a gastronomic revelation for any true foodie.  While the cuisine is unpretentious and simple, the flavors are bold and spicy, oftentimes quite unique, and demonstrate a very African culinary aesthetic paired with a very French sophistication.  One area in which this cross-cultural fusion of techniques and palates can be experienced almost perfectly is in a Haitian patty, which is an anglicization of the Creole word “pate” (pronounced pah-tey) derived from the French word “patisserie”, which simply means pastry.  In form, it more closely resembles a Cuban pastelito than a Jamaican patty.  Like Cuban pastries, Haitian patties consist of delicate, flakey puff pastry surrounding some sort of filling, but the similarities end there.  The main difference between the two pastries is that while Cuban pastries are best known for their sweet fillings, Haitian patties are almost exclusively savory, and even when comparing  savory pastries from both cuisines, Haitian patties are noticeably spicier and have bolder flavors.  The most typical fillings are ground beef, ground chicken, salted cod (bacalao), smoked herring, and ground turkey.  There is also a difference in the crusts between Cuban pastries and Haitian patties.  While Cuban pastries place value on crispiness and have more brittle crusts that are glazed to complement the usually sweet fillings, Haitian patties go unglazed and place emphasis on producing as many impossibly delicate layers as possible.  Like most pastries, Haitian patties are best when they are fresh out of the oven in the morning, making them an ideal choice for a breakfast on the go, especially if you’re one who prefers something savory for breakfast over something sweet.  There are two main shapes to take into account with Haitian patties that usually denote the two most popular fillings: beef patties (and sometimes chicken) are square while cod patties (and sometimes herring) are triangular.
