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| 2006 GRAMMY Celebration Party Lineup of Performers Includes Earth, Wind & Fire with Special Guests Sleepy Brown, Floetry, Brian McKnight, Kelly Rowland, Raphael Saadiq, and Will.I.Am; Big & Rich Featuring Cowboy Troy; String Theory; the GRAMMY Celebration Jazz Lounge with Dave Koz & Friends; and DJ Splyce -- The Recording Academy Partners with Along Came Mary Productions for Music Industry's Most Lavish Event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 8 The 2006 GRAMMY Celebration Party, an exclusive invitation-only, star-studded event, takes place for the second consecutive year at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 8 following the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards, it was announced today by The Recording Academy. The gala -- the largest produced by The Academy -- attracts GRAMMY winners and nominees, music industry executives and celebrities who attend the live telecast. The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live from STAPLES Center at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) and televised on the CBS Television Network. The GRAMMY Celebration Party is one of the entertainment industry's biggest, most lavish events and a post-GRAMMY telecast highlight, with an all-star lineup of live entertainment, including: current GRAMMY nominee Earth, Wind & Fire with special guests Sleepy Brown, GRAMMY nominee Floetry, Brian McKnight, GRAMMY nominee Kelly Rowland, Raphael Saadiq and GRAMMY nominee Will.I.Am (The Black Eyed Peas); GRAMMY nominee Big & Rich, featuring Cowboy Troy; contemporary rock group String Theory (playing 60-foot-long harp strings suspended from the ceiling); and DJ Splyce. Additionally, the GRAMMY Celebration Jazz Lounge will feature Kermit Ruffins And The Barbeque Swingers; Dave Koz and special guests Patti Austin, Jonathan Butler, Wayman Tisdale and Kirk Whalum; and the Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles. Other celebrities and Recording Academy officers and members also will attend. "Music's Biggest Night is an international extravaganza that celebrates the year in music, but the festivities don't end there, " said Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy. "The evening continues with winners, nominees, VIPs, Academy members and enthusiastic music lovers at our GRAMMY Celebration, an elegant soiree where contemporary cuisine, distinctive design and top-notch entertainment are the best way to top off a spectacular day. We never want GRAMMY night to end." The Recording Academy once again will partner with highly regarded event producers Along Came Mary (ACM) to produce the post-telecast GRAMMY Celebration Party, overseeing all of the event entertainment, decor, menu and other logistics. ACM and its design and lighting team will take the vast convention space and transform it into a modernist Midsummer Night's Dream theme, complete with an eclectic mix of live exotic flora and performance art. A mainstay in the entertainment industry, ACM has masterfully orchestrated many of Hollywood's most distinguished events and has been named top caterer in the nation by numerous publications. The Recording Academy has hired ACM to co-produce the GRAMMY Celebration Party seven times, as well as both the 1st, 3rd and 5th Annual Latin GRAMMY post-parties. The event's menu will feature more than 70 buffets with fare that includes American bistro (with roasted sirloin, onion rings and a steakhouse chopped salad), Caribbean (Jamaican jerk chicken ceviche shooters and cornbread-yam pudding), Asian (mirin-lacquered salmon, potstickers and spring rolls), French (lamb bourguignon, mascarpone polenta cakes and a roasted Provencal ratatouille) and Italian (Tuscan vegetable lasagna and an assortment of antipasti). And desserts will feature ACM's signature miniatures, including turtle bars, mini-banana cream pies, apple galette, winter sundaes, crispy rice pudding and an assortment of ACM's famous cookies. The 2006 GRAMMY Celebration Party, presented by Heineken, also will feature wines and spirits provided by Patron Tequila, Belvedere Vodka, Pyrat Rum, Forest Glen Wines and Domaine Laurier Champagne. This year's GRAMMY Celebration will again approach the traditional "gifting" of party guests in a whole new way. The Recording Academy has partnered once again with gifting company Distinctive Assets to create a specially designed area where guests will be able to preview luxury products such as a Privia digital piano package provided by Casio; his and her Oceanus and G-Shock watches; a nine.com gift certificate; a his and her set of Lancel luggage; free Lasik surgery from Dr. Kerry Assil; a spring purse collection from Elliott Lucca; two tickets to the PAC 10 basketball finals in March, courtesy of Dr Pepper; Hilton "Competitive Advantage" (including a bed, a hotel stay, an alarm clock and other items); a House of Blues Gold Membership; a U.S. Racing School package; Lukie jewelry; ski accessories featuring Fendi goggles, a Samora cashmere scarf and hat, a women's Escada ski jacket and a men's Napapijiri jacket; and a Verizon package, including a Gateway laptop computer and an Olympus Stylus 800 digital camera and P-11 photo printer pack. These companies will be showcasing special surprises that will delight party guests while redefining the traditional party gift bag. Additionally, every guest in attendance will receive a parting gift courtesy of S Factor. Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs -- including the creation of the national public education campaign What's The Download. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |