Suwanee Smooth Jazz in September
September 2nd, 2008 Categories: Gwinnett County, Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
This Friday night (September 5th) marks the beginning of fall with Suwanee Town Center Park’s September Smooth Jazz Concert sponsored by WJZZ 107.5 and Hennessy Jaguar. October’s concert will be the last of the season on October 3rd.
Come out to hear the six strings of Steve Oliver as he returns to Suwanee Town Center Park. Listen as his guitar creates the sound of a grand piano or a mighty blow on the horns, while he entertains with his versatile vocals. If you visit his website, then you will want to experience his talent in this live performance. The show kicks off with the 7p.m. performance of jazz drummer, Bernard Linnette.
Earlier this summer, Oliver released his greatest hits on his first ever DVD/CD two-disk set, One Night Live.
Avoid the hassle of traffic and parking by taking advantage of the free off-site parking and shuttle. Off-site parking at the Shawnee North Business Center, 305 Shawnee North Drive at Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road with free shuttle transportation to Town Center Park will be provided from 6:30-10:30 p.m.
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Edwin McCain In Concert at Suwanee Town Center Park
August 5th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
Suwanee’s big event concert of the summer is coming up on Saturday, August 16th when platinum-selling singer/songwriter, Edwin McCain hits the amphitheater stage with his own blend of folk, soul and rock. If you’re already a fan of Edwin McCain, then you probably have this date marked on your calendar because you know that the opportunity to see him perform live for free is just to good to miss. For those few people who are not familiar with Edwin McCain’s music, he is a singer-songwriter from Greenville, SC who is now best known for his hit song “I’ll Be” which has been played at thousands of weddings in the past few years. He also received Top 10 honors for the song “I Could Not Ask For More.” As a native of South Carolina, most of his songs have a hint of southern story-telling style blended
with wonderfully soulful vocals. The Suwanee concert will probably include songs from his newest CD, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine,” which is a collection of cover songs from old soul music. Edwin is currently working on a new project for Vanguard Records at OMG Studios, which he co-owns in his hometown of Greenville, SC.
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Jazz Tonight at Suwanee Town Center Park
August 1st, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun
Tonight’s free concert in the amphitheater at Suwanee’s Town Center Park will feature Eric Essix and Melvin M. Miller. The concert is sponsored by 107.5 WJZZ radio and Hennessy Jaguar of Gwinnett. As always, the concert runs from 7:00 to 10:00 at no charge to the public. Bring your low-back chairs and blankets to enjoy a great evening of music and fun. There will be vendors to provide food, drinks and family-fun activities throughout the afternoon and evening. The interactive fountain will be available for kids of all ages to splash around, cool off and enjoy. No alcoholic beverages may be brought into the park (beer and wine may be purchased at the concert).
Eric Essix is a jazz guitarist from Birmingham, Alabama whose music has a broad range of influences from gospel to Jimi Hendrix, but always with his own brand of “southerness” blended into the mix. He will be featuring music from his new Essential Recordings CD titled “Brimingham,” which will be available at the concert as well as on his website and iTunes.
Melvin M. Miller (MMM) is an adult contemporary jazz trumpet player with experience not only as a performer but also as a composer, educator and conductor. He was raised in Chicago and influenced by the many diverse musical styles available in one of America’s largest music capitals, but focused heavily on the numerous jazz trumpet greats like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Wynton Marsalis to name a few. His musical training and performance experience includes both jazz and classical. He now lives and works in Atlanta with a long list of local performance credits as well as national and international performances. He will feature music from his new CD titled “Here’s To Life,” which will be available tonight as well as on his website and iTunes.
Both Eric Essix and Melvin Miller are part of the five-man jazz group, “Five Men On A Stool,” which can also be seen at local and regional performances.
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Suwanee Life is Good Concert with The Wailers
June 24th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
The Life is Good Festival on Saturday (6/14/08) at Town Center Park featured a concert by the legendary reggae band The Wailers, Bob Marley’s band. Hundreds of people returned to the park after the short downpour which ended the other festival activities and they were treated to a fantastic performance by The Wailers. Enjoy this short video slideshow from the performance. Since The Wailers music is copyrighted and I was not able to obtain permission for its use, I’ve chosen to use Creative Common Licensed music, “Havana Rules” from artist Adam Burns.
Suwanee, GA Community Video - Suwanee, GA 30024
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Smooth Jazz Is Back at Suwanee Town Center Park
May 28th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
The month of June kicks off in Suwanee with Joey Sommerville playing his own style of smooth jazz trumpet at Town Center Park amphitheater on Friday, June 6th as part of the 107.5 WJZZ Smooth Jazz Concert series. His performance will include music from his newest CD release “Like You Mean It” as well as many other favorites. Joey Sommerville has performed with a diverse range of artist including the mega-rock group Phish and as the featured instrumental soloist on Cirque de Soleil’s Grammy-nominated album, Alegria. The performance begins at 7 PM with Chandra Currelley’s improvisational vocal energy with urban, spiritual 
and jazz influences.
As always, there will be fun activities for the kids including the “Big Splash” fountain along with the great restaurants and shops to visit in the Town Center Park development while the great music fills the summer night. Bring picnics, blankets, and low-back chairs to Town Center Park. Food, beer, and wine will be available for purchase.
No outside alcoholic beverages may be brought into Town Center Park.
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Life is good in Suwanee Festival at Town Center Park
May 27th, 2008 Categories: Diamond Dwellings, Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
Backyard fun is coming to the Suwanee Town Center Park and for a wonderful cause. On Saturday, June 14th some of Suwanee’s backyard athletes will be competing for the title of “World’s Greatest Backyard Athlete” in an effort to entertain their friends and neighbors while raising money for Project Joy. Project Joy is a non-profit organization that uses “play” to strengthen and heal children whose lives have been deeply impacted by trauma.
Each athlete must raise at least $500 in contributions for Project Joy in order to compete in this “intense” competition including potato sack races, watermelon-seed spitting and other wacky lawn games. In addition to cheering for the front-line competitors, families can enjoy the wonderful creativity of local craftspeople, fun activities for the kids, great music and great food. Spaces are still available for contestants in the World’s Greatest Backyard Athlete competition and contributions can still be made to Project Joy.
Competitors can sign up through June 2. Project Joy contributions can be delivered to the City of Suwanee and made payable to “Life is good Kids Foundation.”
Our own DeWayne Davis will be competing for the title of World’s Greatest Backyard Athlete, so come out to cheer him on in the competition and help him raise money for this very worthy cause.
Many volunteers are needed in order to make this event successful. Please consider helping out!
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Suwanee Town Center Park Hosts Star94 FM Petapalooza
May 12th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
The park will be filled with pets of all sizes and shapes on Saturday, May 17th beginning at noon as Star 94 FM brings the annual Petapalooza - Pet Party in the Park. Bring your dog and prepare to meet hundreds of other pet owners in the park for a great day of fun. If you don’t have a dog, but love animals, music, food or fun; then you’ll have a great time too. In past years, this event has drawn in people from all over Gwinnett and the surrounding areas for a great afternoon of pet and people watching along with fun activities for kids, pet competitions and demonstrations, great food, great music and the joy of being in the park. Don’t let the dogs have all the fun. Come and enjoy one of Suwanee’s favorite park events with all your friends and family. For more information you can visit Star 94 FM and the City of Suwanee websites.
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