Taylor Kelsaw and Michael McCallum talks about the current extreme gun violence and its affect on the American youth today. Is there too much electronic entertainment in the lives of society today?
MFEA featured entertainer – Alan Turner (Country performer) shared the excitement of the country music awards he has received. During his interview with Sue Bila he also shared the great experience of getting involved with the MFEA annual convention each November and being booked by many MFEA Members.
Alan sticks around for two segments, and gets to share some songs from his latest album. Heading out of part 1 we hear a portion of "One Too Many" as one of his favorite songs to share in the MFEA “Party at MI Place” podcast today. This is a song that has done well on European charts.
On these segments of Party @ MI Place, Brandon Morgan, Director of the Flint & Genesee Convention Vistitors Bureau highlighted many of the festivals and events scheduled for 2018 in the region… many are adding great family venues for memorable experiences. Flint features : The Crim – Back to the Bricks – Chrome & Ice, art festivals and many more iconic events!
On this segment of Party @ MI Place, guest Jeff Garrett of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs spoke of the great artists and events Michigan offers. Also shared statistics as to the many grants available via the Council.
Chris Holman and Sue Bila share a brief recap of the outstanding 2017 MFEA Silver Anniversary Convention. Also – the important role of volunteers in producing successful events – boasting a positive economic impact to their communities. They also spoke of the 2018 MichiganFun.com MFEA magazine – scheduled to make its debut in early March!
Christie Prades, and Mauricio Martinez, the leads as Gloria, and Emilio, are currently on tour around our nation with “On Your Feet!” The musical is the Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan and is currently running at MSU’s Wharton Center.
Prades was hand picked by Gloria Estefan herself to be the tour lead. With a background in television commercials, and “Orange is the New Black”, the Miami native is blowing away audiences with her 13 song performances performed 7 times a week. Martinez’ background is huge in Mexico where he is a known star. Being a recognized star of stage and telenovela’s, Martinez’ work includes the current NBC Universal original series El Vato, airing on Netflix.
Michigan Festival and Events(MFEA) Executive Director, Sue Bila stops by the MBN studios to talk with Chris Holman reviewing the great things which happened in the recent year.
Chris Holman welcomes the new General Manager Tyler Parsons, of the Lansing Lugnuts. They cover Tyler's career path that led to his current role along with what the Lugnuts have underway during the ‘off season’.
SUPER BOWL news is included in this week’s entertainment news. McCallum’s pulling for the Philadelphia Eagles, and Kelsaw, doesn’t care-LOL!
Show biz weekly welcomes first time guest and author Ryan Lieske. Ryan shares the story of his first book “FICTION’. The story is based off of a script Lieske wrote and thought to himself “maybe this could be a book”, and so he sought out on the adventure and the result is his first fantastic novel.
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