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EVENT CALENDAR: Silver Dollar Classic in L.A.; Hot 97’s Back2SchoolJam; Zane’s Freak Dating in D.C.
*Snoop Dogg, MC Lyte and Whodini are booked for the Silver Dollar Classic Weekend II in Los Angeles, a black college football event to be held Sept. 29-30 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena, (3911 S. Figueroa St.). The game between Morehouse College and Alcorn State will cap off a weekend of events, including a Greek Step Show, Career and College Expo, and Festival featuring more than 100 vendors. The “Battle of the Bands” begins Friday with competition between local area high school drumlines, a Step Show competition and the big showdown between the 110-member Morehouse “House of Funk” and the 200-member Alcorn State “Sounds of Dyn-O-mite” bands. Whodini and MC Lyte will perform. Doors open at 6 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 30, the pre-game activities begin at 11 a.m. with a Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) exhibition game, with Snoop as head coach for his league’s Pomona Steelers versus the league’s undefeated Compton Vikings. The college football game follows at 2:15 p.m. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com, the Sports Arena box office, Inglewood Tickets, Mid-City Records & Tapes and the African Marketplace in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. Band event tickets start at $25. Game tickets start at $35. VIP tickets are available.
*Lloyd Banks, G-Unit, T.I., Yung Joc, Jim Jones, Dipset and DMX are set to perform at Hot 97’s Back2SchoolJam '06 on Sept. 30 at New York’s Nassau Coliseum. The pre-show, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will feature various R&B and hip hop artists from Jive, J Records, Def Jam and Bad Boy Entertainment. Rocsi of BET's “106 & Park” will host the evening and Hot 97's own Funk Master Flex will DJ the event. Tickets are on sale now at www.Ticketmaster.com.
*Bestselling Author Zane was to celebrate her 40th birthday last night in Washington D.C. with the launch of Heat Seekers/Freak Dating at Zanzibar at the Waterfront (700 Water Street, S.W.). In Freak Dating, participants engage in the traditional speed dating routine, but must wear a mask and are only to discuss one subject—sex. The event is scheduled to be held from 7 p.m. to midnight on the fourth Sunday of every month.
