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Comcast Cable and Gospel Music Channel (GMC) partner to host the "Christmas Carol-Oke Summer Jam” singing competition hosted in Maryland
The competition will be at Westfield Annapolis Mall on Saturday September 13, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Another competition will be held Saturday September 6 at the Owing Mill Mall. Both are open free to the public and invites contestants to sing their favorite Christmas carols for an opportunity to win an all expense paid trip for two to Atlanta in December to tour the GMC studios and be the special audience guest for Gospel Music Channel's Christmas Show taping.
In early October, videos of the contestants' performances from the two events in Maryland will be made available to Comcast Digital Cable customers in Greater Baltimore (including Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard Counties), as well as, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County through Comcast's Local Video On Demand service. Customers can view the performances at any time of the day or night at no additional cost by tuning to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or pressing the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, clicking on the "Get Local” section and selecting "Gospel Contest.”
After watching the contestants' videos On Demand, viewers can log on to www.gospelmusicchannel.com/carol, to cast votes for their favorite singer through Sunday, Oct. 26 and the contestant who receives the most online votes will win. Visitors to the site will be able to cast one vote per day.
"Our On Demand service provides unique opportunities like this to spotlight the talents of local residents,” said Bruce Abbott, area vice president for Comcast. "We look forward to working with the Gospel Music Channel on this program, which is sure to deliver exciting and memorable experiences for contestants and viewers alike.”
Earlier this year, Comcast launched GMC on channel 189 for digital cable customers in Annapolis, as well as Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford and Howard Counties. The network is also available to digital cable customers in Baltimore City and Carroll County.
DALLAS POTTER HOUSE MINISTER RELEASES NEW CD ON MALACO RECORDS: Rapper Dooney Da Priest takes his ‘Pull Your Pants Up!’ movement to CD format
Dallas rapper Dooney Da Priest pulled his pants up, buckled his belt and penned a song that is the anthem of his “Pull Your Pants Up!” movement.
His new CD and single of the same name on Malaco Records has caught the attention of politicians, the press, radio programmers, street players and everyday people in between.
With hard hitting lyrics like "Saggin' is the N-word spelled backwards,” a hot hook, mad flow and a crunchy track, “Pull Your Pants Up!” has ignited a movement among the youth culture around the world.
Dooney has been spreading his gospel from the Dr. Phil Show to the BBC. Dooney Da Priest (Duwayne Brown) has spent years honing his preaching skills in the pulpit, on the streets and behind the microphone. When he's not on the streets spreading God’s Word, he serves as a minister as part of the Shepherd's Staff at Bishop T. D. Jakes' The Potter's House of Dallas.
The "Pull Your Pants Up!" was launched in Dallas by Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway to get teens to pull their pants up and hide their boxers as a way to get the youth to show some self respect. Similar campaigns have been started in Jackson, Mississippi, Flint, Michigan and elsewhere. Dooney took the idea to another level with “Pull Your Pants Up!” by speaking to the youth as one of their own; one who has faced the same gang activity, drug abuse, prison culture and other inner city realities that they face or pretend to (suburban youth). Dooney Da Priest speaks out against drugs, gangs, pimpin', sexual abuse and promotes change through Jesus Christ.
"Sagging pants and baggy pants are not the same thing, there is a big difference. Because Hip Hop/Rap music or Rap celebrities have promoted this fashion trend to be cool. I wanted to use the same approach in Rap music to make it un-cool and educate saggers on what sagging truly means, "said Dooney.
”Pull Your Pants Up!” is in stores now from Malaco Records and available at www.malaco.com.
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