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Green Music
All Day Saturday
Schedule
This year we
will feature a mix of bands and styles for everybody’s
enjoyment!
Jillian Rocafort - Born September 11th, 1981, she learned at a very early age that music was the soul of her existence. She continued her education in music and graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in Humanities and an emphasis in Ethno-Musicology. One of her most memorable moments from her college years is when she performed one on one with the legendary Ellis Marsalis at a student convention. A must see dignified performance with such a rare combination of home grown rich and raspy textures it will have you captivated for quite some time. Jillian began performing with live bands shortly after high school and played with several local Tallahassee acts during college to include: SugarShak, an alternative Fusion/Rock ensemble with a Blues & Jazz flavor; G.C.3, Funk-a-Delic; Low Tide, a Southern Rock & Blues band; as well, she sang back up for the Revolutions, a Prince tribute band. She also, had the opportunity to appear on both local TV and radio during these years, as well as open for some major headliners such as: Fishbone, Longinue Parsons, George Clinton & the Pfunk Allstars, Zap, Cornel Bruce Hampton, Sir Charles Atkins and Charmaine Nevelle. Johnny Currently has a Smoothjazz Collaboration Cd with guitarist Marc Vee called VMP Vee/Magsax Project . www.myspace.com/veemagsaxproject. Johnny Mag Sax, has performed on many album’s with some top named recording artists , such as Paul Jackson Jr. , Bob Baldwin , Ruth Ann Galatas , Tata Vega , Paul Russo , Tom Dowd and Mike Blaty. Johnny has also, just recently opened for Najee at the Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival in Winterpark, FL. and has performed the National Anthem for the Orlando Magic. Ron Irizarry
A veteran of the Central Florida Music scene, Ron Irizarry can be found
performing regularly at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney and
Margaritaville at Universal City Walk. He began his career
professionally in 1996 and has graced stages across the world including
Madison Square Garden, The Staples Center, and The Rose Bowl, as well as
multiple colleges and universities around the country. His music a
propulsive blend of guitar pop illustrates a vibrant landscape of
sound. Described by The Albany Times Union as hearkening back to the
Beatles pop sound and labeled a pop-powered guitarist by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution are keen praises that depict the poignant
musician. Tropikal Flava Steelband is
made up of five members. Their ages range from 15years to 18 years old.
The members have been playing for about 4 years together. The group has
been in existence for almost 3 years. Tropikal Flava Steelband plays a
variety of music including We have played at many
functions/parties/weddings. Some of these functions included: FSEC
/International/ Caribbean Solar Conference 2007, Cocoa Beach Chamber of
Commerce, New Smyrna Beach Chamber of Commerce, Titusville Chamber
of commerce, Parrish Hospital in Titusville, (annually for the past 3
years),Kiwanis Brevard Community College Annual Picnic and, Various
Charity Benefits.
Members &
Instrument:
Marc Robinson
-
Double
Second Steel drum.
Karla
Pagan -
Lead Steel
drum
Gerard Robinson
- Lead
Steel drum
Melvyn Arthur/Daniel
Morales: Triple
Guitar
Guillermo Lopez
-
Drummer Four of the members are
seniors. All of these members play two/three different instruments and all
hold a 3.0 GPA or higher. They belong to the National Honors Society. Marc
is presently the president of the Student Body. Some of them are in the
Robotics Program and Chamber Orchestra at their School. They all attend
Space Coast Jr/Senior High School in Port St. John, Florida.
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