Atlanta registration booth.

The Atlanta All Stars produced a one-day performance event and open mic on July 31 at the Grady Homes, a housing project in downtown Atlanta. Eighty adult and youth residents from Grady Homes attended along with 16 All Stars volunteers.

Nichelle “Browneyes” Joseph and Murray Dabby emcee’d the event with Dabby first leading the audience in a collective improv workshop. The audience was broken up into four mixed groups (of youth and adults). Each group performed an improvised skit in front of the enthusiastic and approving crowd. Then Browneyes, a brilliant rapper in her own right and former grand prize winner at the All Stars’ national finals in New York, led the open-mic segment of the afternoon. Over 20 acts – from all over Atlanta – performed, including dancers, rappers, singers, poets and comedians. Several local residents commented that this was the first time they had seen youth and adults creating something together like this.

Nichelle “Browneyes” Joseph

 On July 24, the All Stars held a concert-fundraiser at Atlanta’s Echo Lounge, the brainchild of volunteer Christy Siegling. Taking part in the concert were four known Atlanta bands. There was a punk group, a southern rock band, one that did hip-hop and a fourth that performed rockabilly. They all volunteered their services for the fundraiser and played to a crowd of nearly 300. There were raffles, give-aways and a volunteer sign-up. The event was sponsored by Atlrawk (an organization that helps raise money for community efforts).The fundraiser brought in close to $1500 for Atlanta All Stars!!

To find out how you can get involved with the Atlanta All Stars, please call
(770) 242-2118 and ask for Murray Dabby or email us at AllStarsTheater@aol.com.