BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1992552:Event:156938 DTSTAMP:20260414T084927Z SUMMARY:Carrie Lucas, Tamara Tunie to headline New Pittsburgh Courier Centennial Celebration DESCRIPTION:The head diva of LA’s Solar records, Carrie Lucas, will make her return to the music scene headlining the New Pittsburgh Couri er’s Centennial Gala Nov. 20 at the Carnegie Music Hall. The sensuou s soul and disco stylist started as a backing singer with the Whispers . She also wrote songs recorded by R&B acts the Whispers, the Soul Tra in Gang and South Shore Commission before joining the Soul Train label in 1976. Her first chart record and biggest hit was the disco smash I Gotta Keep Dancin’’, released simply under the name Carrie in 1977. Two years later ‘Dance With You’ on Solar, also made the Top 100 and gave her a UK Top 40 entry. Over the next six years she regis tered four US Top 200 album entries and a further five R&B chart singl es, the biggest of these being her revival (with the Whispers) of Barb ara Lewis’ ‘Hello Stranger’, which reached the Top 20 in 1985 on Constellation Records.\n\nCarrie will be performing with Shalamar’s band from Memphis Tenn. and Carrie’s daughter, Carolyn Lucas Griffe y, from Shalamar, will be doing background vocals for her mother durin g this historic comeback concert. Griffey has been touring the world w ith the Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel. She also sings with the Andr e Crouch Gospel Choir, who are known for their work on Michael Jackson ’s “Man in the Mirror”, “Keep the Faith” and “Will You Be There”.\n\nGriffey’s partner, the Grammy Award nominated record pr oducer and songwriter, Kurt ‘KC’ Clayton is the music director. In October 2009, Griffey performed with Hewett and Daniel at London’s O2 Arena. This prompted a return for a tour in the UK in April 2010.\n \nActress Tamara Tunie will emcee the New Pittsburgh Courier’s Cente nnial Gala celebration Nov. 20 at the Carnegie! She is best known for her portrayal of attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, and medical examiner Melinda Warner on the NBC police dr ama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Tamara was born in McKeesport a nd grew up in Homestead, the daughter of Evelyn (née Hawkins) and Jam es W. Tunie. Tunie graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981. She completed her directorial debut with the 2010 romantic comedy See You In September.\n\nFor tickets or more information email savethedate _pgh@yahoo.com or call 412-781-3486 Save The Date Creative Services LL C\n\nFor more information visit https://jazzburgher.ning.com/events/ca rrie-lucas-tamara-tunie-to DTSTART:20101120T180000Z DTEND:20101120T230000Z CATEGORIES:centennial, celebration LOCATION:Carnegie Music Hall WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:412-781-3486 ORGANIZER;CN="Stephan Broadus":https://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/St ephanBroadus ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1044921091?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Tanisha:h ttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/Tanisha ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Stephan Broadus":https://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/StephanBroadus ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dr. Nel son Harrison":https://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/NelsonHarrison END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR