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Miss Bling Covers Essence Festival 2017

8/27/2017

Essence Festival 2017 on Radio Row!

Blingy Greetings,

I had such an amazing time covering the Essence Festival this year! It was my first time going and definitely not the last. I experienced the Essence Festival on the media side where I was interviewing all of the talent and entertainers who were apart of the event for the weekend. Below are some of the people who I had the chance to either interview or just get a photo op with because we ran out of time to interview due to it being super busy on radio row. Blingy LUV to my team Nicole of GraphixSpot and Clinique... you are such a blessing and an angel... the Thelma to my Louise....

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#Blingy411: Dequan Jones 2nd Annual Jet Jones Foundation Back to School Mixer

8/5/2017

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Blingy Greetings,

Blingy Luv to The B Firm PR for inviting out to cover this event with an amazing cause!
Professional Basketball player Dequan Jones and his wife hosted their 2nd annual back to school drive at Stats Atlanta. I had a chance to interview Dequan to ask him a few questions about the foundation and my blingy question of the night, "If there is anything you can think of that you would like for me to bling out for you, what would it be?" Check out the interview here if you missed it on Facebook Live!

When: Thursday August 3rd 2017
Where: Stats- Downtown Atlanta
Cause: Party for A Purpose- Happy Hour Mixer
For: Dequan Jones, Jet Jones Foundation

Also, I got a chance to work the room with the BlingStick & BlingRing to take some blingtastic flicks of the event as well! Via Dequan's Instagram page he collected over 800+ pounds of school supplies and more donations are still coming in!
That's amazing! Thank you Dequan for creating this amazing foundation to help build the youth of our future!
If you would like to donate to the Jet Jones Foundation the information is listed below:

www.jetjonesfoundation.org

Blingy LUV!

~Konfident Miss Bling~

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Blingy 411: Actress T'Keyah Crystal Keymah to Serve as Artist in Residence at FAMU

8/5/2017

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 4, 2017

Actress T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh to Serve as Artist-in-Residence at FAMU

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This fall, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) theatre students will have the unique opportunity to train with one of the institution’s most accomplished alumni in Hollywood.

T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, internationally acclaimed and award-winning performer, director, writer and producer, will become FAMU’s first W.K. Kellogg Foundation Artist-in-Residence in the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH) theatre program.
Keymáh, who has returned to the University on several occasions and is also the namesake of an endowed scholarship, views the position as an opportunity to pay it forward.

“I can’t miss this opportunity,” she said. “I can’t forget what it’s like being on the other side. I can’t forget being that student wishing that somebody I knew from television or film would come and visit me. I come back and perform because I loved when people came to my school and performed,” Keymáh said.

After first gaining national fame as a regular cast member on the comedy show “In Living Color,” Keymáh also gained notoriety for her role as Erica Lucas on the CBS sitcom “Cosby” and as Tanya Baxter on the Disney Channel sitcom “That’s So Raven.” She recently completed the first season of her newest series, “There's Johnny,” a comedy produced for NBC's digital platform, Seeso, in which she plays Johnny Carson's secretary Roz.

Keymáh earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from FAMU in 1984 and received an honorary doctorate from FAMU in 2011. She wants to share the wisdom she has gained over the years with her students.

“I intend to bring my experience as a series regular on six on-camera series to the classroom, in addition to what I learned on and off the set,” Keymáh said.

Valencia Matthews, Ph.D., CSSAH dean, believes having Keymáh as the theatre program's first Artist-in-Residence is significant and underscores her willingness to give back to the program and the University in general.

“The fact that T’Keyah loves and supports FAMU and the Essential Theatre has been demonstrated consistently, and in many ways, over the past 30 years. She inspires loyalty, so it was an easy decision to select her as the first Kellogg Artist-in-Residence for the Essential Theatre,” Matthews said.

Matthews believes having Keymáh on campus for an extended period and the overall Artist-in-Residence program will leave a meaningful and lasting impression on FAMU students. 

“It is an exciting opportunity to have an individual of T’Keyah’s prestige to share her professional experiences with our students. It also leaves a lasting impression for them to see our alums return to the very place where their training began. We look forward to having her as an addition to our theatre faculty for the next several months,” Matthews said.

In addition to teaching an acting for the camera class, Keymáh will also conduct three workshops and will direct “The Nacirema Society” by Pearl Cleage, which will be the first play in the Essential Theatre’s 2017-2018 season.

Ultimately, Keymáh said she believes historically Black colleges and universities should be at the forefront of what Black theatre is, and she hopes to help raise the bar during her time as an instructor.

“As people of color in an industry where people of color are horrendously underrepresented, we have to be the standard-bearers,” she said.

Future plans for the Kellogg Artist-in-Residence Program include an annual rotation between the theatre and music programs respectively.

"Next year the music department will have the opportunity to select an artist of its choice to enhance programming in that area,” Matthews said.

Funding from the Kellogg Foundation plays a critical role in FAMU’s performing arts programs. In 1993, a grant from the foundation attracted top-notch theatre faculty and staff such as Matthews, Luther D. Wells and Carey B. Robinson. It also led to the establishment of an Eminent Scholar Chair and now Artist-in-Residence Program to be shared between theatre and music.

The program provides the opportunity for the Essential Theatre and Department of Music to foster intellectual, creative and professional growth among artists, students, faculty and staff.

For more information on Keymáh, visit: www.tkeyah.com.

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Bling Radio Show Updates

8/5/2017

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Blingy Greetings!

From the Blingtastic Desk of Konfident Miss Bling....

I know I've been missing in action, but I am standing my ground and back in full effect! After taking the time to focus on school for the last year I've finally graduated from Full Sail University with my Media Communications Certification on July 31st and I now have the time I need to put back into blogging and vlogging all things BLING!

The Bling Media Team and I have traveled to cover events and we are working to cover more events across the country along with Blingin' The Airwaves internationally! I have so much information to share with you!

Many categories will be added to the Blingy Roster this quarter! If you have any events going on that you would like for us to cover, please send information about the event including the date, location and promotional info to [email protected]
If you need to speak with someone about sharing tips call the #Blingy411 line at 401-55-BLING

Keep it Konfident!

~KMB~

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Miss Bling Covers Essence Festival 2017

Essence Festival 2017 on Radio Row!

#Blingy411: Dequan Jones 2nd Annual Jet Jones Foundation Back to School Mixer

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