Washington, D.C.
- This Friday, August 29th will see the beginning of
the two days of activities that make up the
inaugural Million DJ March event. Consisting of a
day of panel discussions and an evening celebrity
basketball game on Friday at the D.C. Boys and Girls
Club, and ending with the March itself on the lawn
at National Mall on Saturday, August 30th, the 2 day
event is expected to attract DJ's from all over the
nation. Saturday's schedule, which begins at 11AM
will consist of a day of speeches by the likes of
The Wonder Twinz, Jazzy Jay, Jeannie Jones (WKYS),
Superstar Jay, Chuck T, CL of Digiwaxx, B Mack of
Foundation Magazine, DJ Nabs, DJ Reg West, Roger
Toussaint, the owners of RapMullet.com, members of
the D.C. City Council and KRS One, tailored to
issues pertaining to the DJ community with
intermissions of live performance by artists and
DJ's such as KRS One, The Untouchable DJ Drastic,
Dirty Harry, Joell Ortiz, Saigon, Keith Murray, Cory
Gunz, Bang Bang Boogie, DJ Famous, Kia Shine, Gillie
Da Kid and Nina B.
The entire event will be broadcast live on XM
Satellite's 66 Raw station (Million DJ March
Mixmaster Weekend) and webcast live on
http://www.thatshiphop.com
March founder, A. Shaw, wishes to thank all of the
sponsors that generously donated funds, media or
product, in order to make this event happen. That
list includes MySpace, The Mixcast Network, Rane,
Numark, Vitamin Water, iCard, Kashi Kicks,
Foundation Magazine, ThatsHipHop.com, HoodPromo.com,
Washington City Paper and Rock and Soul.
MILLION DJ MARCH TIME TABLE
Friday, August 29th - The Boys and Girls Club (2500
14th Street NW, Washington DC 20019)
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4PM Panel Discussion with DJ Leggs
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6PM Insurance Dinner with DJ Roz
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7PM Celebrity Basketball Game
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8PM - 3AM Official Million DJ March Red Carpet
Media Kick Off @ The Felix (2406 18th Street NW,
Washington D.C. 20009)
Saturday, August 30th - National Mall (on the lawn),
Washington D.C.
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11AM - 8PM Main event with special performances
by: KRS One, Kia Shine, Lord Tariq and Peter
Gunz, Cory Gunz, Saigon, Gillie Da Kid, Nina B,
DJ Geometrix, Chuck T, DJ Self, Jazzy Jay, DJ
Nabs, DJ Aaries, Joell Ortiz, The Dey, and The
Untouchable DJ Drastic with special unannounced
performances planned.
Media should RSVP their coverage intentions to me
via email at
nancyb@ogpr.net. I will be on site beginning
Saturday morning and available via cell at
213.709.1056.
