On Wednesday March 26, 2008, the first annual Freestyle Music Awards took place at the Dade County Auditorium in Miami. I had the pleasure of working closely with Lily and Leonard Bolden from Bolden Productions, Ovidio Santiago from Clear Channel and Latif Mercado from LA Entertainment. I was in charge of making the VIP area look spectacular and ensuring the event went off without a glitch….. and that is exactly what I did!
On the eve of the awards there was a private –invite only party at the Hyatt in Downtown
Miami to celebrate the upcoming festivities. I was honored with an award for my hard work, passion and dedication to the event. I also had the pleasure of meeting first hand Lil’ Suzy (she is such a nice - genuine person), Coro, Johnny O, Angel and Debbie Deb to name a few.
The day of the event started off with a lot of running around, non-stop phone calls, last minute issues and so on… I was the go-to person with all questions and issues.
We literally converted the parking lot into a VIP tent that looked phenomenal! Gilbert Villela from Christina’s Party Rentals provided all rentals including portable a/c for the tent, oversized generators, over a thousand feet of red carpet, crystal chandeliers and then some… Prior to the award ceremony, the guests were greeted by the oversized and amazing floral arrangements provided by Avant Gardens and the gourmet hordeouvres display provided by Chris Bulgarin from Delicious Catering.
The actual show was spectacular! The performers did a fabulous job taking us all back to the “old” days. It was great seeing everyone come together under one roof. They saved the best for last which was TKA aka K7. They ended their show with their renowned song.. Maria! After the show, the VIP tent was packed with positive energy and happy people!
Many thanks were given to Lily Bolden, Ovidio Santiago and Latif Mercado for their hard work, dedication, passion and constant belief in these artists! I am extremely proud to be a part of such a wonderful event. As stated by Lily many times, “this is only the beginning, next year will be bigger and better” and I am lucky to be a part of that.
May FREESTYLE live on forever!
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