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THE SUGAR HILL GANG @ Fresh Jive 07 on Sunday 8th April 2007


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THEY ARE FINALLY COMIN TO LEEDS!!

Fresh Jive 07 presents:

THE SUGARHILL GANG

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Bank Holiday Sunday

8th April 2007

8pm – 3am

@ The Elbow Room, Leeds

Buy your tickets and don't miss out, venue only holds 500! There will be no guest list due to capacity.

www.ticketweb.com 08700 600 100, tickets also available from The Elbow Room, Crash, Jumbo, Chimp and Franks.

Back in the early 80's, THE SUGARHILL GANG were the biggest stars in the world as their seminal track RAPPERS DELIGHT topped the charts and could be heard on every street corner from Brixton to the Bronx, giving birth to a global multi-billion dollar hiphop industry.

Tonight we re-live where it all began, with an EXCLUSIVE 1 hour show, the Original Sugarhill Gang of Master Gee, Wonder Mike, Diamond D and Hendog will bring back the magic for this Easter Egg-stravaganza! Let's all sing-along....... 'i said a hip hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie, say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat...'

WIN TWO TICKETS for The Sugar Hill Gang on the 8th April, with two bar meals and two pints for answering the following question: Which famous disco track did The Sugar Hill Gang use for there seminal recording 'Rappers Delight’?

Send your answers to [email protected] ASAP as the winner will be chosen at random and emailed by Tuesday 20th March

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For Highlights of the incredible Last For One – World Breakdance Champions (2005) performing a night of hip-hop dance theatre / breakdance showcase @ the last Fresh Jive

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visit:

www.myspace.com/freshjive06

(Videos on the main page and in the videos folder. Further coverage to be uploaded)

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Look out for Fresh Jive 07 @ Gatecrasher, Leeds on Friday April 6th – see www.myspace.com/freshjive06 for more details.

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Fresh Jive 07 presents

THE SUGARHILL GANG

8pm til 3am

The Elbow Room, Call Lane, Leeds, LS1 6DT

www.theelbowroom.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Telephone:

Dancer info: Shane 07814195269

PR/Workshops: Tony 07814195269

Press / PR: Alan 07749303204

Websites:

www.myspace.com/freshjive06 (video highlights of our last event and 2006)

www.clubfreshjive.co.uk

www.myspace.com/tbreaks

Fresh Jive winner of best promotion 2006 at Leeds Bar and Club Awards

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FHI: Re: Sugar Hill

(In) the early 1940s successful African-American entertainers moved into West Adams Heights

(in Los Angeles) and dubbed it “Sugar Hill.” But Whites opposed the integration of West Adams. Among the

famous residents of West Adams Heights/Sugar Hill was actresses Louise Beavers, Hattie McDaniel (the first

African-American to win a Oscar-Gone With The Wind), Earl Grant (jazz organist), and Ray Charles & Lena Horne (below). Their efforts were rewarded in 1948 when the United States Supreme Court declared racial restrictions housing unconstitutional.

Soon West Adams was the place for wealthy African-Americans who quickly became the dominant group. The first African-American to run for city council was Courtland G. Mitchell who lived in West Adams Heights/Sugar Hill at

2048 South Oxford Avenue.

The late 1950s/early 1960s the Santa Monica Freeway cut through part of West Adams. The Freeway also divided West Adams Heights/ Sugar Hill. Some of our most significant home were lost to the freeway project and the area began to decline through the 1970s.

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The house below still exists. Sugar Hill is now most associated with the successful rap label and the Sugar Hill Gang.

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