Dynamite Diva Night

Get ready for the 3rd annual Dynamite Diva Night, June 4th, 2010, 7 pm in the Great Room.  This year we have 3 wonderful and exciting vocalists; Jeanie Carroll, Shondra Jepperson and Susannah Martin plus a crack 5 piece band.  Last years' show was a long, rousing, standing ovation success and nearly sold out.

In the last 10 months, the ladies have been busy with their own projects.  Jeanie with her successful DJ business, full time teaching, the Flagstaff Chorale, local concerts at Studio Live,  Sentimental Journey band and preparing for the Variety Extravaganza at West Sedona Elementary.  Jeanie and Shondra were both judges for the Sedona Sunrise Superstar Contest, which was sold out for weeks.  

Shondra has been doing lots of local shows, Broadway, Cowboy and otherwise with her talented husband Tom.   In addition to songwriting, arranging, narration and voice overs, hosting movies for the Film Festival and emcee for the monthly Chamber of Commerce mixers and the Sedona Marathon,  music director for the Center for Spiritual Living and acting in Canyon Moon productions, she continues to teach and coach acting / voice privately.

Susannah has emerged as the 'circle singing' leader conducting weekly classes at Studio Live in the Bobby McFerrin style, teaching voice lessons and performing with stellar musicians and recording artists Bob Murnahan, Porangui, Troy Perkins, Eric Miller and Patrick Ki. She also finds time to be a featured vocalist for Artists in Rhythm wedding events and private parties.

This years' show has been streamlined and energized and features group singing as well as numerous opportunities for their individual and distinctive talents to shine. From Motown to Michael Jackson, Earth , Wind and Fire, Beatles, Broadway favorites from Hairspray, Chicago, Evita and A Little Night Music, Tina Turner, Shawn Colvin, Pointer Sisters, Dusty Springfield, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Gloria Estefan and Mariah Carey.

The concept behind the show was the idea of Steve Douglas, who had a vision of a unique, annual concert that would feature some of our best vocalists doing what the general public might not be familiar with. The chance to present that type of show to the community, was a lifelong dream. A really fun variety evening totally designed to showcase the ladies with performances all over the stylistic map.

Backing up the ladies will be Steve Sandner, acoustic grand piano, Bob Murnahan, guitar, AJ Siniaho, trumpet and synthesizer, Kevin McQuaid, drums and Artists in Rhythm owner, Steve Douglas, upright / electric bass. Professional sound provided by Clear Air of Flagstaff.  Poster/ flyers designed by Vibhas Kendzia. Our thanks to our friends at Showstoppers for their generous support and to the Javelina Leap winery for intermission refreshments.

Jeanie Carroll

Jeanie Carroll

Vocalist, entertainer and DJ, Jeanie Carroll has performed in Paris, London, St. Moritz, Marrakesh, Tunisia, NY, LA, Phoenix and all over the Southwest. She is well known in the area for her many talents. By day she teaches music, drama, French and Spanish at the West Sedona Elementary School. When she’s not in the classroom, Carroll can be heard singing bass in the RedRockapella, 2nd tenor in the Flagstaff Master Choraale headed by NAU’s Dr. Edith Copley or fronting the 17 piece Sentimental Journey Band. Her enormous repertoire includes soulful R & B, country, rock, jazz standards, Spanish and French music and much more. She is very much in demand as a DJ, having operated her own business, “AZ DJ Musicand More” for over 18 years.

Shondra Jepperson

Shondra Jepperson

Shondra attended the Julliard School of Drama on scholarship in NYC. As a partner of Tom and Shondra, she sequences and arranges all the duo’s musical tracks. She has been commissioned to compose, arrange and produce projects for tv and radio commercials as well as corporate work for Panasonic and Nu Vision vitamins.She is the co-anchor of the Red Rock Television 16 ‘Virtual Tour’ guide. Shondra has performed her own shows at Sea World, was a featured guest entertainer for ‘Captain’s Night’ on numerous cruise lines and led her own Top 40 and show bands throughout Nevada and southern California.  In addition to 30 years of professional guitar playing, she is a talented keyboard artist, songwriter, music arranger and producer, script and show writer, sound engineer, dancer, mime and voice over actor. Shondra alsooperates a highly successful DJ and emcee business.

Susannah Martin

Susannah Martin

Originally from San Diego, Susannah returns to her native Southwest after a rambling twenty year career that has included two CD releases and has carried her along the West Coast through Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area to the Pacific Northwest, onto cruise ships through the Caribbean, Alaska and Canada, into Louisville and finally Arizona. She gratefully calls Sedona her home.  Susannah is at home whether singing with a jazz combo, solo guitarist, rockin’ with the classics or wailing some funkified Soul. Her style has been described as subtle and understated to sultry and molten mezzo to warm cool and cool heat. Martin earned her music degree from Willamette University and has directed jazz choirs,conducted vocal jazz workshops and does some private vocal coaching. During the day, she is the program director for Sedona Jazz on the Rocks. Susannah performs locally with some of Arizona’s most renowned musicians including guitar legend, Jack Petersen and former Kenton lead trumpeter, Mike Vax. 2 more CDs are in the works for the summer, one a duet with Jack P. and the other with The Jackson-Jones Trio. She is captivating, mesmerizing and a delight to listen to.
 

After concert party at Market Place Cafe in the Outlet Mall shopping center will be a big blow out blast held on Saturday from 9  until closing... Diva's plus the band plus many special guests. 

 For further information please contact
 Sedona Creative Life Center  928-282-9300