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Sunday, February 21, 2016
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
2016 OUTLOOK
WALTON AND ASSOCIATES CELEBRATING 5 YEARS!
Our Continued Thanks
With
the New Year, and our 5th year anniversary January 20th quickly approaching, I
wish to express my sincere appreciation for your continued trust in Walton and
Associates.
The Outlook for 2016
As
we journey through 2016, we maintain a promising long-term outlook for our
clients and associates. For nearly five years, we have remained committed to
our founding principal of "helping you 'dream' fiercely and with
reverence."
It’s
our longtime promise of influencing the “NEXT GENERATION” of digital
journalists that’s helped us to successfully represent talent throughout the
United States. Because of our successes, we are excited about expanding further
in 2016 and we look forward to you growing with us.
We Remain Committed-Five Years On
If
you haven’t talked to our representatives at Walton and Associates lately, now
is a great time to get personalized advice and guidance tailored to your unique
needs. In 2016, we will be partnering with even larger markets and tapping into
even more resources when it comes to the entertainment industry.
On
behalf of Walton and Associates, I thank you again for your confidence in us
and look forward to serving you in the next year and beyond.
Varion
Walton
CEO
& Principal Consultant
W&A …”guiding you to your DESTINY since 2011!”
Saturday, October 24, 2015
ANGEL McCOUGHTRY AND THE WNBA'S "ATLANTA DREAM!"
"BELIEVING IN THE DREAM"
Breaking records, racking up the most steals! Read more out this standout in the WNBA. Click on the link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_McCoughtry
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| Courtesy: WNBA |
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Monday, October 12, 2015
UP CLOSE WITH RAHEEM DeVAUGHN-"LOVE, SEX, PASSION TOUR"
KING OF LOVE WORKING OVERTIME AGAINST "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"
(Chattanooga, TN.)--October is Domestic Violence Month and no one is working harder to be "THE VOICE" of victims and survivors than R&B Singer Raheem DeVaughn. PRESS PLAY and Check out Varion's candid talk with the singer minutes from the stage about why he's a "Single man on a Single Mission" to raise the awareness against Domestic Violence! Spread the word, tell a friend VISION/VOICE/VARION..."always on, always connected!"
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| Photo Credit: RollingOut.Com |
Sunday, April 26, 2015
STELLAR LINE-UP FOR JAZZANOOGA 2015
JAZZANOOGA'S "SUNDAY BEST!"
(Chattanooga, TN.)-Jazzanooga 2015 is almost in the history books, but now before one of the biggest headliners in the music festival's 4 year history takes center stage. Take 6 is the 10 time Grammy Award winning; multi-platinum selling, ensemble celebrating 25 years in the industry with a stop in Chattanooga. Jazz and gospel lovers like VISION/VOICE/VARION applaud Jazzanooga organizers for truly "presenting their Sunday Best" with climax of the music festival. The "smooth and sultry sounds" of Gretchen Parlato and Alan Hampton are also apart of the 2015 line-up.
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Jazzanooga started in 2010 as a one day community festival and has grown to a month-long celebration that honors and promotes Chattanooga as "the destination for arts and culture" during Jazz Appreciation Month in April. Ticket sales support local youth Jazz education activities and music scholarships.
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| Gretchen Parlato PHOTO CREDIT: Jazzanooga.org |
The April 26th performance will be held at The Robert Kirk Walker Community Theater, a smaller more intimate venue at the famed Memorial Auditorium. Organizers tell VISION/VOICE/VARION they are committed to making certain every single note of Jazzanooga 2015 is "savored" until the last performance. Tickets are still available at the theater box office. For more information on this incredible event that rivals New Orleans and Memphis in May visit: www.jazzanooga.org.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
JAZZANOOGA EXTRA: Eric Roberson Improvises Song at Jazzanooga
(Chattanooga, TN.) Eric Roberson is truly an incredible talent. In addition to a "Biggie Smalls" melody, he asked the audience to participate and give hime 6 phases to add to an impromptu song. PRESS PLAY and check out the results in this JAZZANOOGA EXTRA!
JAZZANOOGA 2015: ERIC ROBERSON
APRIL-JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH
(Chattanooga, TN.)--April is Jazz Appreciation Month and it has never sounded better! For years music lovers have trekked to "Jazz Meccas" like New Orleans and Memphis. Surprisingly, Chattanooga, Tennessee is making headlines as one of the top arts and culture destinations in the South.
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| Photo Credit: Eric Roberson Music |
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Saturday, April 4, 2015
Check Out The Stellar Awards Easter Sunday on TVOne
ASCAP MORNING GLORY RECEPTION
6TH ANNUAL
BREAKFAST RECEPTION HONORS 2015 STELLAR AWARDS NOMINEES IN LAS VEGAS
PASTOR SMOKIE NORFUL AND THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS RECEIVED ASCAP SONGWRITER AWARDS
Grammy Award Winner Michelle Williams hosted The 6th Annual ASCAP Morning Glory
Photo Credit: George Bekich, Picture Group
(LAS VEGAS, NV— March 30, 2015) The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored some of gospel music’s most prestigious names at the 6th annual ASCAP Morning Glory Breakfast reception in Las Vegas, NV at The Orleans Hotel & Casino on March 28. The breakfast, which was one of the premiere events leading up to the 30th annual Stellar Awards, honored revered Pastor Smokie Norful with the ASCAP “Spirit of Song” Award, legendary quartet The Williams Brothers with the ASCAP “Gospel Icon” Award, and recognized a multitude of other 2015 Stellar Awards honorees. Hosted by GRAMMY-Award winner Michelle Williams, the breakfast also featured special performances by powerhouse gospel recording artist Dorinda Clark-Cole and acclaimed male vocalist, William McDowell.
“We’re very excited to honor so many gospel greats and 2015 Stellar Award nominees at our annual Morning Glory Breakfast,” stated Nicole George-Middleton, ASCAP VP, Rhythm & Soul/Urban, who regretfully couldn't be in attendance, but left the event in the great hands of ASCAP Associate Directors Jennifer Goicoechea, Moya Nkruma, Joncier Rienecker and Director Jonathan Jones.
ASCAP’s honorees were also nominated for Stellar Awards: Pastor Smokie Norful for Artist of the Year, Contemporary CD of the Year – “Forever Yours,” Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year; and The Williams Brothers for Group/Duo of the Year, Quartet of the Year, Traditional Group/Duo of the Year. Morning Glory Breakfast performer William McDowell was nominated for Praise and Worship CD of the Year – “Withholding Nothing,” Traditional CD of the Year – “Withholding Nothing,” and Traditional Male Vocalist of the Year.
ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Director of
Creative Services Jonathan Jones presents Pastor Smokie Norful with the ASCAP
“Spirit of Song" Award. Photo credit: George Bekich, PictureGroup
Also in attendance were other ASCAP Stellar Award nominees including Larry D. Trotter (Traditional Choir of the Year), Charles Butler (Contemporary Choir of the Year), Darnell Davis (Contemporary Choir of the Year), Harmony Samuels (Song of the Year – “Say Yes”), Rick Robinson (Producer of the Year), STL3 (Youth Project of the Year – “All Things New”), Tasha Page-Lockhart(Albertina Walker Female Vocalist of the Year, Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year), Warryn Campbell (Producer of the Year, Song of the Year – “Help”), Will Bogle (Producer of the Year), along with recording artists Kirk Franklin, Shawn Stockman and The Walls Group, songwriter Gerald Haddon and motivational speaker/preacher DeVon Franklin.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVER: RHODES SCHOLAR CREATING A LEGACY- FULFILLING A DREAM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Promise of Desegregation Leads to Oxford
By Nicole Brown, MPA and Dr. Felicia McGhee, Ph.D(February 2015)--The media has a constant flow of stories about young African-American males, but they rarely depict positive images of our black youth. For some, the Millennial generation has been defined by saggy pants and tattoos. However, one Tennessee college student is an example of all things right with this generation. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) student Robert Fisher, was recently named a Rhodes Scholar (32 scholars were chosen out of 877 applicants). He is also one of five African-American college students who received this honor.
Fisher is the third student from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to earn this distinction, and the first African-American student from the university.
The desegregation of the university (formerly known as the University of Chattanooga), was recently chronicled in a documentary, “Reaching the Light: The Desegregation of the University of Chattanooga.” In 1886, black applicants Louis Gibbs and William Wilson applied to the University of Chattanooga (UC) but were denied based on race. The United States Supreme Court’s 1954 decision of Brown vs. The Board of Education recognized the struggles minorities have endured with equality and access to education.
Photos: First black applicants to the University of Chattanooga Louis Gibbs and William Wilson
Nine years after that decision, Horace Traylor, then president of Chattanooga City
College (a black community college),applied to UC but was denied admission based
on race. In 1963, after a second application attempt, UC admitted Traylor as the first
African American student in its graduate program.
Generations before Fisher was born, local African American pioneers like Traylor were creating a path for a young man whose grandparents graduated from segregated schools. Now fifty years later, Robert Fisher stands on the shoulders of those pioneers.
Fisher was raised by parents who served in the military in Clarksville, Tenn. He enrolled at UTC as a Brock Scholar in Fall 2011, with a major in Political Science and minors in History and Africana Studies. The faculty, staff and students instantly recognized Fisher as the powerful representative of his generation. Fisher is completing his second term as the Student Government Association president. He has worked with three Chancellors, city and county mayors, the governor’s office and is a Presidential Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.
Photo from UTC: Fisher greets President Barack Obama
April 2014, Fisher was selected as a Truman scholar. He is the fourth student from
UTC to receive this honor. Truman scholars are recognized for their academic
success, outstanding student leadership and potential in public service leadership.
Fisher is aware of the new spotlight and has embraced the opportunity to reflect how he sees America from the Millennial perspective. During his message at the Fall 2014 commencement, Fisher challenged his peers to “Think, Talk and Act.” He stated, “Think about the systems and structures that inform--or misinform--your perspectives of other people. Talk about race, gender, sexuality, ability--because yes, all these things still matter. Act because thinking and talking without action, just leaves us with regurgitated thoughts and repeated conversations.”
Fisher will enter Oxford University in October 2015 to pursue the Master of Philosophy
in Comparative Social Policy. Sixty years after the landmark Brown vs. Board of
Education verdict, and 51 years after UC admitted its first African-American student,
Robert Fisher, is the result of a promise fulfilled.
Fisher is aware of the new spotlight and has embraced the opportunity to reflect how he sees America from the Millennial perspective. During his message at the Fall 2014 commencement, Fisher challenged his peers to “Think, Talk and Act.” He stated, “Think about the systems and structures that inform--or misinform--your perspectives of other people. Talk about race, gender, sexuality, ability--because yes, all these things still matter. Act because thinking and talking without action, just leaves us with regurgitated thoughts and repeated conversations.”
Authors Relevant Experience:
Nicole Brown is the Academic Advisor and Adjunct Faculty member in the Communication Department at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is former radio personality “Khole Brown” where she worked for Brewer Media Group stations WJTT- FM and WMPZ-FM.
Brown created UTC’s first student run, web-based radio station The Perch in 2009. She is also the executive producer of the documentary 9 United for Equality: Reflections on the Struggle for Civil Rights in Chattanooga (2014). Before joining the Communication Department full time, Brown created several diversity workshops for the University while working in the Office of Equity and Diversity.
Dr. Felicia McGhee is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Department at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. McGhee is a former reporter of WTVC- ABC affiliate, WTOK-ABC Affiliate and WHOA-ABC Affiliate. She is also the former host of Tennessee Insider, a public affairs show on WTCI- PBS affiliate.
McGhee is also the co-producer of the documentary Reaching the Light: The Story of the Desegregation of the University of Chattanooga (2012). Dr. McGhee’s research focuses on media framing of the Civil Rights Movement. She has currently published in The Alabama Review, Mobilization and Media Watch Journal.
Remembering Malcolm X 50 Years After His Assassination
A Look Back at the Charasmatic and Controversial Leader
CBS NEWS | February 21, 2014
New York, New York--"By any means necessary!" Four words that put a huge divide among a people during one of the most turbulent times in American history, the Civil Rights Movement.
For so long as a child growing up in the late 70's, I was intrigued by the two messages for equality that were anything but equal. Martin Luther King Jr's message of non violence, while Malcolm X who also wanted to see the injustices eliminated sought "equality "by any means necessary!"
Two foot soldiers in the war for "civil rights," but with two different approaches. One leading a nation of "black and white standing in solidarity. The other leading a "nation of Islam" standing in defiance.
50 years after Malcolm's assassination and MLK's historic walk across the Emund Pettus Bridge, I have truly discovered there was room for both. Press play and watch Malcom X's daughter Attallah Shabazzz as she clarifies and defines her father's place in history as a charismatic, but controversial leader.
CLICK HERE TO SEE CBS CORRESPONDENT VLADIMIR DUTHIERS' REPORT
REMEMBERING MALCOLM X
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