Artist lineup announced for Atlantic City Spring Jazz Concerts
ABOVE PHOTO: Dahi Divine.
Atlantic City, NJ--A lineup of top musicians are scheduled for the Spring Jazz Series running every Thursday through June 28, 2012, at the Top of the Trop in Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort, as follows:
June 14, 2012 - Dahi Divine
June 21, 2012 - Michael Pedicin June 28, 2012 - Ella Gahnt
Tickets for all shows are $10, available at the Tropicana box office, at the door or by calling Henrietta Shelton at 609-841-6897 or 609-441-9064. Proceeds will benefit the Chicken Bone Beach Youth Jazz Camp. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., the shows run from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM. A cash bar will be available.
In conjunction with the Spring Jazz Concerts, Tropicana is offering a $10.00 discount on their current room rate for one night each Thursday of the concerts. For reservations, call 1-800-345-8767 and mention code TJAZZ.
The concert series is produced by the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc., (www.chickenbonebeach.org) and Tropicana Casino and Resort (www.tropicana.net), and sponsored by Earl Harvey, publisher of The Black Professionals News (www.earlharvey.com).
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