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Nellie ‘Tiger’ Travis To Host Smooth Breeze Music Festival Weekend
Constitution Revision Commission Organizational Meeting
Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) Black Female Members - Commissioners Marva Johnson, Governor Appointee; Senator Arthenia Joyner, Supreme Court Ap- pointee; and Nicole Washington, Governor Appointee at the Organizational meeting of the CRC on March 20, 2017 at the Capitol.
Massage Therapist Is Keynote Speaker For Health Forum
The Smooth Breeze Music Festival Weekend will kick off on Friday, March 31st with Too Smooth’s 20th Annual Birthday Bash. The host will be Chicago Queen of Blues, Nellie “Tiger” Travis and the co-host will be KOLD, the King of Line Dancing, with a live video taping at Bounce Boy Event Factory.
On Saturday, April 1st the Smooth Breeze Music Festi- val will be hosted by come- dian Terry Harris, featuring R&B artists Urban Mystic, Christopher Williams, Chubb Rock, Fanta-C, with Blues Singer Nellie “Tiger” Travis and DJ Doctor Doom at The Water Works Park.
The weekend activities continue on Sunday, April 2nd. Get Your Giggle On with comedians T-Ray from BET Comic View, Marvin Hunter from “Off The Chain,” Bounce TV and Bat- man from St. Petersburg, Florida. This event is at Bounce Boy Event Factory, Tampa.
Nellie “Tiger” Travis,
known as a fiery singer, whose music comprises both contemporary blues and
NELLIE ‘TIGER’ TRAVIS ...Queen Of Chicago Blues
southern soul, was born in the early ‘60s in Mound Bayou, Mississippi.
In 1992, she moved to Chicago, where she thought she would be living tem- porarily, but she soon took to the music, and found a men- tor by the name of Koko Taylor, Chicago’s first Queen of Blues. Within a few years, Nellie “Tiger” Travis was a regular attrac- tion on the Chicago blues cir- cuit. She shared stages with some of the biggest artists on the scene including Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush, Otis Clay, and Little Milton.
In 2000, Nellie “Tiger” Travis released her debut album, “I Got It Like That.”
As southern soul became a larger part of her collection, she released several more al- bums such as “Wanna Be with You,” “I’m a Woman,” that featured a radio hit song “Slap Yo’ Weave Off,” which gained a loyal following in the South.
She also wrote a song to honor her deceased mentor, Koko, titled “I’m Goin’ Out Tonight” on her 2011 album, “I’m In Love With A Man I Can’t Stand.”
In 2013, Nellie “Tiger” Travis scored another Southern soul hit with “Mr. Sexy Man,” which inspired a popular line dance in south- ern soul venues.
In 2014 she released the collection Nellie Sings the Blues. From the Mississippi Delta to packed houses in Europe to international tele- vision appearances, Nellie “Tiger” Travis brings the house down with her incom- parable vocal talent and silky smooth stage energy.
For tickets to this week- end event, log onto toos- moothent.com and for more information about the Smooth Breeze Musical Fes- tival 3-Day Weekend, call 813-244-7474.
This month, the Men and Women’s Health Forum audi- ence will welcome Ms. Jes- sica Emilut as their keynote speaker. The Health Forum will take place on Friday, March 31st, at the College Hill Church Of God In Christ, 6414 N. 30th Street. Superin- tendent Charles Davis is the pastor. The forum will begin at 11 a.m.
Ms. Emilut is a Licensed Massage Therapist, who is the owner of Listen To Your Body LLC. She has been a therapist for the past 6 years.
She launched her career at the age of 19 after graduating from Sanford Brown College. The next step in her career was becoming a member of the Association of Massage and Bodywork Professionals (ABMP).
In 2012, she became regis- tered as a Chiropractic Assis- tant, and rounded out her education at Hillsborough Community College, where she earned her Associates De- gree in Liberal Arts. She was also inducted into the Na- tional Association of Profes- sional Women (NAPW), last December.
And while her accom- plishments so far may be enough for some, it is not for Ms. Emilut.
“I was honored for my professional achievements as a Massage Therapist and roles in my community. My plans are to attend East To West College of Natural Med- icine for my Bachelor’s De- gree in Biomedical Science,” she said.
She is slated to begin that venture in her life in January 2018. While completing this stage of her education that will take nearly 4 years. She
MS. JESSICA EMILUT ... Licensed Massage Therapist
plans to become a dual en- rollee and earn a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine.
“I will learn acupuncture, herbology, micro-biology, and much more. I wish to continue acquiring knowl- edge to improve lives around the world by going for my Ph.D. in International medi- cine,” she stated.
Her long term goal also in- cludes using her education to create a mobile medical spa through her current business. It was established in 2016.
Ms. Emilut feels this will be a successful venture because, “I feel clients are better relaxed when in a known environment, such as home. Listen To Your Body was established after I real- ized many people couldn’t re- ceive massage because, they simply had no way to the spa.”
During the forum, Ms. Emilut will discuss the bene- fits of a massage, safe and natural methods to detox the body, and various exercises to alleviate pain.
The forum is free and open to the public. For addi- tional information about the forum contact Coach Billy Reed, at (813) 744-4923, or Chester White, Jr., at (813) 327-2804.
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