Carolyn Wonderland is a blues singer, songwriter and musician. Wonderland's instrumental abilities include guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, trumpet and piano. She has been said to have the “soulful vocals of Janis Joplin & the guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray”. Although primarily a blues artist, Wonderland likes to incorporate elements of country, swing, zydeco, surf, gospel, soul, and cumbia into... read full bio
As an athlete, former NFL Running Back Calvin Hill knows the importance of a healthy heart. He also knows the destruction a diseased heart can cause, having watched his father die of congestive heart failure at age 75. In 2005, Calvin partnered with Spotlight Health to promote a national campaign to promote awareness of symptoms associated with congestive heart failure... read full bio
Calvin Booth is a former professional basketball player. Calvin Booth attended Penn State University. He was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. He was a second team All-Big Ten Conference pick. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Penn State. Booth was drafted by the Wizards. He has played for the Wizards, the Dallas Mavericks, the Seattle... read full bio
FitzRandolph reached his goal of becoming an Olympic Gold Medalist. FitzRandolph has a myriad of accomplishments throughout his skating career. At the World Sprint Championships he won bronze overall, and a silver medal in the 1000m. FitzRandolph won the overall silver medal at the World Sprint Championships, winning gold in the 500m. A 6 time US National Sprint champion, FitzRandolph... read full bio
Chris Thorpe is a luger who competed in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles. Thorpe also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title.... read full bio
You would be hard pressed to find a rocker who did not recognize the name Cannibal and The Headhunters, and even harder to find one who couldn't sing along with NA NA NA NA NA" on the famous hit LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES. The group now combines their Latino and Motown Roots with the sound of today's... read full bio
Simpson is an American broadcast journalist who worked for ABC News from 1982 to 2006. She began her career at several stations in Chicago including NBC News. In joining NBC in 1974, Simpson became the first African-American woman to anchor on a major network newscast. She went on to became the first minority woman to moderate a presidential debate -... read full bio
Charles McPherson was born in Joplin, Missouri where the great swing bands originated... Bird, Buster Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie and others. He studied alto sax with renown pianist Barry Harris. At age 19 he started playing professionally. He went to New York and performed with Charles Mingus for twelve years. While performing for Mingus, McPherson frequently collaborated with Harris,... read full bio
Candis Cayne is an actress and performance artist best known for her role on ABC’s prime time drama Dirty Sexy Money, which made her the first transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character in prime time television. Candis made her big screen debut in the film Wigstock: The Movie as herself. Her other film credits include Mob Queen, In... read full bio
Cam Meekins was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and reared in Wellesley. He first became interested in music when he was very young. His older brother was in a band, thus he was constantly exposed to music through the presence of his parents and brother. He consequently developed a strong interest in music at a young age. At age 5, Cam... read full bio
Watch Cory Marquardt perform and you’ll agree he was destined to be a country music star! As one of the most dynamic and interesting new country music talents, Marquardt possesses a singing voice that is second to none, a songwriting talent as big as his size, and a swagger on stage of a seasoned rock star. These formidable qualities are... read full bio
A veteran of more than 4,000 performances. Carl Wolfson is one of the country's top headlining comedians. His well-crafted mix of current events and observational humor, along with a lightning-quick wit which few comics can match, have won him rave reviews and fans from coast-to-coast. Carl's performances combine topical humor and a spontaneous style. Carl is a frequent performer on... read full bio
Award winning comedian Chip Chinery is an affable guy whose work is observational, looking at the ironic, the weird, the wacky and the inexplicable. He is witty and wonderfully funny. Chip was dubbed The Best of the Midwest" in the premiere issue of The Comedy Magazine. Chip Chinery won an EMMY for "On-Air Performer" and won his second EMMY... read full bio
Craig Ehlo is a retired NBA shooting guard, who played with the Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks and Seattle SuperSonics. He was selected in the third round of the NBA draft by the Houston Rockets, who he made it to the NBA Finals with. Ehlo ended his playing career with an impressive 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.... read full bio
Brown is undoubtedly one of the most talented comics and performers of her generation. She practices her craft with such passion and soul-searching veracity, when she claims a stage the ensuing act is nothing short of a force of a nature. Cocoa Brown audaciously draws from painful reminiscences and hard-knocked lessons, bravely weaving humorous tales that uplift, upend, and upgrade... read full bio
Counterparts is one of the most popular hardcore bands out there, whose two latest albums, The Difference Between Hell and Home and Tragedy Will Find Us, have been praised by Rock Sound and Exclaim! magazines. Two years after forming, Counterparts was signed by Shane Told to his Verona Records label. They released their first album Prophets, and toured throughout North... read full bio
PROGRAM 1 - PEAK PERFORMANCE / HUMAN POTENTIAL Be Like Cliff! How to Peak Perform in Business & Life. • How a 61-year-old potato farmer, who had only been running for several years, won a 544 mile ultra-marathon, beating professional runners in their 20s and 30s by more than 10 hours. • Cliff defied expectation, probability and reality because of how he manipulated and optimized... read full bio
Charlie Appelstein's motto is There's not such thing as a bad kid." He has worked in the field of child welfare for more than twenty-five years. In his position as president of Appelstein Training Resources, LLC, he provides original, strength-based training, consultation, and youth care literature to individuals and groups who want to better understand and interact with troubled children... read full bio
Coast Modern is an indie pop duo, comprised of Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp. Growing up around music, the duo immediately hit it off. Deciding to join together and collaborate, the two created the band Coast Modern. The boys drew influence from The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, and Weezer. Atlas has said, “part of the Coast Modern sound... read full bio
Barry Poole, who is better known as Cledus T. Judd, is an American country music artist singer-songwriter known for his parodies of country music songs. Judd has been compared to “Weird Al” Yankovic because of his unique outlet and singles. Some of Judd’s most popular songs include “Every Light In The House Is Blown”, “It’s A Great Day To Be... read full bio
