ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EVENT COORDINATION FOR ASCAP
THE RHYTHM & SOUL CREATIVE TEAM:
Ian "Burke Diggler" Burke – atlanta
Jennifer Farris – atlanta
Kenny "Kelvis" Ferracho – new york
Charis Henry – los angeles
Keith "DaMad Wizard" Johnson – new york
Max "Mini-Max" Luces – los angeles
Kim E. Parker – los angeles
Alonzo "Focus" Robinson – los angeles
Jeanie Weems – los angeles
Dana "Dana Dane" Williams – new york

MARKETING:
Lauren Iossa, Lisa Ganzenmuller, Dana Graham Newman, Damien West, Pauline Stack, Parrish Ellis

PRODUCTION & COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Lance Scott and Lou Scott of PixelImage with Nalan Cataltepe

PUBLICITY
Bobbi Marcus Public Relations & Events, Inc.
with
Suzanne Lewis, Rachael Goddard, Rosanna Attis-DiMario, Adee Glazer, Linda Crespo, Tricia Barron and Echo Hattix

Esther SanSaurus and Jim Steinblatt of ASCAP

RESEARCH COORDINATION
Rhythm & Soul Creative Team
with the aid of
Anita Surace @ Famous Music, Jeff Smarr @ Sony/ATV Tunes, Penny Castle @ Universal Music, Tony DeNeri @ Warner/Chappell Music, Leticia Alvarez @ Windswept,
Denise Levy @ Zomba, Dag Sandsmark @ EMI

SCHEDULED PERFORMERS
Ashanti, DJ Quik, Mary Mary

EARTH, WIND & FIRE VIDEO TRIBUTE
Daniel DeSouza of IndeMedia with Terence Lee

EARTH, WIND & FIRE MUSICAL TRIBUTE PRODUCED BY
Ian Burke, Keith Johnson, and Jeanie Weems

EARTH, WIND & FIRE TRIBUTE PERFORMERS
Rachelle Ferrell, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Rahsaan Patterson, Phil Perry

EARTH, WIND & FIRE TRIBUTE BAND
Michael Bearden (Musical Director), Steve Baxter, Gordon Campbell, Peter Michael Escovedo, Michael Harris, Donald Hayes, Larry Kimpell, Rohn Lawrence, Malik, Morris Pleasure, Sy Smith, Lamont Van Hook, Fred White

INVITE & PROGRAM DESIGN
Tiffany Sims

SCRIPT
Damien West

HEARTFELT THANKS
Ashanti, DJ Quik, Jimmy Jam, and Stevie Wonder
Stephanie Andrews, Darrin Foster @ VH1, Laura Giles, Randy Grimmett, Erika Lewis, Art Macnow, Rick Scott, Michael Todd, Ron Weisner

Thank you to tonight’s major sponsor:
XM SATELLITE RADIO