The DC Public Library is excited to open t he Go-Go Preservation Week Exhibition Chocolate City Keep Crankin' with this exciting group of Go-Go band members\, musicians and community members who will be sharing their own stories about the current state of Go-Go and providing anecdotes from \;the making of two new monumental group portraits\, A Great Day in Go-Go (I &\; II)\, on view in the MLK Library&rsquo\;s Great Hall from Nov. 16 - Dec. 15. Panelists inc lude:
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Sugar Bear\, Experience Unlimited (EU)
Gregory &ldquo\;Sugar Bear&rdquo\; Elliott is a globally known recording artist\, frontman\, lead vocalist\, and bass player with 3 billboard hits including the &ldquo\;Da Butt&rdquo\; which peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot Black Singles in 1988 and was also a featured perf ormance in Spike Lee&rsquo\;s film &ldquo\;School Daze&rdquo\;. Also\, to his credit\, his group Experience Unlimited aka E.U. was not only an openi ng act for the commencement ceremony for the 2016 opening of the Smithsoni an National Museum of African American History and Culture but they also h ave an exhibit on the third floor of the museum.
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Sweet Cherie\, Be'la Dona
\nSweet Cherie is the Musical Dir ector for Be'la Dona\, an all-female band. She has performed around the gl obe with artists such as: Pieces of a Dream\, \;Nile Rodgers and Chic\ , Stephanie Mills\, \;Jean Carne\, EU\, Melanie Fiona\, Estelle\, Howa rd Hewitt\, Christopher Williams\, Angela Bofil\, Phil Perry\, Erykah Badu \, Chrisette Michele\, and Marsha Ambrosius\, just to name a few. Outside of performing on stage\, she teaches Go-Go Music for the Smithsonian Insti tution and DC Public School&rsquo\;s "Teaching For Change.&rdquo\; program whose goal is to introduce/educate the history and importance of Go-Go to DC Public School students. \;
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Killa Cal\, Grammy-No minated Rapper
\nKilla Cal is an independent\, Grammy-nomin ated rap artist who performs with Go-Go band Rare Essence. He has been fea tured on BET\, HipHopDX\, Worldstar\, MTV\, VH1\, Revolt and his music is featured in Grand Theft Auto 5.
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Moe Shorter\, Manager of Junk Yard Band
\nMoe Shorter is the manager of the Go-Go band\, Junk Yard Band. Junk Yar d Band was founded in the early 1980s by children playing on improvised in struments\, using hubcaps\, plastic buckets\, crates\, cans and discarded pots and pans. They were at the forefront of "new school" Go-Go music\, us ing a layered percussion sound over having a horn section\, bass guitar pl ayer and lead guitar player. They are best known for their hit songs\,&nbs p\;Sardines and \;The Word.
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Darrin X\, Go-Go musician \, Entertainment Professional\, Music Producer and Production Management
\nWith over 30 years of entertainment experience\, Darrin X has participated in every role in the entertainment industry. Darrin start ed his career as a stage technician in the mid 80's for EU (Da Butt). He h as participated in creating and performing music as a band member of the g roup Rare Essence for 12 years. He has toured\, produced and performed wit h clients of the entertainment management group\, Big Dog Entertainment an d 1228 Management and managed and conducted production duties for TCB band for 7 years. He is currently providing content and digital media editing for Beat Republic Media Group\, producing The Heartbeat Conga Hour radio s how and co-managing The Fix band.
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Dee Dwyer\, Photographer and Panel Moderator
\nDee Dwyer is a diversified Photographer from Southeast\, Washington\, D.C who produces awe-inspiring images. She has been anointed by her community as "The Visu al Voice for the People&rdquo\;. Her goal is to show all aspects of human life with the primary focus being humanity. Dwyer&rsquo\;s raw and compell ing candids unveil the souls of people. The images expose many subject&rsq uo\;s truth\, adversities\, beauty\, and culture.
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