Unity Day on the Parkway, Inc., appreciates your continued support and we look forward to presenting a New and Redesigned Unity Day event, scheduled for August 2011.


Unity Day 2010 will present the 1st Annual Custom Car Show and Competition this year.  Local Custom Car Shops and Garages will compete for the “Garage Trophy’ which will be handed off to the next winning Garage in 2011.  Indivdual custom car owners will compete for Cash Value prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

Unity Day 2010 will feature Martial Arts Exhibitions from local area schools along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway along with on-stage presentations of various styles: Hung Gar, Tae Kwon Do and Aikido to name a few.

Do you have what it takes to be the next Aishwarya Rai or Deepika Padukone?

She is recognized as the most Beautiful Woman in the World and has appeared in over (40) forty movies.

In celebration of the Featured Film Productions from the Indian Film Industry, Unity Day 2010 will be hosting an Aishwarya Rai Look-Alike contest.

The winning contestant will win a $1,000.00 cash prize, sponsor opportunities and a Digital Video Production contract.

Contestants will be judged on the following:

• Resemblance

• Style

• Vocal Presentation

• Dance

Registration is free and available online at the above link.

A Drill Team Competition will be staged this year at the Unity Day Arts and Culture Festival on August 29th, 2010 starting at 10:00 a.m.

Drill Teams will be judged on the following: Precision, Presentation and Public Appeal.

This will be a competition between (10) ten select Drill Teams who will be competing for three prize levels:

• 1st Place Prize: $1,500.00

• 2nd Place Prize: $1,000.00

• 3rd Place Prize: $500.00

Registration is free and available online at the above link. Please have online links to video of past performance.

Pearl Bailey

Bailey began by singing and dancing in Philadelphia’s black nightclubs in the 1930s, and soon started performing in other parts of the East Coast. In 1941, during World War II, Bailey toured the country with the USO, performing for American troops. After the tour, she settled in New York. Her solo successes as a nightclub performer were followed by acts with such entertainers as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In 1946, Bailey made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman. Bailey continued to tour and record albums in between her stage and screen performances.

In 1954, she took the role of Frankie in the film version of Carmen Jones, and her rendition of “Beat Out That Rhythm on the Drum” is one of the highlights of the film. She also starred in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. In 1959, she played the role of Maria in the film version of Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. Also that year, she played the role of “Aunt Hagar” in the movie St. Louis Blues, alongside Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole. She was originally considered for the part of Annie Johnson in the 1959 film Imitation of Life, the part went to Juanita Moore, for which she received an Academy Award nomination.

In 1967, Bailey and Cab Calloway headlined an all-black cast version of Hello, Dolly! The touring version was so successful, producer David Merrick took it to Broadway where it played to sold-out houses and revitalized the long running musical. Bailey was given a special Tony Award for her role and RCA made a second original cast album.. That is the only recording of the score to have an overture which was written especially for that recording.

A passionate fan of the New York Mets, Bailey sang the national anthem at Shea Stadium prior to game 5 of the 1969 World Series. She also appears in the Series highlight film showing her support for the team.

During the 1970s she had her own television show, and she also provided voices for animations such as Tubby the Tuba (1976) and Disney’s The Fox and the Hound (1981). She returned to Broadway in 1975, playing the lead in an all-black production of Hello, Dolly!.

She earned a B.A. in theology from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1985. Also a Republican, was appointed by President Richard Nixon as America’s “Ambassador of Love” in 1970. She attended several meetings of the United Nations and later took part in a campaign ad for President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election. She was awarded the Bronze Medallion (New York City award) in 1968 and a Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Bailey

As we Celebrate the Birthday of one of the greatest talents the world has ever seen, we are also, only beginning to feel the impact that Michael left upon us all.  AEG and Bravado have made available a variety of official merchandise that commemorates this incredible talent and preserves the legacy that is Michael Jackson.

Through our established advertisers, “Unity Day for 2010″ is offering Offical Merchandise from the following merchants: Tees for All, Hollywood Mega Store and the Costume Supercenter.