2500-Member ``Super-Band,'' Representing 12 Schools, Will Set Record by Joining Forces in Atlanta to Perform Single From `Drumline' Soundtrack.Entertainment Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2002 Legendary Music Producer Dallas Austin This article has multiple issues: * It may violate Wikipedia's policy on . * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. , Whose Life Inspired the Film, Conducts; 20th Century Fox Feature Returns to City for Gala World Premiere A 2500-member "Super-Band," comprised of band members representing twelve Atlanta schools, will set a record by joining together at the Atlanta Civic Center The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue in Atlanta, Georgia. The theater, which seats 4,600, regularly hosts touring productions of Broadway musicals, concerts, seminars, and comedy acts. on December 5 to perform the song "Been Away," from the DRUMLINE motion picture soundtrack. Famed music producer Dallas Austin, whose life story inspired the film, will conduct the one-of-a-kind musical mega-ensemble. The event is part of the gala world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 of DRUMLINE -- including the glittery accoutrements ac·cou·ter·ment or ac·cou·tre·ment n. 1. An accessory item of equipment or dress. Often used in the plural. 2. Military equipment other than uniforms and weapons. Often used in the plural. 3. associated with a motion picture unveiling, such as the film's stars, VIPs, red carpet, and klieg lights -- which sees the movie and its makers returning to the city it was filmed. Twentieth Century Fox and the City of Atlanta have turned the Civic Center into a 4,600 seat movie palace, especially for the event. Expected to attend from the film are stars Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana and Orlando Jones, director Charles Stone III, producer Wendy Finerman, and executive producer/executive music producer Dallas Austin. Atlanta's mayor, The Honorable Shirley Franklin, is expected to lead a host of local dignitaries and VIPs, plus students from Morris Brown College Morris Brown College: see Atlanta Univ. Center. and Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is a prestigious, private institution of higher education in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an historically black university formed in 1988 by the consolidation of Clark College (est. 1869) and Atlanta University (est. 1865). , many of whom appeared in the film as extras. DRUMLINE is set against the high-energy, high-stakes world of show style marching bands -- where halftime is game time. The bands' sounds are rousing and rhythmic, exhilarating and entertaining, flamboyant and funky. As the bands pulsate pul·sate v. To expand and contract rhythmically; beat. and parade onto the gridiron, they are, for many, the real attraction of the game. DRUMLINE centers on a talented drummer who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top. |
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