Gospel Superfest Plays to Sell Out Crowd in NYC !

Supershow launches new era in Gospel music television
with Broadway theatre approach!

New York City - October 28th and 29th in New York City, Brooklyn to be exact has gone down in history as one of the most prolific recording sessions in the history of gospel music! Over seven thousand attendees, including a Saturday night sell out crowd witnessed a diverse presentation that was nothing short of spectacular! Gospel Superfest’ seventh national TV extravaganza, billed as Gospel Superfest New York-2 broke new ground and set a new standard for gospel music TV production with a plethora of performances from some of the nation’s top gospel acts this past weekend.

Artist after artists performed on the elaborately decorated set as the show took a theatrical approach. Gospel Superfest was just that, Super! Mainstream actresses, Vivica A. Fox (Missing – Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2) and Vanessa Williams (Soul Food the Series) joined Gospel Superfest mainstay host Clifton Davis for this star-studded night of music, comedy, dance and celebration. Dancers, mimes, choirs, quartets, soloists and yes, even a retro 50’s west side story type presentation from gospel’s most unpredictable performer Tonex, were all part of this musical explosion held at the historic Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, NY pastored by the honorable Dr. A. R. Bernard.

“Each artist shined and brought their “Game” to the table this year! It was fun to watch. TV Audiences will see a level of creativity and production, never before attempted or achieved in gospel music TV. My thirteen-year old son and I watched the preview tape of Tye Tribbett and Greater Anointing, and all he kept saying was “Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God!” over and over again. It was unbelievable!” States the show’s executive producer and founder Dr. Bobby Cartwright, Jr.

Hollywood set designer, Rene Lagler (CMA’s /Grammies) and lighting Designer, Jeff Bornstein (WWF), teamed up with Dr. Cartwright to transform the Christian Cultural Center into a Hollywood theatre look alike. And artists like Rizen, Kurt Carr, Tye Tribbett, Tonex, Ki Ki Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Gary Anglin, Shirley Murdock, Dr. Charles Hayes, Shekinah Glory, James Fortune, Malissa Redmond, Jimmy Hicks, Hezekiah Walker, Natalie Wilson & SOP, The Williams Brothers, Ted & Sheri and many others seized the opportunity to deliver some very unforgettable performances. Andrea Lewis of the hit female group Rizen, asked the audience, “What are you looking at? I will give you something to look at.” And then the threesome broke into a head -shaking segment that resembled a Tina Turner rock concert! Kurt Carr delivered three powerful songs including “I will trust in God” with choreography implemented to perfection. It was performance after performance and highlight after highlight that thrilled the New York City audience into a level of praise and worship rarely seen at TV recordings. The crowd was brought to its feet several times with multiple standing ovations! Friday Night ended with Dr. Charles Hayes & The Warriors, singing his smash hit “Jesus Can Work It Out” with a stage full of that night’s performers. Tonex closed the Saturday night session with a song from his Out Of The Box, CD entitled “Believer”, that was filled with celebration. Actor and show host for six years, Clifton Davis was honored with the show’s only award, the coveted Gospel Superfest Lifetime Achievement Award. The producers chose to make the award a surprise and unveiled it on Saturday night, with a surprise visit by Davis’ mom and entire family. “Clifton was shocked! States Dr. Cartwright. “We worked so hard to make sure he did not know anything, and his wife Monica Davis was in on the whole thing.” Mr. Davis was brought to tears several times during the presentation as video clips of his illustrious thirty-year television and film career were played on the huge eight-foot video walls prior to co-hosts Vivica A. Fox and Vanessa Williams making the presentation.

Attendees came from around the world including Los Angeles, Europe, The Caribbean, and Africa, to witness this historic ground breaking TV recording session. The Superfest pressroom was filled with reporters, writers, radio announcers and TV producers from over seventy-five (75) different press entities from around the country and Europe. It was Gospel Superfest New York-2, the show’s seventh national TV taping and second taping in New York city, and it lived up to its billing as the largest gospel music TV production in the world!

Gospel Superfest has grown into a television spectacle that mirrors, Hollywood, mainstream prime time variety shows and has set a new standard of excellence in the gospel music TV industry! In four short weeks TV audiences around the world will get to see for themselves the powerful and untapped talent that the gospel music genre has to offer as the first installment from the New York session is slated for domestic syndication beginning this month. United Television, the producers of Gospel Superfest have once again captured America’s finest gospel artists on tape and put another historic season “In the Can” for millions of TV viewers to enjoy!

Gospel Superfest Holiday will air in syndication November 28, 2005 thru January 1, 2005. The show will reach over 90% of all US TV HH and will also repeat after syndication on three top TV Networks including, The Word Network, PAX TV Network and The Daystar TV Network during the Christmas Holiday Season.

Gospel Superfest 6th Annual Salute to Black History, with Vivica A. Fox, Clifton Davis and Vanessa Williams, will air in syndication January 23 thru February 27, 2006 on the same networks as mentioned above. Multiple specials from the session and a weekly series will follow throughout the year 2006 including Gospel Superfest Easter Jam, Gospel Superfest Most Memorable-2 and Gospel Superfest Back To School Jam-4.

Gospel Superfest Television is a production of United Television, LLC of Ohio and is seen weekly around the world on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Its producers have planned to release five one-hour specials in syndication in the year 2006 from the New York-2 recording session. The Gospel Superfest was divinely inspired in the year 1998 and its first session was recorded in Louisville, KY June 9th,10th & 11th, 2000. Sessions followed annually, prior to the show’s landing in New York City, in the cities of Columbus, OH, Raleigh, NC, Jacksonville, FL and Atlanta, GA. Gospel Superfest is one of the most widely distributed TV programs in black gospel music with distribution quarterly at over ninety-two percent of all US TV households. United Television continues to produce and develop “first run” syndicated specials that are family oriented, uplifting and encouraging. Major market stations slated to air the first installments are WABC TV-7 New York, KNBC TV-Los Angles, WBBM – TV-2 (CBS) Chicago, WXIA-TV-11 (NBC) Atlanta, KTXA, TV-21 (UPN), Dallas, TX, KYW-TV-2 (CBS) Philadelphia, WXIX-TV-19 (FOX) Cincinnati, OH, WEWS-TV-5 (ABC) Cleveland, OH and many others.

For more information on Gospel Superfest please visit: www.gospelsuperfest.com or contact The Gospel Superfest Information Line at (212) 631-4200. Faxed request for interviews can be sent to (513) 759-4555 or e-mailed to unitedtv@msn.com.