Miss the Griot Drum Awards?

Here's a clip of ESPN's Jemele Hill during last week's ceremony:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1rXWEVv2gk

Thanks for the support for the Griot Drum Awards!

TBABJ wants to extend a special thank you to everyone who helped make this year's Griot Drum Awards a success!

Special thanks to TBABJ members, scholarship winners and their parents, the Alfano Blaise Center and all of our sponsors.

Check back for photos of tonight's event.

For more information on TBABJ, email tampabayabj@gmail.com.

Online ticket sales closed for the Griot Drum Awards!

Online ticket sales are closed for this evenings banquet and awards ceremony, but a few tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis tonight at the door.

The reception begins at 6pm, and the banquet begins promptly at 7pm.

Stop by early with $25 cash or a check to get one of the last tickets for this wonderful event!

Coming Thursday: the 2010 Griot Drum Awards & Scholarship Banquet

Can you believe that the 2010 Griot Drum Awards & Scholarship Banquet, the only locally-produced journalism awards program, is only three days away?

On Nov. 18, at the Dr. Blaise F. Alfano Conference & Banquet Center in Tampa, the nationally-recognized Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists will highlight the best coverage of people of color and honor tomorrow's multimedia communicators.

The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a reception. ESPN’s Jemele Hill, one of the few women of color serving as a national sports columnist and TV personality, will headline the 7 p.m. dinner and awards presentation. Since joining ESPN in November 2006, Hill has made regular appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN First Take, Jim Rome is Burning, and Outside the Lines.

Guests from all corners of the bay area are expected to attend this year’s ceremony, which will be hosted by WFLA-Ch. 8 morning anchor Rod Carter and include performances by the Gulfcoast Academy of Performing Arts (formerly the Soulful Arts Dance Academy) and Tampa musical prodigy Caleb E. Sanders.

The best part is that all of this only costs a mere $20 for TBABJ members, $25 for non-members and $200 for a table of 10.

So go to tbabj.com, click on the 'Donate' tab and get your tickets today!

TBABJ appreciates your support!

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Rodney Thrash
Co-chair, 2010 Griot Drum Awards & Scholarship Banquet
Cell: 770.367.9568 (Rodney Thrash) or 248.760.7561 (TBABJ President Camille C. Spencer)
E-mail: rod.thrash@gmail.com or TampaBayABJ@gmail.com

The Griot Drum Awards are in less than a week!

Purchase your ticket by clicking the Donate tab.

For more information, email rod.thrash@gmail.com.

See you on November 18!