Hanging with jazz legend, Joe Sample (Crusaders)
Did you know.....
Gloria
Estefan, Latin music sensation, moved from Cuba to Miami at age two.
She started her singing career with Miami Sound Machine. She now lives on
Star Island.
Enrique
Iglesias, son of legend Julio Iglesias, has made his own name in
music. Having grown up in Miami, he was large and in charge in 1999 when Bailamos
hit the top of the Billboard charts. He lives
on Miami Beach near his super hot girlfriend, Anna Kournikova and singer Shakira.
Anna
Kournikova is a women's tennis player who played in eight US Opens.
Anna lives in Miami Beach
in a neighborhood known as Sunset Island.
Shakira, born and raised in Columbia listening to American music, was also influenced by her Lebanese father. Shakira had many chart toppers winning her a Grammy and two Latin Grammys. Shakira also lives on Sunset Island.
Lenny
Kravitz, four time Grammy winner for Best Male Artist, has been cranking
out hits since 1989. .
Lenny Kravitz sold his Sunset Island home for $14.5 million in Miami Beach.
Kravitz bought the newly built waterfront house in 2001 for $8.95 million.
He now lives in a bayfront home on Biscayne Point.
Fun
Facts.....
Miami Beach pharmacist
Benjamin Green invented the first suntan cream in 1944. He accomplished this
development by cooking cocoa butter in a granite coffee pot on his wife's
stove.
The first pro team to draft Dolphin QB Dan Marino was the
Kansas City Royals. He was also drafted by the Generals, the first player
ever selected by the USFL.
These
are the times that try men's souls.....Let it be told to the future world,
that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive,
that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to
meet and to repulse it.
Thomas Paine, The Crisis, December 23, 1776
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter
of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words (referring to the above
quote). With
hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what
storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were
tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did
we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we
carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future
generations.
Barack Obama, Inauguration Address, January 20, 2009
In the middle of beautiful Biscayne Bay stood the piano that captured the heart of many, world wide.
We give you it's final song.




A1A.TV
is celebrating the cultural diversity that is South Florida by featuring local
music, art and dance.
We want to share with the world the numerous regional and international influences
that flavor our food, color our fashion and pique our interests in the many
fields of artistic expression.
Have you ever had a day that included boating down to the Florida Keys or
laying on South Beach in your French bikini and Italian shades after enjoying
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Welcome to South Florida - Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Boca Raton &
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The "Highway
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coast of Florida from approximately 1955 to the present. So called because
their marketing and sales strategy consisted of traveling the highways and
byways of central Florida peddling their paintings out of the back of their
cars.
While soaking in the rays at the world famous (and topless) South Beach, you
might as well walk on over to Miami
Ink. Kat Von D has her own show now, but Ami James and his crew
will hook you up!
Click on A1A Dance and Latin dancers, Kathy and Maritza, will leave you spellbound!
Ahhhh...la musica!
South
Florida has some first class talent.
Hit A1A Bands
and you'll see and hear Juliet Simms,
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Hep
Cat Boo Daddies, Gypsy Blue Acoustic Review,
Wednesday's Child, Buck Wild and many more!
Many already have international recognition. You'll see why!
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of the industry's hottest producers.
We encourage the South Florida business community and the many fans to support
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For
more information, please contact us at :
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7 time Grammy winner Al Jarreau after the show at the Grove Park Inn