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ENTERTAINERS (MLK Luncheon 2012)

JD Charisma "JDC"
JD CHARISMA "JDC" is a 16 year old actor, TV Host, recording artist, performer, & songwriter. He has utilizes his talents in films, movies, commercials, live concerts, & TV shows. JDC released his 1st original album at age 14. He�s the 1st Filipino-American Young Artist that composed/recorded a song for Manny Pacquiao, The 9X World Boxing Champ & personally performed in front of Manny. JD has been acting since he was 8 old. ...more
Lorianna Dace
Lorianna was born in San Jose, California to Pastors Oscar and Janice Dace. Growing up listening to gospel music led her to believe there was something special about music and at a very young age she realized that it would become apart of her destiny. ...more
Mark Levy
Mark Levy has performed and taught in the S.F. Bay area for 25 years at temples, synagogues, JCC�s, Lehrhaus Judaica, Workmen�s Circle, and other Jewish groups. He has appeared throughout the country and abroad and is a singer and lecturer who specializes in older Judaic folk music in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino, Klezmer history and theory, and Jewish music history in general. He has performed for Yeshiva University Sephardic Dept.�s Semana Sepharad in New York, and is a cantorial soloist in California. He recently released a fourth album of Jewish music this year entitled Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl: Yiddish Work Songs, in commemoration of the 100th birthday of Workmen�s Circle, a fraternal order of Jewish workers and their families.

He also performs for union and labor activities and functions and has released several albums of his own satirical songs.

UGMX Development Studio
The mission of UGMX Development Studios is to create a safe haven to afford children and youth opportunities to blossom beyond the constraints of local neighborhoods and limited resources while making a positive difference in their lives, primarily by exploring and developing their creative and artistic talents, through the help of a professionally- supported, one on one relationship with caring adults, and to assist them in achieving their highest potential as they grow to become confident, competent, and caring individuals, by providing leadership and standards of excellence.