8th Annual Fiesta Asia Asian Heritage Month Street Festival

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Our friends over at Asia Heritage Foundation are hosting the 2013 8th Annual Fiesta Asia Street Festival on May 18th, from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM at Pennsylvania Avenue NW, between 3rd & 6th Streets.

Fiesta Asia Street Festival always has amazing happenings including outdoor craft exhibits, live performances, food and open market vendors, interactive displays, martial arts demonstration, talent show, cooking demo, and many more.

Kollaboration DC will be helping to host the contemporary music stage with entertainment and activities that scheduled for 9 consecutive hours.

Asia Heritage Foundation ensures that the Fiesta Asia Street Festival features 5 stages, 5 zones, over 800 performers and 70 diverse groups from over 20 cultures locally, regionally and internationally.

Admission to Fiesta Asia Street Festival is FREE!

They are still looking for volunteers so, please visit www.asiaheritagefoundation.org for more information!

B.A.P. Live on Earth for Verizon APAHM Tour

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Kollaboration DC is so proud and happy to be associated again this year with the APAHM Verizon Wireless B.A.P. Tour.

5/14 (day of concert) at the Mead Center (Molly Smith Study & Bank of America Lobby), 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington, DC 20024

The meet-up will be from 3-6PM, and there will be a lot of cool activities made for everyone – including singing/dancing contests on the main stage, Verizon 4G LTE experience, giveaways, and of course, mingling with friends and fellow fans!! Also, we will have official TS Entertainment and B.A.P fan clubs there to bring you the best meet up experience.
The pre-show meet up will be open to EVERYONE, and it is FREE~!!!

Our very own resident DJ Asu Rock will be spinning tunes, Kollaboration movement founder, Paul PK Kim will be hosting and emceeing.

So come on out and have a great time before the concert!!!

Kollaboration DC IV 2013 – Finalists & Rising Star

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Congratulations to our Finalists for 2013 Kollaboration DC IV.

In no particular order: Our Top Nine!!

Brian Kim – Singer/Guitarist
Laya Putri – Singer
The Parlies – Acoustic Group
Dave Yoon – Singer
Juan Sim – Opera Singer
Jomin Mujar – Singer/Guitarist
Kirstie Amara Espritu – Vocalist
Anna Mateo – Singer
Lynsey Fadul – Vocalist 

and 

Rising Star Award Winner – Cara Kim

Please welcome them to the Kollaboration/Kollaboration DC family!! 

SAVE THE DATE: September 28, 2013 at George Washington University Lisner Auditorium

They will be competing for $1000 First Place Prize and a chance to compete at Kollaboration Star in the Fall for $20,000!

Tickets will go on sale in July!!

Auditions for Kollaboration DC are officially CLOSED

The Kollaboration DC family would like to give a shoutout to everyone who auditioned for our 2012 showcase.

 

Thank you for all that auditioned. Auditions for Kollaboration DC’s 2012 showcase are now officially CLOSED. Our top finalist will be announced by the end of this June 2012.For more information, please refer back to our website. If you have any questions or comments, please send us a message at info@kollaborationdc.org and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.In the meanwhile, we’ll keep you posted. Hope to see you at our show in September!

Kollaboration DC Podcast – Episode 1

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Kollaboration DC is proud to launch a new podcast as part of our 2013 overhaul! Our podcast host Slim brings you exclusive interviews with members of the Kollaboration family as well as important people in the community. Our inaugural episode features G Yamazawa, winner of Kollaboration DC 3 and finalist of last year’s Kollaboration Star. Just another way Kollaboration DC brings you Empowerment through Entertainment!

 

Like what you hear?  Let us know what you think and leave your comments below!

MIKE IZON – WINNER OF KOLLABORATION STAR 2012 FINALE

On November 16, 2012 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA, 7 finalists from 7 cities all came to showcase their talents.  All were incredible performances, but they chose one, MIKE IZON, from Kollaboration Honolulu, to represent Kollaboration at the 2012 MNET Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong.

Congratulations to our very own Kollaboration DC 2012 Winner, George Yamazawa, Jr. for winning the Audience Choice Award and walking away with $1000.

Please help support the movement!  Make your year end donations to Kollaboration DC.   For more information click the sponsorship tab.

 

KOLLABORATION STAR FINALE – NOV. 16, 2012 at ALEX THEATRE Glendale CA

The top 7 FINALISTS for Kollaboration Star Finale in LA on Nov. 16th! Who will win it and head to Hong Kong for the 2012 MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS?

Watch the Finale Live on MNET AMERICA!!!!  Channel 229 FIOS, Channel 465 COX, and Channel 697 COMCAST!!

Will it be our very own, George Yamazawa Jr.  who has been on fire these past few months with so many accolades and awards.  

 - 2nd PLACE at the Ontario International Poetry Slam

- Sulu DC Artist of the Year for 2012

- And of course, winner of Kollaboration DC 2012  

Please watch and root for George to take it all and head to the 2012 MNET Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong!  

From Bull City to Hong Kong, G Yamazawa is going Strong!!!