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2020 Award Winner for Best Song by Angelica Cassidy
2020 Lady Filmmakers Award Winning Song - Ladylike
www.AngelicaCassidy.com
Instagram : @angelicacassidyofficial
Facebook: @angelicacassidyofficial
Twitter: @ngelicacassidy
Bio:
Angelica Cassidy was born in Woodland Hills, California, and raised in Minnesota. She was a child actress, working in film, television, commercials and theater. She spent most of her high school years mastering musical theater and classical vocal training.
At age 17, Angelica returned to California, pursuing her dreams of being a professional actress and recording artist. Angelica studied with her peers, where she mastered her arts, doing improvisation, scene writing, auditioning, and script breakdown.
On the music side, she is an accomplished writer and producer working in the country, rock, pop, R&B, soul, and hip hop genres. Her first single release was in 2013 with a funky pop song entitled “Lullaby”. Between June and October of 2016, she independently wrote and produced five singles, and wrote/directed three music videos, in her "Heal the World" series.
Her first single, “That Light” was released June of 2016, and mixed pop and hip-hop. She followed that up with “Heal The World”, the title track to the EP. The song was released July of 2016 and was a pop anthem for lets “heal the world with love”. The video included 30 of Angelica’s “super” fans. Three more singles would be produced in 2016 completing the EP, all in the electro-pop genre.
In late 2017 through mid 2018, Angelica starting working on a new album entitled “Rollercoaster”, a collection of pop, bluesy, rock and country tunes in support of her self-written, self-produced, and self-directed television series, also entitled "Rollercoaster”. She stars in this quirky, music filled comedy, with her now husband, Ian Paul Cassidy, and her father, Bob Chitwood, who also co-writes music with Angelica. Bob plays guitar on many tracks of Angelica’s, as well as Ian playing on drums. The couple started Mr. Mugs Productions together, and co-created the series. An epic love story, with ups and downs along the way, "Rollercoaster" is a feel good show based on Angelica's life, and the making of her new album. It’s a powerful female underdog story, full of ridiculous comedic moments and genuine modern life moments. The pilot is currently being shopped to production and entertainment companies.
Angelica released a new single and music video on September 3rd, 2019, entitled “Ask My Daddy”. A contemporary country song that talks about a woman asking her husband-to-be to get her fathers blessing for their marriage. The single is on all major platforms, and it has already been picked up by BWH Music Group, and is featured on their country compilation album entitled “Keepin’ It Country 2019”, which released August 26th, 2019, on all major platforms. The music video won “Best Music Video” at The Southeastern International Film & Music Festival in Nashville, on November 11th, 2019, Along with the season one album winning “Best Album”.
On November 19th, 2019, Angelica released another single, titled “I Won’t Go Back”. She released the song on all platforms, as well as a music video on YouTube, that was created to bring awareness to domestic violence and abuse. The music video features scenes from her self-produced Pilot that’s based on her life, and the abuse she encountered. Already, the single has been placed on WNIR Radio’s, “Best Songs of 2019” list. This is not the first socially powered song that Angelica has released. On International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2020, Angelicareleased another single, called “Ladylike”. She wrote the song to bring awareness to the #metoo movement and sexual abuse and rape victims. She also wrote the song for her mother, who’s a rape victim, to help empower victims everywhere to speak out. It’s already won the 2020 Women’s Freedom Song Contest, searching for the next female anthem, and Angelica plans to do much more with her release of “Ladylike”.
“Rollercoaster (The Pilot)” had it’s world premiere at The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival on February 15th, 2020, where it won “Best Episodic Series”. It has since won “Best Tv Pilot” in The Los Angeles Film Awards, The Oniros Film Awards, The Hollywood Just4Shorts Film Awards, The Accolade Global Film Festival, and The Florence Film Awards. The Florence Film Awards also recognized Angelica as “Best Actress”, as well as the pilot winning in its category. The Queen Palm International Film Festival is screening the Pilot in September 2020, and has awarded Angelica with their “Best Writer” award in their television category, leaving the Pilot with 9 Festival wins so far. The Cassidy’s will continue to cruise the festival circuit as well as launch new campaigns to get this show made.
Angelica released her single “Tonight” on June 12th, 2020. A tender breakup song that will tug at every heart string. And “Safety” is coming out on August 22nd. It’s a song about finding that person you feel the safest with, and staying there, and also a tribute to veterans of war. The single is being released on the 2nd anniversary of Angelica and Ian’s wedding. Fitting, since she wrote the song, as well as the entire season one soundtrack, about him. She plans to release a single from the album every 4-6 weeks, so stay tuned. Her next release after “Safety” will be a remake of her 2016 electro-pop hit “Choose Joy”, but this time in a softer acoustic version. In honor of the global pandemic and all the pain the human race is feeling right now, she has remade this song because she feels the world needs this message so much currently. “Choose Joy” the acoustic version will be released on September 22nd, 2020.
2020 AWARD WINNER FOR BEST ART - Artist, Allyson Rice
https://allyson-wonderland.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzXBqsPgOBx2d_UGk7aHpA
About the Artwork: Multi-media. Starting on an ink press, this piece also uses a combination of colored and black ink, colored pencil, collage, and a combination of gouache and watercolor paints.
Born in West Virginia, and raised in many places around the country, Allyson is a proud graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Communication. She is currently the Producing/Development Assoc at Atomic Focus Entertainment, a female-owned production company in LA/NY/Charleston, SC.
Allyson considers herself a “Maker-of-Things”, though the medium she’s working in frequently changes. Those include film, multimedia art, painting, handmade jewelry, pen and ink drawing, art furniture, handmade holiday ornaments, plaster masks, and writing. She just completed her first novel entitled The Key to Circus-Mom Highway. She has a line of women's coloring books (all original art and writing) that were born out of the women's retreats she ran in Sedona for many years. And she is the co-creator and illustrator of The Creative Prosperity PlayDeck, an inspirational card deck about increasing the creative energy and output in your life.
In all of her creative work, Allyson is drawn to bold color, whimsical juxtaposition of images, and the interplay between humans, nature, and the world of the Unseen. No matter what the medium, every aspect of her life goes into her work. So here are some random Fun Facts about her. If you look hard enough, you’ll be able to see at least some of them in Beneath the Surface.
She’s been skydiving, paragliding, bungee jumping, zip-lining through a rainforest, and scuba diving with stingrays. She has an extensive PEZ dispenser collection, she’s related to the Hatfields of the Hatfield/McCoy hillbilly feud, she’s been in the Oval Office at the White House after hours, and she can do a pretty good horse whinny. She’s given birth, she’s been married twice (not necessarily in that order), and she has five tattoos. Allyson spent 15 years as a working actress in TV and onstage, she’s run 3 companies, and has traveled extensively. She's deejayed for blues dancing events around the county, she’s competed in Vegas in ballroom dancing, she's starred on a soap opera, and she’s gone through wilderness survival training. She’s taught kundalini yoga, and she spent a decade running personal growth retreats around the country. She plays very well with others - she’s old enough to know that letting her ego get in the way is never worth the cost. Though if chaos does erupt, and sh*t goes down… she’s also studied karate.
The award-winning comedic rap music video that she wrote/directed/produced/and performed in, Fine, I’ll Write My Own Damn Song, can be seen in this year’s Lady Filmmakers Festival in Ladies Kick Butt program #19. She hopes you’ll check it out!
Cindra Marshall
Cindra Marshall is a makeup artist, VO actor and Watercolor Instructor. In response to the pandemic, she moved her art classes to an online format where people around the world paint with her live or with the recorded classes in Cindra’s Art Room in a Facebook Live format. She’s engaging and user-friendly so every level is welcome from beginners to more advanced artists. Cindra feels that painting with watercolor creates a soothing and peaceful break from the stress of the world we live in.
Cindra will be showing you the basics of watercolor painting as you have the opportunity to bring our logo alive. Make sure you order your supplies in plenty of time so that you're ready to join the workshop on FaceBook Live at 3 PM EDT/12 NOON PT on Monday,9/28. Print the reference image and we'll trace it thru the carbon paper on to your watercolor paper in class together. Then we'll design it the way you want your character to look like: skin tone, hair color, dress look- it's all up to you. This will be a fun introduction to the joy of painting. The live class will be in a group called LADY FILMMAKERS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP and you will need to register for the class once you have an All Access Pass. Come join us and make sure you read the description when you do.
Watercolor workshop supply list with links for purchase. Most can also be bought at art supply stores like Michaels or Hobby Lobby, If you purchase online, Jerry's Artarama seems to have better prices than Amazon right now for some reason. They will ship fast and free for orders over $45.
PRINT AND TRACE YOUR PREFERRED LADY FILMMAKER BELOW. If you have questions about different skin tones or hair you can discuss with the teacher.
1) Canson 9 X 12 watercolor paper (or any 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper)
Jerry's Artaram: $7.84
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/canson-xl-watercolor-pads
2) Silver Black Velvet round brush size 6 (or any good quality, round brush with a good point):
Amazon: $14.33
Jerry's Artarama: $12.02
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/silver-brush-black-velvet-watercolor-brushes
3) Paints: you'll need these 4 colors: Alizarin Crimson, Payne's Gray, Yellow Ochre and Burnt Umber, small size is great. Windsor Newton is a good option and most of the 5 ML sizes are $5.33 each.
Jerry's Artarama: $5.33
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/winsor-newton-professional-watercolors
4) After printing the reference image, you'll be tracing it on to your watercolor paper with graphite transfer paper.
Jerry's Artarama: 4 sheets are $3.59
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/creative-mark-graphite-transfer-paper
Rainee and Ro Romera
Rainee and Ro Romero are award-winning choreographers and professional dancers out of Myrtle Beach, SC. The pair have over 20 years of combined teaching experience in Hip Hop and Latin Dance among others. They teach master classes and choreograph competition numbers throughout the U.S.and have performed professionally for Disney, “Legends in Concert”, “The Wonderettes”, “The Dean Martin Variety Show”, and E'clatez Dance Company. The two own R&R Dance & DJ Services and are former producers of Evolution Dance Festival. When they’re not dancing, they’re traveling or making memories with their two sweet daughters Camilla and Meadow.