Mosaic Nominated for 2013 Sunshine Award for the Performing Arts

SUNSHINE Awards Organization

Announces Nominees for New York City Program

New Jersey, October 24, 2013.  The SUNSHINE Awards Organization today announced in New Jersey the nominees for the 2013 SUNSHINE Awards Program scheduled for Saturday November 2, 2013 in New York City.  The SUNSHINE Awards Program was founded 25 years ago to recognize and honor talented exponents of the performing arts, sports and education of the various Caribbean countries.  Over the years, the canopy of the program was extended to include South America, Central America and Africa. 

Mosaic Dance Theater Company is among the five nominees to be honored at the New York City milestone event and will perform Raks al-Sai'id, a dance of Upper Egypt, at the awards ceremony.

The milestone, black tie event will be staged at the AXA Equitable Center, 787 Seventh Avenue (corner of 51^st Street) in New York City. The program will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:00pm followed by the presentation of awards and live performances at 8:00pm. The 25^th Annual SUNSHINE Awards Program in New York City is sponsored in part by United Airlines “the preferred airline of the SUNSHINE Awards”, the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort of Tobago, National Staffing Associates and All Star Motors/Essex County Touring.

Tickets can be obtained online at sunshineawards.com or by calling 201-836-0799.