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Asbury Park

Beats & Rhymes Boot Camp Returns April 22 to 26

Free Weeklong Workshop Culminates With Lakehouse Recording

By Michelle Gladden


Spring break will not include travel but a week filled with writing, rehearsals, recording, and performances for some local teens. On Monday, the Beats & Rhymes Boot Camp at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County and Lakehouse Recording Studios returns.  The intensive training program, which launched last summer as a pilot, returns as […]

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Apr 18, 2019
Asbury Park Schools

The Pen Is Mightier Than Sword Hip Hop Documentary Debuts

APSD Film On Guided Rapping Program Screens At The ShowRoom Ahead Of Pocono Film Festival

By Michelle Gladden


Having to recall verse and the nervousness of recording in front of an audience proved the most challenging for 11-year-olds Kiara Johnson, Nakylah Muhammad and Jaylah Gomez [shown in feature photo], who are among the stars of The Pen is Mightier than the Sword, a documentary being screened Saturday at the 15th Annual Pocono Mountains […]

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Oct 20, 2017