THE DREAM CENTER, Multi GRAMMY® Awards Nominee Kirk Whalum and Victory University to Host 'IT STARTED WITH A DREAM'

PRE-GRAMMY® AWARDS CONCERT HONORING GRAMMY® NOMINEES IN ALL GOSPEL MUSIC CATEGORIES

CONCERT STREAMING LIVE ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13

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Feb 09, 2011, 06:13 ET

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunday, February 13, THE DREAM CENTER, twelve time GRAMMY® Award Nominee Kirk Whalum and Victory University are hosting "IT STARTED WITH A DREAM." In celebration of this year's Gospel GRAMMY® Nominees, the event is a pre awards ceremony, concert and service honoring the nominees and benefiting THE DREAM CENTER'S PROJECT HOPE. "IT STARTED WITH A DREAM" will feature live performances by GRAMMY® Nominees: Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Jeff & Sheri Easter, Forever Jones, Gungor, Israel Houghton Lecrae, VaShawn Mitchell, Karen Peck & New River, Lalah Hathaway and Kirk Whalum with special guest George Duke.

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WHEN:	Sunday, February 13, 2011
	10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

WHERE:	Angelus Temple
	1100 Glendale Blvd.
	Los Angeles, CA 90026

The event is FREE and open to all that can attend. The concert performances will be STREAMING LIVE on the web at DreamCenterLive.com. The viewing cost is $4.99 and the proceeds benefit the Project Hope, which provides a restoration home for immediate care to those rescued from human trafficking.

KIRK WHALUM

Saxophonist Kirk Whalum has been a recording artist for 25 years and has over 25 solo recordings to date. He has received numerous awards including twelve GRAMMY® nominations (four this year which include two for his most current releases: The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III and Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway), two Dove Award nominations, a NAACP Image Awards nomination, and he has won two Stellar Awards. Kirk is an ordained minister with a Masters of Art in Religion. Please visit www.facebook.com/KirkWhalum or www.KirkWhalum.com.

THE DREAM CENTER AND CO-FOUNDER MATTHEW BARNETT

Through its numerous outreach programs, THE DREAM CENTER feeds over 40,000 people per month (one million pounds of food) and houses more than 500 people daily each week, meeting them with love and a helping hand. THE DREAM CENTER provides food, shelter, clothing, life rehabilitation, education, job training and numerous resources through its 273 programs and outreaches. Opened in 1994 and located in a formerly crime-infested neighborhood of Los Angeles, THE DREAM CENTER has become one of the outstanding models of transformation in America.

Matthew Barnett, co-founder of THE DREAM CENTER and senior pastor of ANGELUS TEMPLE, will co-host the event. Please visit www.angelustemple.org.

VICTORY UNIVERSITY

Victory University is a Christian liberal arts college committed to academic excellence and the joining of faith, rigorous academic inquiry, and action guided by a biblical worldview.

MEDIA RSVP: A.Jalila Larsuel: Miles Ahead Entertainment

626-398-5028

[email protected] and [email protected]

DREAM CENTER CONTACT: Michelle Ray

213-273-7068/ [email protected]

ONLINE/ MEDIA & SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS: Ajani Sandridge

800-381-3955/ [email protected]

SOURCE Miles Ahead Entertainment