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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It started at the Baltimore School for the Arts. They were friends first, and then they fell in love and got married. He’s a classically trained trumpet player, while she’s a singer and songwriter.
Mashica and Dontae Winslow are coming home, returning home to the Baltimore School for the Arts for a special performance Saturday night (9/24).
“We learned so much here. I feel like it was a safe haven for me. It was my foundation. I definitely would not be the person I am today had it not been for the School for the Arts,” said Mashica Winslow. “This is really my second home. When I come home from California, I have to see my family and I have to come see my second family, the Baltimore School for the Arts. So it means a lot to me.”
They’ve recorded and performed with a music industry who’s who.
“Classically I’ve sung behind a lot of opera singers, Jessye Norman, Denyce Graves, Kathleen Battle. The school really gave me the foundation to be more well-rounded,” said Mashica Winslow.
“I’ve worked with Mary Mary, Snoop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah and I scored my first film this year with Robert Townsend,” said Dontae Winslow.
During the interview, Dontae’s elementary school principal stopped by to say hello. Their roots are at the school they love.
“My mother was on drugs when I got into the School for the Arts. So coming here was like a refuge. I would spend hours in the practice room and try to stay as late as possible so I wouldn’t have to go home and see what was a bad situation,” said Dontae Winslow. “Many times we got together with our friends here, hang out and write songs. Just try to escape from inner city life, the inner city trappings. We used this school as a vehicle to really hone our craft and our dreams.”
The couple has been married 11 years. They have a son named Jedi and they’re best friends. WinslowDynasty’s debut CD is the Life album, hitting all the right notes in music and life.
“We’ve come back to perform at the school where we met, to have our friends and family and to open our music to a new audience, to introduce people to soul, R&B, poetry, hip-hop and dance. We’re using everything we’ve learned here at the school. It’s like a big celebration,” said Dontae Winslow.
“We had a lot of support. The students here really supported each other and the teachers here really respected our gifts,” said Mashica Winslow.
Winslow Dynasty performs Saturday (9/24) at 7:30 p.m. at the Baltimore School for the Arts. Tickets are $20 and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Doctors Without Borders Somalia relief effort.
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Dontae & Jedi w/ Dj. Khalil
The rode has been long… The process has been intense… Each phase has required perseverance and humility. Making music, Rocking with some of the best, Priceless. Dreams don’t work unless you do.. Let your test be your testimony.
2011 USA 107 MIN HD
SCR: Cheryl L. West
DIR: Robert Townsend
PROD: Messiah Jacobs
EXEC PROD: Rey Ramsey, David Saunier, Robert Townsend
ORIG. MUSIC: Dontae Winslow
CAST: Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, and Vivica A. Fox.
American Black Film Festival (ABFF) kicks off its 15th annual event in Miami with a film from Founder/Chairman, Robert Townsend. In The Hive, a gritty film, based on the real experiences of the people who attend and teach at a special school in North Carolina called “The Hive.” It’s based on 
a true story about this woman in North Carolina named Vivian Saunders, who basically without any formal education, started an alternative school for at risk boys, who were expelled or Discarded from regular schools. Not only were these boys gang bangers and drug dealers, they’re all teenagers, fathers at 14 and 15 years old as well.
Saunders created The Hive to provide a safe place for troubled teenaged boys to get a second chance at an education, learn about technology and also about breaking the cycle of At Risk Behavior, living life on the streets, in gangs, and in jail.
At the heart of the story is sixteen year old Xtra Keyes played by Jonathan ‘Lil J’ McDaniel (That’s So Raven), a young father who’s tougher than nails yet discovers through the nurturing at the HIVE that his toughness can also lead to new found hope and perhaps even a future. Original music by Music Producer, Songwriter, Hollywood Composer, Dontae Winslow.
Don’t miss this Video feature about the Real Vivian Saunders and her Hive, the inspiration for the film.
I love my life. Aside from being a loving wife, I am so proud of being a mother to a beautiful, healthy and happy little boy. I consider him to be our greatest achievement in life. Good parenting is never an easy task. It is a payment deferred profession with a lifetime responsibility of building a faithful, firm foundation for a child’s creativity, spirituality and moral growth. Watching children grow from infancy to childhood, to adolescence, is a fascinating experience for a parent. Despite the challenges and the different roles parents have to play, parenting is a challenging yet rewarding journey. I’m so proud to be a mom. Our son Jedi is creative and so full of life and personality it’s sickening. I am.. We are .. So thankful for him..
Check out his latest… A Disney commercial running on the Disney channel all summer long. It’s a small part and if you blink you’re sure to miss it but the experience for Jedi has been PRICELESS. The point is, as parents, we will always be proud of our children’s accomplishments no matter how big or how small. It is so important for them to not only know but believe that. It make such a difference in a child’s life.
MW
How about you? What Makes You Proud Being A Parent?
Wake up , Pray
Send wife to gym
Read A Psalm
Compose a score cue
warm up on trumpet
check itinerary for JKL show today
Help son with School-writing, math
Ride Bike with Jedi, buy new smaller bike no training wheels practice
Practice French with Jedi
Practice Trumpet
Get ready for Jimmy Kimmel Live show – soundcheck, camera block, taping
Pray with the band, Kill the Show! Jill is on Fire! Crowd going nutz!
Car pool home
Relax with Wife , Put Son to bed
I Love my Life, I’m So Blessed…
DW
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Winslowdynasty’s, Dontae Winslow will be rocking the stage this summer with Jill Scott and her Summer Block Party Tour. This is sure to be a summer blockbuster event. Check out the seek peak-in from rehersal with Dontae on Korg Vocoder. Dontae has toured with Jill Scott before and the event was nothing short of amazing, this will be no different.
Jill Scott will bring her forthcoming fourth album, “The Light of the Sun,” on the road this summer with the Jill Scott’s Summer Block Party, which kicks off July 28th in New York.
The Budweiser Superfest-sponsored event will also feature soul singer Anthony Hamilton and R&B veterans Mint Condition as openers, while DJ Jazzy Jeff has signed on to provide beats and Doug E. Fresh will serve as the tour’s official host.
“The Light of the Sun,” (Click to Listen) Scott’s follow-up to 2007′s “The Real Thing – Words & Sounds, Vol. 3″,
July 26: Boston, Mass – Bank of America Pavilion
July 28: New York, N.Y. – Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater
July 30: Detroit, Mich. – DTE Energy Music Theater
July 31: Chicago, Ill. – Charter One Pavilion @ Northerly Island
Aug. 3: Cleveland, Ohio – Jacobs Pavilion @ Nautical
Aug. 4: St. Louis, Mo. – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 6: Philadelphia, Pa. – Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 7: Washington, D.C. – Verizon Center
Aug. 10: Los Angeles, Calif.
Aug. 14: Oakland, Calif.
Aug. 17: Memphis, Tenn.
Aug. 19: Atlanta, Ga. – Chastain Park Amphitheater
Aug. 21: Virginia Beach, Va.
Aug. 23: Raleigh, N.C.
Aug. 24: Charlotte, N.C.
Aug. 27: Dallas, Tex.
Aug. 28: Houston, Tex.
What:Dontae Winslow jazz guest performing with Kevin Kanner Quintet at Angel’s in Santa Monica.
May, 19th @8pm
Angle’s Piano Bar & Supper Club, 2460 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
What:Dontae Winslow jazz guest performing with Kool Moe Dee at Washington Prep High School in Los Angles.
May, 26th
Washington Prep High School, 10860 S. Denker Ave, Los Angles, CA 90047
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