CREATING LEGACIES Arts and Legacy Catalogue February 10, 2018
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YHWH KINGDOM EMBASSY TEMPLE ELECT YSHWH
“LOVE CAMPUS PROJECT” BEGAN ON JANUARY 19, 2018
OVERVIEW Project Background and Description
12 years ago, I was given a vision to minister to families. I was not sure in what capacity nor exactly in what scope this was to occur until this year 2018! God has revealed to me that my calling is to minister through marriage and family therapy. In the interim, I took the time to go back to Michigan State University where I had previously graduated with a B.A. in Humanities- Prelaw. I completed an English degree as well as a Sociology degree between 2008 and 2010. This is when God opened my understanding to overcome my fear of performing. While at MSU I presented information for class projects. I was very vocal in my classes and my professors knew me by name, no matter how massive the class roster was. There were also opportunities to perform musically and so I took that on as well.
Regarding my work with families, I took an internship at the Ingham County Circuit Court. There I worked with a team of individuals; juvenile court officers in charge of abuse and neglect cases. This team didn’t just identify abuse and neglect though. They were a part a program being implemented to correct the deficit found in these families with wrap around services allowing children to remain in the home with their family. These services would include: parent groups, teen groups, children’s groups, home visits, school visits, progress reports, job training, tutoring services, 2|Page
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one-on-one mentoring, and fulfillment of providing necessary material resources such as furniture and appliances. In addition to working with parents during the day to affect change in the home environment of troubled youth, I worked at the Ingham County Youth Center as a Juvenile Detention Specialist. There, I was in charge of ensuring juvenile delinquents opportunities to reside in a safe and progressive institution where treatment services were a part of their detention program. Both the court program and the youth center program have been used as pilots on which to build similar programs in other areas of the country.
Once I returned to Buffalo, NY in 2012, I developed a love for birth and a healthier beginning to life for our most vulnerable population, our babies. In this vein, I became a doula through a training at Buffalo Midwifery Services/ Life Cycles Center at 289 Summer Street.
Finally, melodic love therapy came to pass after a series of performances as Fragrance of YAH, including one at the Juneteenth Festival Arts and Culture Stage where my now husband stopped to soak in my musical presentation. We did not meet that day, but there was a connection formed that would last until we met and beyond into our marriage. He ended up coaching my son’s football team and once we met, we remained inseparable. Our love energy fostered an opportunity for my husband boasting a velvety smooth riff to my angelic melody to join me on stage in June of 2016 at the Neighbors Helping Neighbors festival on Connecticut Street. Melodic Love Therapy was born and we have been blessing the masses with this love ever since.
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The need to expand this love therapy from a melodic delivery to a ministerial delivery birthed the “Talk About Love” radio show. We became ordained ministers with the Universal Life Church on January 13, 2018 as we needed minister credentials without sacrificing our ability to worship as we see fit with me being Muslim and my husband Jehovah’s witness. We know that love needs safe harbor along with a way to pass the torch from generation to generation by creating legacies through three levels of dispensation of love, the church, the school, and the embassy/ apartments. Project Scope
I envision a campus where love abides so freely that it draws in the masses of individuals who are starving for love so they can learn about it, accept it, and dispense it.
The campus consists of three buildings. Building one is the church, Yahweh Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect Yahshua. This is a unity of faith church organization. There are no boundaries to acceptance except the boundary of love! Building two is a school, International P R E P Yeshiva. This is set up as a homeschool collective where parents participate in facilitating and educating their children in an environment where family is the foundational institution for everything. Building three is apartment living quarters, Yahweh Kingdom Village. Here is transitional housing where in-tact families in need of refuge can find a place to dwell together. Every shelter in the city is designated for either men or women 4|Page
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and even when children are involved, families are not allowed to dwell as one unit. Here is where that is different. High-Level Requirements
The campus must include the following: • Ability to allow intact families in need of refuge to dwell together as one unit. • Ability to educate our children within a space that considers the family unit the main source of educational resource. • Ability to worship God freely, in the way they see fit making sure it does not infringe on the rights of others to do the same. Deliverables
Currently, we run three programs throughout the year. 1. Jazz Embassy Café with Melodic Love Therapy started January 25, 2014. a. This program runs every three months on the last Sunday in the month. In January, April, July, and October. We set up a banquet style community dinner. Included in this dinner is a listening party for new and relevant musical and poetic material delivered by local and regional artists. b. The purpose of this program is to allow an audience to have a more personally engaging experience with melodic love therapy where we take the time to commune as a family over dinner. The music and poetry serve as a platform on which to build conversations about love, relationships, and the state of the world through a lens of LOVE.
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2. Creating Legacies Showcase and Workshop Series started March 15, 2015. a. This program runs every 6 months on either Friday or Saturday during the third weekend in the months of March and September. We open opportunities for three families of two to three generations to perform together in the arts during the March Showcase and in ministry/ activism during the September Showcase. Between the showcases we offer a series of workshops to prepare the families for performance in the showcases. b. The purpose of this program is to give opportunity for families to work together in the production of a performance piece. In addition, there are opportunities for families to vend their artistic wares during the showcase. 3. FragranceandJuan Music Festival started August 21, 2015. a. This program runs once annually on the third weekend in August. We open and opportunity for those with whom we have leveraged as team players in the last year to accomplish goals of ours and theirs’ to come together for a backyard shindig. This is purely for enjoyment and respite. We plan to add this fourth program to our deliverables. 4. Heavenly Conversation starting in 2018. a. This program will run every three months opposite the Jazz Embassy CafÊ. Therefore, it will be the last Sunday in February, May, August, and November. We set up a banquet style community dinner. Included in the dinner is spiritual elevation drawn from three 6|Page
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different religious disciplines. Each month will feature a different mixture of religious engagement. b. The purpose of this program is to give rise to opportunities for members of the community to come together at the dinner table and discuss our spiritual similarities. There will be music, poetry, and ministry delivered through these veins and of course conversation regarding spiritual LOVE at the dinner table. Affected Parties
Families will be impacted by this project. Our mission is marriage and family therapy through music creation, musical performance, and event execution.
We expect to impact families on every level. Starting with an understanding of love. Moving from there to creating a legacy that can be passed through the generations. Giving opportunity for our constituents to witness us as a family at the dinner table, performing, and in a more relaxed setting. Finally, accessing the individuals who make-up the family on a spiritual level, we affect the energy of the family and thus the community of families. Affected Business Processes or Systems
Yahweh Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect Yahshua runs three organizations. Two are included in this project: International P R E P Yeshiva and Yahweh Kingdom Village. Products from the third organization are included in this project, however not the full scale of deliverables from that organization.
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The organization to which I refer is Fragrance of YAH, besides being the name under which I performed prior to meeting my husband, Fragrance of YAH is a mission of Yahweh Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect Yahshua engaging in social engineering for recording and performing artists.
Fragrance of YAH is the organization which delivers: Jazz Embassy Café, Creating Legacies Showcase (in conjunction with International P R E P Yeshiva), FragranceandJuan Music Festival, and Heavenly Conversation. Fragrance of YAH also produces FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy who produces Melodic Love Therapy.
FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy is a husband and wife duo performing original and cover songs solely about LOVE. Their brand of performance is called “Melodic Love Therapy.” They have produced three albums, will release a new single within the coming month, and are currently working on a new album project called “Rhythm and Love.” In this newest project FragranceandJuan will accompany as well as compose and sing. In addition to general performance, FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy produce a Relationship Ministry including officiating weddings, marriage and family counseling, and spiritual counseling. From this spiritual endeavor FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy produces the “Talk About Love” radio show. They use the radio show as a platform to reach those who may not attend a public event, yet still desire to engage in the universal harmony that they dispense through song and ministry. FragranceandJuan will use the platform of the radio show and the Creating Legacies Workshop to formulate a workshop called “Let’s Talk About Love” which is slated for after school programs to foster a 8|Page
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more functional conversation about love with area public school students. We are in negotiations for our initial site to be Frank A. Sedita Academy; Buffalo Public School #30.
So, these products are all intertwined to produce the results that will come from the “The Love Campus.” Specific Exclusions from Scope
Three of four deliverables have been rolled out over the last six years. We would like to implement the fourth deliverable this year after the establishment of the “The Love Campus.” We need a place where families can expect to experience these deliverables at their appointed times. Once a physical location is secured more families and communities can be effected. Implementation Plan
We propose to acquire a former Buffalo Public School building or former church building that is currently vacant in the city of Buffalo, NY.
We plan to leverage a street team to canvas an interested neighborhood and petition the community to advocate on our behalf regarding the building.
In addition, we plan to continue our work with families and the community to continue to build relationships of people who will support these endeavors both physically and financially.
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High-Level Timeline/Schedule
We are currently in the phase of searching for suitable buildings. We would like to see this portion of the process take no more than three months.
The next phase of canvasing and petitioning should take no more than an additional three months.
The acquisition phase should be completed in no more than six months.
Finally, furnishing material supplies necessary to execute the deliverables from the site of the newly acquired buildings should be possible within no more than one year from today.
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As a product of Fragrance of YAH (a Nonprofit Outreach of YHWH Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect YSHWH Social Engineering Firm for Visual and Performing Arts and Artists) we are “Spreading the Fragrance of LOVE with every lyric, melody, and breath...” since January 25, 2014! At the Jazz Embassy Café, you will experience an atmosphere of refuge from the rhetoric of everyday living. You will be greeted with new, original, relevant, socially conscious verbiage delivered poetically and melodically by artists who embody a connection to their higher selves. This is a spiritual improvisational journey on solemn soil meant to free you from this realm of existence if only for 4 hours. While traveling you will be pampered in majestic dress and banquet style dining as we commune together with dinner and discourse. Resident Melodic Love Therapist FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy ordained ministers, relationship counselors, and promoters of marriage, family, and spiritual enlightenment will engage with you in restorative dialogue guaranteed to wash over you with curative rejuvenation.
Come, rest your life at the door and enter our sanctum of safety and healing while enjoying a warm cup of pure unadulterated love at the
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Bandleader, Vocalist, Songwriter
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As a product of Fragrance of YAH (A Nonprofit Outreach Social Engineering Firm for Visual and Performing Arts and Artists) we are “Spreading the Fragrance of LOVE with every lyric, melody, and breath...” We are a husband and wife duo: Fragrance and Juan Stanfield. We sing about LOVE exclusively! Our brand of performance is called “Melodic Love Therapy.” We perform: AfroBeat, R&B, NeoSoul, Pop, Reggae, and Soul music. We have original and cover songs all about LOVE! We fill our environment with Cosmic Energy and Universal Harmony! Everything about us is pure unadulterated LOVE!
The wife Fragrance born Fragrance Rasheedah Harris in Buffalo, New York to the late Laymon Harris II (singer/ songwriter, author, playwright, and motivational speaker) and Luna Foster (singer and Evangelist), she grew up singing in church. At the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, she majored in vocal music. She was a member of both the Senior and Select choruses.
Fragrance acknowledges that music is not just a career choice, but also a calling and a purpose. She understands how arts and culture are a part of education and can be tools to unlock creativity and opportunities in life. Being an educator for 30 years, beginning at the tender age of 9, the same year she was baptized at Mt. 14 | P a g e
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Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, she understands the interdependent relationship between the arts, education, spiritual elevation and awareness, and harmonious family and community life.
Inspired by her 4 (now 7) talented children to create a legacy as her father did with her and her siblings, she set out to not only sing, but also socially engineer family friendly community art programs. In 2014, as Fragrance of YAH, she engineered "The Jazz Embassy Cafe'," "The Creating Legacies Showcase," and in 2015 (with the help of a collaborative team “B.E.A.S.T.�) "The Fragrance Music Festival." As an educator, Fragrance homeschools her children as founder of International P.R.E.P. Yeshiva (Homeschool), assists in administration and teaches as a member of the Marcus Garvey Consortium (Communiversity) housed at the Juneteenth Festival Inc. 1517 Genesee St., Buffalo, NY 14211, as a member of the Queen Coty Home School Collective housed at the Dream Center at 286 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14213, and as a Teacher Substitute in the Buffalo Public Schools. Fragrance is a current member of the Kwanzaa Committee of Buffalo, the alternate Home School Representative for the DPCC, and a former member of the Board of Directors for the Hope Program Incorporation Organization.
The husband Juan was born Juan Anthony Stanfield in Buffalo, NY to Robbie R. Stanfield (singer/ former member of the Northington Singers). Naturally, he began singing in church at the age of 9. He then turned his attention to dancing and formed his own dancing group called Showtime! The group performed all across Western New York. In addition to
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dancing, he was a line dance instructor with the Real Deal Crew. These days you can find him dancing on skates with the 716 Rollers.
Outside of the arts Juan’s passion lies with mentoring children. He coached basketball, football, soccer, and baseball in various leagues. Still former players walk up and talk about the impact “Coach Juan” had on them! Most recently, Juan served as a volunteer assistant Coach for the Delaware Soccer Club and the Wolverines Football Organization both of which his son and a nephew were players.
The couple FragranceandJuan believe in the importance of family and are greatly involved in continuing the legacies we bear from our talented parentage. Along with our 15 (soon to be 16) children, we plan to be the village that changes the energy in our environment through our music as well as our socially engineered events: The Jazz Embassy Cafe which occurs the last Sunday of the month, every January, April, July, and October. The Creating Legacies Showcase occurs the 3rd week in March and September. The Creating Legacies Workshop Series runs between the showcases engaging youth and families to assist in the sharing of legacies and production of the showcase. The Fragrance Music Festival occurs in August annually. Also, being culturally conscious we engage and perform faithfully in Juneteenth and Kwanzaa celebrations in Buffalo, NY. 16 | P a g e
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Come share our passion for music that inspires your spirit, elevates your consciousness and touches your soul! Support this movement of LOVE!
Tune in to our newest mission, the “Let’s Talk About Love” Radio Show on podomatic.com, youtube @fragranceandjuan, and facebook @fragranceandjuan. Listen, like, share, comment, and most of all #support!!!
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Discography
“Heavenly Consciousness” is the first single from Fragrance of Yah released in 2011. This song was written and produced by Fragrance of YAH. Music created by Erico Martin a.k.a. Documentalz. This song was recorded at YHWH Kingdom Embassy Studio. Mixing was done by Compass120.
“Simply Love- EP” is the first album from Fragrance of Yah released in January of 2016. Track 1- Love Track 2- Running Away Track 3- Love Listens Well Track 4- Universal Harmony Track 5- Cosmic Self All songs for “Simply Love-EP” are written and produced by Fragrance of YAH a.k.a. Fragrance R. Harris Brown McReynolds. Music for track 1 is a riddim by Special Delivery Music. Music for track 3 created by Socialistsoundz Ent. a.k.a Zoom the Sound Scientist a.k.a Zamanti Epps. Music for tracks 2, 4, & 5 created by Fragrance of YAH. 18 | P a g e
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“Simply Love-EP” is executively produced by Fragrance of YAH. All songs were recorded, mixed, and mastered at Outerlimits Studios in Buffalo, NY.
“Vulnerable “is the second album from Fragrance of Yah released in April of 2016. Track 1- Never Really Been In Love Track 2- The Man Track 3- All You Have to Do Track 4- The Way You Move Me Track 5- Appreciate You Enough (feat. OenGarde) Track 6- Keys to Love Track 7- Law of Attraction All Songs for “Vulnerable” are written and produced by Fragrance of YAH. Music for tracks 1 and 4 created by Conscious Beats. Music for track 2 created by Fragrance of YAH. Music for track 3 created by Documentalz. Music for tracks 5, 6, and 7 created by Socialistsoundz Ent. Rap for track 5 written and performed by Oen Garde a.k.a. Jimiyu Juno Patterson. “Vulnerable” is executively produced by Fragrance of YAH. This album was recorded partially at Outerlimits Studios, YHWH Kingdom Embassy Studio, and completed at GCR Studios. BadTone Productions completed all mixing and mastering for this project. Music can be purchased on ITunes, Amazon, and most digital outlets and streaming services under Fragrance of Yah. 19 | P a g e
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“Conversations” is the 1st album from FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy and 1st full length album from the Fragrance of YAH label. Track 1- Heavenly Conversation Track 2- Consistency Track 3- Who Are You Fighting? Track 4- I’m Not Worthy Track 5- Demand of Respect Track 6- Venting Track 7- What Matters Track 8- All About the Quality Track 9- Picture of Love Track 10- Making Love Is Marriage All songs written and produced by Fragrance of YAH. Music for tracks 1, 3, 8, and 10 created by Conscious Beats. Music for tracks 4, 6, 7, and 9 created by Socialistsoundz Ent. Music for track 5 created by Fragrance of YAH. Executively Produced by Fragrance of YAH, this album was partially recorded at Outerlimits Studios and completed at GCR Studios. BadTone Productions completed all mixing and mastering of this project. Music can be purchased on ITunes, Amazon, and most digital outlets and streaming services under FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy: Melodic Love Therapy. 20 | P a g e
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FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy is joined by a most talented group of musicians and performers to make FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy Band!
Vocalist, Keys, Songwriter, Dancer, Fashion Designer
YAHnia Beautiful Will I've loved singing ever since I was a little girl. I was around 6 months old when I began humming my bedtime song my mom made from “gizmo’s song” on the movie Gremlins. Ever since then I would sing all the time. I would sing every day. As my voice developed, my mom told me I sing in a soprano voice. Soon after, my mom began performing (singing publicly) and recording the songs she had been 21 | P a g e
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writing for years. As she shared her journey with her children including me, I would always learn every lyric. When it came time that I knew what I was doing my mom thought she should start putting me on stage with her. That's when I realized I was uncomfortable singing in public. Singing was not the only talent that I was born with I can also dance, as well as, sew and design clothing. I have my own business called: YAHnia Fashion Boutique. Find me on FaceBook. Dancing was much more comfortable, so I switched focus from singing to dancing. I performed with the African American Cultural Center’s Youth Performing Company for three years. I also performed with a select group of outstanding dancers in the Joko Bene presentation during the Juneteenth Sankofa days in 2015 and 2016. I now dance with Ms. Barbara's School of Dance. I have also rejoined my mom and now my dad in their band FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy as I have more confidence performing vocally as well as the other arts after performing on stage at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts for the 50th Kwanzaa celebration’s NiaSoul night in December 2016.
Bass Player
Efferin Fuse Drummer
Aaron Palmer Guitar and Keys
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Performance Pricing (This includes: set-up, break-down, and up to 2 60 minute sets) Vocals & Tracks $350 Vocals & Small Ensemble $700 Vocals & Large Ensemble $1, 100
Talk About Love Radio/ T.V. Show Guest Spot $150.00 Honorable Mention $75.00 Ad $50.00
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Minister, Wedding Officiant, Marriage Counselor, Couples Counselor, and Love Therapist.
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As a product of YHWH Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect YSHWH (Yahweh Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect Yahshua) we are “A beacon of light in an age of darkness that we truly can live a righteous life. Believing in ALL of יהוהrevelations including the Tanakh, B'rit Chadashah, and Qur'an. Giving honor to ALL of יהוה messengers in their respective authoritative positions. Loving יהוה through peaceful submission, obedience, and supplication. Reverent of יהוהthat he is all knowing, all seeing, truly the author and finisher of all things; our Sustainer!” We are a husband and wife duo: Fragrance and Juan Stanfield. We minister to individuals working towards relationships as well as with those engaged in relationships of all levels. We focus on the cosmic energy of love to minister to the hearts of those who welcome us into their sphere of influence to assist them on their journey towards a wholesome relationship with LOVE. God is Love. We are Love. The fruit of our labor is Love. The wife Fragrance answered the call on her life to ministry on January 8, 2018. Her journey to this pass was not paved with gold, yet instead a steady climb against the grain. She was baptized at 9 years old at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, founded by her grandfather the late Reverend Anthony Benson (then located at 363 E. North Street (corner of Rose St.) in Buffalo, NY). Feeling a 25 | P a g e
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calling to pay close attention to the word of God as it was spoken she began to read more deeply into the messages as delivered by ministers when they preached. Desiring more in-depth Bible centered learning, she began to attend The Apostolic Rock Temple of the Living God (“The Rock”) pastored by Elder Harley Smothers at the age of 17. Continuing to delve deeply into the word of God she moved through her spiritual life constantly examining the complexities of various religious disciplines to understand their interconnectedness. A series of dreams separated her from “The Rock” and gave her the first portion of the vision for Yahweh Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect Yahshua on June 6, 2006.
She was accused of starting a church and told that only one church of any one specific kind can be ordained by God in the same place, therefore her revelation was not of God. Reluctant to accept that it was a church she had founded, she continued her work and spiritual journey independent of a church home. Her family found a new church home at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Lansing, Michigan where she would again be accused of having her own ministry after the wife of a deacon asked her to explain the scriptures and noticing her intense spiritual understanding. Soon after this accusation, 26 | P a g e
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still not accepting the reality of her having founded a church, she reverted to Islam in October of 2009 on the campus of Michigan State University after reading the Qur’an during observance of the Feast of Sukkot. From there her journey separated her spirit from the chastity of compartmentalization allowing her to form a direct relationship with God independent of the need for validation. Finally, after firmly establishing a foundation in the community as a Melodic Love Therapist with her husband Juan, she was brought to the understanding that her calling was to ministry and accepted both that calling and the realization of her being joint founder with Juan of the church established on January 8, 2018. Officially ordained as ministers in the Universal Life Church on January 13, 2018. Respecting every person’s God given right to worship as they see fit, she is Muslim and her husband is Jehovah’s Witness, and they minister together over relationships, marriages, and families.
Embark with us on the continuation of this journey to deepen the relationship of Love through collective consciousness and relationship ministry.
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Marriage Ministry Services “So, You Think You’re In Love” Youth Ministry $500.00- 2 hour session for up to 20 individuals Wedding Officiant Service $75.00 Couples/ Marriage Counseling $350.00- 10 one-hour sessions Family Counseling $700.00- 7 two-hour sessions for up to 4 people, or 3 two hour sessions for up to 10 people. Wedding Package $1,250- included 5 premarital counseling sessions, wedding officiant service, a musical performance by FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy Band, and 2 marital counseling sessions.) Jazz Embassy Café Wedding & Reception Package $3,500- includes Wedding Package plus two guest performance artists, DJ, Melodic Love Therapy session, catered dinner w/ desert, banquet style setting with service for up to 30 people, and of course LOVE!!) 28 | P a g e
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House of Ballard Wedding & Home Package $5,000- includes Jazz Embassy CafĂŠ Wedding & Reception Package plus wedding photos, wedding video, and a painting of the bride and groom! Creating Legacies Wedding Keepsake Package $7,000- includes House of Ballard Wedding & Home Package plus two wedding keepsake books, one wedding dress, and one flower girl dress. Fragrance of YAH Complete Wedding Package $12,000- includes Creating Legacies Wedding Keepsake Package plus invitations, venue procurement, seating charts, wedding party prep and rehearsal, make-up artist, hairstylist, tuxedos, bridesmaid dresses, ring bearer outfit, flowers, and music. Please note: This package does not include the cost of procurements, nor additional services and materials. Only the service of procuring, securing, planning, and executing is covered.
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Publicist
Nicola Medley Ballard Consult Medley, (CMP) is an online digital advertising company geared towards assisting artists and small businesses. Consult Medley Publishing, which began in 2008 has assisted hundreds of artists with the conception and completion of their projects. CMP, a registered small and emerging business has worked with nonprofits to teach elderly and youth art and technology skills. We pride ourselves with the services we provided the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, The Nehemiah Foundation, Freedom Schools and many others. We encourage you to choose us as your team. Start today and give us a call. Nicola Medley, a New York native married in 2011 to Detroit Native and Visual Artist Qean Ballard in Shreveport, Louisiana. They formed both RudeBoyz Art and NB Artworks, which provides airbrushed art pieces, artworks on canvas and crafted works. Rudeboyz Artworks is located at 527 W. Utica St., Bflo., NY 14213.
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Wardrobe Designer
Qean Ballard Qean Ballard began his art career as a sketch artist in childhood, although professionally his career began in 2008. He pursued airbrushed art and taught this form to students at the Rutherford House in Shreveport, Louisiana. Qean evolved as an artist using brushed paints and acrylics when he and his wife, Nicola opened their first art shop called Creations by Imaginations at the Greenwood Flea Market in late 2009. Qean joined his wife as artist assistant to teach after school programs for (SPAR) Shreveport Parks and Recreation, Art Break at (SRAC) Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Turning Point Freedom Schools and other community based art festivals and programs throughout 2010. Expanding from just airbrushing to sewing, designing, sculpting, painting and instructing, in 2012 Rudeboys Art was formed to better express his individual art experience. Now a veteran of Art and art business, Qean participated in a number of grant approved festivals with Unscene including the Rudeboys Art Blazer Parade, which was featured by (DDA) Downtown Development Authority in City Wide Pop-Up Fashion Show, American School of Business Gallery Show, and Art House Paint and Party a weekly art show. In 2014, Qean Introduced heat pressed and silk screen shirts to his resume and changed his name to Rudeboyz Artworks, which included his new products and relocated to Buffalo, New York, his wife’s hometown to open a storefront. 31 | P a g e
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Founded on June 25, 2016
This co-op is an answer to the lack of black food store ownership in the black community. It is an attempt at giving ownership and control to those that live in the community. It is an effort to allow the dollar to circulate in the community. 35 | P a g e
FRAGRANCE OF YAH 2/9/18 CREATING LEGACIES ARTS & LEGACY CATALOGUE
Thank You!! I FragranceandJuan, our children, and our extended family would like to say thank you for your contributions to this work: FragranceandJuan Cosmic Energy Band, CVR Radio Station and Print Center, and Rudeboyz Artworks Consult Medley CMP. We would also like to thank those in advance who take the time to support the individuals whose stories are contained herein. Fragrance of YAH is a Nonprofit Outreach of YHWH Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect YSHWH engaged in social engineering for recording and performing arts and artists. Therefore, we look for ways to support, promote, and showcase the talents whose paths we are blessed to cross. Please support these endeavors. YHWH Kingdom Embassy Temple Elect YSHWH is a Nonprofit Unity of Faith Church Organization fostering discourse to achieve spiritual elevation in sincerity and truth. Our hope is to be a beacon of light in an age of darkness, proclaiming that we truly can live a righteous life. Emphasis is placed on building and re-building familial bonds founded in truth (faith) and the importance of the family unit within the context of spiritual obedience to our Creator. Help us spread the “Fragrance of Love!�
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