BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:KC and The Sunshine Band BEGIN:VEVENT UID:355042026-06-11 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260611 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260612 LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville Delaware 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville Delaware 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo: 38.466017,-75.112054 GEO:38.466017;-75.112054 SUMMARY:KC and The Sunshine Band CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Children 12 and under are free to attend and do not need a tick et when\nsitting in the Lawn section. KC and the Sunshine Band are still a s\nwidely popular today as they were when they first danced into the\nmusi c scene 50 years ago. Harry Wayne Casey — KC for short —\ndeveloped a unique fusion of R&B and funk\, with a hint of a Latin\npercussion groove\ , giving us an impressive string of hits like “Get\nDown Tonight\,” “That’s The Way (I Like It)” and “Shake Your\nBooty.” With sales of over 100 million records\, nine Grammy\nnominations\, three Grammy Awa rds and an American Music Award\, KC and\nthe Sunshine Band was one of the most progressive bands of the 70s and\nis credited with changing the soun d of modern pop music. Today\, KC and\nthe Sunshine Band play over 100 liv e shows annually\, circling the\ncountry and playing dates regularly throu ghout Europe\, Australia and\nSouth America. This year KC will celebrate 5 0 years of entertaining\nus\, writing songs\, and performing around the wo rld and has no\nintention of stopping. In the last decade\, KC has continu ed to\ninfluence the dance and disco scene by releasing new music\, most\n recently his single\, “Unconditional Love featuring Bimbo Jones.”\nIn March of 2015 KC and the Sunshine Band released “Feeling You! The\n60s. ” The album was a tribute to the era that shaped KC into the\nrevolution ary artist he became in the 70s. Covers on the album include\nsongs by six ties legends Bob Dylan\, Ben E. King\, The Kinks\, The\nRighteous Brothers \, Jackie DeShannon\, Aaron Neville and many more.\nJust like the rest of America during that time he was inspired by the\nmusic\, innocence\, sex\, social and political movements and\ncounterculture of the era\, which led to him founding the Dance\nRevolution and teaching the world how to boogi e. “The widespread\nsocial and political issues of the 1960s was\, in pa rt\, the inspiration\nto do something that would make people forget about their problems and\nbe happy\,” said Casey. “People were looking for s omething that\nwould divert their attention from the negative aspects of e veryday\nlife surrounding them.” KC started working in the music busines s at\nage 17\, performing menial tasks around the T.K. Records/Studio comp lex\nin his hometown of Miami. The Sunshine Band originated in 1973. Their \nfirst record\, Blow Your Whistle\, made the top 15 on the R&B chart.\nTh eir second album\, KC and the Sunshine Band\, was released in 1975\,\nwent triple platinum and contained the #1 hits “Get Down Tonight\,”\n“Th at’s the Way (I Like It)\,” “Boogie Shoes” and “Rock\nYour Baby. ” KC and the Sunshine Band became the first act to score\nfour #1 pop si ngles in one 12-month period since the Beatles in 1964.\nThree of those si ngles also crossed over to become #1 R&B tracks.\nKC’s third album\, Par t 3\, released in 1976\, also went triple\nplatinum and contained the #1 s ingles “I’m Your Boogie Man\,”\n“Shake Your Booty\,” and “Keep It Comin’ Love.” The band’s\nstring of hit singles continued with “Boogie Shoes\,” which was\nincluded on the Saturday Night Fever sound track\, “Please Don’t\nGo” and “Yes\, I’m Ready\,” a duet with high school friend Teri\nDeSario. KC returned to the charts in 1983 with “Give It Up\,”\nwhich also hit #1 in the UK. KC’s success in music h as earned him an\nextensive list of accolades\, including an American Musi c Award for\nBest R&B Artist in 1975 and a songwriting Grammy for Best R&B song for\n“Where Is The Love\,” which was recorded by Betty Wright. H e also\nreceived a Grammy Award for Album of the Year\, as well as Produce r of\nthe Year in 1978 for his work on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack .\nIn 2001\, KC was honored with the NARAS Governor’s Award\, the highes t\nhonor given by a chapter of the Academy. He received a coveted Star on\ nthe Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002\, where Dick Clark and music\nproducer Michael Lloyd turned out to honor him. This particular\nrecognition repre sents the passion that KC has in writing music\,\nimplementing elements of various eras in his songs\, proving him to be\na passionate\, veteran cra ftsman. All of these career highlights are\nchronicled in his book\, That ’s The Way I Like It – The Harry Wayne\nCasey Story\, which was publis hed that same year. KC’s music\ncontinues to be a favorite today. His so ngs have appeared in ads for\ncompanies like General Motors\, Burger King\ , Payless Shoes\, Papa John's\nPizza\, Old Navy and Nick at Nite. His musi c has also been featured in\nover 200 commercials and movies such as Forre st Gump (“Get Down\nTonight”)\, Boogie Nights (“Boogie Shoes”)\, B oys Don’t Cry\n(“Rock Your Baby”)\, Rush Hour (“Get Down Tonight ”)\,\nCarlito’s Way (“Rock Your Baby\,” “Shake Your Booty” and \n“That’s The Way I Like It”) and Austin Powers in Goldmember\n(“S hake Your Booty”). In the summer of 2003\, KC also had a cameo\nin the f eature film The In-Laws starring Michael Douglas and Albert\nBrooks. KC’ s songs are regularly heard at sporting events\, were\nfeatured during Ope ning Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in\nTorino\, Italy and he even performed a free concert in Salt Lake City\nfor the 2002 Winter Olympics. No stranger to the small screen\, KC’s\nsongs have been featured in suc h shows as Desperate Housewives\, Ally\nMcBeal\, American Bandstand’s 50 th Anniversary Party and most\nrecently American Idol and Dancing With The Stars with the help of the\nUSC marching band. Additionally\, KC and the Sunshine Band have the\ndistinction of having made more appearances on Dic k Clark’s New\nYear’s Rockin’ Eve than any other artist in the progr am’s\nhistory! Music acts like White Zombie\, Baha Men\, Beyoncé and Am erican\nIdol’s Kelly & Justin have covered his music. Additionally\, KC and\nthe Sunshine Band’s grooves and bass lines have been sampled in\nev erything from “Rap” by Snoop Dogg to “Trick Daddy to Dance”\nby Ul tra Nate and many\, many more. You can count on hearing his music\non the radio\, at a nightclub\, at the movies\, in a sports arena or at\none of t he 100-plus concerts KC and the Sunshine Band plays every\nyear. It is alw ays fun and truly makes all who hear it happy enough to\ndance! Venue: Fre eman Arts Pavilion.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Children 12 and under are free to attend an d do not need a ticket when sitting in the Lawn section. KC and the Sunshi ne Band are still as widely popular today as they were when they first dan ced into the music scene 50 years ago. Harry Wayne Casey &mdash\; KC for s hort &mdash\; developed a unique fusion of R&\;B and funk\, with a hint of a Latin percussion groove\, giving us an impressive string of hits lik e &ldquo\;Get Down Tonight\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;That&rsquo\;s The Way (I Like It)&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Shake Your Booty.&rdquo\; With sales of over 100 million records\, nine Grammy nominations\, three Grammy Awards and an Ame rican Music Award\, KC and the Sunshine Band was one of the most progressi ve bands of the 70s and is credited with changing the sound of modern pop music. Today\, KC and the Sunshine Band play over 100 live shows annually\ , circling the country and playing dates regularly throughout Europe\, Aus tralia and South America. This year KC will celebrate 50 years of entertai ning us\, writing songs\, and performing around the world and has no inten tion of stopping. In the last decade\, KC has continued to influence the d ance and disco scene by releasing new music\, most recently his single\, & ldquo\;Unconditional Love featuring Bimbo Jones.&rdquo\; In March of 2015 KC and the Sunshine Band released &ldquo\;Feeling You! The 60s.&rdquo\; Th e album was a tribute to the era that shaped KC into the revolutionary art ist he became in the 70s. Covers on the album include songs by sixties leg ends Bob Dylan\, Ben E. King\, The Kinks\, The Righteous Brothers\, Jackie DeShannon\, Aaron Neville and many more. Just like the rest of America du ring that time he was inspired by the music\, innocence\, sex\, social and political movements and counterculture of the era\, which led to him foun ding the Dance Revolution and teaching the world how to boogie. &ldquo\;Th e widespread social and political issues of the 1960s was\, in part\, the inspiration to do something that would make people forget about their prob lems and be happy\,&rdquo\; said Casey. &ldquo\;People were looking for so mething that would divert their attention from the negative aspects of eve ryday life surrounding them.&rdquo\; KC started working in the music busin ess at age 17\, performing menial tasks around the T.K. Records/Studio com plex in his hometown of Miami. The Sunshine Band originated in 1973. Their first record\, Blow Your Whistle\, made the top 15 on the R&\;B chart. Their second album\, KC and the Sunshine Band\, was released in 1975\, we nt triple platinum and contained the #1 hits &ldquo\;Get Down Tonight\,&rd quo\; &ldquo\;That&rsquo\;s the Way (I Like It)\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Boogie S hoes&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Rock Your Baby.&rdquo\; KC and the Sunshine Band became the first act to score four #1 pop singles in one 12-month period s ince the Beatles in 1964. Three of those singles also crossed over to beco me #1 R&\;B tracks. KC&rsquo\;s third album\, Part 3\, released in 1976 \, also went triple platinum and contained the #1 singles &ldquo\;I&rsquo\ ;m Your Boogie Man\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Shake Your Booty\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo \;Keep It Comin&rsquo\; Love.&rdquo\; The band&rsquo\;s string of hit sing les continued with &ldquo\;Boogie Shoes\,&rdquo\; which was included on th e Saturday Night Fever soundtrack\, &ldquo\;Please Don&rsquo\;t Go&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Yes\, I&rsquo\;m Ready\,&rdquo\; a duet with high school frie nd Teri DeSario. KC returned to the charts in 1983 with &ldquo\;Give It Up \,&rdquo\; which also hit #1 in the UK. KC&rsquo\;s success in music has e arned him an extensive list of accolades\, including an American Music Awa rd for Best R&\;B Artist in 1975 and a songwriting Grammy for Best R&am p\;B song for &ldquo\;Where Is The Love\,&rdquo\; which was recorded by Be tty Wright. He also received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year\, as wel l as Producer of the Year in 1978 for his work on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. In 2001\, KC was honored with the NARAS Governor&rsquo\;s Awa rd\, the highest honor given by a chapter of the Academy. He received a co veted Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002\, where Dick Clark and mu sic producer Michael Lloyd turned out to honor him. This particular recogn ition represents the passion that KC has in writing music\, implementing e lements of various eras in his songs\, proving him to be a passionate\, ve teran craftsman. All of these career highlights are chronicled in his book \, That&rsquo\;s The Way I Like It &ndash\; The Harry Wayne Casey Story\, which was published that same year. KC&rsquo\;s music continues to be a fa vorite today. His songs have appeared in ads for companies like General Mo tors\, Burger King\, Payless Shoes\, Papa John'\;s Pizza\, Old Navy and Nick at Nite. His music has also been featured in over 200 commercials an d movies such as Forrest Gump (&ldquo\;Get Down Tonight&rdquo\;)\, Boogie Nights (&ldquo\;Boogie Shoes&rdquo\;)\, Boys Don&rsquo\;t Cry (&ldquo\;Roc k Your Baby&rdquo\;)\, Rush Hour (&ldquo\;Get Down Tonight&rdquo\;)\, Carl ito&rsquo\;s Way (&ldquo\;Rock Your Baby\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Shake Your Boot y&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;That&rsquo\;s The Way I Like It&rdquo\;) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (&ldquo\;Shake Your Booty&rdquo\;). In the summer of 2003\, KC also had a cameo in the feature film The In-Laws starring Michae l Douglas and Albert Brooks. KC&rsquo\;s songs are regularly heard at spor ting events\, were featured during Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter O lympics in Torino\, Italy and he even performed a free concert in Salt Lak e City for the 2002 Winter Olympics. No stranger to the small screen\, KC& rsquo\;s songs have been featured in such shows as Desperate Housewives\, Ally McBeal\, American Bandstand&rsquo\;s 50th Anniversary Party and most recently American Idol and Dancing With The Stars with the help of the USC marching band. Additionally\, KC and the Sunshine Band have the distincti on of having made more appearances on Dick Clark&rsquo\;s New Year&rsquo\; s Rockin&rsquo\; Eve than any other artist in the program&rsquo\;s history ! Music acts like White Zombie\, Baha Men\, Beyoncé\; and American I dol&rsquo\;s Kelly &\; Justin have covered his music. Additionally\, KC and the Sunshine Band&rsquo\;s grooves and bass lines have been sampled i n everything from &ldquo\;Rap&rdquo\; by Snoop Dogg to &ldquo\;Trick Daddy to Dance&rdquo\; by Ultra Nate and many\, many more. You can count on hea ring his music on the radio\, at a nightclub\, at the movies\, in a sports arena or at one of the 100-plus concerts KC and the Sunshine Band plays e very year. It is always fun and truly makes all who hear it happy enough t o dance! Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion.

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