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Dayton Native Zac Pitts Joins Living Dayton Team

October 8, 2015 By Dayton Most Metro

WDTN-TV today announced the addition of Dayton native Zac Pitts to the Living Dayton team. Pitts comes to Living Dayton from WCPO-TV in Cincinnati where he’s spent the last year and a half as a morning reporter.

“We are thrilled to have Zac join our Living Dayton family,” said Joe Abouzeid, WDTN-TV President & General Manager. “He has strong ties to the community and will be an asset to the Living Dayton team.”

Pitts was born and raised in Dayton and is an alum of Chaminade-Julienne High School. He went on to the University of Dayton and graduated with a degree in Electronic Media Communications.

“I’m honored with the opportunity to come back home and join the amazing team assembled on Living Dayton,” said Pitts. “The Miami Valley is a great place to live and I can’t wait to do my part to showcase the best that Dayton has to offer.”

Pitts will be joined by co-hosts Katie Kenney and Sallie Taylor beginning Wednesday, October 21st. Living Dayton airs live each weekday from Noon to 1pm on WDTN-TV.

Act Out Studio’s Presents: The Legacy Ball

March 30, 2014 By Caressa Brown Leave a Comment

On Friday April 4, 2014, the founder of the well-respected Act Out Talent Studio, Kelechukwu “Chu” Oparah will Host the first of what he hopes to be an Annual fundraising event entitled the Legacy Ball. Act Out Talent Studio of Dayton, is a division of nonprofit 501(c)(3) Eastgate Studios, Inc., and helps area youth develop marketable and professional skills in various forms of artistic performance, including recorded film and TV media; these classes are taught by actors, directors, and other top industry professionals. Act Out Studios also helps young performers gain representation with talent agencies or talent managers and prepares them for the work place. According to Chu “Film and TV productions require the contributions of many people working together, youth in our programs learn skills that employers value greatly, such as communication, teamwork, creative thinking and dependability”.

Audience Choice Winner Caroline Glaser from NBC’s The Voice will perform a Private Concert during The Legacy Ball

The Legacy Ball will feature a private concert by Atlantic Records Artist and The Voice contestant Caroline Glaser, according to a Press Release issued by Act Out Studio, Caroline Glaser is an Indie/Folk vocalist who was voted the “Audience Choice Award winner in Season 4 of NBS’s hit show The Voice and her chart-topping hit Money Tree was recorded right here in the Miami Valley at Twelve3South Studio in Tipp City. The Legacy Ball will also feature both a live and silent Auction that will include the work of accomplished local artists, memorabilia of pro athletes with local ties, private instruction with a famed athlete, recording studio time with a Billboard-topping producer and a private getaway vacation. There will also be food, local wines, and a mini Fashion Show featuring (DE-FI) Designers Sonya Mills of Kerapa Clothing, Erika Berthy of Gowns By Bearite, and Brenda Marone of B. Marie,and (DE-FI) Models.

The Legacy Ball will be held at the Dayton Art Institute inside of the Shaw Gothic Clositer this Friday from 4:30p-8:30p. Vanessa Freeman, co-host and producer of Living Dayton on WDTN Channel 2 will be the Emcee for the evening. There are a limited amount of tickets available for this event, for more information on Act Out Talent Studio please visit their website at www.actouttalent.org and for more information on the Legacy Ball visit http://www.thelegacyball.com/. Proceeds from this event will help Act Out Talent Studio of Dayton which is a Non-Profit Organization fund scholarships for student training, programming and productions, and residencies for film industry professionals who train students and to help purchase equipment.

Dayton Fashion Week Seeks Volunteers

April 17, 2012 By Caressa Brown Leave a Comment

Recently it seems like no matter where I go and no matter what I do, I run into somebody who expresses their excitement or has questions about Dayton Fashion Week– from my close friends to random strangers who recognize me from my picture on this blog. The word has gotten out and I’m pretty comfortable saying that the City of Dayton is ready to take its place as the Fashion Capital of the Midwest!!

When I first heard about Dayton Fashion Week in September and signed up to help last year, I naively thought this was just going to be a fun little fashion show that will give people something to do–BOY WAS I WRONG!! Dayton Fashion Week has become a week long International Production that has grown beyond words in the past couple of weeks! From Fashion Politque Magazine out of London, England naming us a “must see” Fashion Event of 2012, to our Cover Model Contest gaining national attention by Fashion Faces Magazine out of Phoenix, AZ. We’ve had Fashion Bloggers from New York to L.A. seek out information and request press passes, and we’ve even had the head of several International Modeling Agencies reach out to support us and we are in talks of offering a few local models affiliated with DFW contracts. More importantly on the local front the Downtown Dayton Partnership and Dayton Most Metro have played major roles in helping us get the word out, we’ve appeared on FOX 45 In The Morning twice, this Wednesday we will be appearing on Living Dayton on Channel 2 at noon, and Wednesday evening we will be featured on WYSO 91.3 FM Kaleidoscope Hosted By Juliet Fromholt and we CAN NOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!

So to say that Dayton Fashion Week is just a “fashion show” would be an understatement because we have gone beyond just an event it’s officially a movement!! Dayton Fashion Week has grown and like every great movement, we are looking for a few good leaders, supporting staff, and volunteers to add to our already talented team. In July Dayton Fashion Week will be launching a quarterly print Fashion and Lifestyle Magazine; we are looking for writers, editors, and a sales and marketing team.

This event represents what the cutting edge fashion industry is all about and will be a great experience for anyone interested in a career in events, fashion, media, or marketing. There is a volunteer job for everyone and their roles will include:

Runway Venue Preparation
Designer and Guest Ushers
Backstage Assistance and Set Up
Assemble Gift Bags and Press Kits
Help maintain the main event Information Desk
Assist in the Volunteer Center
Various other tasks for the Dayton Fashion Week Staff

For the opportunity to be involved with the Volunteer Program, please RSVP and email your resume and cover letter to: [email protected]. We will have a Volunteer Meeting on Thursday April 19 from 6p-8p at the Kettering Library located at 3496 Far Hills Ave. Dayton, Ohio 45429.