PowerPlay Spring Event Invitation

PowerPlay NYC would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend the Positive Coaching Alliance’s workshop on Double Goal Coaching. We are excited to be hosting this event, and Mo Duffy will be the guest speaker.

When: Tuesday, May 10, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: WR Bonner Recreation Center in Harlem 135 West 124th Street between 7th Avenue (Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.)& Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Blvd)
By subway: Take the 2/3 subway to 125th and Lenox. Walk South to 124th St. and West. The Church is in the middle of the block.
Who: Anyone interested in learning more about bringing important values into coaching and youth experience in sports.

If you are interested in attending please RSVP with your contact information (email, phone, & address) to: Gail Elkin-Scott, PowerPlay Conference Assistant gedshome@earthlink.net If you know anyone else who might be interested, please send this information on to others!

She Rocks the House
By Nicole Stinson and Hannah August

New York, June 27, 2002: Everyone knew Kym Hampton could play basketball, but no one knew she could sing like that. The former Liberty player opened the first annual She Rocks the House concert at The Bottom Line in front of an awed crowd of 200.

The concert was a benefit for PowerPlay NYC, a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering girls through sports, teaching life skills and building self-confidence and self-esteem for life.

The Mistress of Ceremonies was the hilarious Wendy Caplan who also lent her vocals to a powerful rendition of Chet Powers' "Smile on Your Brother" to which the crowd joined in enthusiastically.

Singer, songwriter Rhonda Schuster was next to perform warming the crowd with her folk songs that everyone could relate to. Next was singer and pianist Angela Ai who's dream it was to perform at The Bottom Line and who impressed everyone with her moving lyrics and melodies.

KJ Denhert and band played beautifully as the house band and took the stage themselves to stir the crowd with their original jazz sound. Claudine Kielson joined the band and roused everyone in the venue with her energetic and emotional performance.

Robin Hackett mellowed the crowd with her soothing guitar melodies and finally LP closed the extremely successful show.

While the performers were wonderful, the show was not only about music. In between acts, various female athletes spoke about their experiences. Two girls who participate in PowerPlay events, Charlene and Sade, eloquently told how the organization has affected them. Shadae spoke about her hopes that her little sister would have the same wonderful opportunities that she had through PowerPlay.

Players from the female professional soccer team, the New York Power, also took the stage to speak along with members of the New York Sharks, an all women football team. Alana Blahoski, a member of the gold medal U.S. Ice Hockey team also spoke about Title IX's effect on her sports career.

Some attendees, however, had their eye not on the performers or the speakers, but the desirable items in the raffle. The majority of the crowd participated in the night's raffle which consisted of everything from a Tiffeny Milbrett bobble head and a pouch signed by Carla Overbeck to tickets to a Liberty basketball game or memberships to various gyms.

Even though not every body could win in the raffle, no one left empty handed. Everyone received a goodie bag filled with magazines, CDs, t-shirts and water bottles!

The biggest winner of the night, however, were all the girls who will benefit from the money raised for PowerPlay. Hopefully the second annual She Rocks the House will be even better than the first!