Video and photos from first "Mix It Up With Breakthrough" event at Therapy

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See Flip video and photos from Breakthrough's first "Mix it Up with Breakthrough" event on March 30, 2009 at Therapy Lounge in NYC. For $20 crowds chased their Monday's away with a drink, food, and entertainment, and all for a good cause - Breakthrough! Stay tuned for details on the next "Mix It Up!"

Flip Video:

"Mix It Up With Breakthrough" at Therapy Lounge-March 30, 2009 from Breakthrough on Vimeo.

Photos:

Note: Click large image to watch photos out of slide-show format on Flickr. Advance with thumbnails or arrows to stay on the Breakthrough site.

Special thanks to committee members: LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Hector Canonge, Prashant Gupta, Tom Johnson, Daniel I. Smith, Marc Sokol, and Sandy Shin.

About the artists at the event:

Brad Loekle
Currently in his 3rd season of the TruTV series "The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest Criminals," Brad Loekle can be heard weekly on Sirius XM radio's "Morning Jolt," which is second only to Howard Stern in listenership. He's also currently on Here!TV's "Hot Gay Comics" series, and every Sunday night Koekle hosts NYC's longest running weekly GLBT comedy show at Therapy lounge "Electro-Shock Therapy Comedy Hour." "Electro-Shock" has been featured in the New York Times, Time Out NY, HX, Next and countless other publications and websites.

Angelique Ali
Angelique Ali has been described as an "amazing soulful-soprano voice" (djparis.com) and compared to the singing of a mockingbird (VickiRene.net). Ali has been a performer at such places as Flirt Night Club & Showbar located in Tampa, Fl and featured in "The Angelique Ali Show" at Therapy in NYC. GayCityNews.com describes Ali as "looking like a luscious supermodel and sounding like a platinum selling superstar." Ali has even performed a rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Janet Jackson for Jackson's 37th birtday. Ali is a proven competitor by way of her several accomplishments: Miss Tri-States All Star 2007-2008, Miss National Entertainer of the Year 2005, Miss Gulf Coast Regional Entertainer of the Year 2005-2006, Miss Florida FI 2004-2005, Miss Ft. Lauderdale FI 2004-2005, Miss Escuelita, and Miss East Coast USofA.

Dennis Raul Diaz

Born and raised In New York City, Dennis Diaz has - so far - been a well accomplished performer. From the age of 3, singing at churches throughout the East Village, Diaz developed a burning passion for entertainment. A graduate of The Professional Performing Arts School with a degree in Vocal Performance, he has gone on to sing with superstars such as Alicia Keys, Elton John, Yolanda Adams and also with past American Idol Winners - Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia Barrino and Ruben Studdard. Diaz completed a National Tour with Stephen Schwartz's "Captain Louie" and was featured as a finalist on MTV and MTV Tr3s' reality TV show "Making Menudo." A former Executive Commitee Member of the Safe Horizon: Generation Next Anti-drug Anti-Violence Program, Diaz has traveled the east coast spreading the word about the escalation and prevention of domestic violence in the U.S.