CWU home PRESS RELEASE FILM: Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band Mary Lou Newmark Carolyn Bremer Grito del Corazon Hsiao-Lan Wang Jessica Leza Lily Maase Karen Power Sabrina Pena Young Car Wash Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner DANCE: Danza Azteca Gothic Bellydance POETRY: Sunni Patterson MUSIC: Mary Magdalene Ms. Martinez DJ Sunonwater PHOTOGRAPHY: ChuChu Zhu Heng Women's Wellbeing & Development Foundation Anjali Silva Natarajan SunniPatterson.com | myspace.com/sunnip More than a poet, more than a singer, more than an emcee--it's not just what she says, it's how she says it. Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, artist and visionary Sunni Patterson combines the heritage and tradition of her Native town with an enlightened modern world view to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. Sunni has been a featured performer at the many of Nation's premier spoken word venues, including HBO's Def Poetry Jam. She has also had the priviledge of speaking at the Panafest in Ghana, West Africa. She has worked with several well known artists and performers including Hannibal Lokumbe- singing lead vocals for his score,"King and the Cresent City Moon," Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Wanda Coleman, Amiri Baraka, Laini Kuumba Afrikan Dance Company, and many more.