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DAF Entertainment Group
An organization
assembled to cultivate, support and promote entertainment.
Mission
Statement
To be
recognized as the leader in providing upscale
entertainment in Northern Virginia.
Biography
The DAF
Entertainment Group has committed its direction and
resources to becoming a leader in the Northern Virginia
entertainment industry. Demographically focused on the
metropolitan area, we have attracted a dedicated following
on the East Coast from New York to North Carolina. A
business born of necessity, The DAF Entertainment Group
has crafted a unique formula of planning events and
promoting entertainment including but not limited to Dance
Venues, Fashion Shows, Jazz Concerts and Comedy Shows.
Its founder is Dale Foulkes and the group first
hit the scene in April 1992. Dale, a former club DJ from
New York City, quickly positioned himself with partners
(William Simon, Don Zeigler & Tony Perry) to create DAF
Productions, which filled a large entertainment void in
Northern Virginia. With eleven years of entertainment
experience under its belt and over thirty years of
practical business experience this organization of
outstanding individuals, evolved into The DAF
Entertainment Group (Lacey Haley, Gloria Washington,
Marion Haley & Tony Perry) and is a shining example of a
company maximizing it’s knowledge base and expertise to
provide top-notch entertainment.
Saying what they do and doing what they say, DAF
Entertainment Group has a long list of professional and social
entertainment endeavors that include:
- The AfterWork Jazz
Concert Series - Summer 2002 and The AfterWork Reggae
Series Summer 2003 at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel. The Weekly
AfterWork Jazz Concert Series 2004, 2005, 2006 &
2007 at the
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner Hotel.
- Quarterly Hotel Parties:
Summer White Affair – July 1997, The Event of the Year
– April 1998 & Caribbean Style – August 1998,
Marcus Johnson in Concert – April 2000, Website
Release Party – August 2000.
- Weekly Events: Super
Saturday’s @ Mr. Smith's of Georgetown – spring
1997, Thursday Night Jazz @ Basin St. – summer 1998,
Thursday Night Patio Parties @ The Hyatt Fair Lakes –
summer 1999 and Thursday Night Jazz Sessions @ The Hyatt
Fair Lakes.
- New Year’s Eve Events: 2nd
Annual New Year’s Eve Celebration – December 1996,
The Ultimate New Year’s Eve Gala – December 1998 at
the Holiday Inn Dulles. One Night In a Millennium – December 1999, The
Real Millennium – December 2000
- Annual New Years Eve Gala's -
December 2001 and 2002 at the Hyatt Dulles Int'l Hotel.
- CD Release Parties: Rob
Maletick’s Debut CD Release Party "Walking the
Path" - November 1998; Rob Maletick’s CD Release
Party, "Hand in Hand" - October 2000; Zoë
Spencer’s Debut CD Release Party – November 2000;
AJQ's (Anointed Jazz Quorum) - April 2004
- CD Release Parties: Phaze II's
2nd CD Release Party August 2004; Project Natale's
"Silver Plaza" CD Release Party September
2005.
- Annual Crabfest: River
Event 1997 - 2003 and June 2006 at Algonkian Regional Park
in Sterling, VA.
- Majic 102.3
Collaborative Events - Annual New Years Eve Gala with
Alvin John Waples and DJ Lonnie C, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005 & 2006 at the Hyatt Dulles Int'l Hotel.
- Smooth Jazz 105.9 events: December 2003
featured Bob Baldwin; February 2004 featured
Michael Lington; May 2004 featured Steve Cole; September
2004 featured Jimmy Sommers; April 2005 featured
Ken Navarro; March 2006 Marcus Johnson & Spur of the
Moment.
- Smooth Jazz 105.9 Red
Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund Event October
2005. Hosted by 105.9's Jay Lang and featured Kirk
Whalum in the Hilton Grand Ballroom. The Walk to
Defeat ALS Event January 2007, Hosted by 105.9's Marcus
Johnson.
Corporate Clients
AOL Networking Group; BIA Financial Network Inc; The City
of Alexandria, VA; Exxon
Mobil Corporation; Input Corporation; Freddie Mac
Corporation; Northrop Grumman IT and Thompson Hospitality.
Vision
Statement
DAF
Entertainment is a group of partners and associates with
diverse backgrounds, each committed towards the
accomplishment of set goals designed to attain our shared
values.
DAF
Entertainment while in it’s pioneering stage focused on
building a reputation by providing up-scale entertainment
to Northern Virginia. In addition, we have widened our
focus to provide services on a personal level.
DAF
Entertainment Group provides a unique formula in
entertainment by appealing to sight, sound and emotion
through Fashion Shows, Live Entertainment, Comedy Shows.
Musical
Variety by top DJs and Atmosphere furnished by the area’s
finest hotels, restaurants and locations.
DAF
Entertainment Group knows that one of life’s greatest
gifts is the ability to give and our mission is to provide
management, moral support, leadership and charity to our
community.
DAF
Entertainment Group’s objective is to establish an
environment where networking and our support of similar
positive organizations, become natural expectations.
References:
Hyatt Fairlakes,
Fairfax VA - Gail Lewis (703) 818-1234; The Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Reston Towne Center VA - Stephanie Whitney (703)
709-1234; The Hyatt Dulles, Dulles VA - Joseph Smiley (703)
713-1234; The DoubleTree Hotel, Tysons Corner VA -
Rodney Nelson (703) 394-2162; The Hilton McLean Hotel,
Tysons Corner VA - Gary Jump (703) 761-5209; American Express Affiliated.
Demographics:
Mature
Adults, 30’s – 50’s, 45% African American (Black),
35% Caucasian, 20% Other. Certified Mailing List of 2,650; E-mail list of
2,045; Website with over 38,000 hits and Direct Marketing
and Distribution in excess of 20,000.
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