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Fresh Music Showcase by CAROLINE GOINS The Fresh Music Festival will bring a celebration of the best in R&B and Hip-Hop to the stage, June 23 at 8 p.m. at the Crown Coliseum. Reminisce with the R&B classics from your favorite artists and enjoy the new sounds of today. "This year's festival features an outstanding lineup of R&B artists," Marshall Perry, director of marketing and sales for the Crown Colisuem said. "This is a big show and we are excited to host the event." the top 20. Now Sweat is busy with his nationally syndicated radio show. K-Ci & JoJo have sold millions of records and The list of performers includes: Keith Sweat, Doug E. Fresh, K-Ci & JoJo, Guy and SWV. On this national tour, the artists perform in more than 40 cities. R&B fans have raved posting praise on websites everywhere. The concert brings all the most-loved R&B songs back and these performers don't disappoint. "This was the best concert that I have seen in a very long time. Everything was fantastic. The stage, lighting, sound and the music. I give it 'two thumbs up!' Real music lovers have got to see this show. If you love R&B, you will love this concert," posted a fan online after seeing the show earlier this month in Connecticut. Fresh is the fi rst human beatbox and remains one on the biggest names in rap music. His fi rst single, "The Show/La Di Da Di" quickly became a Hip-Hop classic. Fresh entertains audiences with his note-perfect imitations of drum machines, effects and samples of other classics. Platinum R&B artist, Keith Sweat fi lled the Top 20 Billboard with hits such as "I Want Her" which made it to the number one spot on the R&B chart and number fi ve on the pop charts. "I'll Give All My Love To You" was number three on the Billboard 200 chart, and "Keep It Comin'" debuted in Murder at the Hilltop House by ERINN CRIDER On the night of June 22 a man will die by the hand of one of your fellow diners … location — the hilltop house, motive — there are millions, all green with the face of past presidents. The name of the game is murder mystery complete with death, intrigue, suspicion and great food — without the spoiler of jail and police inquiry at the end — all of which the Hilltop House has to offer with their Murder of a Millionaire mystery dinner. For $50 a person the Hilltop House will treat guests to a fi ve-course meal held to their award- winning standards. "The meal always starts out with an appetizer, usually a soup or salad course, two entrees and a desert. The courses fl ow along as the meal progresses," explained Beth Shearin-Smith, executive chef and Hilltop House owner. Rather than having diners sit and watch as actors portray the grisly Murder and mayhem come to the Hilltop House — and dinner is included. 8 UCW JUNE 20-26, 2012 death, the diners themselves are the characters who murder, suspect and are suspected, creating an experience as close to an actual mystery as most people wish to get. The Hilltop House has hosted several other mystery dinners in the past few years, all of which were met with great success. The experience offered to diners is different from the traditional dinner and entertainment usually found in Fayetteville. Instead of sitting quietly watching actors solve a scripted mystery, the diners become part of the mystery and build a new experience for themselves. "It's extremely interactive. The guests come dressed as the characters we email them. They all have little scripts they can read that give them little clues as to what they need to say to a particular other person, and added information that if they want to say they can, but they can keep it to themselves at the same time," Shearin-Smith further elaborates. This allows guests to actually affect the way the mystery is solved. This is not a solitary experience however. Even if someone comes alone, people interact and talk as the characters they've been assigned. "Throughout the courses they're getting up from their seats, moving about the room and mingling with the other guests," Shearin-Smith said. "One of the owners wanted to do something different," Shearin-Smith explained regarding the inspiration for the mystery dinners. Expounding on the originality, Shearin-Smith says, "Coming to one (of the murder mystery dinners) is kind of like stepping out of the box and doing something different in a town where everybody goes out to eat and everybody goes and sees movies. It gives you something different to go out and experience." The Hilltop House is located at 1240 Fort Bragg Rd. The staff can be contacted for reservations or more information at 484-6699 or emailed at info@hilltophousenc.com. The dinner will be held on June 22 at 7 p.m., and costs $50 per person. ERINN CRIDER, Contributing Writer, COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM are still considered one of the hottest singing duos in R&B. Songs such as, "You Bring Me Up," "Last Night's Letter" and "It's Real" caught the attention of mainstream music fans. However, "All My Life," which spent three weeks as the number one song on the Hot 100 list, launched K-Ci & JoJo into fame and is considered one of the greatest pop/jazz melodies of all time. Guy became a household name because of hits such as "Groove Me," "I Like" "Piece of My Love," "Let's Chill" and "Do Me Right." Guy also collaborated on the Boomerang sound track in 1992. Recently, Guy united and is changing it up with the New Jack sound. The Crown hosts The Fresh Music Festival featuring R&B performers, on June 23. prices range from $50-$80 and can be purchased online. Visit www.freshmusicfestival.com to get more information on the Fresh Music Festival and order tickets. Buy tickets now and be ready to enjoy the best R&B has to offer. The world's top selling female R&B group, SWV will also perform at the Fresh Music Festival. With a long list of top 10 hits such as "I'm So Into You," "Right Here," "Downtown," "Weak," "Anything" and "Your Always on My Mind," SWV was a force to be reckoned with in the '90s. Perry said tickets sales are growing steadily and the Crown is expecting a big turnout. Ticket CAROLINE GOINS, Managing Editor, COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com.