First Name

Sharon

College/University:

UNC -CH

I am here for:

Meet Players, Networking

Whom I want to meet:

Well, normally I would have said Barack Obama but I met him twice during the campaign... so I will say Michelle Obama because I would like to be her jewelry designer; Warren Buffet to help me invest my money; Coreen Simpson to help me understand the jewelry business as a black designer; Coco Chanel because she was a tough broad and my ancestors that came before me.

Employment Status

Employed

Occupation:

Hiring Manager

Employer:

major airline

About Me:

I am jewelry designer, gourmet cook, gardener, smooth jazz lover and black art collector. I love to travel, like action adventure movies, love to read and a gadget freak. Love sports, I am a die-hard Carolina Tarheels fan, my blood is Carolina Blue!!!

Musical Background & Experience:

My musical background was strictly amateur. I played flute and piccolo from middle school until college. Playing in marching, symphonic and pep bands. I was a Marching Tarheel my freshman year and that's when my music ended as a player. But as a lover, it's only stronger.

Website:

http://www.trianglejazz.org

Why I love jazz:

... because it's real music... people play instruments!

Music:

I am a smooth jazz fan but do enjoy classic jazz. I am a member of the board of the Triangle Jazz Society... www.trianglejazz.org.

Smooth Jazz, R&B, Gospel Jazz.
Favorite artist - Gary Taylor, Wade O. Brown, Kirk Whalum, Fourplay, U-Nam, Dave Koz, Jonathan Butler, Peter White, Joe Byrd, Camiel, Phil Perry, Gerald Albright, Norman Brown, Wayman Tisdale, Tim Bowman, Marcus Johnson, Bobby Lyle, Lin Rountree

Top 5 Desert Island Discs:

5 discs is old technology.... I'll just take my 30GB MP3 player... then I'll have all the music, video and spoken word too! I have a solar battery recharger in case there no electricity on that desert island too...

Books:

The Greatest Salesman in the World Pt 1 and 2, The Greatest Miracle in the World, The Rag Picker Returns, Devil in a Blue Dress, Black Betty, Wild Embers, The Secret, The Richest Man in Babylon, anything Beverly Jenkins

Television:

House, Monk, CSI - Las Vegas, Law and Order - SVU and Criminal Intent, The Starter Wife, Burn Notice, Countdown with Keith.
Anything on AMC or TCM.

Movies:

Tombstone, The Shawshank Redemption, Our Man Godfrey, The Thin Man series, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, Cinema Paradiso, Gladiator, The Big Country, Duel in the Sun, The Red Shoes, Mrs Skeffington, House Boat, Milred Pierce, Malcolm X, O Brother Where Art Thou, Chocolat, Kama Sutra, Legends Of The Fall, The Transporter, Ray, Open Range, The Italian Job, Thomas Crown Affair, Rear Window, LA Confidential, Lawrence of Arabia, The Notebook, I Robot, Excalibur, Dragonheart, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Ghost in the Darkness, Apocalypto, 300, The Game, Eve's Bayou, Crossroads, Cross Creek, Goodbye My Lady