We are so pleased to announce that the Chrysalis House is back on board for GIVEINTOTHEGROOVE 2012!

Chrysalis House is a nonprofit agency founded in 1978. Chrysalis House is Kentucky’s oldest and largest licensed substance abuse treatment program for women and their children.
Highlights of their program include: Treatment programs for children and adults, domestic violence prevention and treatment, credit counseling and access to affordable housing.

Thank you to Chrysalis House for helping families in recovery AND for GIVINGINTOTHEGROOVE!!!!!

If you wanna give now, don’t hold back!!! Mail donations to THE CHRYSALIS HOUSE, 1589 Hill Rise Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40504

GIVEINTOTHEGROOVE proudly welcomes The Carnegie Center For Literacy to the next funfest already slated for FRIDAY APRIL 27, 2012!

The mission of the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning is to create and support programs that foster literacy and learning as a lifelong process for all citizens.

Want to take part in a great volunteer experience? Those interested in student mentoring & tutoring must attend an hour long orientation session and complete a background check.

Call or email our Volunteer Coordinator at (859) 254-4175 or volunteer@carnegieliteracy.org to attend or for more information.

If you dig psychedelic synth pop, hop on board The Pass’  tour.  The Pass, who gave into the groove here in Lexington last month, will be blazing their psychedelic trail with shows in WEST PALM BEACH, AND MIAMI!!!  You can also follow them on Facebook.

In local news, we are looking forward to the  4th Annual Fairness Awards being held Friday, June 24th at the Hyatt Regency and will feature Emmy Award Winning Comedian Bruce Vilanch and Motown and Disco Legend Thelma Houston!!! Tickets are now available online at http://lexingtonfairness.com/

WHO GROOVES BETTER THAN A WILDCAT?

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Lexington’s 2011 GIVE INTO THE GROOVE, was an amazing feel-good benefit featuring live and electronic music, multimedia art, and fashion. The event, which draws attention to community needs, brought together a wide array of wonderful people who gave to some of Lexington’s most valued causes.

The 12 charities honored were United Way of the Bluegrass, Lexington Humane Society, WUKY, Chrysalis House Inc, Indian Summer Camp For Kids, Local First Lexington, Ashland Estate, Planned Parenthood, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, Kentucky Museum for Arts and Craft, Bluegrass Trust and Living Arts and Science Center. With these amazing causes, GIVE INTO THE GROOVE 2011 returned to Buster’s Billiards and Backroom with a vengeance!

The event exploded with energy with a fantastic musical lineup including The Pass, ellee ven, Prodéje, Elemental Groove Theory, No Excuse, The March Madness Marching Band, Jacob Yates & Heeju Son, and Dr Gram. Party-goers lent their time and creative talents playing a round of musical chairs, dancing for their favorite cause, adding to the virtual quilt (giveintothegroove.com/virtualquilt.html), finger-painting with professional finger-painter Naomi Silver and experiencing a live installation by the Lexington Film League in GIVE INTO THE GROOVE’S Art Attic.

The growth of GIVEINTOTHEGROOVE has been so positive that HOT SAUCE RECORDS is opening a satellite office in Lexington to support the local effort. Hot Sauce Records will be located at 522 West Short Street, and will open its doors in August 2011.

GIVE INTO THE GROOVE is made possible by sponsors HOT SAUCE RECORDS, FredaLA.com, Equus Insurance, Buster’s Billiards and Backroom, and Images Model and Talent Agency. Also supporting the cause is the Bluegrass Barkery, Make Yourself Useful, Naticakes and WUKY. All kinds of people gave into it and all had a good time.

To learn more about GIVE INTO THE GROOVE 2012 and different ways to help out visit www.giveintothegroove.com.

There’s lots of mutual admiration out there!!! And the joys are EXPONENTIAL!

The charities are happy, the sponsors are happy & the partygoers are the happiest!!!

Each week, we’ll be reposting info about the charities, the sponsors and the talents that made GIVEINTOTHEGROOVE so special.

Let us begin!

EQUUS STANDARDBRED sponsored our talent this year!!!!  THE PASS and ELEMENTAL GROOVE THEORY won the contest we ran and EQUUS helped to pave the way for their performance!

Visit http://www.equus-kentucky.com/ for more info.

Thank you Ms and Miss Jonezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:)

Yay for the LEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY.  They are always giving into the groove.  The puppy they brought to our event was adopted the next morning BY a groover!!

Please keep supporting the LHS year round.

Don’t miss the 14th annual Mutt Strut on Saturday, May 14th starting at 9am at Keeneland!  Go to AdoptLove.net to register for this 2K Pet-Friendly walk!

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Thank you very much for GIVINGINTOTHEGROOVE!

Stay tuned for more sponsor coverage, our follow up success stories from our benefactors and for pix etc.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!

ellee ven

7:00 - 8:10 Dr Gram
8:15 – 8:30 Jacob Yates & Heeju Son
8:40 – 9:05 Elemental Groove Theory
9:30 – 9:55 No Excuse
10:20 – 10:50 ellee ven w/ Prodéje
11:05 – 11:30 March Madness Marching Band
11:40 – 12:40 The Pass
12:50 – end Dr Gram

Known as much for her philanthropy as for her music, ellee ven is excited about opening for her favorite band in the region at this year’s GIVEINTOTHEGROOVE!

ellee ven’s most recent album was reviewed by Cortney Harding of Billboard Magazine for Billboard Discoveries. Here’s what she said:

ELLEE VEN, “Her Wildcat Lovin Majesty”

Groovetonics: That’s how electronic/dance act Ellee Ven personifies her musical signature: a fusion of rock, pop, rap and electronica. Somehow, the mesh of seemingly disparate elements unifies for an upbeat ethereal grab bag of tribal beats and treats, accompanied by Ven’s dreamy, girlish vocals, which lie somewhere between Stacey Q and Everything But the Girl’s Tracey Thorn. Seventh full-length CD “Her Wildcat Lovin Majesty”— featuring accompaniment from Antony Lee on guitars, and Mikhail Davies on bass—is vast in its stylistic presentation, from the trippy, trance-inspired “Under My Skin” and dark, Depeche Mode-conjuring “Signals” to blippy ‘80’s-reminiscent “What Am I Running From,” rock/rap jam “Next To You” (featuring a rap from Prodéje) and stripped-down acid flashback “Wonder Where These Roads Will Lead.” The common theme throughout is a positive, mood-enhancing flow, suited to Saturday nights in clubland—acknowledged by Ven’s recognition with a nod as Artist of the Year at the 2009 South Bay Music Awards and winner of the 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards’ Electro Pop Artist of the Year. Who needs chemical enhancement? Ellee Ven’s “Majesty” is one fervent elixir.

ellee ven founded giveintothegroove in 2001.  Experience groovetonics and ellee ven at this year’s GIVEINTOTHEGROOVE, For more information go to  www.elleeven.com