Jordin Sparks Celebrity Charity Gala

Date: Jan 30 2008 at 7:30
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Venue: Skye Restaurant
Online attendees: 11
Reviews: 10
Average rating:
2.5

Please go to www.jordinsparkscharities.com for more info! Also, check out Jordin's New Year's wish in her blog at www.myspace.com/jordinsparks!

Reviews for this Calendar date

I'll add some positives from the event:
- Thanks for inviting Melinda Doolittle, she's an incredible singer and she mingled with the VIP crowd after the performance.
- The event must have raised a huge amount for the charities.
- Great performance by Jordin especially 'Virginia is for Lovers'.
- I thought the afternoon show was great considering the much more reasonable price tag ($25 vs $100/200 for the evening gala)
- As a long-time Giants fan attending my first Super Bowl, getting to meet and get a photo with Phillippi Sparks was awesome.

With 20/20 hindsight I would have cut off sales as capacity was reached, because it was crowded even in the VIP area, and apparently getting a seat depended on who you knew. I would have went through the live auction more quickly, making more items silent auction. I applauded at the announcement of "last item" like it was the end of a Bill Clinton state-of-the-union address. I was still on Eastern Time (NY) so the late hour (ended after midnight) seemed even later to me.

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I just viewed and purchased a few photos from the Super Bowl Celebrity Charity Gala. There are so many great shots of Jordin!!! She looks beautiful in her black evening gown. You should check out the pictures at ManhattanStudio.net, and click on Client Viewing and then follow directions to view event. It looks like it was an amazing night! : )
P.S. Jordin, Good luck at the Super Bowl singing the National Anthem. I can't wait!

Nice try Jordan, but you may want to try a new event coordinator. This was the worst event I have ever attended. Over crowded and for $100 vanquished to a parking lot with no heat, no food, no chairs/tables. Thanks for nothing. Upset donator...

This was the worst event ever! I had 5 - 8 year olds and the sound and music was so loud, obnoxious and out of tune, we kept our ears plug!! Definately the promoters misrepresented the event and should be held accountable. there was no contact with Jordin or pictures or autographs! I purchased 6 tickets and want my money back! Some of the kids with me, also, had never been to a concert and based on this HORRIBLE event, they probable will never go to one! There was no seating, could not see over all the adults standing in the front and My rating for this is -100!! The opening LOUD OBNOXIOUS band was so terrible, the in between DJ's where constantly trying to SELL something and stall for time. VERY VERY VERY DISAPPOINTING. If anyone finds out how we get our money back, please pass on the information. I was so embarassed also for taking these 5 kids and to have it be this bad.

I attended this event today and was extremely disappointed. If I could assign a rating on a scale of 1-5 I would rate it a -10. I purchased 5 tickets to take my nieces and sister to see Jordin perform at the Skye Restaurant. The promotional literature on this site and Ticket Master falsely advertised this event. The event time was to be 3:00pm to 5:30pm and there were to be 3 other Idol finalists performing with Jordin. Instead, the event wasn't in the Restaurant, but in a tent in a parking lot next to it. The sound system was terrible and voices squaked from time to time, sounding like a badly played clarinet. There were no chairs and it was standing room only. (There were a couple rows of chairs but these were for certain people. So we stood for 2.5 hours on concrete and my neices could not see the stage over the people in front of us. The concert didn't start until about 3:40pm. We had to listen to no name groups until Sanjhiah sung a song or two, followed by 2 songs by Chris Richardson and 2 by Melinda Doolittle. In between, there was a representative from a radio station who seemed to be stalling and he was terrible. Finally, after 5:00pm, Jordin came out and sung 3 songs and that was it!!! I paid $25 per ticket for all of this and am furious that this event was misrepresented and that we did not get what we expected and paid for. I expected seats in the venue (SKYE restaurant to see a live concert with a good sound system, and Jordin Sparks singing the majority of the time. I am requesting my money be refunded and want to hear from the responsible party (NX Level Entertainment) as to why this event was misrepresented or I will seek out the responsible parties and hold them responsible for not giving the attendees what they paid to see. I know this was for charity, but I still want my money back so I can donate it somewhere else! I'm sorry, but a tent located in a parking lot was not where this event should have been held. For my neices, this was their first experience at a concert and they were disappointed and bored. The sound was so poor, that they had to cover their ears. These were not younger girls, but 11 and 14 year olds. I was embarassed that I took them to see it. THIS WAS A DISCRACE!!!!

i am doanting to charty no matter what i love jordin foreevr and ever i hope my wish comes true so i can meet her also i am trying verry hard and never ever going to give up hope she likes everthing i am doing just for her i love yu forever and ever jordin no matter what love always yur true and hudge fan magen

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i live in toronto so can't make it
but i've sent a donation Smiling
gooooooo jordin ur such a sweety

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(((hugs))) dancin

so sweet of Jordin to participate in a charity! Smiling keep it up Jordin!
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magenwise but i cant i live in ca but i will donate still beacuse yu are my favorite and role model and stuff xoxoxo love magen

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magenwise i will sent it by this week coming up i will help jordin out she is the best love her verrrrrry much thats why