For some reason, the Red Carpet event is the night before the actual Stellar Awards, but it was nice all the same.  Somebody at the check-in table tried to play me about my media credentials, but I still ended up on the Red Carpet next to Dorinda Clark-Cole and running past someone doing an interview for Gospel Music Channel.  You may see me on TV because, really… I was standing in places I was NOT supposed to be standing.  LOL.  Whatever!

Basically, the Red Carpet was a time for everyone to get photos and interviews with the nominees (which, I guess, is why it comes before the Nominee Dinner).  There were cameras clickin’ and flashes flashin’.  Fun.  Shout out to Jojo Pada (Founder/CEO/RULER of Ignition PR) for giving me some incredibly official responsibilites– I was her cameraman while she led a long-time favorite artist, DeLeon Richards, around and stuff.  (Cool trivia tidbit: At age 9, DeLeon became the youngest person ever nominated for a Grammy Award, pushing Michael Jackson out of the top spot… so there!) 

After that, I RAN up the hallway to my room, changed my clothes and sprinted right back to the ballroom for the Nominee Dinner.

Info on that in a bit!