Tiarah Williams, Young Hi-Way, TariaJaybre Big Winners at ULMII Entertainment Conference

LOS ANGELES - Nov. 21, 2022 - PRLog -- The winners of the 23^rd annual Los Angeles "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference's National Talent Competition was announced, which includes dancer Tiarah Williams for "ULMII Best Dancer" (Washington, DC), rapper Young Hi-Way for "ULMII Best Songwriter" (Texas), and Gospel vocalist TariaJaybre for "ULMII Best Singer" (Iowa). The ULMII Entertainment Conference was held again this year via Zoom hosted by SAG/AFTRA actors/comedians Doresa Harvey (Battlestage Plays) and Stamaur Mitchell (Fox Sport's Spencer vs Garcia) offering a Q&A session with the panelists, a professional showcase of talent and its legendary national talent competition credited for launching the careers of Grammy winning Miguel ("Adorn"), actress Naturi Naughten (STARZ's drama "Power"), actor/dancer Roshon Feagan (Disney, "Dancing with the Stars") and music producers/songwriters The Featherstones (Dru Hill, Chris Brown).

The panelists, who also judged the competition, included actress/professionally trained dancer Marita de Lara (General Hospital, Hawaii Five-0); artist manager Dr. Kerri Moseley-Hobbs (Anthony-Michael.com); opera singer Cheryl Warfield (MoreOpera.com); singer/actor/model Calvin D. Tucker, Jr. (Wonder Woman 1984); multi-award-winning actor/filmmaker Anthony Michael Hobbs (ImaginationLunchbox.com), and Reggae singer/songwriter/guitarist Hezron Clarke (Tad Records). Tad Records, along with Soul Survivor Records, Dagga Records and VP Records sponsored the Professional Showcase. The professional showcase offered performances by panelist Hezron Clarke from Jamaica (Reggae), Kalico di King from Canada (Dancehall), Calvin D. Tucker, Jr. from Maryland (Inspirational), and King Cosmos from Trinidad (Calypso). VLF Media and Promotions sponsored the National Talent Competition were Tiarah Williams won best dancer which includes a scholarship to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, 10-year-old rapper Young Hi-way (Jayden Everitt) won best songwriter for his performance of his single "Slide", and Gospel singer TariaJaybre (Taria Mills) won best vocalist. Aside from the 2022 ULMII Award the winners can take advantage of over $7,500 in products and services sponsored by LawyersRock.com, TheGardnerLawGroup.com, ImaginationLunchbox.com, ThePulseofEntertainment.com/FreelanceAssociates.html, MoreOpera.com, Superstar Entertainment, Wordsmith Music, Dust Dem AFF Productions, and Blaze4GloryMusicGroup.com. The 2022 Baltimore ULMII winners Kah'Ni Myers-Rich (acting) returned to repeat her winning monolog, as well as Adiah Ford (vocals) who performed her winning selection.

In 2023 the "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference returns to Baltimore on Saturday April 15^th and to Los Angeles on Saturday November 11^th so save the dates and stay logged into

www.UpliftingMinds2.com.