This page is my tribute to Trina Parks: actress, singer and dancer.
Trina Parks is aware of this site. She has written that she was "quite surprised and very pleased" to learn that she had a tribute page on the Internet. Trina also wrote, "I will keep you in touch with what I am doing." This Tribute Page will strive to keep you up to date with the activities of this most gracious, talented and classy lady!
Located across from Gottschalks Department store in the
Palm Springs Mall
173 South Farrell Drive
Palm Springs, California
(at the corner of East Tahquitz Canyon Way & South Farrell Drive)
Hope to see you there!
Blessings,
Trina
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TRINA PARKS
ACTRESS
VOCALIST
Choreographer * Principal Dancer * Dance Instructor
BIO
TRINA PARKS was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Tennel and Charles Frazier, famous tenor saxophonist with Cab Calloway's Orchestra. She graduated from the New York High School of Performing Arts with a major in Modern Dance (Martha Graham Technique.) While still in high school, Trina studied the Katherine Dunham Technique at Ms. Dunham's dance academy in New York City. She has worked with numerous dance companies, performing in the United States, Europe and the Far East as principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Alvin Ailey, Donald McKayle, Anna Sokolow, Tally Beatty, Geoffrey Holder, Eleo Pomare and Rod Rogers dance companies.
Trina has created her own solo act, captivating audiences from the East to the West coasts and throughout Eastern and Western Europe. She performed with the Lionel Hampton Band in NYC. She also performed at the "Las Vegas Rivera," "The Desert Inn," "Harrah's Tahoe" in Sammy Davis's show, "The Hilton Manila" and "The Crystal Room" in Tokyo, Japan.
She has taught Modern, Jazz, Broadway, African and Haitian dance in New York and Los Angeles, teaching all age groups as well as special education students and church groups at rehabilitation and assisted living centers. Trina also taught Modern Dance at the New Dance Group in New York City; for the Bronx and Manhattan Board of Education; for the Los Angeles High School for the Arts. Ms. Parks was on the dance staff of the LA Music Center, Educational Dance Division. Her other teaching credits include "SOUL TRAIN," Inner City Cultural Center, movement to actors in Los Angeles and aerobics at the Jane Fonda Dance School in Los Angeles and at the New York City College.
Ms. Parks arranged and produced her own show, Trina's Tribute to Duke Ellington, which she performed in New York City and Los Angeles. In 2003, Trina became the first African-American feature performer in the "Fabulous Palm Springs Follies" in Palm Springs, California.
Trina's Tribute to Duke Ellington - One Person Show
Choreographer
The Wiz
Clytemnestra & Agamemnon
Rumba - Lulu Washington Dance Company
Golden Globe Awards
Car Wash movie tour
"Tribute to the Black Woman" concert
Carousal
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**SPECIAL OFFER!!
ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED 8 X 10 PICTURES OF TRINA PARKS AS 'THUMPER' FROM THE OO7 MOVIE DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Black and White: $19.95
Color: $21.95
(includes shipping and handling)
ALSO AVAILABLE - LIMITED EDITIONS OF HER PERSONAL (HEAD SHOT) PHOTO
Discounts for orders of more than one photo
PLEASE E-MAIL MS. PARKS HERSELF FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: teabey@yahoo.com
ALSO!!
TRINA PARKS HAS A PROMOTIONAL CD &/or a DVD, FOR MUSIC PRODUCERS AND VARIETY (LIVE PERFORMANCE) AGENTS ONLY. ANYONE ELSE CAN PURCHASE THE DVD FOR $20.00 EACH
Ms. Parks is now one of the celebrities on the Hollywood is Calling website. As she explains it:
"The website, HollywoodIsCalling.com, is where anyone can make an appointment to speak directly to me. When a 'fan' calls, the representatives book a time that I will phone the 'fan.' Then Hollywood is Calling e-mails me with the information."
Sounds like a great gift . . . or gift for oneself!
