Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration Welcomes the Shades of Our Community Tour this Saturday Only!

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) July 16, 2009 -- Turner Network Sales (TNS), the distribution, sales and marketing arm of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), and CNN, TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network join Comcast in presenting the Shades of Our Community tour in Indianapolis, IN. The tour comes to the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration, at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 South Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, on Saturday, July 18, from 10 AM - 10 PM.

The Shades of Our Community tour is an unprecedented traveling "event within an event." Traversing the country throughout the summer, the tour will be featured at high-traffic community festivals and fairs and offers an array of activities, music, videos, a healthy living station, children's activities, and plenty of goodies and giveaways. From confronting health issues, to sharing the bonds of family, it provides the African American community, and the entire community, a chance to come together to live, laugh, and learn.

The 2,500-square-foot Shades of Our Community tour consists of five interactive tents that reflect the theme Live. Laugh. Learn. Central to all the fun will be the Comcast community tent. Attendees can enjoy continuous music, prizes for dance-offs, song-lyric and trivia contests and more. They can have their photo taken with cutout standees of their favorite TV characters. A face-painting artist for kids and lots of giveaways will also be featured. In addition, Comcast is donating $1,000 to the Center for Leadership Development to honor their efforts in the community.

"Comcast is committed to investing in the communities where our customers and our employees live and work," said Scott Tenney, Senior Regional Vice President for Comcast's Indianapolis Region. "This event gives us a chance to give back to the community by offering a day of family fun that we can enjoy together, especially during these tough economic times."

"The Shades of Our Community tour reflects the first-rate upcoming programming on CNN, TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network and provides Comcast the opportunity to connect with current and potential consumers in a unique and unprecedented setting," said Gary Brockman, Vice President of Network Marketing and Operations for TNS. "Every attendee will be able to connect to the tour through entertaining and informative activities covering the bonds of family, joy of laughter, importance of good health and desire to have one's voice heard."

CNN's Black in America 2 Portrait Studio Tent will offer a complimentary professional photo taken with family and friends and printed on-site. Also at the tent is the CNN iReport Kiosk, where attendees will have the opportunity to record and upload their thoughts and experiences to CNN's iReport.com website. Black in America 2, the sequel to CNN's Black in America, will premiere on July 22 and 23 on CNN and CNN HD. Anchor and special correspondent, Soledad O'Brien, takes viewers across America to meet people who are finding solutions to challenges facing the African American community, and others who are shattering stereotypes about the black experience.

The TBS Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns tent will offer a personalized photo button, pop-a-shot basketball contests, prizes and giveaways. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is the latest Perry incarnation, a spin-off of the equally popular Tyler Perry's House of Payne. Since January, it has been the #1 comedy among adults and the #1 scripted series among African American viewers, households and key adults.

The TNT HawthoRNe tent will showcase healthy living and promote healthy lifestyles in the African American community. The TNT medical drama HawthoRNe premiered June 16 and stars Jada Pinkett Smith as a strong but caring director of nursing. Smith is one of the first African American women since the 1970s to play the title role in a television series.

The Cartoon Network Star Wars: The Clone Wars Video Arcade takes attendees to a galaxy far away by offering Star Wars Lightsaber Duels interactive gaming stations with prizes for kids of all ages. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a CG-animated series from creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation. It takes audiences on new and exciting adventures combining the legendary storytelling of Lucasfilm with innovative animation. In January, the show was #1 it its time period with boys ages 2-14 and is a great co-viewing franchise, especially between father and son. The second season is slated to premiere in the fall of 2009.

For more information on the Indiana Black Expo, call 317/925-2702 or visit www.indianablackexpo.com.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

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