Mark your calendar to join us from 6pm - 9pm, June 12 at  The Sunflower Cafe located at 7704 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd. (between Scottsdale Rd. and Hayden Rd. about a quarter mile east of the Gainey Ranch Hyatt Hotel and in the same complex as Un-Bacio Ristorante)  My Special Guest this week is the lovely and talented Vanessa Florez featuring the release of her latest CD, "Time".     To contact Vanessa:   Cell Phone                 480 213-3006 E-Mail                       VFlorezAZ@aol.com Web Site                   www.vanessaflorez.com   Vanessa Florez found her way to the Soiree a few weeks back and we arranged for her to sing during Don Kirchner's book signing Soiree.  The feed back was immediate and highly positive.  Where did you find that singer?  She's terrific were common remarks.  Being beautiful and talented must be a heavy burden but Vanessa is light and up beat and just a joy to be around and listen to.   Born in Tucson, Vanessa is a native Arizonan who started singing, song writing, and doing musicals at the age of 10!  She has performed in school productions as well as for the Arizona Theatre Company.  She attended Catalina High School in Tucson and sang in the jazz and concert choir as well as the regional and state choirs.  She also sang the National Anthem for her high school and for the Universtiy of Arizona games.  In Vanessa's senior year of High School she started a musical  group called, "The Outback Singers".  They were five singers and a keyboardist and performed at the resorts in Tucson during the Holiday.    Following High School Vanessa was granted a full scholarship to sing in the Northern Arizona University program but instead, pursued and received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of Arizona.    After graduation she moved to Phoenix and worked full time mainly in pharmaceutical sales.  Still holding a passion for singing, Vanessa formed a band and performed at the national meetings of her pharmaceutical company.  In 1998, she moved to Northern California and spent 3 years as the lead singer for the band "On the Vine".  They did mostly jazz, R&B, and pop songs by Sade, Vanessa Williams, Anita Baker, and Dianna Krall.    Vanessa moved back to Arizona in December of 2000 and began  to work with musician, Josh Motley on her first CD, "TIME".  Her CD is in the genre of Sade, Dido or Sarah McLaughlin.  She took her CD to the International Modeling and Talent Association convention in New York in July of 2001 and the hotel hosting the convention mixed in her CD with their tracks.  She is now looking to sing and write full time with a group of serious musicians and may soon be opening for the Thursday night music series at El Pedregal.     It is with great pleasure that, the lovely and talented Vanessa Florez, will be my Special Guest this week. Please plan on joining us to socialize and meet new friends! BBB