The film also starred EWF as a new recording act known as " The Group "; they performed songs in the film and Maurice had a small speaking part, as leader of " The Group ".

EWF and Kenny G performed " The Way You Move " on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in January 2005.

EWF performed on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin ' Eve on December 31, 2004.

In March 2005 EWF performed in Russia for the first time.

EWF performed alongside Mary J. Blige and Ludacris " Runaway Love " at the 49th Grammy Awards held at Los Angeles's Staples Center.

EWF performed at the opening ceremony of the 2008 US Open, which was hosted by Forrest Whitaker and served to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of tennis ’ s Open Era with a parade of more than 25 former US Open singles champions.

On April 26, 2009, EWF performed at the 39th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

A performance at New York's Rockefeller Center introduced EWF to Clive Davis, then the President of Columbia Records.

A live album from the band's 1980 performance in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, entitled Live In Rio, was released on Maurice White's Kalimba Records label in 2002, and that same year EWF was honored with the Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

EWF sang " Shining Star " and then at Outkast's request crooned " The Way You Move " with them.

In 2010, EWF made a repeat performance at the 40th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

In 2012, EWF were bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th Annual Trumpet Awards, held at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta.

In May, Simmons defeated Tommy Stevens in a Tables Match to win a one night tournament for the EWF trophy at the Weymouth Pavilion in Weymouth, Dorset.

Sky defeated Gatson on May 2 to become the EWF Heavyweight Champion at the 12 Year Extravaganza.

In a 2007 interview, when asked which EWF album was his favorite, Maurice White replied: " Probably Faces because we were really in tune, playing together and it gave us the opportunity to explore new areas.

So impressed was the King by the band's performance that he made a successful personal request for EWF to perform in Morocco for his 37th birthday celebration, on August 21, 2000.

EWF signed once again with Warner Brothers and following this came the release in 1993 of their 16th studio album, Millennium.

Early in the year 2008, Sky chased for the EWF Heavyweight Championship held by Gatson.

Also known as EWF, the band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1969.

Trombonist Alex Thomas and electric pianist / vocalist Wade Flemons completed the then ten-man EWF lineup.

Both albums were produced by Joe Wissert and a single, from The Need of Love called " I Think About Lovin ' You ", with Sherry Scott on lead vocals, provided EWF with their first Top 40 R & B hit.

The band developed a growing popularity on college campuses but in spite of this, some members of EWF started to become restless and the band broke up after having been together less than six months.

The album made EWF the first black act to top both the Billboard album and singles charts and was certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA.

As a result EWF returned to the studio in June 1975 and from these recording sessions two singles-" Sing a Song " and " Can't Hide Love ", the latter written by Clarence " Skip " Scarborough-were spawned.

EWF paid tribute to Stepney in the form of the album's title and that of its title track.

During this period EWF concerts started to become loaded with pyrotechnics, magic, laser lights, flying pyramids, levitating guitarists and elaborate production tricks, that included the entire group ascending in a pyramid and a disappearing act, which saw EWF literally vanishing from sight.

Though the band had previously overlooked disco, the summer of 1979 saw EWF topping the dance music charts with their most disco-inspired single " Boogie Wonderland ", which was produced by Maurice and Al McKay and featured The Emotions.

featured the hit single " Let's Groove ", which also went Platinum, and another single " Wanna Be With You ", which won EWF a Grammy for Best R & B Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group.

After the fully synthesized album Electric Universe was released in late 1983 to a poor critical and commercial reception, Maurice believed the band needed a break so he put EWF on hiatus.

Phil Collins saw EWF on one of their European tours and became a fan of the band.

The award was presented to EWF by ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman, Stevie Wonder, and Jimmy Jam.

The album spawned a kalimba-laden track reminiscent of the classic EW & F sound, titled " All in the Way ", which reunited EWF with The Emotions.

EWF released a single entitled " Show Me The Way ", on which they paired up with neo soul artist Raphael Saadiq on Sanctuary Records in the fall of 2005.

And she wrote the libretto for an oratorio on the subject of Judas Maccabeus performed at the Hanukkah festival which came in December.

He regaled Claire with an account of the mock mass performed by the cassocked bloods, which he had had at firsthand from old Bud Dodington, one of the leaders of the so-called `` Order ''.

The saline and albumin tests were performed as described for the ABO samples except that the mixture was incubated for 1 hr at 37-degrees-C before centrifugation.

One young man, exhilarated to the point of insanity by liquor and the excitement of the moment, performed a perfect swan dive out of the stands at the Yale Bowl during the Yale-Army football game, landed squarely on his head on the concrete ramp below, and died at once.

The Orioles once again performed at the plate in powderpuff fashion, gathering only seven blows off the offerings of three Kansas City pitchers.

After they each performed, both were deemed equal until Apollo decreed they play and sing at the same time.

Planned tests are determined before looking at the data and post hoc tests are performed after looking at the data.

He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out.

Alcaeus was a contemporary and a countryman of Sappho and, since both poets composed for the entertainment of Mytilenean friends, they had many opportunities to associate with each other on a quite regular basis, such as at the Kallisteia, an annual festival celebrating the island's federation under Mytilene, held at the ' Messon ' ( referred to as temenos in fr. s 129 and 130 ), where Sappho performed publicly with female choirs.

He probably performed his verses at drinking parties for friends and political allies — men for whom loyalty was essential, particularly in such troubled times.

Ealdred at Whitsun 1068 performed the coronation of Matilda, William's wife.

The Laudes Regiae, or song commending a ruler, that was performed at Matilda's coronation may have been composed by Ealdred himself for the occasion.

These praise songs are probably the same performed at Matilda's coronation, but might have been used at other court ceremonies before Ealdred's death.

The public opinion of voters was remarkably influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theatres.

These studies were performed mainly in the former Soviet Union, at the Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Republic of Georgia.

Salamis holds a prominent place in The Persians, his oldest surviving play, which was performed in 472 BC and won first prize at the Dionysia.

The original song Advance Australia Fair was composed by Peter Dodds McCormick under the pen-name ' Amicus ' ( which means ' friend ' in Latin ), in the late 19th century, and first performed by Andrew Fairfax at a Highland Society function in Sydney on 30 November 1878.

A 2008 quantum physics experiment performed in Geneva, Switzerland has determined that in any hypothetical nonlocal hidden-variables theory the speed of the quantum non-local connection would have to be at least 10, 000 times the speed of light.

The astrologers performed much worse than merely basing decisions off the individuals age, and much worse than 45 control subjects who didn't use birth charts at all.

Big bands such as those of Duke Ellington ( at the very beginning of his career ), Bennie Moten, and Count Basie performed head arrangements ( ibid ).

This might sound complex, but first of all the number of di-atomic molecules that can exist at the temperatures of the atomizers used in AAS is relatively small, and second, the correction is performed by the computer within a few seconds.