RON KNIGHT – Founder of Entertainmentfirst

RON KNIGHT – sadly RON passed on June 14, 2023

He will always and forever be CEO of Entertainmentfirst
He was a formidable International Singing Sensation – his silky voice and charismatic personality was felt around the world – he truly touched people’s souls – he is sadly missed!!

Ron Knight created Entertainmentfirst in 1999 upon moving to Las Vegas.
CEO of Entertainmentfirst, CEO of Ebonytown Records, International Entertainer and Founder/Creator of the Music and Fashion Expo Las Vegas & Australia.

Born in East Orange, New Jersey, grew up on Daton Street Newark NJ attended Weequahic High, then at 17 moved to California to live and studied music and business in Los Angeles at UCLA and LA City College, from the age of 18yrs Ron started his own band in California (May thru November & Social Security Band), and then moved to Australia at 30 and in 1984 he became a 10x winner on the hit internation show STAR SEARCH where he became famous in AUSTRALIA, then headlined at all 5 major casinos in Australia with his own show and alongside Chelsea Brown as Double Vision.
In 1992 Ron met Kimberley Sanders who became his lead choreographer for NBN television shows that his newly formed group Ron Knight and the Fabulous Daze regularly appeared. They then created a variety show together that lasted 31yrs until Ron passed in 2023.

Ron moved to Las Vegas in 1998, in 1999 Bobby Morris (owner of Worldwide Entertainment in Las Vegas who also acted as Elvis’s agent for many years) became Ron’s manager and launched Ron’s career in Las Vegas at the Showboat Hotel & Casino as their headlining act with Ron Knight and the Fabulous Daze.
Ron played many Casino’s in Las Vegas including: MGM, Monte Carlo, Stratosphere, Sahara, Arizona Charlies – just to name a few………..
and continued to travel internationally to produce live entertainment events, production shows, expos and beauty pageants around the world.

Ron Knight is enjoying a successful International Singing Career that allows him and his show to travel the world with his sensational voice and with 45yrs of experience in the Entertainment and Record Industries he has appeared on many major Television Networks including; Fox TV Network USA, Channel 9, Channel 10 & Channel 3 NBN Australia, he now has the knowledge to pass on to the younger generations who also need to learn the business of Entertainment.

Ron has enjoyed performing with many known celebrities of today’s music and entertainment scenes such as; Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Chaka Chan, Smokey Robinson, Sam Neill, Isley Brothers, The Temptations, the late Lou Rawls, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Curtis, Bobby Womack and had the pleasure of working with the one and only Wolf Man Jack …….and this is just to name a few.

Ron Knight always had a great sense of business and creating platforms for like-minded people to come together to do business together.

RIP – RON KNIGHT – WE MISS HIM DEARLY

KIMBERLEY KNIGHT – VP ENTERTAINMENTFIRST

KIMBERLEY KNIGHT

VP Entertainmentfirst

Born in Australia, Kimberley is a trained dancer, choreographer and event specialist. She has travelled the world in her chosen field of dance, working in Cabaret Shows & Variety Shows throughout Spain, Japan, Australia and the USA.

In 1992, (then Kimberley Sanders) met Ron Knight and became his lead choreographer for NBN television shows that his newly formed group Ron Knight and the Fabulous Daze regularly appeared. They then created a variety show together that lasted 31yrs until Ron passed in 2023.

In 1998, Kimberley made Las Vegas her home when she was asked to choreograph a show at the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for Entertainer Ron Knight.
Her skills range from dancing, costume design and creation, graphics, flyer & web designs plus event planning, live event production, dance competitions & beauty pageants.

Kimberley married Ron Knight in Las Vegas on Oct 14, 2007 at the Little White Wedding Chapel and
is now a dual citizen of Australia and the USA and enjoys working in both countries.

In Australia, Kimberley was creator/founder of the Newcastle Dance Awards- Australia which is a dance scholarship program to help young dancers in her home-town reach their potential by offering tuition scholarships.
She also owned and operated a performing arts school in Australia where she taught dance (ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary dance) & the basics of modeling in the Port Stephens area.
Kimberley had the pleasure of performing on stage dancing & singing with Ron Knight and the Daze Band (a 9piece Show Band) and choreographed shows for Ron Knight and the Fabulous Daze in which she was lead showgirl for 31yrs and Ron Knight’s Studio 54-Disco9000 Dance Party Experience in Australia.

Whilst residing in Las Vegas, Kimberley is VP/Director of Events at Entertainmentfirst where she assisted Ron Knight in producing the Music and Fashion Expo Las Vegas Event Series (now celebrating 13years in Las Vegas) which includes the following Beauty Pageants;
* The Lady Vegas International 40+ Beauty Pageant (A pageant that is open to women from around the world 40+).
* The Miss Las Vegas Classic Beauty Pageant (teaching young women the necessary skills to enter national pageants, ages 12-39yrs
(TEEN – MISS – MS & MRS Divisions)
Along with this wonderful annual event in Las Vegas, Kimberley also works alongside her fabulous sponsors doing fashion shows with ECCOCI Boca Park, Bunker Bradley Couture and Anne Fontaine (inside Caesar’s Palace Forum shops) in Las Vegas.

With Kimberley’s design skills she also owns a clothing label “Knight Apparell” designing and making womens clothing and custom orders for hotels with her costumes designs also used by her staff of Entertainmenfirst Showgirls of Las Vegas for corporate events and production shows.

We look forward to helping your business in Las Vegas and beyond…………

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