UC3

UC3 is an American all-female trio of pop singers from Tampa Bay, Florida. They have performed throughout the US and several other countries and are particularly well known among U.S. service personnel overseas, whom they have repeatedly performed for.

The current members are Eileen Esposito, Cristal Bermudez, and Tracy Williams. Former member Kristy Scott was replaced by Eileen Esposito.The group is sponsored by Hooters, who distributes their music in some of their restaurants, which complements traditional sales.They were part of the Hooters organization's "Operation Let Freedom Wing" group of talent which toured Afghanistan and other places with U.S. forces. Singer Angela Lanza toured with them overseas.

Within the US, the largest number of people who saw them perform were at NFL and other major league games, where they sang.

The group is apparently on hiatus (possibly permanently), and has not performed or recorded together since early 2005. In addition, their official website, www.uc3online.com, no longer works.

Members

Eileen Esposito

Eileen Esposito is a dancer and singer. She started training musically at age 8. She was part of the Tampa troupe Entertainment Revue. Before that she was a member of the country/pop group Indian Summer alongside Heather Piccinini, a contestant on the third season of American Idol. She was also a member of the Tampa chorus. As a stage actress, she appeared in the musical "Oliver".

Cristal Bermudez

Cristal Bermudez is also a dancer and a model, who started musical training at age 3. She performed with the Spanish Lyric Theatre. She was formerly part of the R&B Hip Hop group In2ition. She was a member of Florida's all-state choir. She performed in the stage plays "West Side Story" and "Oliver!".

Tracy Williams

Williams had early success at age 12, with the all girl group PYT (Pretty Young Thing). The other members of that group were Lauren Mayhew, Lydia Bell, and Ashley Niven. [http://jondisc_44.tripod.com/pyt/main.html] In 2000 the four member group released the album "Down with Me" on the Epic Records label.The group released the singles "Something More Beautiful" and "Same Ol' Same Ol'". As well the group's songs were on the soundtracks for the films "Center Stage" and "Bring It On".

External links

*" [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/138020p-122678c.html What a Hoot!: Racy restaurant picks a girl band] " (November 18, 2003), New York Daily News
* [http://www.mp3.com/p.y.t./artists/341234/summary.html MP3.com PYT profile]
* [http://www.25idl.army.mil/Deployment/OEF%20Afghanistan/Deployment/04Jun04pictures.htm OEF Deployment Photos] - UC3 performance at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan
* [http://www.uc3connection.com UC3 Connection]
* [http://newmusic.clearchannel.com/artist/uc3 Profile of UC3 by ClearChannel's New Music Network (NMN)]
* [http://www.clearchannelnewmusicnetwork.com/artist/kristyscott Profile of Kristy Scott by ClearChannel's New Music Network (NMN)]