The Judges of New England's Got Talent 2017
Angela Bacari - Vocalist / Vocal Coach
Angela Bacari has spent years gracing stages from New York City to Las Vegas as an accomplished vocalist. Some of her many television appearances include The Tonight Show, The Dinah Shore Show, and The Merv Griffin Show. Bacari has worked with several Hollywood veterans including Bill Cosby, Rodney Dangerfield, Phyllis Diller, and Pat Cooper. She has served as vocal coach to icons Liza Minnelli and Marisa Berenson, and is presently the manager of Rhode Island’s own, Billy Gilman.
Brittany Dickie - N.E. Patriots Cheerleading Dance Trainer
Brittany Dickie has been on the New England Patriots Cheerleading team for the past four years, including two Super Bowl championship seasons. Brittany is now the New England Patriots Cheerleading squad dance trainer. Her duties including choreographing full-field dance routines for game day and special events. When Brittany has time off from the Patriots cheer squad, she coaches for her local high school cheer team.
Al Gomes - Music Producer
Award-winning music producer Al Gomes has been in the business for over 40 years. Al is the founder of Big Noise, a Music Firm specializing in Artist Development and Music Promotion & Publicity. His work has earned him gold and multi-platinum awards from the Recording Industry Association of America.
His many clients include Christina Aguilera, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chicago, Katharine McPhee, Dionne Warwick, and many great independent artists.
Along with landing contracts for his artists with record companies and management firms, Al's creative work and marketing campaigns have earned his artists a total of five Grammy Award wins and eleven Grammy Award nominations including helping music icons The Beach Boys win their very first Grammy Award ever in 2013 for 'Best Historical Recording' for their box set 'The Smile Sessions.'
In 2016, Al was inducted into the Rhode Island College Hall of Fame.
Rose Weaver - Actor / Playwright
As a sassy jazz singer and narrator, she has been a featured vocalist with the Marian Anderson String Quartet, The Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Conrad Janis and the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band. Ms. Weaver’s film and television credits include The Brotherhood, The Accused, opposite Jodie Foster, In the Heat of the Night, opposite Carroll O’Connor, L.A. LAW, The Young and the Restless, and many more. Rose Weaver received the Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, along with Stephen Sondheim and John Updike, for her outstanding work as a performer. NBC Television submitted her for Emmy consideration for her work on In the Heat of the Night opposite the late Carroll O’Connor. After receiving her MFA from Brown University, where she was awarded the Lucille Lortel Award in Playwriting, Rose wrote and began touring her one woman show, Menopause Mama which has received rave reviews from Bermuda to Providence. She holds an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Marymount Manhattan College, New York, is a member of Screen Actor’s Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and Actor’s Equity Association.