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As a sophomore on campus this was her first completed line and fashion show, her fashion line included four cocktail dresses and an evening gown. The color pal-ette of jewel tones complemented the vast amount of detailing and different sewing techniques. The symbolism throughout the line highlighted the beauty and creativ-ity throughout each piece, inde-pendently and as a collection. In the intermediate and beyond designer showcase there were eight designers: Caleigh Bridgers “Girls Don’t Cry”, Rasoul Butler “Freedom from Robot-ics”, Sandy Chen “You Can see Me Nude If You Would Like”, Albert Cobb “Collection inspired by A. McQueen”, Marissa Monroe “The Vintage Hourglass”, Kyle O’Donnell “Global Horizons”, Crystal Pickard “Enchantment, and Jaime Stewart “22nd Century Empress”. Again, the audience fa-vorite and the judges’ vote were awarded to the same person,

Albert Cobb. Albert Cobb is a student at North Carolina Central University and made a lasting impression at this year’s fashion expose. His inspiration came from the works of Alexander McQueen 2009 collection, “Horn of Plenty”. Cobb described his collection as “gothic, bit fetishistic, and very creative.” In his line he used fab-rics such as vinyl, patent leather, fleece, garbage bags, duct tape, and aluminum wire to achieve an ‘Haute Couture’ look. His unique sense of style and creativity was indeed noticed and received the highest honors at this year’s fash-ion expose. President of AATS, Brianna Hill, is a senior majoring in Fashion and Textile Management with a concentration in brand manage-ment, stated that she was, “very pleased with the show overall. The technical difficulties were disap-pointing but that can happen to anyone. I thought the designers and models did a fantastic job, leaving the audience very happy.

The show just keeps getting better, and I can’t wait for next years!” Ultimately, the success of this showcase was evident, the expose phenomenal growth and evolution is brilliant.

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Albert Cobb, a student at North Carolina Central University, poses for a photo with his family. Cobb won both fist place in the Intermediate and Beyond Category for the audi-ence pick and judge pick. | Melvin Moore

This marked the 14th consecutive show of the annual fashion exposé hosted by the African American Textile Society. The exposé provides an opportunity for student designers to showcase their talents and compete for cash prizes.

Joelle Purifoy, a sophomore in fashion and textile management, poses for a quick photo with her grandmother. Purifoy won first place in the novice designer category for both the audience and judge’s pick. | Melvin Moore

Purifoy’s collection included four cocktail dresses and an evening gown incorporating a variety of jewel tones such as sapphire, emerald, and black opal.

Laughs all AroundThe Comedy Show, hosted by The Black Students’ Board, turned out to be a huge success Friday night.

Shailese Hardy | Staff Writer

North Carolina State University’s Annual Pan-Afrikan Festival is a week dedicated to embracing the Afri-can-American culture which many students may not experience while attending a predominantly white in-stitution. The Pan-Afrikan Festival is hosted by the Black Students Board (BSB). The organization hosts events from different cultural organiza-tions that display African American traditions. The annual Pan-Afrikan comedy show has been an event that attracted not only NCSU stu-dents, but students from surround-ing universities and Raleigh residents as well. This year’s comedians were Nema Williams and Tony Roberts. The show began with come-dian Nema William, a Bronx, NY resi-dent. The audience was amused by his jokes about race, family, and real life situations. From having a black girlfriend to being tough, Nema entertained the audience and broke down racial barriers. Nema shared his big-city experiences about New York emphasizing the “local talent” he encounters on the subway and the methods they use to collect charitable donations. The main act was Tony Roberts, a well accredited comedian and resident of Los Angeles, Califor-nia. Tony’s act included jokes about Greeks, football players, airplane situations, and included some per-sonal roasting sessions. Tony wowed the crowd with a reenactment of a typical club scene and his experience with Omega Psi Phi hopping and dis-rupting his attempted advances at females. Attendees cried tears with his skit about the invention of Greek calls. Tony engaged the football players while humoring their habits of saving seats between each other stating that “men need space.” Cracking on the size of air-plane bathrooms, racial jokes, and even his slick comments about the back stage refreshments kept the crowd entertained. Throughout his act, Tony enjoyed “roasting” audi-ence members, and showing love as well. This year’s comedy show was one to remember, and contributed not only to the connecting of black students on campus, but fighting against the separation of races on campus as well.

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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April Gaddy, a senior majoring in mathematics education, began the show with the “Opening Ritual.”

Established in 1978,

DanceVi-sions was

North Caro-lina State

University’s first dance

group.

DanceVisions incorporates a variety of forms of dance into their performanc-es. Here the dancers dance ballet to Sade’s “Soldier of Love.”

Performing an original Bollywood number, one of DanceVisions’ focuses is diversity. Elements of Expression was DanceVisions’ 34th annual spring concert which consisted of diverse music genres and various forms of dance.

Each year the audience looks forward to what the last act of a DanceVisions show will be. The final performance is called the “Final Hotness,” which usually consists of a theme complete with matching dialogue, music, fashion, and of course dance. This year the Final Hotness was “Flashback Class of 1997.”

Photos by Melvin Moore

Dance VisionsMadavia Johnson

Passion, Grace, Style and Precision are only a few words that could be used to describe the phenomenal performance of the wonderful Divas of Dance Visions. These ladies provided an influential performance for the students at NC State University hosted by Carizma Thomas. Even though they struggled to become es-tablished on NC State’s campus, the founding seven young women and one man made this annual event a possibility. The Ladies performed very power-ful pieces that embraced Black people, their culture, and their struggles. Every year Dance Visions delivers choreography that is fresh and different each year. They did a wonderful job tonight, and I really enjoyed the ‘Rep Ur Flag’ piece, choreographed by Shavonna Haley and Jasmine Stockton, quoted Phyllis Hillard secre-tary of the African American Cultural Center. There were other performances such as: “The Freedom” which was choreographed by April Gaddy, the president of Dance Visions. “Soldier of Love” choreographed by Janay Brax-ton, “Lonely, but Never Alone” choreographed

by LaDonna Jones, “To Watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak” choreographed by Charl-lita Boyd and LaDonna Jones, “Forever Young” choreographed by Choneva (Eva) Huntley, and the explosive finale piece “DanceVisions High School Class of ‘97” choreographed by Jasmine Stockton and Shavonna Hill. TThese performances were truly one of a kind; the choice of music for each piece meshed perfectly with the stories and theme of the dances. The show also included spoken word by Carizma Thomas, who did a poem tiltled “My Hair” and a great guest performance by Payal Dance Acad-emy. “I enjoyed all the performances and I am looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us next

year” quoted Marissa Nelson Junior in Biologi-cal Sciences.

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