2008 Woodie Awards
Heritage explodes in poetry, song and dance
By: Tiffany Johnson
Issue date: 4/13/06 Section: Lifestyle
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For junior Rachel Lee, a video production major, and secretary of the Association of African-American Collegians, this was the success she was looking for.
"We've been trying to get stage three or the Loretto-Hilton Center, but the people at Webster don't really listen," Lee said, "Webster will be forced to see us now. They'll see all these people
and ask what was going on here tonight."
The program started with a brief introduction by freshman Vernon Betts, social sciences major, who welcomed the diverse audience.
"We opened this event to the St. Louis Community to better show the AAAC culture," Betts said. "It is open to everyone to be enjoyed by everyone."
Matthew Lacy, a Central Visual and Performing Arts School student introduced the 1920s and 1930s as "Harlem Days," the first section of the program.
Christina Ingram, a senior at Central Visual and Performing Arts School, sang the "Black National Anthem," also known as "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," by James Weldon Johnson.
"I just thought (the program) would be good and it was very, very good," said Bryant Ingram, Chrstina Ingram's father. "I hope they (AAAC and Multicultural Center and International Student Affairs) continue to do things like this."
Christina Ingram said her drama teacher suggested that she audition for the program. She said she had been practicing for about three or four weeks.
Poems and a selection of dances followed the anthem along with a gospel choir performance, a Webster group that is trying to get recognition as an official student organization.
The Civil Rights Movement section of the event included a "Raisin in the Sun" skit.
The ten-minute intermission led into the last part of the program the "New Wave," of the 1980s through 2006.