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10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, May 5, 2010
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Sol C. Johnson to host Mega Fest
Sol C. Johnson is host
ing their sixth annual Mega
Fest! Sol C. Johnson is hold
ing this festive event on
Thursday May 13, 2010
from 5:30-7:30 pm in the
Johnson High Commons
Area. Mega Fest is an event
to inform our Johnson new
comers and parents as well
as staff and the community
about what to expect during
the 2010-2011 school year.
Not only will we inform
everyone about what to
expect but we also want to
let people obtain information
and highlight our accom
plishments as a School.
The Mega Fest
‘‘Celebrating Success” event
will be jam packed with fun,
entertainment, and informa
tion about the school- com
munity. All student organiza
tions will have booths set up
in the Johnson Commons
Area to discuss their pro
grams, highlight accomplish
ments, and increase their
membership.
More than 30 different
academic, social, communi
ty, and performance organi
zations are available for our
students to explore them all.
There will be an orientation
meeting in the Auditorium
for the rising 9th graders and
their parents. The orientation
meeting will provide infor
mation about uniforms,
small learning communities
and career pathways.
Students and parents will
have the opportunity to meet
with counselors and their
future peers.
With a whole new
group coming into Johnson,
we want them to be informed
about what the school has to
offer in the area of academic
pathways as well as organi
zations and clubs. We also
want to get to know every
one a head of time so we can
better understand their needs
as students.
We have live perform
ances from our Bands,
Chorus, student Soloists. We
also have Performances from
Cheerleaders, Dance Line,
and Robotics Team.
Parents, teachers, and
students play a critical role in
Johnson's success in opera
tion and performance by
partnering with the school
and the community to offer a
variety of learning and
exploring opportunities for
our youth. By students being
involved in the complete
school experience they tend
to perform better and they
are more likely to graduate
from high school.
This event will remind
parents and the community
that together we can ensure a
bright future for them by
providing our input with aca
demic, social, and creative
experiences. Let's help our
newcomers have a smooth
and exciting transition.
You can learn more
about becoming involved
with PTSO organization, or
the School Council, call
Angela Watkins, PTSO
President at Johnson High
School. (303-6400)
Your input is always
welcome.
Please feel free to
respond via e-mail at
Bettina.Tate@savannah.chat
ham.kl2.ga.us or call 303-
6400 extension 3027 for
more Mega Fest
Information.
Houston Crowned
Miss Crimson and Cream
Submitted By
Taqwaa Saleem
On Sunday, April 18,
2010, Camille Rachelle
Houston was crowned Miss
Crimson and Cream of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc., Delta Rho Chapter, at
Albany State University.
The annual scholarship
pageant, themed “Memoirs
of Crimson and Cream in
Chinatown” this year,
includes young ladies com
peting for the title of Miss
Crimson and Cream and gen
tlemen in competition for the
Mr. Delta Gent crown.
Contestants are judged
based on ad sales, articula
tion, poise, business attire,
talent, evening wear, and
their response to an
impromptu question.
The winners also
receive academic scholar
ships for the upcoming year.
Camille was radiant in
the pageant, performing a
riveting liturgical dance to “I
Told The Storm” and capti
vating the entire audience
with her oratorical presenta-
Camille Houston
tion on how Historically
Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) suc
cessfully compete with
Predominantly White
Institutions (PWI).
Camille was recognized
and awarded for having the
highest GPA of the Miss
Crimson and Creme contest
ants and received the audi
ence's “People's Choice”
award for the evening.
A Savannah native,
Camille is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
(Rhonda) Houston. She is a
2009 honor graduate of
Windsor Forest High School
and was active in Jack and
Jill of America, the Delta
GEMS, Top Teens of
America, and a host of other
service organizations while
in high school.
She is also an active
member of First African
Baptist Church.
At Albany State
University, Camille is pursu
ing a career as a Nurse
Practitioner, and she is a
spirited Golden Ram
Cheerleader, where she was
recently awarded Freshman
of the Year 2009-2010.
In the fall, she was
elected as the 2009-2010
Miss Freshman and was offi
cially crowned during the
university's Miss Albany
State University Coronation
in September.
With God ordering her
steps, Camille is taking the
“unsinkable” Albany State
University by storm while
still maintaining high aca
demic achievements and
remaining involved all over
campus.
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Cultural Arts Theatre Presents Pulitzer
Prize Winner ‘The Piano Lesson’
The City of Savannah's
Cultural Arts Theatre pres
ents its spring production of
"The Piano Lesson," May
14, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 in
the Black Box at S.P.A.C.E.,
9 W. Henry St. Friday and
Saturday performances are
at 8 p.m., Sunday perform
ances are at 3 p.m.
“This play explores the
lives of a family and all the
comedies and tragedies that
exist within it,” said
Blackshear. “In our families
we all have the laidback rel
ative with the ‘if it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it’ attitude,
and the radical family mem
ber who rows against the
tide.”
The 1990 Pulitzer Prize
winning play by August
Wilson, set in the 1930s, fol
lows an African American
family’s conflict over an
heirloom piano. The piano
was once traded by the fam
ily’s white master for two of
the family’s ancestors. The
play explores the struggle of
becoming liberated from a
painful legacy without los
ing cultural values.
Directed by Vickie
Blackshear, the production
features Gary Swindell, Jr.
as “Boy Willie” and
Charlene Williams as
Gary Swindell, Jr. and Charlene Williams in August
Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”
“Bemiece”.
“I hope people will see that there are ups and downs to tradi
tion and change,” says Blackshear. “If you stick to ‘what is’
then how will you ever know ‘what can be’?”
Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 for seniors and students
with I.D. Seating is limited; reservations are recommended
and can be made Mon.-Fri. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling
912-651-6783. The box office opens one hour prior to show
time. Reserved tickets that are unclaimed 15 minutes prior to
show time will be released to the waiting list. Free off-street
parking is available. For information, contact 912-651-6783
or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.
S.P.A.C.E. is Savannah’s Place for Art, Culture and
Education. Located at 9 W. Henry St., S.P.A.C.E. houses the
offices of the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural
Affairs as well as a public gallery, a 100-seat black box the
atre and art and ceramics studios.
Realists Adopt a Block in Carver
Village-Heights
The Savannah
Association of REALTISTS,
Inc. (SAR) a local affiliate of
the National Association of
Real Estate Brokers, Inc.
(NAREB) with the support of
the Carver Village Heights
Neighborhood Association
and the City of Savannah
Community Development
Department are sponsoring
the Carver Village- Heights
“Adopt-A-Block Project”.
The project activities
begin at 9:00 AM on
Saturday, May 22nd in the
800 Block of Googe Street in
the Carver Village- Heights
Neighborhood. The Carver
Village- Heights
Neighborhood is located off
West Gwinnett Street west of
Stiles Avenue.
Charles Gilyard, who is
president of SAR states, “The
project's goal is to contribute
to the renewed interest and
community pride in the
Carver Village- Heights
Community. This is in keep
ing with NAREB's goal of
demonstrating the value of
NAREB in the community by
raising its visibility and
increasing its organizational
activities throughout the com
munity”
According to Paul
Taylor, project chairperson,
the Carver Village- Heights
Adopt -A-Block project
activities will include clean
ing up debris, planting flow
ers and shrubs, as well as
making minor repairs to some
properties in the target block.
City of Savannah
resources such as the Fire
Department will perform
blood pressure checks and
home inspections. Police
Department representatives
will provide safety and secu
rity tips and the Sanitation
Department will pick up
debris and sweep the street
when the activities end at
2:00 PM.
Dorothy Pelote, presi
dent of the Carver Village-
Heights Neighborhood
Association, invites all
Carver Village- Heights
Neighborhood Association
members and friends to par
ticipate in the activities. Mrs.
Pelote expresses her appreci
ation to the REALTISTS
organization and the City of
Savannah Departments for
selecting her neighborhood
and wishes that more groups
sponsored similar projects.
Mrs. Pelote stated, “We are
grateful and most apprecia
tive”.
The National
Association of Real Estate
Brokers, Inc. (NAREB) is the
oldest minority trade associa
tion in America. Founded in
1947, members of NAREB
are referred to as
REALTISTS® . Although
comprised principally of
African-American and other
minority real estate profes
sionals, the REALTISTS®
organization, notwithstand
ing, is an integrated entity
open to qualified practitioners
of all races who are interested
in achieving the
REALTISTS® theme,
“Democracy in Housing”.
For membership information,
contact Iris Bryant at
iris.bryant@bankofamerica.c
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