LIFESTYLES/ The Charlotte Post
February 1,1996
Around Charlotte
•The Charlotte Club of
the National Association of
Negro Business and
Professional Clubs, Inc.
will sponsor its annual
African American Heritage
Ball 8 p.m. to midnigjt Feb. 9
at the Oasis Shrine Temple,
Proceeds will benefit the
scholarship fund. The dona
tion fee is $25.
For more information, con
tact Sarah Stevenson at 392-
9503.
•The Small Business
Center, Metrolina Minority
Supplier Development
Council and the main library
are sponsoring a seminar for
small business owners 6:15-
8:45 p.m. Feb, 13. The subject
for the first seminar will be
"Legal and Tax
Considerations for the Small
Business Person.” Two addi
tional workshops will be con
ducted Feb. 20 and Feb. 27.
All workshops will be held at
the main library, 310 N.
Tryon St.
For more information, con
tact Emma Quinn at 342-
6900.
•Planned Parenthood,
1341 E. Morehead St., will
conduct Growing Up I series
Feb. 17. The three-hour work
shop reviews growth, develop
ment and reproduction. The
registration fee is $20 and
includes educational material
and refreshments.
To register, contact Kim
Madar at 377-0841.
•The National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People Community
Development Resource
Center will present its sixth
series of "The Small Business
Journey" 6:30-8:30 p.m. every
Tuesday beginning Feb. 6
through March 19. The series
costs $100, and space is limit
ed.
For more information, con
tact Rose Marie Cotton at
NAACP-CDRC, 400-L
Clanton Road; Charlotte, N.C.
28217.
•The Carolina
Sophisticate, Charlotte's
Cat Fanciers' cat club, is
hosting its annual Valentine's
Weekend Cat Show 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Feb. 10-11 at the
Charlotte Hornets Training
Center in Fort Mill, S.C.
About 450 cats will be judged
during the two-day event.
Admission is $4 for adults and
$3 for children.
•The 1996 North Carolina
State Pageant will be 11
a.m. Saturday at the Ramada
Inn, Carowinds Exit.
Registration begins at 10 a.m.
There is no entry fee; howev
er, admission is $6 for adults.
$3 for students and $2 for
children under six.
Age divisions range from
infant to young adults for
females. Males age divisions
go up to age six.
For more information, con
tact Sara Jones at (803) 427-
8758.
•The Charlotte
Mecklenburg Chapter of
Las Amigas Inc. will sponsor
its 13th annual Black History
Oratorical Contest Feb. 11.
The contest is open to all stu
dents in grades 5-12.
For more information, con
tact Johnsie Young at 568-
1514.
•The Adult Care and
Share Center Inc., 6709
Idlewild Road, will sponsor its
first Adult Care and Share
Jubilee 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
at the Omni Hotel.
For more information, con
tact 535-2720.
• Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Charlotte
Alumni Chapter will host its
fourth annual Graduate
Chapter Fraternity Basketball
Tournament at Cochrane
Middle School, 6200
Starhaven Drive, 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. The
tournament will feature the
alumni brothers of Alpha Phi
Alpha, Omega Psi Phi and
Kappa Alpha Psi.
Donations will benefit the
fund scholarships of the
Sigma Beta Club, a youth
component of Phi Beta Sigma.
For more information, con
tact Darryl Tyson at 554-0375.
•"Braids, cornrows, hair
wraps and dreads; A
History of Black Personal
Adornment in Coiffure" will
be the subject of a workshop
at the main branch of the pub
lic library 7-9 p.m. Feb. 8.
For more information, call
336-6228.
• Museum of York County
will present “Follow The
Drinking Gourd” in February.
Two hundred years ago,
black children and their par
ents who lived in the southern
U.S. were slaves who used the
Big Dipper, which looks like a
drinking gourd, to guide them
to freedom to the north.
Slaves in Alabama and
Mississippi taught their chil
dren a special song about the
Big Dipper; the words provid
ed a “secret code” to find the
way north.
The program will be shown
at 11 a.m. on Saturdays and 3
p.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays in the Settlemyre
Planetarium. The 30-minute
program is suitable for chil
dren and parents.
For more information, call
(803) 329-2121.
•The Beta Nu Lambda of
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Inc. meets 7 p.m.
every second Monday of the
month at Weeping Willow
AME Zion Church, 2200
Milton Road. For more infor
mation, contact Darryl Louder
at 568-5644.
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Divas visit Queen City
I f you consider yourself to like the "finer things of life,"
then you would have thoroughly enjoyed Symphony
with the Divas. The event, sponsored by the Charlotte
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
was held at Ovens Auditorium Jan. 27. More than
2,000 people attended.
Gospel extraodinaire Tramaine Hawkins, pop (former
Supreme) legend Mary Wilson and mezzo-soprano Barbara
Conrad were the featured divas. The Charlotte Symphony
Orchestra and conductor Janna Hymes did a marvelous job
accompanying the divas.
Hawkins gave the most touching performance by singing her
first pop crossover gospel hit, "Oh Happy Day."
This was the Deltas of Charlotte's fourth annual fundraiser.
"These funds will support Charlotte Alumnae Chapter's com
munity-based projects, college scholarships and community
charitable donations," said Wanda Webb, the president of
Charlotte's graduate chapter.
-Andrea R. Richards
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