Wednesday! November 24. 1971
THE GRYPHON
Ebony Fashion Fair; Together
By TIM CHAPMAN
I
“ft was beautiful, really
beautiftil,'’ said sophomore
Shirley Bullock. And it was.
When the 1971 Ebony Fashion
Fair recently appeared in the
RMSH auditorium, there were
reactions throughout the au
dience which ranged from ap
proving smiles to cathartic
screams,
THEME-“WHAT'S GOIN’ ON"
Since a broad spectrum of
some 185 outfits and a brilliant
correlation of music and com
mentary were presented, most
persons could easily relate to
“What’s Coin' On,”
As Billy Tillery, a senior,
stated: “It really did some
thing for me; it was all so pro-
fessionaL”
And Sharon Barnes, a junior,
pointed out that “the team of
professional models gave all
who were present a perfect
chance to see where ‘true style’
is really at, . , Ebony Fashions
are most definitely—together,”
HAD PRO TOUCH
The Ebony Fashion Fair was
undoubtedly very professional
ly produced. Commentator
Audrey Smaltz articulately de-
(oite t ®iClA
b\iJbmdo
What do you do during the
Thanksgiving Holiday? Eat?
That is the most common res
ponse. Beginning this after
noon after school, we can start
eating. Just thinking about the
iiscious pumpkin pie with thick
Whipped cream makes my mouth
water.
Naturally, Thanksgiving is a
holiday from a diet too. Can
you imagine eating low-calorie
turkey and dressing. If there
were such a thing? And just
picture yourself sitting at table
watching everyone heap sugar
and butter on his sweet pota
toes while Granny brings out
the pum{dcin pie while you are
left staring at a scoop of cot
tage cheese on lettuce cm your
plate. No^ a diet and Thanks
giving just don’t go together.
To many people. Thanksgiv
ing means traveling to Gran
ny’s house where the whole fa
mily gathers to eat and talk.
What an uproar! The women
invariably talk of children,
cooking, and homemaking, while
the men compete to be heard
over each other to tell their
greatly exaggerated hunting,
fishing, or golfing feats. The
younger children go outside to
play and come in at intervals
with black eyes and/or bloody
noses, while the adolescents
just sit around and wonder what
to say because they see each
other so seldom that they are
no more than casual acquain
tances.
Thanksgiving Day was begun
originally as a day to thank God
for the good harvest during the
past year, yet how many of
you think of giving thanks ex
cept the lucky few who were un
derweight and find that they’ve
gained ten pounds on the Monday
following the Thanksgiving holi
day.
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Rocky Mount
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Crest Ford, Inc.
Davenport Motors
Farris Motors, Inc.
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Howell Buick
Friar Volkswagen, Inc.
John Vann Motors
Ray Bandy Dodge
f-'-v;s,;
scribed all outfits and, at times,
appropriately added certain
subtly humorous comments.
Every word of her commentary
was rhythmically accompanied
by a small but effective musi
cal group directed by Dave Ri
vera,
Also correlated with the
music were the flowing and
graceful steps of the models.
From backstage, senior Sam
Carrico especially noticed the
“pretty clothes and really neat
models” of the show. There
were nine lovely female and
two sophisticated male mo
dels.
Various ways in which the
models had an influence upon
indivuduak in the audience have
become evident. Sara Hines,
Dottle Harrison, and Renee Wil
kins already have serious de
sires ofbecoming models them
selves.
One way in which the overall
fashion show significantly af
fected persons in the audience
was the sense of community
pride felt by many blacks,
BIT OF CULTURE
“The Ebony Fashion Fairwas
quite meaningful to a lot of
people; it gave a cultural up
lift to the community,” said
Mrs.’ J(Jsie -'B,. Davis, a, mem^
ber of the local-^ organization
which sponsored j the^ fashion
show.
The sponsoring organization
is the Chi Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Sorority, Inc. This
sorority Is In turn undef re
strictions set by EBONY ma
gazine involving expenditures of
finances obtained from the
show. All profits are used for
certain charities such as U.
N.C.F., Urban Le^e, Mental
Health, community hospitals,
and scholarship funds.
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Pictured above are Mildred Hardy, left, and Mary Jo Odom.
Mary Jo is the commander of the Color Guard and Mildred is
assistant commander. (Photo by Drew Cole)
Color Guard Ends Year
Of Marching To The Beat
Attention! Right arms! Port
arms! Present arms! This may
sound like an Army Drill Ser
geant, but actually it’s Mary Jo
Odom directing the RMSH Col
or Guard.
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26 INVOLVED
The Color Guard consists of
twenty six girls, one com
mander, Mary Jo (Mom, one as
sistant commander, Mildred
Hardy, sixteen flag bearers,
three rifle bearers, and five
honor guard. These girls be
gan practice two weeks be
fore school started. During
the football season they prac
ticed as much as two hours on
several week nights to prepare
for one show.
Rainy days pose a great pro-
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blem for our white shirted,
black skirted performers. Af
ter a good rain it Is almost
Impossible to do a show with
out several girls slipping. The
mud itself takes some getting
used to too, if one girl forgets
herself and happens to put her
foot down just a little too hard,
the person next to her suf
fers.
Sticky nights have proven to
be a tiazard for. these twenty-
six dedicated girls tool On
nights such as these mosquitos
are the worst, and have ycxi
ever tried standing at attention
with a mosquitofeastlngonyour
arm?
MARCH AT ECU
The Color Guard has march
ed at all home games, the
Goldsboro game, and recent
ly at ECU. They should be
commended for their excel
lent performances under
treacherous conditions, such
as, muddy fiekls, and sticky
nights.
The routines performed by
the flag bearers are devised by
Mary Jo Odom, the honor guard
routines by Mildred Hardy.
Then all the girls work together
to give the professional touch
evident in their performances.
The GRY PH ON wishes to take
this opportunlty-''to express
thanks to the - Color Guard for
their hard work and deter
mined efforts. They are a fine
addition to tlie RMSH way of
life.
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