Photos provided by #BigColonTour
Participant Christal Stewart (middle) is just one of over 300 runners gathered at
Bailey Park Saturday morning, April 23, for the "Get Your Rear into Gear" 5K
run in support of the more than one million Americans living with a history of
colorectal cancer. This is the 6th annual event hosted by Colon Cancer Alliance.
5K run supports those
with colorectal cancer
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Over 300 runners gathered at Bailey
Park on Saturday, April 23, for the "Get
Your Rear into Gear" 5K run in support of
the more than 1 million Americans living
with a history of colorectal cancer. This is
the 6th annual event hosted by Colon
Cancer Alliance, a patient advocacy
organization aiming to raise awareness
about the disease.
A huge feature at the event was a 20
foot inflatable colon showing the different
stages of advancing disease. The attention
grabbing giant colon was a hot spot for
selfies. The 2016 Big Colon Tour is a
national educational program sponsored
by Bayer.
In North Carolina, 68 percent of adults
over 50 are being screened for colorectal
cancer, but that leaves nearly one-third
who are not being screened. For more infor
mation, visitwww.ccalliance.org/aware
ness-month/big-colon-toitr/ or follow the
conversation on Twitter with
#BigColonTour.
Sigma Beta group
attends regional
conference
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
Six members of the
Delta Sigma Chapter of the
Sigma Beta Club spent part
of their Spring Break
attending the Southeastern
Regional Conference. The
Southeastern Region con
sists of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Eastern
Tennessee.
Club members in atten
dance were Adrian Ellis (9)
of Whitaker Elementary
School, Zyquarius Ellis
(16) of Winston-Salem
Prep Academy, Nasir
McDaniel-Moore (14) of
Reynolds High School,
Nigel McDaniel-Moore (9)
of Moore Elementary
School, Tyrek Thompson
(15) of Carver High School
and Alim Turner (13) of
Paisley IB Magnet School.
During the conference,
the youth had the opportu
nity to attend valuable
workshops, learning labs
and business sessions. The
members will have a
chance at the next Sigma
Beta meeting to present
what they learned at the
conference to other club
members, allowing them to
implement ideas that will
help them become a
stronger club in the future.
Some of the topics of
discussion focused on
Financial Money
Management, Dress for
Success and Imaging, the
History of the Buffalo
Soldiers and a Real Talk
Panel Discussion hosted by
Dr. Sheryl P. Underwood,
co-host of CBS's The Talk,
and the 23rd International
President of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc.
The youth took a col
lege tour of the University
of Tennessee in Knoxville
to visit their STEM
Programs. They also visit
ed Maryville College in
suDmined pnoto
Shown are (L-R) Alim Turner, Nasir McDaniel, Adrian Ellis, Willie Conner (center back), Nigel McDaniel,
Tyrek Thompson and Zyquarius Ellis.
Maryville and completed
the Mountain Challenge,
which focused on team
building and creative
thinking.
The conference, held
March 31 through April 2
at the Holiday Inn World's
Fair Park located in
Knoxville, Tenn., conclud
ed with the group visiting
the Haley Heritage
Square. Haley Heritage
Square is located on the
slopes of Morningside
Park-, a green space with a
commanding view of his
toric Knoxville, the down
town business district and
the Smoky Mountains.
The focal point of the
Square is a 13-foot-high
bronze statue of author and
Pulitzer Prize winner, Alex
Haley. Haley is best
known for his book
"Roots," in which he traced
his origins back to Africa.
His book was made into an
acclaimed television mini
series.
Willie Conner is the
chapter" coordinator and
Mark Allmon is the south
eastern regional coordina
tor for the Sigma Beta
Clubs.
A huge feature at the "Get Your Rear in Gear" SK run was a 20-foot inflatable
colon showing the different stages of advancing disease. The 2016 Big Colon
Tour is a national educational program sponsored by Bayer.
Brian Highsmith and family pose within the 20-foot inflatable colon Saturday,
April 23 in Winston-Salem's Bailey Park. His children were among the youngest
participants in the "Get Your Rear in Gear" SK run.
W-S Youth Chorus
holding auditions for
2016-2017 Season
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem Youth Chorus
(WSYC), recently endorsed by the mayor
as the premier youth chorus and ambassa
dors of the city, invites children grades 3
12 to audition for the 2016-2017 season,
which begins on Aug. 29. Auditions will be
held on Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday,
May 18.
For more information and to schedule
an audition time, go to www.wsyouthcho
rus.org or contact the office at 336-703
0001.
The Winston-Salem Youth Chorus, a
non-profit arts organization founded in
1993, has over 100 members in four
ensembles, ranging from grades 3-12 and
representing more than 40 schools in
Forsyth and surrounding counties.
Members of the WSYC learn vocal
technique, theory, singing in other lan
guages, discipline, confidence and team
work while performing beautiful choral
arrangements.
, The chorus also often collaborates with
the UNCSA, The WS Symphony,
Piedmont Wind Ensemble, Piedmont
Chamber singers and other groups in the
region. They also travel and perform in
other countries and around the nation.
Some tours in the past have included per-.
formances in Austria, Italy, France,
Chicago, New York City and New Orleans.
WSYC has helped hundreds of chil
dren and youth through music education
and performance experiences in its mis-'
sion to engage ant) develop youth from
diverse backgrounds and enrich their lives
by inspiring excellence in choral music.
For more information about the
Winston-Salem Youth Chorus visit
http://wsyouthchorus .org.
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