BSU: Black History Month Program

Story & Photo by Ella Snead – Staff Reporter

   On Friday, February 20th, the Black Student Union held a Black History Month Program in the P. A. C. The program included a choir and drumline performance, a fashion show, a couple of solo performers, a panel of people talking about the Divine Nine, a step team performance, and a dance battle. 

   This year’s event was a little different from last year’s.

   “This year we had fewer individual performers, so we had more room to add the D9 panel and make some other parts longer, like the fashion show,” Brandon Truelove, BSU president, said.                            

   This year had more informative content as a contrast to last year’s entertainment content. The majority of the program was a group of former Divine Nine members. The Divine Nine are the nine African American fraternities and sororities. The panel discussed the importance of these groups and the opportunities they offer. After the panel was done talking, the step team performed, and then, to wrap it up, a dance battle broke out. 

   “The part I was most excited for is the dance battle skit we put together. We had practiced for a few weeks to put together separate and joint dances, and banter between both groups,” Truelove said. 

   The two dance groups met in the middle of the stage and danced together, even though some people had to leave for the bus. 

   “The dismissal bell rang right as we started, so not everybody saw the full thing,” Truelove said. 

   Overall, the Black History Month program hosted by the Black Student Union was very entertaining and informative, with a lot of fun, interesting acts.