Carter G Woodson Annual Report

Scholarship 2021 talent hunt Written By ~ Alex Thompson

CARTER G. WOODSON FOUNDATION

GAMMA GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER

OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INC.

O n February 20th, 2021, we held our

four contestants competing this year. The four

2021

annual Omega Psi Phi Talent Hunt

contestants included Yani Thoranka who did

Competition for the Gamma Gamma

her spoken word piece entitled, “My Journey”.

Gamma Chapter and the Carter G.

Elijah Edwards who performed his rendition

Woodson Scholarship and Community

of “A Change is Gonna Come” originally

Service Foundation. It was held in

composed by Sam Cooke. Camryn Currier

conjunction with the Black History

performed “I’m Here” from the Broadway

Education Conference as part of the

musical “The Color Purple.” Finally, Abubacarr

Student Strand. The performances

Darboe presented a piece of photography

were held via zoom, and they were

entitled, “Black Mental Health.” The winner

pre-recorded. We had three very

was Yani Thoronka who will be advancing to

accomplished adjudicators. The first

the District Competition this coming April.

adjudicator was Ryan Thompson who is

Each of the winners received cash prizes and

an accomplished musician and music

a token of appreciation on behalf of the CGW

teacher. The second was Prenicia Clifton

Foundation and the Gamma Gamma Gamma

who is an accomplished and experienced

Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.

Opera vocalist. The third is Alexandrea

Cordell who is an emerging Gospel Singer

W W W . C G W F O U N D A T I O N . C O M

and YouTube Influencer. We had a total of

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