Denmark, SC – Voorhees College will celebrate its 2005 Homecoming the week of November 6th through 12th. Miss Angoneckia Dashun Booker is the Homecoming Queen for this year’s festivities. She is a senior majoring in Business Administration and a native of Lincolnton, GA. She is a member of the “Lady Tigers” basketball team and treasurer for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She intends to graduate with a degree in Business Administration and continue her education to receive an MBA and the Ph. D. Eventually Ms. Booker would like to own her own business.
Mr. Travis L. Andrews Homecoming King is majoring in Sociology and has a double minor in Criminology and Psychology. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Travis is President of the Pre-Law Association, and a member of the following organizations: Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity, Inc, Student Support Services Program, Sociology Club and the Judiciary Board. Upon graduation, he plans to attend law school while pursuing a dual degree in Business Administration. His long-term goal is to start his own law firm and open a charter school targeting African-American students.
This year’s Homecoming is packed with events and fun things for everyone. On Friday, November 11th the third National Alumni Hall of Fame Banquet and dance, featuring “Skin Deep” of Bamberg, will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Leonard E. Dawson Health and Human Resources Center. This year’s honorees are Ms. Wilda Robinson, class of ’68; Mr. Theodore Chaplin, class of ’68; Dr. George B. Thomas, class of ’49; and Mr. Herman Gloster, class of ’61. ..
Events for Saturday, November 12th include the Homecoming Parade at 10:00 a.m. in downtown Denmark. Homecoming Basketball games against Florida Memorial College (FMC) begin at 1:00 p.m. with the Voorhees Lady Tigers facing off with the Lady FMC team, then at. At 3:00 p.m. the Tigers Voorhees Men’s Tiger team will play against the men’s FMC team. This event is open to the public.
General public: $15.00;
Voorhees Students $8.00
Following the games the College Greek Step Show/Concert will be held in the Dawson Center at 7:00 p.m. with admission at $25.00 for both events. Everyone is invited to this exciting and energetic event. Marvin Sease will be the star attraction for the concert. Sease has turned his smooth, ladies' man persona into a cottage industry complete with merchandising in the Deep South. Sease straddles the line between blues and gospel-drenched soul, much like fellow Southern singers Johnnie Taylor and Tyrone Davis.
Born in Blackville, S.C., Sease got his start by joining a gospel group in nearby Charleston called the Five Gospel Singers, and moved to New York at age 20, where he joined another gospel group called the Gospel Crowns. Preferring R&B, though, Sease put together a backing band (called Sease) featuring his three brothers. Sease later began singing to pre-recorded backing tracks at local dances and clubs, self-released several 45s, and eventually scored a regular gig at a Brooklyn nightspot called the Casablanca. Gunning for greater success, Sease recorded a self-titled LP in 1986 featuring one of his most popular songs, "Ghetto Man”.
For more information, please contact Dorothy Patterson at 803-703-7064.
Tickets may be purchased at the door or from the Voorhees College cashier
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Tuesday, October 18th 2005 at 7:14PM
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