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The Afro-American, February 28, 2015 - March 6, 2015
Alpha Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity held it’s 58th Annual Mardi Gras Feb. 6 at the Washington Hilton International Ballroom in Northwest, D.C. Several hundred members, patrons and friends crowded into the ballroom for an evening of gaiety, fun and merriment to celebrate the rich legacy of Alpha Omega and raise funds to benefit their scholarship fund and the chapter’s social action initiative to clothe and Chapter feed the hungry. A major highlight of the Mardi Gras was the crowning Basileus, of the 2015 Mardi Gras Queen, Brianna D. Jones, a Howard University Brother student by the chapter Basileus, Walter B. Hill Jr. Walter B. This was followed by the Parade of Patrons in Hill Jr. Costumes led by the Mardi Gras Combo. After the Brothers sang Omega Dear, dancing for all to the music of Just ‘s Friends Band. Congratulations to Brother Charles Briggs, Chairman of the Mardi Gras Committee for a Mardi Gras Queen, very festive affair. Briana Jones and Kenisha Salvary, Miss Trinidad and Tobago United Nations 2015 Brother Marlon B. Allen, Master of Ceremonies
Brothers singing Omega Dear
Jonya Wagnes (seated), Terrie Carter, Carolyn Cole, and Donna StellaPonder; Leslie Hagans (standing), Marcia Samuels and Rod Watson
Mardi Gras Combo leading the Parade of Patrons in Costumes
The 2015 Omega Mardi Gras, Alpha Omega Chapter Queen’s Court: Unique Williams, Taylor Evans, 2014 Mardi Gras Queen, Rachael Radley, Tatiana Camphor and Brianna Jones
Cheers...we are here to enjoy the festivities Couples are in the mix
We are ready for the Parade of Patrons in Costumes HBCUs are parading also
Joe Briggs (seated), Sue Briggs, Dorothy Edmonds, Pat House, Oscar Harrison and Queen Carroll; Robert Edmonds (standing), Sara Santiago and Keith Harrison
Bertha Cross, Edgar Brookins and DeGloria Hallman Let the Parade of Patrons begin
Ladies of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Photos by Rob Roberts
Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden, Quincy Gant, The Most Worshipful Grand Master, Norman Campbell and Charles Briggs, Chair, Mardi Gras Committee
The ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
The Friends of Old Westview Cemetery (FOWC) 501©13, a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. held its l3th Annual Holiday Gala fundraiser at the Washington Navy Yard
Catering and Conference Center on Dec. 6, 2014. The fundraiser benefits the restoration of Westview Cemetery in Wadesboro, N.C. The mission of the FOWC, Inc. is to restore this once abandoned cemetery.
Dr. Barbara Jackson (seated), Ethel Lee Walker and Aurelia Martin; Rev. Charles Jackson (standing) and Craig Syphax
Left to right Marcia Arnold, Keith Beatty, Michele Lucas, Jeanette Campbell, Pearline Danner , Rip Preston, Dianne Lowe, Arnita Berry, Johanna Tucker, James Bolden
Flora Marsh, Vannie Kirby, Robert Chichester Sr.
Robert Chichester Jr, William Toler, Mary Flakes Liles, Fathia Thompson Theodore and Johanna Tucker
Robin Queen
Vickie Vaughan; Terri Biddiex; Linda Watson, Faye Bland Back row - Ronald Chase; Tracey Queen; Rose Young, President of F.O.W.C. Jesse and Gwen Porter, Diana and Eugene Parsons
Individuals from North Carolina with loved ones buried in the Old Westview Cemetery in Wadesboro, NC.
Robert Jaeger and Nicole Edwards
James Leak and William Frank Ratliff
F.O.W.C. crew Courtesy Photos