African Unity’s sold-out Mystic Night

BY KIYANNA NOEL

African Unity: The African Student Association hosted a sold-out evening of cabaret in the Warren Ballrooms on Saturday, Feb. 18. It truly was an evening of endless surprises, runways and games.

Although the show was off to a late start, the host Yogi began by explaining how he survived SUNY Plattsburgh by remembering the four Ls: love, lust, laughs and lying.

The first performance of the night was African Unity Dance, which proved all rumors true of Mystic night containing various amounts of lingerie. The dance had students in black or pink silk robes and even fake money being thrown at lap dancers.

Following this, Queen of Africa

— a title she had been given at a previous event — Henrietta Clarke gave a speech about how African Unity is raising awareness for American Heart Disease month.

The first designer of the night was Michael Johnson of Malosi Apparel. Models from the club House of Divinity came out in shirts, shorts and sweaters all representing Johnson’s brand of healing through adversity and struggle.

To try to bring the energy of the crowd up, there was a game of heads, shoulders, knees, toes and cup. In this game, two people will stand opposite each other while the host says the commands ending with someone grabbing the paper cup the quickest. The person who gets to the cup first wins, and that was the first game in the fashion show where the audience was interactive.

After this was the second performance of the night by High Voltage, whose dancers wore white button-up shirts and boxers. The dancers got a strong reaction from the audience. From friends calling out to others to people singing the songs, High Voltage got one of the most interactive, expressive audiences before intermission.