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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Omegan</strong><br />
Pi Omega 60th Talent Hunt Competition<br />
Voice of the Second District<br />
Talent Hunt Chair John Berkley, Bro. Allen Taylor, Talent Hunt Winners,<br />
Pi Omega Foundation Chair Otho Thompson, and Pi Omega Basileus C. Donald Bowser Jr.<br />
Baltimore, MD. March 6, <strong>2016</strong>. Pi Omega Chapter hosted its 60th<br />
Annual Bro. Kelvin J. O’Neal Talent Hunt Competition on Sunday March<br />
6, <strong>2016</strong> at <strong>The</strong> Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American<br />
History & Culture, located at 830 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Talent Hunt demonstration was created in 1945 out of the Fraternity’s<br />
Sixth District (North Carolina and South Carolina), and is one of<br />
the international projects of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Pi Omega has<br />
participated in this activity for 60 years, and many of our talented high<br />
school youths have benefited from this project through all-expenses paid<br />
trips, U.S. Savings Bonds, trophies, certificates, print and televised media<br />
exposure.<br />
Students from public and private schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore<br />
County, and the surrounding area were involved in this year’s competition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winners were as follows:<br />
Vocal Classical: (1) Katyrah Davenport (Catonsville High School)<br />
Vocal Contemporary: (1) Trudi Henderson (Glenelg Country School),<br />
(2) Makayla Johnson (Randallstown High School)<br />
Instrumental Contemporary: (1) John Tyler (Baltimore Design School)<br />
Visual Arts – Painting: (1) Kalia Hammonds (Baltimore School for the<br />
Arts), (2) Iqra Zulifer (Milford Mill Academy)<br />
Ms. Katyrah Davenport and Ms. Kalia Hammonds will represent Pi Omega<br />
Chapter at the District Talent Hunt Competition to be held at the <strong>2016</strong><br />
68th Second District <strong>Conference</strong>. This year the conference will be held at<br />
the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and <strong>Conference</strong> Center in Bethesda,<br />
MD the weekend of April 28 – May 1, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Prior to intermission Mr. David Linberg, a winner from the 2006 and<br />
2007 Talent Hunts, played two selections on the saxophone for the audience.<br />
Mr. Linberg is a graduate of Florida A&M University and currently<br />
teaches music in Harford County. Upon returning from intermission seniors<br />
competing in the program for the last time were recognized. <strong>The</strong><br />
Talent Hunt competition was renamed in 2011 following the death of Bro.<br />
O’Neal who was the Talent Hunt Chairman for over 20 years.<br />
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Bro. John Berkley served as the chairperson for the 60th Annual Bro. Kelvin<br />
J. O’Neal Talent Hunt. Bro. Allen Taylor did an outstanding job as MC<br />
for this event. Special thanks were extended to the Pi Omega Foundation<br />
for providing the funding for this year’s competition.<br />
David Lindburg entertaining the audience<br />
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