The Omegan Conference Edition 2016

The Omegan
Xi Lambda Lambda Talent Hunt Competition
Voice of the Second District
Suffern, NY. March 19, 2016. The Brothers of the Xi Lambda Lambda
chapter, The Rockland Ques, of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. held their
annual Talent Hunt Competition on Saturday, March 19, 2016. The program
was held at Rockland Community College, Student Union in Suffern,
New York. We had 19 participants along with an audience slightly
over 100 people. The talent ranged from spoken word artist to visual artists
to a jazz drummer to a classical cellist. The day’s proceeding began
with one of the judges and saxophonist Mr. Herve Alexandre playing the
Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”.
This was followed by the judges then the audience viewing and discussing
the visual art displays with the related art participants. The performance
cam e next with an assortment of different styles entertaining is all. We
had a gospel tune “Take me to the King” to Broadway tunes written by the
great writing team of Ebb and Kander to a classical tune by Bach entitled,
“Celli Suite V, to two (2) African American oriented spoken words artists
XLL Brothers with 1st Place Talent Hunt Winner Daniel Agusto
performing pieces that focused on our ancestry and black women. All of
the participants were outstanding and very professional.
Our winners were: 1st Place- Daniel Agusto (Cello) $350, 2nd Place-Melissa
Denizard (Spoken Word) $150,
3rd Place- Beder Peralta Ramirez (Visual Artist) $75.
Each Talent Hunt participant was also given a medal with the inscription
“2016 XI LAMBDA LAMBDA TALENT HUNT” participant. The
overall winner, Daniel Agusto was also given a silver medium size cup
as a reward for his winning the competition. After the show the performers
and audience were provided food and beverages courtesy of the Xi
Lambda Lambda and Meleacon Restaurant in the Bronx, New York. The
Xi Lambda Lambda Talent Hunt Competition was co-chaired by Bros.
Antonio Desamours and Dennis McGloster. Bro. Floyd Long, Jr. is the
Basileus of Xi Lambda Lambda.
XLL Brothers with Talent Hunt Participants
Xi Lambda Lambda Career Day
Spring Valley, NY. February 4, 2016. The Brothers of Xi Lambda
Lambda Chapter participated in a Career Day program at Spring Valley
High School in Spring Valley, NY on Thursday, February 4, 2016. The
goal of the Spring Valley Career Day program was to create a critical link
between the classroom and the workplace by allow students to explore
various career options so that they can make informed educational and
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career choices.
The Brothers of Xi Lambda Lambda Chapter had the opportunity to expose
students to different careers by sharing their backgrounds on the type
of education required for their specific careers. Students also observed
how English, Math, Problem solving, teamwork, and other basic skills
learned in the classroom are used on the job.
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