OBU Host 14th Annual Fashion Show

            

OBU Fashion show models walking into their final pose of the Fashion show.

              The guys stole the show at the 2014 Organization of Black Unity (OBU) Fashion show with a sexy lap dance scene. The audience cheered and screamed as the male models slow grind and danced at the 14^th annual fashion show.

            This year’s theme for the show that took place Saturday Feb. 8, 2013 was “Show me your Zodiac Sign”. In each of the 6 different scenes 2-3 of the 12 Zodiac signs were paired together.

            The show started just shy of 30 minutes late, but when it did it began with a roar of music and flashing lights.

            Over 42 student models participated in the fashion show that took place in Plachta auditorium on Central Michigan University’s campus, making this OBU largest event of the year. This year over 350 students turned out for their annual show.

            “I’m happy the show is over,” said model Perry Watkins. “A lot of it was fun, but we started practicing so long ago, and I tried to stay in really good shape for the show”.

            The student models had to audition in October of 2013 to participate in the show that took place in February of 2014.

            The fashion show is different than traditional shows in that instead of the models just walking, they dance at certain parts and interact with each other a lot.

            “We try to make the show as creative as we can,” said Angelique Miller, one of the shows’ many coordinators. “This show was definitely one of the better shows we have hosted in the past few years.”

            During the middle of the show there was a brief intermission from the models walking where J’Adore, a dance group from Western Michigan University, performed a 5 minute dance routine.  They danced to a melody of songs by Beyonce, Rihanna and other popular female music artists.

            In between the various scenes the show’s host, two members of OBU, promoted their fashion show after party, and held small dance contest where members of the audience could win raffle tickets. The winner of the raffle had a chance to win new shows, party tickets and gift cards to different local stores including the CMU bookstore.  

            The clothes the models wore during the show were donated by the T.J. Maxx and J.C. Penny department stores in Mount Pleasant, MI.

            The two hour show concluded with all the models and the OBU organizers of the fashion show all walking out and posing in the last scene before they thanked all of their volunteers and their hair stylist.