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The Baltimore TimesJune 12 - 18, 2009Vol. 23 No. 34 Complimentary

By Gregory Kane

India Black blazed the runway. So

did Carla Young. Michael Mon-

tague blazed the runway, as did

Aeysia Whitfield-Hill, Tia Dupree,

Sydney Kearney, Nijah White, Raeven

Dove, Tionna Powell and Dazhene

Merritt.

Regina Smith didnt just blaze the

runway; she absolutely SCORCHED it.

These young, gifted, talented, black

models all 25 or under were part

of Flair Dance and Modeling Studios

Blaze The Runway show, held May

24 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Timo-

nium. They strutted. The twirled. They

posed. They dipped. They put on one of

Flairs best fashion shows, and Flair

puts on quite a few.

Oh, and the models ages three toeleven years old werent too bad either.

I got an anonymous call the Tuesday

after the show, said Andrea Travis,

Flairs vice president and fashion director.

It was from a woman who attended the

show. She couldnt praise us enough.

There was much to praise. Each scene

was exquisitely choreographed and

crafted. Most were born in Travis cre-

ative mind, as was the title of the show.

I see the trendy titles of the fashionshows that are being held, Travis said.

I needed something better than Rip

The Runway. I needed something that

was really going to depict what was

happening on that runway.

They came,

they blazed

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Caribbean American Heritage Month proclaimed!

By Zaina Adamu

Baltimore residents accompanied

the long, bronze, vintage

columns in City Hall on Wednes-

day, June 10, 2009 when Mayor Sheila

Dixon proclaimed June as CaribbeanAmerican Heritage Month. Dancers

dressed in traditional carnival costumes

highlighted the event, along with kind

remarks from Mayor Dixon, and an-

nouncements from Ricardo Nugent,

president of the Jamaican Association of

Maryland.

Immigrants have contributed to the

founders of our country, said Mayor

Dixon. We are creating a new genera-

tion of native Caribbean descent.

Caribbean-American Heritage Month

fosters a set of ideals, which stimulatesaction in Caribbean communities across

the United States. According to the offi-

cial website of Caribbean-American

month, the purpose behind the monumental

commemoration is to celebrate the great

contributions of Caribbean Americans to

the fabric of the nation, and pay tribute

to the common culture and bonds of

friendship that unite the United States

and the Caribbean countries.

Following the event, guests were

served mixture of Caribbean and Ameri-

can foods to complement the celebra-tion. The mood set in City Hall

resonated after the event as visitors left

the building in laughter, carry-out plates

in hand and a new way to honor another

significant moment in American history.

Mayor Sheila Dixon declared June as Caribbean Heritage Month at City Hall on June 10, 2009. Joining the Mayor were

members of her staff of Caribbean decent and members od the Caribbean Community. Photo by Mark Dennis