Scholarship 2021 talent hunt
Written By ~ Alex Thompson
CARTER G. WOODSON FOUNDATION
GAMMA GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER
OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INC.
O n February 20th, 2021, we held our
YouTube Influencer. We had a total of four
annual Omega Psi Phi Talent Hunt
contestants competing this year. The four
Competition for the Gamma Gamma
contestants included Yani Thoranka who
Gamma Chapter and the Carter G.
did her spoken word piece entitled, “My
Woodson Scholarship and Community
Journey”. Elijah Edwards who performed
Service Foundation. It was held in
his rendition of “A Change is Gonna Come”
conjunction with the Black History
originally composed by Sam Cooke. Camryn
Education Conference as part of the
Currier performed “I’m Here” from the
Student Strand. The performances
Broadway musical “The Color Purple.”
were held via zoom, and they were
Finally, Abubacarr Darboe presented a
pre-recorded. We had three very
piece of photography entitled, “Black
accomplished adjudicators. The first
Mental Health.” The winner was Yani
adjudicator was Ryan Thompson
Thoronka who will be advancing to the
who is an accomplished musician
District Competition this coming April.
and music teacher. The second was
Each of the winners received cash prizes
Prenicia Clifton who is an accomplished
and a token of appreciation on behalf of
and experienced Opera vocalist.
the CGW Foundation and the Gamma
The third is Alexandrea Cordell who
Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
is an emerging Gospel Singer and
Fraternity Inc.
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