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Legacy and New Beginnings: Parents and Students Reflect on HBCU Life
The bittersweet milestone of college move-in day takes center stage as two remarkable HBCU freshmen share their first weeks on campus at North Carolina A&T and Florida A&M University. Through candid conversations with students and their parents, we witness the emotional journey of families embracing this transformative chapter.
Devon, now proudly wearing the blue and gold at NC A&T, offers a glimpse into authentic campus life - from the synchronized yellow shirts of marching band members to the cultural phenomenon of "Fried Chicken Wednesdays" where students showcase their best outfits while building community. His mother shares invaluable wisdom about navigating the application process, emphasizing the critical importance of meeting early action deadlines and staying organized with transcripts, essays, and scholarship applications.
Meanwhile, Ayden Glover brings a powerful legacy perspective as a fourth-generation FAMU Rattler with an astonishing 4.8 high school GPA. Having already achieved two childhood dreams - becoming a national cheer champion and class valedictorian - she's now pursuing her third goal: becoming the first female president. During move-in, her parents couldn't resist pointing out campus landmarks from their own college days, creating a beautiful continuity between generations.
Both students candidly discuss the universal freshman challenges of time management, navigating sprawling campuses, and establishing independence. From sprinting between classes with just 15 minutes to spare to figuring out meal schedules around academic commitments, they're learning valuable life skills alongside their formal education.
These inspiring young scholars are part of the Takisha A. Davis scholarship program's top 20 finalists. Want to help determine who advances to the final round? Cast your vote by September 5th to support these exceptional students as they continue their academic journeys at America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Speaker 4:Hello, guys, and welcome to our final day of meeting our fabulous parents and their scholars. So, if you haven't been watching, this is our favorite time of the year, yet a very emotional time, as we celebrate our scholars as they are embarking on a new phase of their life on a wonderful campus HBCU campus that is. And our parents are, you know. Some of them are seeing their scholars For the first time after a week, or even longer if they Participate in their summer programs. But, most important, that's a big milestone. So I am extremely proud of all our parents who push through and all our scholars who are, I guess you could say, living their best life. I've been watching pictures and videos. So some of you all, I love the fact that you are enjoying campus, but don't forget the reason why you're there. You know our motto in the door out by four.
Speaker 4:Anywho, let me welcome to the show for so, anywho, let me welcome to the show After. You know, we got to make sure we take care of business a little bit. After this brief message, if I can pull it up, because, by the way, after this message, I will be bringing on our first guest, who is no stranger in our second family definitely not a stranger, but our second family got like a Nice little surprise. I can't wait to see them also. So, as I was saying, if you have been following the contest, we went from 70 to 66 to 50, 40, 33 I know some kind of like odd math there but right now we are at our top 20 and round three with parent interviews, and you know these parents are really advocating for their scholars. But you know, if I was their parent, I would too. So after this we'll be with our first family.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. So I am here. Like I said, he is no stranger. He has been here for not round one, not just round one, not just round two, and now we're here with round three. So how are you Tell us who you are again, just in case they forgot?
Speaker 6:Hi, I'm Debra Ungudin from Queens, new York, went to Archbishop malory high school and I'm currently attending north carolina a t aggie.
Speaker 4:What'd they say? I'm just aggie pride. How many times have you said that since you've been on campus?
Speaker 6:a thousand love it.
Speaker 4:I absolutely love it. So how is it treating you so far?
Speaker 6:it's great, it's great it's great yeah how you like the band. You hear the band practice every day yeah, every day they got their um synchronized shirts all yellow walking around, lord so they have to wear yellow now if they in the band yeah oh lord, that's kind of scary.
Speaker 4:So they how long they gotta wear yellow um, I don't know.
Speaker 6:I mean the first week they was walking around and everyone has it.
Speaker 4:I don't think I have to do it anymore, but that first week yeah oh, I know they were in the battle of the bands here last week, I believe. I see in canada they did pretty good. Okay, they're pretty good. You're like, that's my school, they better. That's kind of look you gave me. So that's good, I like it. I'm glad that you're adjusting. So how is it different from high school?
Speaker 6:Being on your own for sure, like you know waking up on your own, getting the classes on time and the meal plans, working on when to fit in going to lunch, dinner or breakfast the meal plan. Yeah, working on that, because you're playing together friend yeah, it's together, but it's kind of like you'd be going to classes and it's kind of like, all right, I gotta eat between these two.
Speaker 4:So just adjusting that time management well, I mean, you know time management is it's tough. High school you had time management. I hope you weren't like me. I ate all lunch periods. I was like just kidding, just kidding, just allegedly. I ate all lunch periods Allegedly, just in case somebody want to pull it up, let's say that but no, that's good, so like. And then they have a theme at your school that I just really love and I know it's kind of like stereotypical type, but not really Like Fried Chicken Wednesday is the thing. Have you experienced that yet?
Speaker 4:Yeah for sure. How was your first one? Was it love?
Speaker 6:It was great. It was great. A lot of the atmosphere in the cafe was great. Everyone came in with their best fits. It was a bunch of dancing it was good environment so it was a fit check. Yeah yeah, it's first day classes too, so everybody came in oh yeah, oh so if you wasn't dressed, they wouldn't take yeah, everyone had to come in with their best fits and be prepared oh, I guess.
Speaker 4:So that's, that's the true meaning of Agri-Pride, right there.
Speaker 6:It's culture and family.
Speaker 4:I love it, I love it, love it, love it. So I'm so proud of you that you have made it this far in the competition. Did you think you would make it this far? Like top 20, man, we top 20. How come we're out?
Speaker 6:of here. I'm just, like you know, glad to be here. Okay, glad to be here.
Speaker 4:Okay, makes sense, and I'm extremely proud of you. As you know, I can't ever vote, but you know I always coach you all to success. Now we're going to take a short break, but after this break, I got a surprise for you. You got somebody that know you well, that want to talk to you. So after this break, I got you.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back. Welcome back. I told you I had somebody that wanted to talk to you. Hi, dev, it's the smile for me to let me know he was waiting to see this call. Okay, what can I say? Well, I am glad, you are glad to see your mother. Do you miss your mom? You ain't gotta say it just because you're on here a little bit, a little bit, don't get in trouble. You ain't she gonna be stuck on campus on holiday. You don't want to do that, because I know that fried chicken don't taste like mom's. But anyway, well, I'm glad. So, mom, how have you been? I'm living my best life I'm hanging in there.
Speaker 8:I miss my baby.
Speaker 4:I'm missing my baby, but I'm hanging in there you cry when you drop them off a little bit a little bit. I got a little misty eye I understand, but, you know, do we call home though?
Speaker 8:he calls, he does call, he checks in, he calls. He facetimes me once a day.
Speaker 4:He's checking in that's, that's, that's all they count. He at least call and check in. If not, they got like 360. I can show you how to work. You could always track them or put an air tag. He's like no, no. He's like no. That's why he's like look, they go to the stream now. But any room in a couple of, in a couple of days, literally like, we will be taking on our next class of seniors and 7 through 12 graders. We educate them on hbcus and you know our 12 graders. They get to work with me. Sometimes they like it, sometimes they don't, because I'm very like we gonna get this done by January. But what advice would you give a parent that is going to be in your shoes? You made it to the finish line. Now we just got to get them out the door in a couple of years.
Speaker 8:Yeah, this process has definitely been a lot, but it is absolutely worth it. For any parents that are coming in that are about to start this process, just stick with it. I know there are coming in that are about to start this process, just stick with it. I know there are going to be a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of deadlines and applications and things that you have to stay on top of and you know, but but it's all worth it in the end. I'm an HBCU grad myself. Getting my baby across the line to become an HBCU grad is something I'm definitely looking forward to. There's nothing like this experience and I'm so excited about the experience he's about to have. It definitely does take a lot to get to this point, but it's absolutely worth it.
Speaker 4:Awesome, awesome. Did you tell me your mom was an HBCU alum?
Speaker 6:Yes.
Speaker 4:What school?
Speaker 8:Clark Clark Atlanta University, clark.
Speaker 4:Atlanta and you didn't want to go to Clark Atlanta. Let me put it to you You're like no.
Speaker 8:I said, but for the fact that he was majoring in engineering, he would be there.
Speaker 4:Oh, makes sense, Makes sense, makes sense. You know, well, that's good as long as he in the family. Ma he in the family, then you can use him as an excuse to see if it's really the greatest you know homecoming on earth, greatest homecoming. We going to use his student pass that whole weekend. We both going. He don't know yet he like what. Well, I mean mean you know. So that had to be a hard process because I have some scholars that you know in cat is no joke with that application process. So what would you, what would you suggest as far as that like a kid that want to go there next year.
Speaker 8:I think for NCAT, with the application process, the biggest thing is just making sure you stay on top of those deadlines.
Speaker 8:Those deadlines are serious, so making sure you have all your material together, you're getting things through and we actually apply early action.
Speaker 8:So the deadline was very close to the holidays, so making sure that we got everything in before the holidays, even though senior year senioritis kicking in, but no, we need to be on top of what we need to do to get those things in before that deadline was done, you know. And then early action we want to make sure we apply early to give ourselves better chances. So if that's something that applicants are able to do, it always good. We just tried to make sure everything together putting together packets, making sure we had transcripts, making sure we had essays written, making sure that we had all the topics, we had all of the fees put on time, making sure we understood when all of the days were for scholarships and for different things like that. Those are all of the things that we had to take care of and I mean I mean it definitely took some time and and I was definitely on top of him and he was probably sick of me a few days, but it had to be done awesome, awesome.
Speaker 4:And I understand because you know my mom, that was, that was my mom and dad, that was their thing. They put that thick old scholarship book on the table and was like, look, you want to use the car or not? So yeah, I get it. Parents get real creative when they want us to do stuff right there, right, like yeah, so you got, you got a car on campus too nah you can't have it as a freshman okay, oh, and you got. You need a golf cart or something.
Speaker 6:Y'all campus be getting the once, then getting the walking you may have one of these then.
Speaker 4:Yeah, just kidding, just kidding. So, mom, as you know, I first I want to thank you for allowing him to participate in the Takesha A Davis scholarship program. This is our fifth year and, lord, it has been a process. I know we pushed them. We have high expectations for them, but it's no GPA required, but we always get quality scholars. They come from good stock. I'm like goodness, how y'all find out about this, but why should someone continue to support your son?
Speaker 8:um, dev is very, very humble. He's not going to brag about himself, but I'll brag about himself, but I'll brag about him. Dev is a very, very hard worker. He's been working hard since a young age. Dev plays basketball. He's been playing basketball since he was about four or five years old. While going through high school, dev was also the captain of his basketball team. He was captain of basketball team, still managed to maintain a 3.5, 3.7 GPA his entire high school career. He took very rigorous classes his entire high school career.
Speaker 8:He gives his all in terms of community service. He's always giving back. Dev, he's the homeless. Dev does beach cleanups. Dev is always out helping out with the elderly. He does grocery deliveries.
Speaker 8:He goes and he's checking on folks like he's there, you know, and he he's very low key, so he won't tell you he does any of the stuff.
Speaker 8:It'll just be yeah, I, you know he he throws it off. But this is all stuff that you know makes him unique and I'm proud to call him my baby for a lot of those things that he does. And you know, I just hope that you know my baby's able to get some type of recognition for those things you know he's able to do and you know we, like I said, we come from a long line of HBCU graduates. In my family we have family that's been to Shaw, that's been to Clark Atlanta, that's been to FAMU, from TSU, a bunch of graduates and you know anything we can do to help push Jeff over the edge, to make sure that he's able to be successful and he's able to go ahead and graduate and become the engineer he wants to be, whatever we can do to help out, you know I'm definitely going to be pushing for him and if anybody else would like to push for my baby to help him out too, I would definitely be, you know, grateful for it.
Speaker 4:Oh, that's so sweet, I like it. So if you are watching or listening, um, the information to vote for your favorite scholar, you have till september 5th. That's when they either have to be top 10 or unfortunately I know it hurts my heart that we have to cut but only the top 10 after the fifth will move on to the next final. I mean it feels like forever, but our final round. I've got to know these young people even win or lose. They know I still got their back. They still can call me and say have you heard any internships? And I'm going to help them out, because that's what we do here at A Better Chance for you Futures.
Speaker 4:We don't just let them go like. I have young people from last year. They didn't win, but they got their internship. So technically they won their internship last summer. So, um, before I let you go, because I don't want you to miss that meal it's not fried chicken, windy, I don't know. Is it meatloaf monday? No, I'm just like I don't know, man. So before we go, did you want to tell your mom something?
Speaker 6:Well, first of all, I know she's in my room right now. You see the background. But thank you for all the compliments. Mom, love that you have room for me. I know it's in my back, so love you, thank you, love the compliments mom, love that you have room for me.
Speaker 8:You know it's in my back, so love you, thank you.
Speaker 4:Love you too, baby, awesome, awesome. So you know we love what we do here and you know, just to see the smile on mom because she's like, oh, my baby, that's so cute. But and then to see him say that he missed you a little bit, so when you coming home it's holiday monday, so I know you ain't coming home then oh uh, thanksgiving, thanksgiving that's a long haul.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you better be on that facetime every day like your mom. Well, I have truly enjoyed you both. I wish you much success. Like I said, I'm just a phone call, email text away if you need me or if you just need a thought partner. On some of your classes you got going on Anything but math. That's not my thing. I know how to do it but woosah. But I can help you put a paper together too. So thank you. So thank you both for coming on today and I wish you much success. Thank you.
Speaker 8:Thank you so much for having us Anytime, anytime.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back. Welcome back, so I am here. You notice that this person is absolutely no stranger to A Better Chance Television. She has been with us all the way from top 70, all the way down to now, the top 20. You know, it's been a long journey with you, sweetheart. How are things going? Yeah, yeah, so tell us who you are.
Speaker 9:Hello everyone, I am Aiden Glover and I am a freshman at the number one public, HBCU, Florida A&M University.
Speaker 4:I was waiting, because I'm like like Aiden always. You know she introduced her school different, but like she got a little bit more smile with her today, though, is it because you actually on campus? It's because I'm here? What is it? Go ahead and tell me, because you usually tell me the highest of what Did you usually tell me yes?
Speaker 9:I'm here on the highest of the seven hills love it, love it, love it.
Speaker 4:Do it feel different. It feels different why?
Speaker 9:because I can brag different now I love it, love it.
Speaker 4:You can brag different, you can say that you actually are there. Yes, like a dream come true that you actually are there. Yes, it's like a dream come true.
Speaker 9:It is, it is.
Speaker 4:That's awesome. I'm so happy for you Like I really am that you get to live that dream, but also you know you're walking some of the spaces that your family has walked correct.
Speaker 9:Yes, ma'am, I am.
Speaker 4:I am a fourth-generation Rattler, I am a fourth generation Rattler, so it's very empowering and exciting to be carrying on the legacy, oh wow.
Speaker 9:So let me ask you this how was the move-in day? How was that?
Speaker 9:moving was a lot it was good, but the weather it wasn't that good, so it was just a lot trying to get in and me and my parents we were running a little behind. So but the trip, the ride here was very fun. My parents were like going down memory lane, showing me what there used to be and all the things they used to do when they were here, or what changed from what it was back then. So that was really cool oh that is.
Speaker 4:I'm so happy for you and your parents, because I know they are extremely excited to say, yeah, a legacy baby going to their school. So that's, that's lovely. I love it, love it, love it. Now, um, how is it different from high school, though? Love it, love it, love it.
Speaker 9:Now, how is it different from high school, though? It's just bigger, way bigger, I would say for the most part and of course, like being more independent and like the class sizes and everything. But that wasn't that much of an issue, but, like I would just say, it's way bigger. Now it's a lot walking the classes.
Speaker 4:Walking the classes is a lot.
Speaker 9:Yes, it really is why? Because they're on like two different sides of the campus. You're like back to back, so I'm like trying to sprint to get to class. You don't have no break my my classes today.
Speaker 4:One ended at 11 and the next one started at 11 15. Oh lord, did you make it to class on time? I did. I did praise god, because your campus ain't small at all and it's hot, how's the weather Crazy Florida weather.
Speaker 9:One minute is raining, one minute is extremely hot. Today was extremely hot and I was running back and forth on campus.
Speaker 4:Well, you made it.
Speaker 9:I did.
Speaker 4:Day one in the books.
Speaker 9:Yes, ma'am, it is, and it was a good day one. I'm excited for the rest of the semester and for the rest of my time here at Florida.
Speaker 4:Okay, well, look, we got to take a short, short, short commercial break and after this break, I will have somebody that will probably brighten your day that you get to see.
Speaker 9:Really I'm excited.
Speaker 4:Right after this.
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Speaker 4:Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. I told you I had somebody that was here for you. It was a great surprise.
Speaker 9:What's?
Speaker 10:up baby. What's up, what's up? Do you guys miss me yet? Yes, Now, to tell the truth, I'm going to go ahead and bring it out there. We dropped you off Wednesday, came back Thursday and your mom had already been back down there on Sunday. What? She had some Amazon packages that she had to have.
Speaker 9:I couldn't wait, I needed them.
Speaker 10:Her mom wanted to go back Saturday. Saturday I had to make a whole long to assign me no, ma'am, I'm not you the youngest girl?
Speaker 4:yes, ma'am, that's why I'm like she gotta be the only child you pulling that type of gas on the car you going home this weekend no.
Speaker 9:I'm just asking no, I'll see them next month though next month?
Speaker 4:I doubt it. I doubt it well anyway. So Aiden has been bragging about being a fourth generation, rather, and she said she is overwhelmed because she's actually in the space and things that you know are different for her and I. I love that because I'm a legacy child too, like my parents graduated from wilberforce university and you know, so did I and my aunts and everybody else, so I know how that feels to be in this space. But you know she been been smiling even harder now that she's there versus before the competition. I know she was counting down a lot, so that's, that's pretty cool. So, um, this question is for the parents how hard was it? I mean, you already have a Rattler family, but how hard was it, because our young people make their own minds how hard was?
Speaker 10:it to go to FAMU. So you want to answer. So we really left the decision up to Aiden. I don't know if you, you or your audience knows this, but she graduated high school with a 4.8 GPA. So she was a class valedictorian for a school Riverside High in Jacksonville so she really could attend any school she wanted to. And we basically told her hey, don't let our connection to FAMU sway your decision. I mean, we really wanted her to make her own decision, but I guess, when she factored everything in, she wanted to continue the legacy and she made that decision on her own.
Speaker 4:She chose it.
Speaker 10:Yeah, she definitely chose that.
Speaker 4:No, no, we, although I don't get to vote, I do like the research and get to learn about all of our scholars. And when I looked at her when she was bringing to the table, I'm like she does she, you know she could have went anywhere but to kind of see that she made the right decision and keep not just the family legacy but continue the HBCU legacy within the family. That means a lot Because a lot of our top tier scholars they tend to not want to go, and I, because of the myths and things that they've heard. So I, I love it. I'm beyond excited, uh, for your family to recreate different traditions. You know, now you have your daughter there, you know, maybe she could slide us some discount tickets to homecoming you. Let's get it Now. In a couple of weeks, actually in a couple of days, we will start our new class of 7th through 12th graders where we educate them about HBCUs. The 12th graders, they work directly with me, but what advice would you give a parent of a senior?
Speaker 10:that is about to go to what else?
Speaker 4:Scholarships writing essays for your scholarships Start early with everything. It's a tedious process.
Speaker 10:So definitely start early with everything.
Speaker 4:It's a tedious process, so um definitely start early with everything awesome, awesome, and thank you for sharing it, because I don't think I preached that enough. And sometimes they're like you just being me. No, you need to start early and we get questions a lot on why do we expose seventh graders to their college life. Because I'm like these years go by quick. Yeah, they're graduating, so yeah, that's. That's something going through all of that with her. We started with my son and he's in eighth grade, so he's starting early, so we do it.
Speaker 4:That's why we yeah, that's why we do it. That's why we start with seventh grade and we go all the way to 12th and what we do is it's actually virtual. So kobe was like a blessing and a curse at the same time. It was bad because people couldn't go outside, but since people couldn't go outside, it elevated our business. So we just started doing zoom classes and that's how we end up being nationwide, because I'm like look, I think we might as well educate you virtually, and we just stuck with it and it worked.
Speaker 4:so we work with kids here, we work with kids everywhere, so, anyway, why should people? You know, first off, let me say thank you to you all for allowing your brilliant scholar like she has an impeccable, like, impressive portfolio and, you know, thank you for allowing her to participate in this like these, I think I told you even off air this year's class, I'm like they from a different stop. We have several valedictorians, we have several, you know, young people that are like got these amazing minds and careers set for them. But I'm like I need to thank the parents because that's where it is still from, like they putting in the work, but, um, so thank you for allowing her to participate, but why should? Should people continue to vote? Like voting is on the fifth and so whoever is top 10 go to the next round, but why should people continue to vote for Ms Aiden?
Speaker 10:I feel that my daughter is capable of achieving the highest of the high in whatever she does. As a little girl seven, I think, maybe seven years old she started cheer. She had three goals. She said, mom and Dad, I want a national championship in cheer, I want to be the class valedict cheer. I want to be the class valedictorian, I want to be the first female president. So she was able to check off two of those boxes and I feel that she continues to um want to pursue politics and the highest office in the land, that she actually can do it. So I think voting for aiden is getting behind a winner, somebody that's battle tested and she definitely can handle anything that's thrown at us all and she's very hard working and dedicated to her goals.
Speaker 10:And very humble.
Speaker 6:Very, very humble.
Speaker 10:Very humble, respectful, God-fearing young lady so we're very proud of her Yep, yep. So those are the reasons we would get to vote for her.
Speaker 4:She's in the dancing. So yes, I totally agree. I think out of the essays you know, hers was top tier with another uh scholar where they really nailed the honing in of what dei is and what it isn't, and I was like these kids, they act like this. Now she about to be a one heck of a politician when she gets there. So I was like, wow, so I don't know. Adan, if they got debate team, you might need to join that, sis, because I'm, I will.
Speaker 4:I'll look into it yeah, you're forced to be reckoned with. I was like girl, so, yeah, that's why they don't let me judge. I'm a good instigator, though. So, before I let you go for the day, aiden, you know, you know I just can't resist because, you know, although you probably cheated and seen your parents like every other day a little bit, you're like no, not really, not really. Okay. Well, is there anything that you want to say to your parents before I let you go?
Speaker 9:before I let you go, well, I would like to tell you all thank y'all for everything that y'all have done and for helping me get to this point and continuing to support me in everything. I'm extremely grateful for y'all. I'm proud to be y'all's legacy baby.
Speaker 10:We receive that. We love you, your whole family, not just us. We'll always be behind you. We're just excited to see what the next day brings. Anything you want to say, baby.
Speaker 9:I love you baby, Very proud of you. Love y'all.
Speaker 8:Thank y'all awesome, awesome.
Speaker 4:So you know in in true aiden fashion. Like she being shy today, I don't know because her parents there, but aiden, you know, has struck me the most out of all the family you graduate. So, uh, just one more time for the road, because this is round three and your parents are here and so it's gonna mean a lot. So tell us what school oh lord, look they done bought out the fat head on them well, since we're all here, mom and dad, are you gonna put the sign up?
Speaker 9:okay, I'm not gonna say the whole thing, but we know that the Rattlers always strike, and strike, and strike.
Speaker 4:See what I mean. She never disappears Either. She say it's the illustrious, and then she'll do the strike. I'm like okay, aiden, like really that's how we do it.
Speaker 10:Yeah, she acting a little shy today, it's okay.
Speaker 4:Well, no, she though she they watch her videos. She has literally struck me each time. So that's at least. This time it's a bonus strike, because she got her parents with her, and that means more important, because you get to relive those traditions that you had in school with your scholars. So I wish you nothing but success, aiden. Enjoy yourself, but take care of business too, and thank you to your parents also for allowing us to spend a lot of time together this summer as we go through this course, and, um I I can't wait to see what's next.
Speaker 9:I really can't thank you so much and thank you for giving me this platform any, anytime, anytime.
Speaker 4:I'll leave you alone until october, because I think I'm gonna try to find you some internships too.
Speaker 9:Thank you, I would greatly appreciate that definitely definitely okay, okay, definitely Okay.
Speaker 4:Welcome back. Welcome back. Yes, I know I said we were done, but we had to give you a couple announcements that we have going on as we are getting ready, um, for this year. So we have today one of our board members um, no stranger like around here and he's gonna tell you what is going on in his neck of the woods, and then I'm gonna probably finish up and tell you the rest of the announcements and things that are going on around the city that could probably support because it's for a good cause. So, first off, welcome, leon, and I know you was coming with that grambling shirt.
Speaker 2:We you know gotta represent gotta represent, hey, represent everywhere you go, so they'll know where, where you coming from.
Speaker 4:You know what I'm saying there we go with the gs. I'm sure I can't come on here with that today either, but hey, it's, it's all, it's all fun. I told you I'm riding with you until gremlin battles the wilberforce university band in september at um. I guess it's like a new hbcu class that they have coming to columbus, ohio. So I don't know, I might have to ride up there just to witness. As much as I love Grambling's band, wilberforce is home. I'm not going to be on y'all's side that day. It's two times I'm not on y'all's side.
Speaker 2:When is that?
Speaker 4:One time is when y'all play against Southern.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness, you're killing me. The other time is when y'all play against Southern. Oh my goodness, oh, you're killing me.
Speaker 4:And then the other time is this week is coming up in two weeks when y'all go against my alma mater. So I love y'all band though, but those two days I don't cheer for y'all.
Speaker 2:Hey, is that the Battle of Bands they're having up there because Grandma's playing Ohio State?
Speaker 6:Yes.
Speaker 2:Oh, ok, so they got a battle band to go along with that?
Speaker 4:Yes, it's actually a bunch of events. It's like a I want to say it's like almost a college fair, a career fair. So they're bringing the HBCU culture, although Ohio State is not an HBCU. There's a lot of us that may go there, but it's not an HBCU. I like how they like to make it seem. Include. It's cool, but being that Ohio does have two HBCUs Wilberforce University and Central State University so I think it's going to be nice. But if somebody go live on that video where they go against Gravelin in that battle of the bands, please tag me, Please tag me so I can forever brag to Leon.
Speaker 4:Just tag me in it. I'm just saying you know me.
Speaker 2:I wish him well. I wish him well.
Speaker 4:Don't be surprised if I don't catch a plane and end up there. You know, southwest go to columbus, so that's that's not expensive flight, just saying hey, that's one of the money games we have this year. Gremlin played ohio state that weekend and how your state just came off a national championship, so hey you know it's beautiful I think G-Man can handle it, hey, but we're not really here talking about that Because we got to keep it HBCU like fully around here. So what event are you here to talk about today?
Speaker 2:So this year is the 100th anniversary of the State Fair Classic. It's the 100th anniversary of the State Fair Classic. This year is September 26th through the 28th weekend Gremlin versus Prairie View in Dallas, texas. It's the 100th anniversary of the State Fair Classic and it's featuring none other than Gremlin State University against Prairie View A&M, state University against Prairie View A&M. So to reach out, to get the fan base going, this year I put together a bus trip that leaves San Antonio to go to Dallas for the State Fair Classic weekend. So it's a fun-filled weekend. We got Grambling versus Prairie View, we got the Halftime Show, the Marching Bands, battle of the Bands, then we also have TLC, a farewell tour. They'll be performing post-game concert featuring TLC. So it's a big field weekend coming up, so we're trying to get everybody engaged. So it's a big field weekend coming up, so we're trying to get everybody engaged?
Speaker 4:Oh wow. So you said it's TLC, and is that the only person I mean? One year I went to the state, but it was hot as the devil's breath out there.
Speaker 2:What do you expect? Do you expect anything else? But see, that weekend, hey, it's going to be fire that weekend, hey. So we got the bus trip coming. We got different packages for everybody. If you're solo, you want your own room bus. So the bus trip includes the hotel room, the game ticket, a seat on the charter bus, as well as a Friday night legacy party we're having at the hotel, the reception we're having at the hotel that Friday night. So it's an all-inclusive package, something for everybody. If you're solo or you're going with your friends, we got a little something for everybody. Right now it's a $100 deposit. Deadline August 31st, to lock in your spot. Let's get it going.
Speaker 4:Alone. We need y'all on this trip. If I'm catching a buzz, everybody needs to get locked up. I think it'll be a fun time. I know that one of the initiatives that we have and if you don't know, leon is actually our vice president of our board for a better chance for you Futures Incorporated. So one of our initiatives this year is to get out the space, get off the computer and start doing things. Whether it's advocacy, you don't always have to be at a club and drink. Let's take some trips and let's do some things so that we let our young people as well as ourselves know that look, we out here. We out here representing HBCUs, and the culture is real.
Speaker 2:It's amazing to see how a lot of people have never been to the State Fair of Texas. It's a to see how a lot of people have never been to the State Fair of Texas and it's a big event. So they do feature the Grand Mata HBCU game every year and it's been going on for 100 years, so it's definitely an experience. If you have never been, it's an experience. Go for the fair, the food, the pre-game concerts, and then you got the game, the actual game, to attend that and see the halftime show with the bands and all the festivities around that. So if you haven't been to it before, it's definitely an experience and once you go, you'll definitely keep going back.
Speaker 4:The only thing that was bad was the heat. The food was actually good too.
Speaker 2:Oh, that Texas heat. You have to be prepared for a drink full of fluids. Get in the shade, Find your shaded area. So this year the game is at 6 o'clock. I know before they had it before like 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock.
Speaker 4:In the middle part of the day the heat was so disrespectful. But hey guys, you don't even have to worry about driving, you don't have to worry about anything. Now I'm just asking because I like to eat Is the food not included, but everything else is?
Speaker 2:So Friday night we're doing an event with the G-Man Nation, that's, the former players, gremlin players and former NFL players. So we're having a reception and awards party that night. Friday night, and we have included with the advanced reserve seats. We have a dinner buffet, open bar for the first hour so you get a chance to mix and mingle with some of the NFL greats former Gremlin players, also having Solomon Thompson, m Calley from San Antonio and Dab the DJ doing some Southern Soul performance. Dj Dab the DJ going to have you grooving. We're going to throw some old school in there and see who might break out that tits. Roll on y'all.
Speaker 4:Oh my God, really, you had really just aged yourself, I would not be doing the tits roll.
Speaker 2:I'm going to have him break that out and we're going to see. See what you start getting into it.
Speaker 4:I doubt it. That's no you done. Went way back that's right.
Speaker 2:We're going to take y'all way back and then bring you back to 2025, so we're going to have a listen to everything.
Speaker 4:I'll bring my fan. Maybe I'll dance to that, but not no you can get a little closer.
Speaker 2:That was some good time.
Speaker 4:That was some good times yeah man it was, but that was a long time ago, but it was I. I remember doing it, though I'm not gonna act like I didn't do the tissue.
Speaker 2:Oh, you want to do the snake leg see guys, leon has completely lost it.
Speaker 4:Today he is going down the lane with these dances.
Speaker 2:That tells you his era when he was in school versus when I was there we were doing I'm like right there in between the you know those 80s and bringing it to today, but it's going to be a good time. I love going to the State Fair every year so I make that part of my birthday kick off my birthday week or month right before October.
Speaker 4:See, everybody got to get a bus ticket now. So I mean, bus ticket deposits are $100, and the link I will actually put the link on the flyer or to the notes to the show so that way you can actually get it and if you don't, you can follow the page and every person counts. A Better Chance For you. Futures Incorporated. Or even if you just are watching and listening, get on the bus. You know you don't want to drive to Dallas anyway.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know 35, got all that traffic right now. You just get on the bus, keep back and take the ride when you get there. Hey, it's a whole experience. So definitely, right now I got information on Zephy. You can go to Zephy and search for State Fair Classic bus trip and it'll come up under that and you'll see the details as far as what all the trip includes the hotel, the bus, the State Fair Classic, as well as the event that Friday night. So definitely want to spread the word. If you're not able to make it, spread this, you know, share with somebody else and let them know, get them involved and come celebrate this 100th anniversary. Gremlin versus Prairie View. You got TLC the legendary R&B group TLC on their farewell tour. They're going to be doing it in Dallas that evening. Free concert, free pregame, free postgame concert. So it's definitely going to be a field weekend.
Speaker 4:Hey, so you heard it here. Also, don't forget our scholars that are actually. Last day to vote for them is September 5th, so it's been fun. We had our surprise end of the show guest today, Mr Leon Fry, our vice president of the board. That I don't know. He always get me to do things that I don't, I don't go out or nothing like that. But hey, I'm definitely getting on the bus, I'll be there.
Speaker 2:Get on the bus.
Speaker 4:Till next time, don't forget our announcements and we hope to see you on the bus.
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