Augusta, GA
Augusta Black Restaurant Week returns for the second year
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Final 12 months’s inaugural Black Restaurant Week was so profitable that it’s again once more this 12 months. The celebration kicks off Monday.
Right here’s why organizers and enterprise homeowners say this 12 months will likely be even higher than the final.
Greater than 20 eating places are a part of this 12 months’s Augusta Black Restaurant Week
Karen Gordon organized the occasion and mentioned it is a option to spotlight Black companies whereas having fun with a great meal.
“I need people to return out and luxuriate in these eating places, particularly this week, and we change their timing so that it’ll coincide with Juneteenth week,” she mentioned. “I need people to discover attempt one thing new, and I maintain coming again after which, in fact, inform different folks.”
Final 12 months the week targeted on getting clients into brick-and-mortar eating places. This 12 months they’re spotlighting personal cooks like Reginald White, who owns Black Lotus Delicacies.
“Lotus flower within the Japanese tradition tends to be as consultant as this sturdy, resistant flower as a result of it grows and swampy and soiled water regardless that it comes out to be this lovely flower. I really feel like African People, like anyone who’s struggling in life, will also be a lotus flower,” mentioned White.
White began his cell catering firm two years in the past.
He’s impressed by his love for anime and located a option to mix that with Black tradition.
“For $15 per particular person, we come to the house. You get an appetizer; you get to customise your bowl of ramen. Form of a fusion between two totally different cultures into one,” he mentioned.
Gordon says many small Black companies are sometimes undercapitalized and underfunded. They want your assist to prosper.
“We seen throughout COVID after which final 12 months that a whole lot of our small Black companies didn’t get the eye and didn’t get the reduction that among the different majority-owned companies had been capable of take pleasure in. We had an incredible response final 12 months. We’re wanting ahead to a good bigger response this 12 months,” she mentioned.
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Augusta, GA
Augusta University Spirit Teams Announce 2025-26 Cheer and Dance Tryouts Set for April 25-27 – Augusta University
AUGUSTA, GA – Augusta University’s Spirit Teams are excited to announce tryouts for the 2025-2026 Cheer and Dance Teams! Tryouts will take place from April 25-27 2025, and all participants must attend all three days to be considered for the team.
Tryout Details:
Dates: April 25-27, 2025
Location: Christenberry Fieldhouse
Tryout Fee: $25 (non-refundable)
Contact Email: spiritteams@augusta.edu
Dance Team Requirements: Double turn, leaps, and a calypso. (Highly preferred Skills: Aerials, Turning disks, kip ups, headsprings, turns in second, or other unique jumps and tumbling)
Dance Team Tryout Material: Sideline dance, two mini routines, a spirit routine, and a 30 second solo showcasing unique skills. (Every person trying out will have the same music, that will be released after registration closes)
Cheer Team Requirements: Stunts: Extension lib, pop-offs, full downs, extension press to lib with a full down. (No required tumbling skills, but running and standing tumbling are highly preferred)
Cheer Team Tryout Material: 2 cheers, a spirit routine, and the fight song. (Skills will be showcased during the tryout)
The tryout schedule will be released soon. Participants should be prepared to showcase their skills, learn new material, and demonstrate their school spirit and teamwork.
Augusta University’s Cheer and Dance Teams are a dynamic part of the university’s athletic and school spirit programs. Team members have the opportunity to represent AU at athletic events, competitions, and community engagements throughout the year.
We welcome all interested students to join us for this exciting opportunity! If your unable to make it but interested in trying out, let us know! For questions or further details, please reach out to spiritteams@augusta.edu.
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