Wednesday, February 27, 2008

ITS HERE...CIAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A lot of the mainstream media would like you to believe that the CIAA basketball tournament is a new phenomenon that is just another "black gathering" that does not have much significance or meaning. That is totally untrue and if you didn't go to an HBCU, then maybe you won't know this information. Even though most black colleges are not in the CIAA conference, it is the oldest Historically Black College Conference and was founded in 1912. Read below for more interesting facts concerning the CI double A!!!!!!


1830s - First HBCUs were established in the country.
1892 - Livingstone College and Johnson C. Smith University (then Biddle University) played in the first football game between two African-American colleges.
1912 - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association was founded in Hampton, VA. When the conference was founded, it was originally known as the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association. It's founding fathers were Allen Washington and C.H. Williams of Hampton Institute; Ernest J. Marshall of Howard University; George Johnson of Lincoln University (PA); W.E. Atkins, Charles Frasher and H.P. Hargrave of Shaw University; and J.W. Barco and J.W. Pierce of Virginia Union University.
1920 - The Pittsburgh Courier selected the first unofficial black college basketball champions, Howard and Talledega.
1927 - There were a total of 77 HBCUs enrolling almost 14,000 students.
1946 -
First CIAA Basketball Tournament.
John B. McLendon, now known as the "Father of Black Basketball," along with Talmadge Hall, John Burr and Harry Jefferson formed the first CIAA basketball tournament in a small gymnasium in Washington, D.C. on a $500 budget. The tournament was played in Turner Arena. Many southern cities didn't want a predominantly Black collegiate conference in their venues and didn't rent to the CIAA. And when the conference finally secured Turner Arena, the players had to sleep on the floor because they weren't allowed in the hotels. Still, students and fans turned out at the gymnasium for that first tournament.
1954 - Brown V. The Board of Education desegregated public schools.
1965 - The NCAA began accepting black colleges for membership.
1967- NBA Hall of Famer Earl "The Pearl" Monroe played for Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines at Winston-Salem State and helped his team win the Division-II national title.
1973 - NCAA Division II and III playoffs began.
1980 - Virginia Union Panthers won the NCAA Division II Championship.
1988 - CIAA Tournament moves to Richmond, VA.
1989 - President George Bush issued Executive Order 12677 to strengthen the capacity of HBCUs to provide quality education and to increase their participation in federally sponsored programs.
1990 - Leon G. Kerry is promoted to Commissioner of CIAA.
1992 - The Virginia Union Panthers won the NCAA Division II Championship.
1994 - CIAA Tournament moves to Winston-Salem, NC.
1998 - Commissioner Leon Kerry secured the largest sponsorship package in history among HBCU conferences and Division II when Coca Cola North America signed a five year, $2 million agreement with the CIAA. He surpassed the preceding record when Coke renewed the contract at $3 million for another five years in 2003.
2000 - The CIAA2000.com website is believed to be the first college sports internet homepage developed singularly for one event, the CIAA Basketball Tournament.
2000 - The CIAA Tournament moves to Raleigh, NC.
2005 - CIAA teamed up with ESPN, the nation's sports leader, to create the largest HBCU conference television package in history.
2005 - The Virginia Union Panthers win the NCAA Division II Basketball Championship and visit the White House.
2006 - The CIAA Tournament moves to the city of Charlotte, NC.
2007 - CIAA shatters economic impact and attendance records for the Tournament during its second year in Charlotte.

Official CI Weekend Party Spots
Come party with us at the hottest spots during CI week! Professional Swagga, Thomas Washington, and Firm events brings you the best of the best on Friday and Saturday.


Thursday, Start it off right by going to The Sunset Club for the CI Jump off!!!!!!!!!!! FunkLabb, DJ Chase & Thomas Washington present



Friday Night Fever @ City Tavern, Friday,

February 29, 21 and up, 25 encouraged Ladies FREE before 10:30 pm.Sex in the City @ City Tavern, Saturday, March 1, Ladies FREE before 10:30 pm.Get your $15 advance tickets to ALL events @ http://www.ez-tixx.com/ , hurry because they are going fast! ADVANCED TICKETS ALMOST SOLD OUT!!!!! http://www.uptownciparties.com/








Saturday is the Official CI 3-in-1 Day Party...that's right $20 gives you access to 3 hotspots The Attic, Madison's, and Grand Central. 3 is always better than one... 400 TICKETS ALREADY SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

End your CI right............STAR POWER - 3 Ballrooms one price..... The Blake Hotel 555 S McDowell St 3 ballrooms 3 cities one price.
Welcome To DC ballroom - DC's finest gogo band, MAMBO Sauce
Welcome to NYC ballroom - performing live DJ Chase - BIZ MARKIE and celebrity friends
Welcome to ATL ballroom - The people's station, Mr. V103 aka FRANK SKI and celebrity friends performing live


JMI Telecom is proud to be sanctioned by the CIAA as the official host of the Premier CIAA Invitational Golf Tournament during CIAA week in Charlotte, NC. JMI is a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) based in Charlotte, NC; offering telecommunications and information technology services to both residential and enterprise clients, providing them with a "Total Telecom and IT Solution". JMI is committed to leading and supporting events and organizations that provide for the advancement of people within our community and our country.Golf attire is required. Collared shirts and slacks. No steel spikes are allowed on the courseSchedule 9:30 AM: Registration/continental breakfast10:30 AM: Review rules of play11:00 AM: Shotgun start portions of the proceeds will go to the ciaa scholarship fund call 1-866-516-5104 or jmiciaa@jmisp.com for more information.

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 • Creative Loafing & The Sol Kitchen present Pop Life: The Tournament Edition. DJ DR, Kitch and Johnnie Davis on the wheels. 6 p.m.-2 a.m, Free food until 9 p.m., drink specials and mingle/network with some of the sexiest people in Charlotte . Exclusive/Official listening party for Erykah Badu's new album, "Amerykah" & Pete Rock's new album, " NY Finest's". Get there early!Prevue - 2909 N. Davidson St. 21 and over and no admission. http://www.thesolkitchen.com./



Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 The Sol Kitchen & Dynasty 5 presents "The Tip Off" with DJ BroRabb aka "Mr Lawd Have Mercy." 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Buckhead Saloon - 201 E. 5th St. (across the street from Bobcats Arena) $15 advance tickets while they last. 704-373-9380. http://www.thesolkitchen.com./ 21 and over - no athletic gear!

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 The Sol Kitchen presents "The Mix Series" with Biz Markie & Friends. Charlotte's newest and hottest night club in Uptown, HOM located at 116 W. 5th St.(formerly Menage) 3 levels - Liv (lounge), Feast (cafe/restaurant), Play (top level dance club). 9 pm - 4 am. Serving food til 4am25 and over ONLY but if you are under 25 but above 21 and look the part, we might let you in - you need to be tight. Dress to kill is the dress code (it will strictly be enforced) & Smirnoff drink specials. For adv. tix/vip tix, http://www.thesolkitchen.com/ or call 704.375.3737. Table reservations


Saturday, March 1, 2008 Dynasty 5, The Sol Kitchen & Up Top Promotions present The Saturday Night Cabaret aka Ladies Night with/hosted by Grammy Nominated Artist Raheem Devaughn at The Omni Hotel 132 East Trade St. (2 blocks from the arena). Doors open at 9pm. 3 rooms for your pleasure! Dress Code enforced and $25 advance tickets while they last - http://www.thesolkitchen.com/, http://www.dynasty5.com/, Pacific Green - South Park Mall - 704.366.9474 or Eye Browz - Crabtree Mall (Raleigh) 919.789.0600



PS...We give you what you crave, not just what you need!!!

Friday, February 22, 2008

You Can Do Bad By Yourself!

Remember how your mother used to tell you that (and sometimes probably still does)! Well you can do bad or good by yourself, depending on your state of mind. Some people tend to think that they need to be with a significant other to make them happy, and that's just not the case. You need to find someone who you are connected with spiritually, physically, and in any other way you deem compatible. Learn to love yourself before you get involved with other people, and don't let anyone bring you down...you are worth so much more than that!!!

It Is Better To Be Alone Than In The Wrong Company

Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses." The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate – for the good and the bad.
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you. Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere. With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.
Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.
If you see people without a smile today…Give them one of yours!

Official CI Weekend Party Spots Come party with us at the hottest spots during CI week! Professional Swagga, Thomas Washington, and Firm events brings you the best of the best on Friday and Saturday.
Saturday is the Official CI 3-in-1 Day Party...that's right $20 gives you access to 3 hotspots The Attic, Madison's, and Grand Central. 3 is always better than one...
Fever @ City Tavern, Friday, February 29, 21 and up, 25 encouraged Ladies FREE before 10:30 pm.
Sex in the City @ City Tavern, Saturday, March 1, Ladies FREE before 10:30 pm.

Get your $15 advance tickets to ALL events @
http://www.ez-tixx.com/ , hurry because they are going fast!


Click here for more information: http://www.uptownciparties.com/


JMI Telecom is proud to be sanctioned by the CIAA as the official host of the Premier CIAA Invitational Golf Tournament during CIAA week in Charlotte, NC. JMI is a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) based in Charlotte, NC; offering telecommunications and information technology services to both residential and enterprise clients, providing them with a "Total Telecom and IT Solution". JMI is committed to leading and supporting events and organizations that provide for the advancement of people within our community and our country.

Golf attire is required. Collared shirts and slacks. No steel spikes are allowed on the course
Schedule 9:30 AM: Registration/continental breakfast10:30 AM: Review rules of play11:00 AM: Shotgun start portions of the proceeds will go to the ciaa scholarship fund call 1-866-516-5104 or jmiciaa@jmisp.com for more information


Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008

Creative Loafing & The Sol Kitchen present Pop Life: The Tournament Edition. DJ DR, Kitch and Johnnie Davis on the wheels. 6 p.m.-2 a.m, Free food until 9 p.m., drink specials and mingle/network with some of the sexiest people in Charlotte . Exclusive/Official listening party for Erykah Badu's new album, "Amerykah" & Pete Rock's new album, " NY Finest's". Get there early!
Prevue - 2909 N. Davidson St. 21 and over and no admission.
http://www.thesolkitchen.com./



Thursday, Feb 28, 2008
• The Sol Kitchen & Dynasty 5 presents "The Tip Off" with DJ BroRabb aka "Mr Lawd Have Mercy." 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Buckhead Saloon - 201 E. 5th St. (across the street from Bobcats Arena) $15 advance tickets while they last. 704-373-9380. http://www.thesolkitchen.com./ 21 and over - no athletic gear!

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008
The Sol Kitchen presents "The Mix Series" with Biz Markie & Friends. Charlotte's newest and hottest night club in Uptown, HOM located at 116 W. 5th St.(formerly Menage) 3 levels - Liv (lounge), Feast (cafe/restaurant), Play (top level dance club). 9 pm - 4 am. Serving food til 4am
25 and over ONLY but if you are under 25 but above 21 and look the part, we might let you in - you need to be tight. Dress to kill is the dress code (it will strictly be enforced) & Smirnoff drink specials. For adv. tix/vip tix, http://www.thesolkitchen.com/ or call 704.375.3737. Table reservations

Saturday, March 1, 2008
Dynasty 5, The Sol Kitchen & Up Top Promotions present


The Saturday Night Cabaret aka Ladies Night with/hosted by Grammy Nominated Artist Raheem Devaughn at The Omni Hotel 132 East Trade St. (2 blocks from the arena). Doors open at 9pm. 3 rooms for your pleasure! Dress Code enforced and $25 advance tickets while they last - http://www.thesolkitchen.com/, http://www.dynasty5.com/, Pacific Green - South Park Mall - 704.366.9474 or Eye Browz - Crabtree Mall (Raleigh) 919.789.0600




P.S...We give you what you crave, not just what you need!!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Giving Back and Never Giving Up

February has been designated Black History Month since 1976. This was an expansion of Negro History Week, established in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a Virginia historian, author, and journalist. This is a time to reflect on the accomplishments and sacrifices made by our Black ancestors and relatives. It has often been a long-standing joke in the Black community that we “got the shortest month of the year”, but you don’t have to wait until February to celebrate the great deeds and discuss the great injustices that Black people have traditionally gone through. There are countless resources that can be utilized all year round, and we have plenty of resources right here in Charlotte that you can check out for yourself:

www.museumofthenewsouth.org
www.charlottecultureguide.com
www.charlottemuseum.org

We should always celebrate our history, no matter what culture we come from or have assimilated into. This is a multifaceted and multicultural world, and we need to realize and strive to realize that every day. Some other notable events in history that occurred this month:

-The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848 between Mexico and the United States, ending U.S. Intervention in that area.
-Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco to Washington D.C. as a reminder of the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands due to White occupation. The march began February 11, 1978.
-Nelson Mandela was freed from a South African prison after over 27 years of imprisonment on February 11, 1990.

Make It Work!!
Last week was the infamous fall Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York City. It’s an opportunity to create a huge name for oneself as a designer, positively WOW the critics with a variation of your signature looks, or become the biggest flop in fashion history! Among those showing their fall collections were BCBG Max Azria, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Tracy Reese, and Zac Posen. The overriding theme this year was classic 1950’s chic—with a lot of dresses to show for it! Click here, http://www.amny.com/entertainment/custom/fashion/, for more info on Fashion Week, see the runway shows, or see how you can obtain that one of a kind couture outfit.



Entertainment Blast
Congratulations to big winners Kanye West and Amy Winehouse, who won four and five Grammys, respectively. Other winners include Rihanna and Jay-Z

(Rihanna and Jay-Z (Umbrella), Justin Timberlake, and even Barack Obama, who won for the best Spoken Word Album. Highlight of the night: Beyonce performing with Tina Turner! Congratulations to all of the winners and you can view the full list of Grammy Award winners here:
http://grammys.org/Grammy_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx


Official CI Weekend Party Spots
Come party with us at the hottest spots during CI week! Professional Swagga, Thomas Washington, and Firm events brings you the best of the best on Friday and Saturday. Saturday is the Official CI 3-in-1 Day Party...that's right, $20 gives you access to 3 hotspots, The Attic, Madison's, and Grand Central. 3 is always better than one...click below for more information:
http://www.theatticuptown.com/
http://www.madisonsbar.com/
http://www.uptownsgrandcentral.com/

Fever @ City Tavern, Friday, February 29, 21 and up, 25 and up encouraged. Ladies FREE before 10:30 pm.
Sex in the City @ City Tavern, Saturday, March 1, Ladies FREE before 10:30 pm.


P.S. Preferred Spots
Wednesday, February 13
R&B Live @ AllStars Bar and Grill, 5638 Albemarle Road, $10 cover
Want Me, Take Me, Buy Me @ Play @ HOM, 115 W. 5th Street, FREE

Thursday, February 14
Talent Thursday @ Tempo, 4809 Wilkinson Blvd., $10 cover
The Love Spell @ Verona Lounge, 127 N. Tryon, $15 cover


Friday, February 15
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Belk Theater
Rahsaan Patterson performing live @ Tempo, $20 cover
Glam Upscale Lingerie and Afterparty @ Villa Antonio, 4707 S. Blvd., ladies free b4 11:30, $10 cover

Saturday, February 16
Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik, Allure Restaurant and Bar, 1508 S. Mint St., free b4 11.
Phenomenal Women’s Club of Charlotte 2nd Annual Founder’s Day Ball @ The CafĂ© Room, 1250 Lucky Penny Drive, $35.00 cover

P.S… We give you what you crave, not just what you need!!!!