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Family & Back-to-School Expo August 13, 2011 • Noon-5 p.m. • Lower Level, Mall at Stonecrest August 6, 2011

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New School Year, New Beginning

Lots to do at expo Adults and children will be entertained, inspired and challenged at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo at the Mall at Stonecrest.

Twenty-six family-friendly exhibitors will offer information for expo visitors, who also will have the opportunity to enter to win a four-day, three-night stay in beautiful St. Lucia.

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“More than 40 exhibitors will showcase theirgoods and services to help families and their students have a great school year.”

Dozens of exhibitors and lots of entertainment for expo “East Metro Atlanta’s Weekly Newspaper” 2346 Candler Road Decatur, GA 30032 404-284-1888 www.crossroadsnews.com editor@crossroadsnews.com

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There will be something for everyone at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo that takes place Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest.

Parents and their kids will find lots of fun things to do, performances, and information and resources to help them celebrate the start of the new school year.

More than 40 exhibitors will showcase their goods and services to help families and their students have a great school year. Adult and child performers will strut their stuff on stage.

DeKalb Solicitor-General Sherry Boston, who is partnering with CrossRoadsNews on this year’s expo, will speak to parents about resources to help their kids have perfect attendance.

Bay Beach Resort on the Caribbean Adults will also have the oppor- island of St. Lucia. tunity to enter a drawing for a trip In this special section, we tell for two to the beautiful Coconut about the singers and dancers who

Families take in one of the performances at 2010 Family and Back to School Expo.

This year’s lineup includes child and adult performers.

The Mall at Stonecrest is at will showcase their talents on the Main Stage in front of Sears on the I-20 and Turner Hill Road in mall’s lower level. The expo takes Lithonia. For more information, call 404-284-1888. place from noon to 5 p.m.

Three organizations offering blood pressure screenings In addition to entertainment, performances and lots of useful information, expo-goers at the Aug. 13 Family and Back-to-School Expo will have access to health screenings and safety information.

The organizations Compassionate Nurses Inc., Amerigroup Community Care and Peach State Health Plans will be offering free blood pressure checks at their tables.

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, which disproportionately affects African-Americans, is called “the silent killer” because about a third of the people with it do not know they have it.

Blood pressure should be measured by a knowledgeable person and while you are relaxed and seated.

Because high blood pressure has no symptoms, it’s important to have blood pressure measured by a nurse, physician or another knowledgeable person (including yourself).

High blood pressure is easy to diagnose. You have hypertension if your blood pressure is more than 140/90.

To screen for it, you must be in a relaxed state, preferably in a sitting position.Allow half an hour to have passed since your last cup of tea, exercise or stressful situation.

Compassionate Nurses will also offer information on disaster preparedness.

2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo Grand Prize Entry Form Visit at least 20 of these exhibitors* at the Mall at Stonecrest on Aug. 13 and enter to win a 4-day, 3-night stay at the beautiful, all-inclusive Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa on the tropical island of St. Lucia.

_____ American Professional Institute

_____ DeKalb County Board of Health

_____ New Beginnings Life Changing Network

_____ Amerigroup Community Care

_____ DeKalb County Solicitor-General

_____ Omni Tech Institute

_____ Andre Cleveland/State Farm Insurance

_____ DeKalb Technical College

_____ Optimal Health Chiropractic Wellness Center

_____ Beulah Heights University

_____ Georgia Military College

_____ Peach State Health Plans

_____ Beulah Missionary Baptist Church

_____ Georgia Preventive Health

_____ Quality Care for Children

_____ Big Thinkers Science Exploration

_____ Greenforest McCalep Academic Center

_____ Radiant Women’s Health

_____ Building Strong Families Inc.

_____ Head of the Class

_____ Smile Zone/Georgia Orthodontic Studio

_____ Camp Jewell House

_____ Kidds Dance Project

_____ Southern Smiles

_____ Career Technology at DeKalb County Schools _____ La Petite Academy

_____ Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia Orchestra

_____ Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

_____ Lutheran Services of GA

_____ Sunset Resorts

_____ Compassionate Nurses, Inc.

_____ Maximus-GA Families

_____ The Soul Project

_____ C.O.O.L School.

_____ MLC Counseling Services

_____ Transamerica Life Insurance

_____ CrossRoadsNews Inc.

_____ Nappy Hair Shop

_____ Tutor Lab

_____ DeKalb Community Development

_____ Neighbor to Family

Name ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________City _______________________________________ St: ______ Zip: ___________ Email ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Home phone: _________________________________________________ Cell phone: ____________________________________________________ *Exhibitors must write their validation code on your entry form. Your name, address and a telephone number are required to win. Employees and immediate family members of CrossRoadsNews and the Mall at Stonecrest not eligible for awards. Must be 18 years or older to win. Must be present at the drawing to win.

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2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo Aug. 13, 2011 - Noon to 5 p.m. • The Main Stage in front of Sears Lower Level, The Mall at Stonecrest 11:30 Noon

2 p.m.

Musical Prelude Expo Kick Off

Life Chef Asata Reid

12: 15 p.m. FOI Men’s Drill Team

12:30 p.m.

FOI Men’s Drill Team

DeKalb Solicitor-General Sherry Boston

Beulah Boys

2:30 p.m.

The Beulah Boys 2:45 p.m.

1 p.m.

KIDDS Dance Project, Daisy’s Solicitor-General Sherry Boston

1: 15 p.m.

The SNAFC Tunnel Crew Line Dancers

1:30 p.m.

Greta Prince

Asata Reid

Knerd Star

3 p.m.

Greta Prince, Essence R&B Star Search WInner

3:45

Glitter Gurl

3:30

Top Knotch Dance Krew & Moms

4 p.m.

E Hoody

4:20 p.m.

Conservatory of Dance

Jabias ‘Da Kidd’

SNAFC Tunnel Crew Line Dancers

1:45 p.m.

The Vanguard Women’s Drill Team 5 p.m.

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Unexcused absences can include oversleeping, not feeling like going to school or staying home to work or baby-sit.

Solicitor-General’s office works with school on attendance issues

By Sherry Boston

DeKalb County children should have every opportunity possible to learn and grow so they can build a better future for themselves and, in taking a larger view, build a better future for our county and state.

After all, education is powerful. It can energize, enlighten and, quite simply, lead to better jobs. That’s why education is one of my four key goals for DeKalb County: Keep our kids in school and out of trouble; keep our community safe; improve our quality of life; and protect the vulnerable.

State law in Georgia requires that all children between the ages of 6 and 16 attend school.

Any parent or guardian found to be violating the compulsory attendance law shall be guilty of educational neglect, a misdemeanor offense, and can face stiff penalties for each day that a child has more than five unexcused absences, according to the law.

These unexcused absences can include oversleeping, not feeling like going to school, staying home to work or baby-sit, or keeping a lonely parent company. Individuals convicted of violating the state law can be fined, sentenced to 30 days in jail, and ordered to perform community service.

Each year, the DeKalb County School System refers roughly 700 cases of alleged educational neglect to the Solicitor-General’s Office. Some children have missed more than 40 days of school in just a six-month time period.

In talking with families, the SolicitorGeneral’s Office has found that sometimes parents keep kids home from school because they don’t realize that there are resources available to help solve problems a child may be having – whether it is due to a learning disability, bullying, or transportation issues caused by homelessness.

Why education matters Nearly one-half of all high school dropouts ages 16-24 are unemployed.

High school dropouts earn an average of $270,000 less than graduates over the course of their lives. For Georgians, this represents a $7.3 billion loss in earning potential.

Many social issues can be linked to educational neglect: Dropouts are six times more likely to be unwed parents and they are 7.5 times more likely to be dependent on welfare.

Truancy is the No. 1 predictor among boys and the No. 2 predictor among girls for future criminal activity.

In Georgia, 88 percent of prison inmates are high school dropouts. And 90 percent of the inmates in the DeKalb County Jail never obtained their high school diploma.

Solicitor-General Sherry Boston says the DeKalb County School System refers about 700 cases of alleged educational neglect to her office each year.

These absences are preventable because the schools can provide resources to help parents and guardians cope with these problems.

Putting parents in jail is the last resort.

The Office of the Solicitor-General works with a team of school administrators and education experts to provide support and resolve attendance issues before they rise to the level of prosecution of parents or guardians.

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Tips to help your child have a good school year Send your child to school every day school is open – except when she or he is sick.

Wake your child up early enough so she or he can get to school on time, even if that means 15 or 30 minutes earlier than she or he used to wake up.

Encourage your child to eat a good breakfast every morning – try not to let him or her skip breakfast.

Pack healthy snacks and lunches that will maintain their energy and help with learning.

Talk with your child about their school day. Ask what was the best and worst part of the day.

See if your child needs help with his or her homework and make sure it’s completed each night.

School officials can be great problem solvers. Contact your school if you think your child has a learning disability, is being bullied, has transportation or attendance issues due to homelessness, or needs other support.

Create a study routine for your child.

A good rule of thumb is to have your child do his or her homework right when she or he gets home from school.

Have your child prepare for school each night: Pick out clothes or uniforms, socks and shoes; place homework assignments in book bags; etc.

Be sure your child gets a good night’s sleep.

We offer parents and guardians whose children are chronically absent an opportunity to complete a diversion program called the Attendance Review Team, or ART, which requires parents and guardians to sign a contract agreeing that their child will have no unexcused absences and that they will meet with the child’s teacher, counselor or social worker at least once a month for a specific result in criminal prosecution.

Sherry Boston is the DeKalb County period of time.

Failure to complete these conditions may solicitor-general.

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From Atlanta to the U.K., Conyers-based rapper E-Hoody is creating waves.

The 23-year-old performer, whose name is Kemuel Elisha Valier Crossty, believes in rapping with a clean image. He dresses in tailored suits and raps to lyrics designed to make people happy and demonstrate that you can be cool and articulate at the same time.

“Our whole purpose right now is to inspire young kids,” E-Hoody says his whole purpose is to inspire young said E-Hoody, who is the co- people. He will perform at 4 p.m. on Aug. 13 on the Main founder and CEO of Street Stage in front of Sears during the expo at the Mall at Prophets Entertainment Corp. Stonecrest.

“I don’t sag my pants. There’s no need for Where to find E-Hoody me to do that.”

His first single, “New Money,” offered a n Facebook: Elisha E-Hoody Crossty new take on the old saying, “You look like and on fan pages under E-Hoody. new money.” Tattoos, lots of jewelry and n Four free mixtapes can be found on degradation of women are also not part of datpiff.com. his personal program. n Youtube.com/ehoodytv In his music video on YouTube, youtube .com/ehoodytv, he sports a suit, a belt and a n On Twitter: E_HOODY n www.e-hoody.com close haircut.

E-Hoody released his first album, “New York Ambassador,” in March 2010, and so to Atlanta to build his music career and is far it has sold more than 1,500 copies. His pursuing an associate’s degree at Georgia new single, “I’m Faded,” is now out and has Perimeter College. been played locally at Sutra Lounge, Secrets He credits his mother, Marilyn SoloLounge, Chit Chat Lounge, Kamals 21 and mon; brother Kadeem Johnson; and sister M Bar. Maya Johnson for supporting him.

It is among the songs he plans to perform And he gives special shout-outs to his on Aug. 13 at 4 p.m. on the Main Stage in producer, Knox; to Top Dollaz, the second front of Sears at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 artist on the Street Prophets label; to Jae Family & Back-to-School Expo on the lower Dada, who produced 11 beats on the “New level of the Mall at Stonecrest.

York Ambassador” album; and to Paridox, Raised in Laurelton, N.Y., E-Hoody the mentor who helped him learn to bestarted rapping at about age 14. He moved come a businessman.

When the Daisy’s dancers pirouette in their white ballerina tutus with their hair adorned with yellow blooms, they are as cute as a button.

Watching them perform, it is hard for anyone to have a frown on their faces.

On Aug. 13, faces will be covered in smiles again when they take the Main Stage at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family and Back-to-School Expo at the Mall at Stonecrest.

The pint-size ballerinas – 2-year-old Kennedy Conner, Natalie Green and Kamryn Williams and 3-year-old Imani Colbert, Ja’Rai Flynn, Peyton Stroud, Mackenzie Trezvant and Ryann Utley – will perform at 1 p.m. from the Main Stage in front of Sears on the mall’s lower level.

Pa t Ma r t i n , KIDDS Dance Project’s executive director, said the dancers have gotten younger since audiences saw them at last year’s Family and Back-toSchool Expo. Then Pat Martin they were 4- to 6-year-olds. This year they are 2- and 3-year-olds.

“After we performed last year, we had a lot of requests from parents with 2-year-olds,” she said.

Martin said the younger Daisy’s are a joy to teach.

“They are like little sponges. We teach them a dance move and they nail it,” she said. “It’s like Follow the Leader for them.”

Martin started the Lithonia-based nonprofit KIDDS – which stands for Kids Influenced by Self-Discipline,

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Self-Determination and Positive SelfImage – Dance Project 16 years ago as a community outreach program that caters to young people ages 2 to 22.

It uses the art of dance to promote self-esteem and discourage substance abuse and violence.

In June 2010, KIDDS Dance Project won a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant that helped it open its Center for Youth Development and Performing Arts in Lithonia. The group garnered national attention when a photograph of the

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Aniya, now 8 and a rising thirdgrader at Rowland Elementary School in Stone Mountain, will show off her big voice at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family and Back-to-School Expo on Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest. She will be on the Main Stage in front of Sears on the mall’s lower level at 3:45

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Eighteen months ago, the founding members of the Beulah Boys were just some retired men in search of exercise to keep their aging bodies supple.

Now they are celebrated performers, in demand at senior centers and special events across metro Atlanta and with invitations to perform in cities as far away as Philadelphia.

The group of eight even has a YouTube video.

Who would’ve thunk?

Not Luther Walker, Nick Bowers, Leon Nolton, Willie Banks, Hubert Jackson, Jerry Heard, Sam Swain or William Rogers.

The fame and accolades are just icing on the cake for the men who began dancing to stay fit.

Bowers, who at 58 is the group’s youngest member, said it’s a fun way to work out and take care of his body.

“For 32 years I coached football and baseball at Gresham Park,” he said. “Now I was just trying to keep myself going.”

On Aug. 13, the Beulah Boys will take the Main Stage at 2:30 p.m. at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo on the lower level of the Mall at Stonecrest in front of Sears. They will showcase some of the line dances that are keeping them fit and making them famous.

When they met in the line-dancing class at Beulah Baptist Church’s Family Life Center in the fall of 2009, all were strangers, except for Bowers and Nolton, who have been friends since their school days at Murphy High in Atlanta.

And only Jackson, who at 71 is the group’s oldest member, had line-danced before.

The average age of the men who boast two knee replacements and a hip replacement among them, is 63, but to watch them hop, skip and shake their booty, you couldn’t guess who has artificial joints.

Walker, 63, was the first brave soul to join the class of linedancing women. Then Jackson joined him, followed by Bowers and Nolton.

After a few months in the class, their cohesiveness and new-found love for line dancing caught the eyes of instructor Jan Martin.

Luther Walker “They had camaraderie,” she said. “It wasn’t so much the skills. They just enjoyed dancing and it showed.”

She suggested the men form a group to perform at a July 2010 concert to showcase what the class was doing.

After a little arm twisting, they agreed.

“She is our instructor and we did not want to let her down,” Walker said.

Bowers said they were reluctant because they had never heard of a male line-dancing group.

“There are women’s groups and couples groups, but a male group, we had never heard of one,” he said.

Nolton knew “The Cleveland Shuffle,” but with only a short time to rehearse, Bowers said they weren’t very good.

That’s when he called upon his wife, Debora, to get them a uniform. They showed up in Western attire and brought the house down.

“I thought that the least we could do is look good together,” he said. “We missed a few steps but we looked the part.”

They left that evening with an invitation to perform at the Candler Road Senior Center.

Soon the “Beulah Boys” had invitations from senior centers across Atlanta.

“Everywhere we performed, we would get an

The linedancing Beulah Boys, whose average age is 63, have been making a name for themselves performing at senior centers.

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invitation to perform somewhere else from someone in the audience,” Bowers said.

Though he was a deejay for 30 years, Nolton said dancing wasn’t his forte before the Beulah Boys.

When he joined the Family Life Center, he was doing water aerobics, lifting a little weight and Leon Nolton doing other exercises, but when his good friend Bowers suggested they join the linedancing class, he went along.

“It’s good exercise,” said Nolton, who had both of his knees replaced in 2009. “And I get the enjoyment of bringing enjoyment to the seniors. Anytime you can put a smile on anyone’s face, that’s a good feeling right there.”

Nolton also has had the pleasure of losing 40 pounds since he joined the group.

“It’s good exercise,” he said. “I get the enjoyment of dancing and of bringing enjoyment to the seniors.”

The class the men joined was the first one for Martin, a self-confessed lover of line dancing.

When she started the 7:30 a.m. class in September 2009, it was not on the center’s schedule.

“They had a class in the evening, but I am an early riser and there wasn’t one in the morning,” said Martin, who’s real job at the center is member services coordinator.

By January, she had enough people taking the class for it to be Jan Martin added to the schedule.

Martin said she suggested the men form a group because they had great chemistry together.

“They enjoy dancing,” said Martin, who can’t talk about the group without smiling. “It’s fun for them and it’s fun to watch them. You just enjoy seeing them enjoy each other.”

The song the men put their stamp on is “The Cleveland Shuffle” by Mark “Big Mucci” Wynn & the 71 North Boi. “We just added our own little flavor to it,” Nolton said.

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This summer, he was in the audience at the 2nd Annual Southeast Largest Line Dance Party on July 7-9 at the Sheraton Gateway Atlanta Airport Hotel in College Park and came onstage to tell them how much he loves what they had done with the song.

DJ Kenny Jammin Jason, one of the country’s top line dance instructor, was also in the audience. He was so impressed with the Beulah Boys, they now have an invitation to attend his Aug. 26-29 event in Philadelphia.

Spectators who see them perform just love their swagger.

At a January 2011 performance at the CrossRoadsNews Health & Wellness Expo, women threw dollar bills at the men during one of their hip-swaying, high-steppin’ numbers.

Bowers said that was a first for them.

Along the way, the Beulah Boys have become an inspiration for senior citizens.

Martin, who introduces the group at most of their performances, said that by the end of their performances at senior centers, even spectators who use wheelchairs are moving parts of their bodies.

“Everyone is tapping their feet or shaking their shoulders,” she said. “They make people move.”

At the end, someone always comes to her asking if they can have a class too. She now teaches three classes at Beulah, two at Senior Connections centers in Decatur and Lithonia, and at First Baptist Church in Austell. She also has helped many churches start their own classes.

“We are showing that you don’t have to give up because you are up in age,” Bowers said. “This is a dance that you can really do. Just get up and move.”

Because of their group, they say more men are taking line-dancing classes.

Beulah Boys’ repertoire ranges from country and western to gospel. And yes, they shuffle and wobble and dance to gospel music.

They also perform at churches, weddings, parties and other special events.

Jackson, the group’s senior member, had hip replacement surgery in February and by April he was back on the line.

“We enjoy going out and proving that we really can,” he said. “If we can do it, anybody can do it.”

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Reid teaches private classes and diet modification for groups and churches and contributes “Meatless Monday” recipes to BET.com.

Healthy eating can be easy, interesting and taste good too

By Donna Williams Lewis

Chef Asata Reid wants to blast some common myths about healthy eating.

She says eating well definitely can taste good; healthy dishes don’t have to take long to prepare; and good-for-you ingredients don’t have to be expensive.

The East Lake resident will tailor that message to food for children in a cooking demonstration at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo on Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest.

Reid, a “life chef,” food writer and culinary educator, will demonstrate quick and easy snacks and lunches at 2 p.m. on the Main Stage in front of Sears on the mall’s lower level.

“Kids’ snacks are often carb-driven – chips, pretzels, crackers and more bread,” Reid said. “I like to present snacks as small meals. That way they’re more balanced.”

Some examples: sliced apples with peanut butter and popcorn, carrot sticks with hummus, crackers with cheese and strawberries.

Parents should make snacks and meals more appealing by giving children diverse flavors and textures, Reid said.

“If you just had a plate of rice, that would be boring,” she said. “But if you have a plate of fried rice with vegetables, that’s more interesting.”

She says kids who participate in sports at school need to feed on premium foods and make every calorie count instead of loading up on junk food.

Reid teaches that they may feel full, but their bodies are starving for nutrients.

Instead of soda, Reid says parents should buy 100 percent dark fruit juice such as grape and cranberry and add seltzer or sparkling water.

“It makes a refreshing drink and they

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Chef Asata Reid will demonstrate quick and easy snacks and lunches for children at 2 p.m. on the Main Stage at the Aug. 13 expo at the Mall at Stonecrest.

don’t get the artificial color and high-fructose sweeteners and all those preservatives with strange names,” she said in a 2010 newspaper interview. “With 100 percent juice and sparkling water, they are getting a great drink and the benefits of antioxidants, too.”

Reid, who graduated from Florida A&M University and from culinary school at the Art Institute of Atlanta, has worked as a professional chef in top-rated restaurants and in wealthy private homes. But the work she loves most is education.

“If I can teach someone about shopping

choices and eating choices and impact their life and their family and generations to come, I feel like I’ve done something,” she said.

Reid teaches healthy cooking classes all across North Georgia with regular classes every second Saturday monthly at the Sevananda Natural Foods Market in Little Five Points.

A prolific food writer and advocate, she teaches private classes and diet modification for groups and churches and contributes “Meatless Monday” recipes to BET.com.

The trend to eliminate meat from meals

one or two days each week is an effort to cut the cholesterol and fat people consume, she said.

The August edition of Ebony magazine contains an article by Reid that features blacks who own vineyards. She writes newspaper articles that focus on specific foods such as the popularity of Greek yogurt. And she maintains a Web site that includes links to her YouTube cooking videos.

The East Lake mother of two sons, ages 6 and 20 months, started on her educational path after reluctantly taking a friend’s advice that she consider going to Wal-Mart for groceries.

“As a chef, you don’t buy food where you buy tires. It’s just inconceivable,” she said.

But she went to the store and fell into her habit of peering into other people’s shopping carts. Reid was dismayed by what she saw – the voluminous boxes and bags of processed foods.

If you gave some of those shoppers a food pyramid, they wouldn’t know what to do with it, she thought.

“That’s when I had an epiphany,” Reid said. “I can show them how.”

“I take the realistic approach: what is it and how does it work. Keep it simple and keep it delicious.”

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Jabias has appeared in stage plays, commercials and movies, including “The Blind Side,” “Stomp the Yard” and “Lottery Ticket.”

Rap on: Being smart is cool

Da Kidd revs it up with rap

By Donna Williams Lewis

By Carla Parker

“There’s always a message inside of my rap,” the Onstage, she often young performer said this sports a big, bushy Afro week. “It’s going to be posand huge colorful glasses. itive and kid-appropriate.

She hits the floor dancI like to have fun with my ing like that’s the only way raps. I let people know I’m she moves. still a kid.”

She’s only 12 years old, The northwest Atlanta she’s already has a CD out, resident, who goes to Kipp and her name is Knerd Ways Academy, wants to Star. (The K is silent.) use her music to encour“How the h word do age kids all over the world u get produced in the that they should be themsixth grade?” one person selves, stay in school, and commented after watchknow that being smart ing a Knerd Star video on is cool.

YouTube.

That, by the way, is Maybe it’s by beginwhere her stage name ning to rap at the tender comes from.

From “Hello Mr. Bully” age of 5 while just having “I knew I was good in If we came together fun with her uncles and school so I used ‘nerd.’ The We could do a lot better starting to write songs just K is just to be different,” All this bullying violence three years later. she said.

In every weather That’s the story of this Her latest song, “Hello We need to stop this rapper, model, songwriter Mr. Bully,” tells kids that Can’t go on forever and dancer, one of the bullying is not cool.

So I took the time performers scheduled Down the road, Knerd To write you this letter to strut her stuff at the Star sees herself as an – Knerd Star CrossRoadsNews 2011 “expand artist” who does Family & Back-to-School a wide variety of things in Expo on Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest. the entertainment field.

Knerd Star, whose real name is Chelsey “I feel like that is where I was meant to Page, is scheduled to hit the stage on the be,” she said. mall’s lower level at 2:45 p.m. She will perform music from her first CD, a two-song sampler that was released in June.

Follow Knerd Star online Already, Knerd Star has appeared on a n www.facebook.com/knerdstarfanpage local radio show, at local recreation centers, and in the Georgia’s Most Talented Kids n www.twitter.com/knerdstar competition to sing her trademark songs, n www.youtube.com/itschelseyTV “Knerd Swagg” and “She Wanna Be Me.”

Jabias “Da Kidd” Mitchell is one of the busiest 7-year-olds in show business.

The rapper/actor/dancer/model has been showing off his acting skills with appearances on two BET sitcoms – “Let’s Stay Together,” which airs in September, and “Read Between the Lines” with Malcolm Jamal Warner and Tracee Ellis Ross, which airs in October.

Jabias will show off his rapping skills when he performs his latest single, “Where They Do That At,” at CrossRoadsNews’ Family and Back-to-School Expo on Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest. He will be onstage at 1:30 p.m.

Besides acting, Jabias, who is home schooled in Mableton, has been preparing for an upcoming 25-city tour, “Stop Bullying, Stop the Violence,” with V-103 DJ Greg Street. The tour kicks off in Los Angeles in October. Jabias’ mother and manager, Elretha Mitchell, said he is excited about the tour.

“He is really excited about traveling with major artists and riding on the tour bus and airplane,” Mitchell said.

Jabias began performing in 2005 at the age of 4 when his mother entered him in the Great American Model & Talent Search at the Civic Center in Atlanta. From the group of 3,000 contestants, he emerged among the 260 who were picked to fly to Pittsburgh for a final selection.

Jabias made it among the 37 finalists and was signed on the spot with Babes N Beaus Atlanta Model/Talent Agency.

Since then he has appeared in stage plays, commercials and movies, including “The Blind Side,” for which Sandra Bullock won the best actress Oscar; “Stomp

Jabias “Da Kidd” Mitchell, who is preparing for a 25-city tour, will perform his latest single at 1:30 p.m. at the Aug. 13 expo at Stonecrest.

the Yard”; and “Lottery Ticket,” starring Bow Wow and Ice Cube.

He was also in “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” and a reality television show called “The Next Child Superstar.”

Jabias has showed off a few of his dance moves in a dozen music videos featuring Young Jeezy and one of his favorite rappers, Soulja Boy. He has more than 140 videos at www. youtube.com/jabiasmitchell.

For more information on Jabias, visit www.jabiasdakidd.com.

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On the Pamela Holmes YouTube Channel, Holmes demonstrates more than 100 recipes from her cookbook.

Realtor, marketer and expo emcee adds cookbook author to plate

By Donna Williams Lewis

On YouTube, Pamela Holmes cooks for the world, but to see her in person, you just have to show up at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo on Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest.

Holmes, who lives in Dunwoody, is the emcee. In between manning the mike and introducing acts, she will sign copies of her debut cookbook, “Soul Food Volume 1: The Basics.”

She is no stranger to the CrossRoadsNews Community Expos. This is her third one this year. “I think I have only missed one in the last two years,” she said.

But back to her latest venture. On the Pamela Holmes YouTube Channel, Holmes demonstrates more than 100 recipes from her book, which was published in June.

The videos started after her college-student nephews asked her to help them impress their girlfriends by sharing some recipes. One nephew, Kyle Coleman, recently graduated from Syracuse University and is working for Teach for America. He also is engaged to be married.

“So it works!” Holmes said.

She delights in showing lightened-up ways to cook dishes such as strawberry shortcake, collard greens and peach cobbler. Her potato salad recipe, for example, is heavy on the veggies and spices and light on the mayo.

Commenting that the potato salad was a hit in his or her household, “daynepapichulo” from New Zealand asked Holmes to do a video on how to cook chicken fried steak and gravy, writing: “I don’t know a good recipe as there is so many and no one to ask in my Country.”

Holmes said she would make the dish that very Sunday.

“MrBiscuit77” paid her an interesting compliment. “Generally I don’t trust thin cooks, but your food is OK.” She got a kick out of that, writing back:

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Emcee Pamela Holmes has been cooking since 9 year. She will also sign copies of her new cookbook at the Aug. 13 expo at the Mall at Stonecrest.

“You can be thin(nish) and cook and eat soul food. I opt for olive oil instead of shortening (or lard) and use far less butter than my parents but everything is still delicious. …”

Note to MrBiscuit77: Holmes also is thin(nish) because she “works out to eat.” She is an avid yoga practitioner who also walks five miles at a pop several times a week.

Holmes has been cooking for as long as she can remember.

“I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner at 9 years old.

My parents are from Mississippi and I have 10 brothers and sisters. We cooked every meal every day. There is no eating out with a family that size,” said Holmes, who still cooks every day. “My parents were exceptional cooks, but unfortunately because of the way they ate, they both suffered from severe cardiovascular disease with both eventually having massive strokes.”

This happened while she was working as a pharmaceutical sales representative selling treatments for high cholesterol and hypertension. “I decided then and there that I would treat my body differently. I started reinterpreting the meals I prepared with a healthy twist – lower fat, lower cholesterol.

That is what this book is all about. Our motto is ‘fast, healthy and delicious.’ ” Holmes, a Realtor, marketer, and single mother of a son and daughter, ages 13 and 8, is a busy woman.

Last November, she opened the Nappy Kitchen Salon and Store in her hometown of St. Louis run by her sister, Lana Coleman, which followed the February 2010 launch of her Nappy Hair Shop products for natural hair. She plans to open a chain of natural hair salons, with her eye on Atlantic Station as the spot for salon No. 2.

Federal workers to show off line dancing workout that keeps them fit

By Donna Williams Lewis

Catching exercise on your lunch break from work can be challenging.

Not so for some federal workers who break out into line dancing daily in a tunnel leading from the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center to the old Rich’s store in downtown Atlanta.

Every weekday at noon, about 30 to 35 people known as the SNAFC Tunnel Crew Line Dancers take to the tunnel for an hour’s worth of cardio fun.

They’ll walk, pivot and bounce at CrossRoadsNews’ 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo on Aug. 13 at the Mall at Stonecrest. They’re scheduled to take the stage at 1:15 p.m.

The group has performed at several federal agencies’ functions and connected with other local line-dancing groups.

The dances they have in store for the upcoming expo are the Zydeco Bounce, In the Line of Duty, and Summer Night Cha Cha, among others.

Melvin “Dr. Groovy” Cruver, an Environmental Protection Agency analyst, is the group’s administrator.

enjoy,” he said.

Cruver said he has lost 26 pounds in the year and a half he’s been with the group, whose members’ average weight loss has been from 10 to 30 pounds since the group started in October 2009. Blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are also down for some members.

Lead instructor Tamika Wright said she has lost three dress sizes since she joined the group a few months after it started.

“If you tell me I’m working out, I’m not going to do it,” said Wright, a contractor with the Navy. “But I like dancing.

It’s fun, and everybody enjoys each other’s company.”

Members range in age from about 35 to 60-plus, come from a variety of federal agencies, and include every level of dancers from the very experienced to folks who never learned The SNAFC Tunnel Crew Line Dancers will perform at 1:15 p.m. to do the Electric Slide.

There’s no cost, no need for a room in the building, no at the Aug. 13 expo at Stonecrest. major equipment needed ­– just some good music, a desire Line dancing at lunch “has been a lifesaver for me,” he to move, and maybe a change of clothes for the return to said. the desk.

“I don’t like going over to the gym and exercising in the That’s because these dancers are known to work up a health room. But I find this to be so exciting, something I sweat. “It can get like that on a good day,” Wright said.

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Conservatory marks 16 years

By Donna Williams Lewis

My, how time flies. It’s hard to believe, but the Conservatory of Dance is celebrating its 16th anniversary this month.

The dance school, which opened its door on Aug. 15, 1995, will mark the occasion with an open house noon to 3 p.m. on Aug. 6.

Special events are planned throughout the anniversary year.

On Aug. 13, its dancers will showcase some of their moves at the CrossRoadsNews Fam- Conservatory of Dance students will perform at 4:20 ily & Back-to-School Expo at p.m. at the Aug. 13 expo at Stonecrest. the Mall at servatory 16 years ago after teaching dance at Stonecrest.

Conservatory danc- the old South DeKalb Arts Center that used ers are regulars at the to be behind the Gallery at South DeKalb.

Over the years, the school has won nuexpos, which have been at the mall since 2006. merous awards and was invited more than They will be on the once to perform at Disney’s Magic Music Main Stage in front Days at the theme park in Orlando.

The Conservatory of Dance is at 2520 Michelle Douglas of Sears on the mall’s lower level at 4:20 p.m. Park Central Blvd. in Decatur. For more V. Michelle Douglas launched the Con- information, call 770-593-4600.

Lithonia’s Greta Prince is having to learn how to be a star.

The winner of the Essence Music Festival R&B Star search competition is finding that she’s being recognized when she’s out shopping at the Mall at Stonecrest or performing around town.

Greta Prince “It’s not something I’m used to,” Prince said. “It’s kind of scary, but it’s cool, too, and very flattering.”

That exposure will grow when she performs onstage at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family and Back-to-School Expo on Aug. 13 at Stonecrest. Prince is slated to appear at 3 p.m. on the Main Stage in front of Sears.

She learned Aug. 2 that Essence magazine plans to run its planned recap of the Music Festival in November. She is to be featured in that coverage.

Her winner’s title also included a record deal with a company to be determined.

Prince is now focused on her music, writing songs and lining up performances.

“I’m a lot busier now, and there are more performances, definitely,” she said.

She has performed at the Ultimate Bar & Grill at the Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur. She also sings at weddings, banquets and church functions. Last weekend, she appeared at Rockdale Auditorium for “An Evening of Jazz.”

The 2000 Redan High School graduate also sings on Sundays at her church, Hopewell Baptist Northeast in Grayson.

Prince sang her way to the top of the R&B Star competition during the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 1-3, performing Natalie Cole’s “Inseparable” and Whitney Houston’s “I Believe in You and Me.” She won the title with her rendition of Deniece Williams’ “Free” in front of 50,000 people at the Louisiana Superdome on July 3. At the end, Prince said Williams came onstage and sang with her.

You can find Prince under her name on YouTube and Facebook. Find her on Twitter as “MissGPrincess.”

Drill teams to showcase unity

Photos by Jennifer Ffrench Parker / CrossRoadsNews

The FOI Drill Team and the Vanguard Drill Team will showcase steps from their classes.

Some sharply dressed young people will be stepping in unison on Aug. 13 at the CrossRoadsNews 2011 Family and Back-toSchool Expo.

The men and women from the Nation of Islam Muhammad Mosque 15 in Atlanta will showcase some of the drills they do in manhood and womanhood classes to teach them to function as a unit.

The FOI Drill Team of men will take the stage at 12:15 p.m., and the female Vanguard

Drill Team will be onstage at 1:45 p.m.

David Muhammad, who coordinates the DeKalb Study Group of the Nation of Islam, said the drill is one of the disciplinary aspects of the Nation of Islam and that all students 16 years and older participate in drills.

“The men have to be clean-cut and welldressed,” he said. “There are no pants hanging below the waist, and the females are not immodestly dressed. They represent a high level of dignity and discipline.”

Muhammad, who is a student minister of the Nation of Islam, said drilling is part of the ongoing training at the mosque.

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