OTC's Black History Showcase Kicks Off Feb. 17

CONTRIBUTED BY OPELIKA THEATRE COMPANY

OPELIKA —

The second annual Black History Showcase produced by NAACP-Act/So, R.E.A.C.H. Ministries and Opelika Theatre Company (OTC) kicks o ff this weekend, Feb. 17 through 19, with an amazing local and national talent lineup.

The lineup for Friday night features Opelika native Brandon Dewuan, along with dancers from Make Your Move Performing Arts, master tapper Danielle Pierce from Memphis, Tennessee, Jackie Jones, Rosalyn Thomas and a special skit written by Lynda Morris with Novelette Seroyer, Beatrice Allen and Ella Howard that will be performed all three shows. Saturday will be a jam-packed day. Donald Frison, nationally acclaimed choreographer, performer and current resident choreographer for West Coast Black

Theatre Troupe, will be conducting a special free workshop for kids ages 6 to 18 in the community. The workshop will be from noon until 3:30 p.m. All the kids participating in the workshop will be able to perform with Frison at the Saturday

When her aunt and uncle, Celeste and Barry Dorman, attended Mardi Gras with Baysinger’s entire family in Louisiana several years ago, her uncle became smitten with the celebration.

“After he was in- volved in it for the first time, he loved it so much that he brought it back to Auburn and started a group that became Krewe De Tigris,” Baysinger said.

Over the years, Krewe