BangZ & Jaslene say “STAY IN SCHOOL!”
BangZ participated in this year’s annual “Stay in School” concert along with America’s Next Top Model, Jaslene Gonzalez, fashion brand, LOT29, Entertainers 4 Education Alliance (E4EA), New York’s #1 radio station, HOT 97, and educational resource, Catapult Online. The celebrity studded concert featured appearances and performances by Rev Run from MTV’s Run’s House, Lil Mama, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Lil Mo, Remy Ma, Papoose, Jason Fox, JD Williams, New York Knicks legend, John Starks, and more!
Leading apparel brand and co-sponsor of the “Stay in School” concert, LOT29, presented over 20 looks from their Fall/Winter 2007 collection. The fashion showcase was led by LOT29’s celebrity spokesmodel and America’s Next Top Model winner, Jaslene Gonzalez who is the first Latina to win the coveted title! BangZ’s Kim Howard and Jessica Lorelle did all hair styling and make-up for the models and dancers for the show AND they appeared along side Jaslene for her ABC.com Exclusiva video! Check out www.abcnews.go.com/exclusiva for the entire video!
While the spotlight was on the fashion show, celebrity performances and testimonials about the importance of education, we hope the overall message of the event will stay in the kids’ mind. “Approximately 7,000 students will drop out of school — per school day — nationwide,” says Tonya Lewis, Executive Director of E4EA. “The goal of this event was to raise awareness of the alarmingly high dropout rate in the United States and send a powerful message to over 2,500 New York inner city youth, encouraging them to make smart choices about their future and to stay in school.”
The “Stay in School” concert took place on Wednesday, October 17th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.
Filed under: BangZ in the Press, Events on November 7th, 2007
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