ACS Kings & Queens: Meet & Greet

Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by admin in Events

Event: ACS Kings & Queens: Meet & Greet
Date: Friday 26th February
Location: Southbank University
Time: 7pm

Months of preparation and preliminaries lead to the penultimate stage of the ACS Kings & Queens event, the Meet and Greet. On Friday we had the opportunity to see the entrants face to face for the first time and were very impressed with the professional approach they brought to the night.

Accompanied by the design and choreography courtesy of Dynasty PR, all 24 King & Queens from the 12 respective Universities had a short but substantial amount of time to wow the judges and the audience with personality, poise and pertinence.

The entrants did an amazing job sporting varied outfits and making great use of the “catwalk” with their own style and form of interaction between each other ranging from Brunel King Dare on bended knee putting a ring on Brunel Queen Serina, to the debonair and dapper coat tail suit worn by Loughborough King Ola, to the impressive Egyptian choreography via Roehampton King & Queen, Joshua & Kyla.

It was an entertaining section for all those in attendance who included judges Mary Bello from Flavour Magazine, 2009 ACS Queen Candice Lemonius and Clothes Designer Patrick Kevin as well as CEOs & Representatives of Forreduci, Dionne Gooding Footwear, Grace Foods and Xcel malt. ACS Kings and Queens are known for exhibiting the cultural beauty of the African-Caribbean society both mentally and physically in all its diversity, without diluting its essence. Yet Friday wasn’t just about the ACS entrants, it was also about the numerous sponsors and foundations that the ACS have supported.

Prior to the entertainment, founders from the SFM Foundation, African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) & Sickle-Cell Society spoke in detail about the lengths and depths they took to help our African Caribbean youth. It was an educational and inspiring portion of the event aimed to give us a better understanding of the work that’s being done to shape the world in our favour as the next generation.

This year’s eventual winners will be obliged to do voluntary work for the Sickle Cell Society and various other charitable organisations that support the African Caribbean Community. One of those includes “Free The Child” (www.freethechild.org.uk) who serve and support underprivileged and abused children and young people in the UK and various parts of Africa.

First was the judging however, and after the intense and thorough voting system on www.pbleepd.com, it was up to the entrants outside of the Top 8 couples to make an impression on the judges. Was the choreography delivered well? Were the entrants confident? Was effort put into complimenting their outfits? All these questions were answered as final 8 University couples were revealed.

Final 8

Bedfordshire – King Isaac & Queen Nicholette
Birmingham - King Dami & Queen Yinka
Brunel – King Dare & Queen Serina
Hertfordshire – King Peter & Queen Bukola
Kent – King Ayo & Queen Tatiana
Kingston – King Jeffrey & Queen Charissa
Roehampton – King Joshua & Queen Kyla
Southbank – King Nathan & Queen Jade

Congrats to the final 8 couples as well as the ACS Kings & Queens Staff who put on a great event.The main event is 3 months from now, who will reign as 2010’s ACS King & Queen?