Cafe` Delta

October has always been an extremely busy month in my life. From midterms to homecomings to birthday parties, and the struggle to try to save money instead of spending it because I'm usually trying to travel for the holidays, I've always been a busy bee during this time.

Recently, I have found ways to spend money that I can justify to myself, and that's on some fun activities (including a cruise in January- YAY!). On Thursday, October 7th, I visited the campus of the Univ of Tampa for an "open-mic" type night hosted by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. For a donation and a few bucks, I got a great show.

I'm not usually a fan of spoken word and poetry, so I was happy to see that the performers brought more to the event than those men-bashing, self-proclaiming poets that I run away from! As each performer was announced to come to the front, an artist made a drawing of each of the performers in her own unique way. As far as the performers go: some fraternity guys did a rendition of one of their organization's songs, one guy played the guitar and sang, there was a dance performance, a rap performance, an "I hate BET" poem, and much more. My favorite was the guy who read a children's book and made us participate by saying "choo choo" and chugging our arms like we were train conductors. It was silly, but fun.

There were, however, two poems that did some male-bashing and talk of the "other woman". I hate that stuff!  I don't want to hear about how you are better than the other woman because he's still with you.....blah blah... It's really annoying!

On the sunny side of things, two singers sung inspirational songs about strength and beauty. I thought these songs were very fitting to the environment we were in. It's highly important, this day in age, to remind ourselves about the importance of inner beauty and the power in loving oneself. Yes, easier said than done, but I'm sure the message through those songs was received by someone who needed it that night.

It was a very chilly night for Tampa...heck I even had a scarf on, so you would think the packed house and free hot chocolate is what kept me warm. But, I would have to say the warmth of the spirits in the crowd and the postitiveness in the performances (minus the male-bashing) is what blanketed the room and reminded me that amidst all the negativity in our world, there is beautiful energy that can still bring people together.

Great job Delta Sigma Theta!