Alpha Kappa Alpha 'angels' entertain IMU crowd

Models for the Alpha Kappa Alpha annual fashion show stepped out in style Thursday before a packed audience in the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall. The show was a creative combination of trendy clothes, hot choreography and club music.\nMusic from Destiny's Child, Madonna, Jay-Z, Outkast and Mystikal was featured during and in between the fashion sets, which helped the audience get into the show. At one point, several members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity were out of their seats and dancing.\nThe models entertained and motivated the audience. It wasn't just the fun fashions the ladies were wearing that wowed the crowd; their choreographed moves made a simple fashion show more original. \n"They do the show every year and it gets better and better," senior Damon Meadows said.\nEach set consisted of several vibrant-colored outfits displayed in an imaginative way. The models came out, posed and then broke out into dance moves that fit well with the song and style of clothing.\nThe "Charlie's Angels" theme started the evening off with a bang. Striking the angels' poses as they came out, the models grooved down the runway to "Independent Women" by Destiny's Child while modeling fun club clothes. Each model displayed her own personal tastes and personality with the fashions she chose to wear.\nIncluded in the sets of clothes modeled were business wear, swim wear, lingerie, casual wear, accessories and evening wear. Each set incorporated a song and dance moves that reflected the mood of the clothing.\nThe evening was made unique by a surprise marriage proposal.\nJermaine Upshaw, a graduate student, proposed to Deana Brunson. During one of the breaks, members of the group SoulACE performed a song while Brunson was brought out. Moments later, Upshaw proposed, and Brunson accepted.\nLe Var Woods' performance and the African American Choral Ensemble were also highlights of the evening. The performances added to the event's excitement and originality.\nWoods recited two powerful poems. The emotion and effort put into each poem let the audience feel his energy radiating from within. \n AKA put on a creative and original show of which they should be proud. It was a show that highlighted many trends and fashions of women of all different styles. The shows should only get better in the years to come.