Not even a winter weather advisory false alarm could keep the devastating divas of Delta Sigma Theta from tearing the club up for their centennial (that’s 100th anniversary) Saturday night at EXO! I knew the party was going to be crackin’ when I had to park at the Sunshine Chop Suey…yes, the one next to the Bistro. But when I could hear the ooo-ooop (sp?) echoes from inside my car, with the windows rolled up and my iPod blasting and saw how the area between Locust and Washington had transformed into what could only be described as “the million red blazer march,” I was clued in as to how turned up the DST ladies were. You only turn 100 once, and the Deltas did not take it lightly! It was so packed up in the EXO that I couldn’t even see all of the folks who came through to kick it with the Deltas. But I did manage to exchange greetings with three of my favorite Deltas – Angela Brown (of Live Nation), Lawanda Hall and Trina Claggett. But everyone else will have to just forgive me for not shouting you out personally and accept this universal love! The scene was like an HBCU/Greek reunion party with folks of all ages representing their respective organizations. But don’t get it twisted it was all about the Deltas! They were stomping so hard as they strutted through the upstairs that I was scared for dear life they would mash clean through the EXO’s hardwood floors. And when the clock struck twelve for the official Founder’s Day, let me just say that the folks who partied like it was 1999 ringing in the Y2K wish they could have welcomed the new millennium. The whistles, the chants, the hugs, the love…it was great to see!
