BCR Spring Break 2008 Events Flyers
Update on events happening during Black College Reunion 2008
BCR in Daytona Beach activities update
Bama Hip Hop and Atlanta’s NDa’Game Entertainment will be at The Bandshell April 4-5th with a beach party and showcase event. This event will be offered in conjunction with the Collegiate Events Task Force.
There is opportunity for performers in the Hip Hop, R&B genres and food and merchandise vendors!!
The deadline for talent and vendors is April 1st. Interested persons should contact bamahiphop@yahoo.com or call 256-282-0799
Black College Reunion (BCR) an annual event hosted by the Daytona Beach Collegiate Events Task Force will be held April 4 – 6, 2008 at the Oceanfront Bandshell. This year’s event will offer various activities, information booths and vendors in order to give visitors and the community a chance to have fun, get some food and obtain information on health disparities in the African American community. The Task Force will launch its new Black College Reunion campaign entitled “The New BCR – 2008 Spring Fest.”
On Friday, March 29, 2008, 3:30 p.m. at the Plaza Spa & Resort (Room: Plaza B) 600 N. Atlantic Ave., the Daytona Beach Collegiate Events Task Force will host a press conference. BCR sponsors and partners include: The City of Daytona Beach, Plaza Spa & Resort, Brighthouse Networks, Jon Hall Chevrolet, Pepsi, International Speedway Corp., Florida Department of Health – Office of Minority Health, the Volusia County Health Department, Infinite Impact (Impact Movement) and Atlanta’s NDa’ Game Entertainment.
For the full press release – Click Here
BCR Daytona 2008 Update
Here is a small update on information I have received from the City of Daytona regarding this year’s Black College Reunion. So far, the only confirmed event planned by the city will be the 2008 Collegiate Events located at the Daytona BandShell on April 4 – 6, 2008.
Daytona BandShell
Location: Atlantic Avenue (A1A) & Earl Street.
For those interested in vending during BCR you will need to contact the Cultural Services Division (386)-671-8250. You will need to submit your application no later than 30 days before the event.
Black Spring Break 2008 – Daytona Beach
The scheduled date for Black College Reunion a/k/a BCR a/k/a Black Spring Break in Daytona Beach is April 4 – 6, 2008. Make sure you get your hotel reserved ASAP!
Black College Reunion: History
Black College Reunion began at Bethune-Cookman, where students in 1984 organized a spring party to celebrate their fall football rivalry with students at Florida A&M University. The event eventually grew to more than 150,000 students and was marred by controversy, including violence, discrimination and clashes with police.
In recent years, however, crowds have dropped, in part because of the growing popularity of other spring-break gathering places but also because of efforts by the city to control the drinking, loud music and massive traffic jams that used to characterize the event.
At its peak back In 2001, The Black College Reunion generated $145 million in economic activity for the Daytona Beach, Fla., region, according to an economist’s studies.
The three-day event, which brought as many as 100,000 spring breakers from historically Black colleges across the nation, also supported the equivalent of 3,500 year-round jobs, economist Mark Soskin said.
