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Expo Schedule for BBX 2005

(Dates/Times May Change!)

September 22, 2005  Vendor Networking Workshop @ Urban League Worksource Center, 2900 Crenshaw

October 13, 2005 Expo Gala, Community Build, Leimert Park 6-9, PM (Invitation only)

October 15, 2005  BBX2005 March on Crenshaw  (Get your Business Signs Ready!)  March with us to Promote the Expo!  (Massive flyer distribution effort.)

Thursday, October 27:  EXHIBITORS MOVE IN!

Friday, October 28, 2005

8:00 AM - 3 PM Youth Summit, Upstairs Seminars Room and Main Stage

8:30 AM- 9AM Continental Breakfast

9 AM:  Expo Opening Ceremonies/Press Conference, Tastin' Black Culture Food Court

Meet the sponsors, entrepreneurs and coordinators of the 2004 Expo

Wendy Raquel Robinson, Expo Celebrity Spokesperson to MC

Noon:  Expo Opens  Noon til 8 PM all three days

            Youth Summit Main Stage

1:30-3:30:  Black Enterprise Magazine

7 PM:  Urban Idol Finals

Saturday, October 29, 2005: 

8:30 AM til 6 PM:  LABBETS Business Institute, Upstairs Free Seminars (unless otherwise noted)

Rivers Run Deep Education Conference

 

Actress and business owner Wendy Raquel Robinson, MC’s the opening ceremonies. She is celebrity Spokesperson of the Expo

Noon:  Doors Open

1PM:  Main Stage:  West Coast Black Music Festival, live acts all day

2 PM:  Health and Fitness Stage Sponsored by Secure Horizons for Pacific Care

     6 PM:  West Coast Fashion Show "Coolture 2005" (Get there early!)

     5:15 PM:  West Coast Fashion Show, Main Stage

Sunday, Oct. 30:  Noon:  Show Opens

Noon til 6 PM  Main Stage -- West Coast GospeLive with KJLH 102.3 FM

7 PM Fantasy Hair Competition, Main Stage

Hair Show, Center Stage

Hair Business Seminars, Seminar Level

Health and Fitness Stage, Sponsored by Secure Horizons

Ongoing: 

Secure Horizons Health And Fitness Pavilion and Stage, Coordinated by Sharon Edwards

Hair Show, Center Stage, Coordinator:  Doris Mosely

Labbets Business Institute, Upstairs Seminar Level, Coordinator LaSandra Stratton

Kids Worlds (Main floor):  Alberta McCoy

Tastin' Black Culture Food Court Sponsored by Lawry's Foods, Coordinated by Veronica Shealy

Featuring: Shabazz, Derrick's Jamaican Cuisine, Coley's, Dulan's, African Food Nest, Watts Coffee House, and Dubble Dip Ice Cream

All Beverages provided by the Convention Center (Their rules!)

Autoland, Sponsored by Felix Chevrolet and Cadillac

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