Women turned on the style in Burngreave for the area’s biggest ever multicultural fashion and dance show.
More than 50 females from six different ethnic communities joined together for a unique display at Verdon Recreation Centre, Verdon Street.
The ladies-only event was organised by a group of local residents ‘Sister 2 Sister’ and funded by BNDfC to celebrate the best of African Caribbean, African, Arab, Somali, Pakistani and Black British fashion and dance.
Performances throughout the afternoon featured acts including the Sharara Girls, Energetic Young People and the SADACCA Women’s Group.
Arabic group Sahar Wal Farashat took part in the dance section of the show. Six women from the Nottingham Streetbased group performed a 20-minute routine for the audience.
Cornellia Scotthorne is the group’s leader, she said:
“The show was a fantastic afternoon of entertainment and unlike anything that has ever been staged in Burngreave before. Our performance was a very traditional Arabic dance, choreographed to incorporate a number of movements of Egyptian origin.”
Also on stage to showcase their fashion flair were the girls from Up 2 The Times clothes shop, on Infirmary Road. Five girls, all from Burngreave, modelled the shop’s range of Black British fashion wear.
Lorraine Johnson, from Up 2 The Times, said:
“Everyone really looked forward to performing at the show and the girls rehearsed very hard. We modelled a selection of clothes and the latest designs in jewellery and footwear.”
Visitors to the event were treated to a selection of food and music from around the world.