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Safe Summer Ends With Plenty of Music and Fun

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An event anticipated each summer, the Safe Summer Slam, the annual closing party held on August 11, did not disappoint, with plenty of music and activities that was an exciting night for Xtreme Teens of all ages. With everything from video games to inflatables, information booths and music, teens enjoyed their night at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex. The event, put on by the Maryland-National Capital Park Planning Commission and 93.9 WKYS, had live, local music, most of whom were teens, who all made the atmosphere in the Sports and Learning Complex like an indoor block party. Delante Massey, 12; Byron Lee,13; and Brandon Anderson, 13, were enjoying paper bag meals and surveying the activities they planned on doing afterwards. Massey planned on playing the inflatable basketball shootout game while Lee was looking forward to running up the huge inflatable spider web. They had all been to past Safe Summer events such as dance parties and were excited for the performances later. Teens could also get their face or bodies painted, take photo booth pictures with their friends or play “Just Dance.” There were also a number of booths with information about going to college, staying healthy and drug free (at the Prince George’s Health Department booth) and teens could meet the musical performers at the 93.9 booth. There were also representatives from the US Navy Seals where teens tested their agility through the push up and sit up challenges. Nadia Young, 12, and Brittani Murphy,12, were taking time to catch up with one another on the bleachers in the complex. They visited some of the booths already and got information about bullying. “Our friend is being bullied and we’re going to try and help her,” Young said. They were enjoying themselves at the party but had mixed feelings about going back to school, which they would have to do a short month away. “I sort of miss school,” Murphy added with a laugh. They enjoyed roaming the party the rest of the night. But, the most anticipated part of the evening started later, when the music performances began. Angie Ang and many other radio personalities from 93.9 hosted the night full of music including Keymace, Kid Flash, and Tray Chaney with the Beat Ya Feet dancers spreading the message of the benefits of reading. The three finalists of the Give Drugs a Bad Rap competition, Reginald Barrington (a.k.a. Jeeda), Michael Penn II (a.k.a. CRASHprez) and duo Jamal Washington and Terrence Odom (Kidd and Lamar) debuted their songs about being drug and alcohol-free, to the crowd, who voted for the contest winner. The winner of the $1,000 prize went to the R&B duo Kidd and Lamar. Lamar couldn’t be there to accept the prize, as he is at North Carolina A&T studying Computer Science. Kidd was very shocked by winning. “It’s great; it feels surreal,” he said. The two decided to enter the contest last minute, and the song took only around 3 hours to completely put together. “We had friends that got engaged in drugs and weed. We didn’t want people to go down that path,” Kidd said about why they were inspired to write their song. He also wanted to thank everyone involved in the contest, including his partner. The live music ended with a performance from the crowd-favorite, DMV rapper Shy Glizzy and his hit “Turn It Up.” Overall, the night was a successful safe end to an eventful summer. Combining the best of all safe summer events, the party was a great way to bring the season to a close and get ready for even more fun events during the school year!