Students create wax museum

“Awesome!” That was the most often heard comment at Grand Junction Elementary School’s Black History Month program. Entitled The African American Black History Wax Museum, the program starred the school’s third grade classes.
There was a formal program featuring Dr. Sandra Cheairs and Jonathan Blanchard. There were trivia questions. There was music. Funk, soul, and Negro spirituals were performed by Jonathan Blanchard and the Usual Suspects. Yes, it was an interesting program but there was no doubt the stars in the gym on Friday, Feb. 26 were the third grade tudents.
Close to 30 strong, each in costume. They were arranged in rows. A red “button” taped to the floor at their feet. Posed still. They played the role of “wax figures”. Each represented an important, famous African American from the past or the present. Some entertainers such as Denzel Washington, Diana Ross, Billy Holliday, and Will Smith. Others  represented sports stars, for instance Jesse Owens and Michael Jordan. There were civil rights activists and political figures, Rosa Parks, Colin Powell, and Martin Luther King were examples.

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