Circle City Classic kicks off

Eric: IT'S A GREAT ANNUAL
TRADITION, THE CITY CIRCLE
CLASSIC.
IT KICKS OFF TODAY.
24 HOUR NEWS 8' ADRIENNE
BROADDUS HAS A LOOK AT A NUMBER
OF THE ACTIVITIES CENTERED
AROUND THIS CELEBRATION.
Reporter: ERIC, I CAN TELL
YOU THE EXCITE CONTINUES TO
BUILD, THE FIRST OF MANY PLANNED
ACTIVITIES KICKS OFF HERE IN
ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
IT'S THE CLASSIC PRAISE AND
WORSHIP SERVICE TAKING PLACE
HERE.
THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY STREAM
OF PEOPLE COMING IN THE PAST
HOUR.
WHEN WE SHOWED UP THERE WAS
ACTUALLY A LINE FORMING OUTSIDE
OF THE DOOR.
NEVERTHELESS, WHAT STARTED AS A
FOOTBALL GAME HAS EVOLVED INTO
SO MUCH MORE.
INDEED, A BIG DRAW FOR THE
CLASSIC IS THE ENTERTAINMENT.
FROM CONCERTS TO COMEDIANS.
BIG NAMES ARE COME TOGETHER
CIRCLE CITY, INCLUDING WENDY
RAQUEL ROBINSON.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW HER AS TASHA
MACK FROM "THE GAME."
IT WILL SUPPORT ACHIEVEMENT
WHILE SHOWCASING ACHIEVEMENT AND
TRADITION OF AMERICA'S
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
THIS IS A CAUSE THAT ROBINSON
SAYS SHE SUPPORTS.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON
TREMENDOUSLY.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE AREN'T ABLE TO AD
COLLEGE, SO SCHOLARSHIPS AND ANY
ASSISTANCE WE CAN DO.
AND BRINGING AWARENESS AND
GETTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
EMPOWERED AND ENROLLED TO GO TO
COLLEGE AND CONTINUE THEIR
EDUCATION, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
Reporter: AND THIS YEAR
EXPO'S PRESIDENT SAID THEY GAVE
OUT A RECORD NUMBER OF
SCHOLARSHIPS.
$196,000.
THAT IS THE MOST THEY'VE EVER
GIVEN OUT IN CLASSIC'S 29-YEAR
HISTORY.
THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH CUMMINS
WHO WILL PROVIDE SEVEN
SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS AS WELL
AS PAID INTERNSHIPS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITIES
PLANNED WILL GO TO PROVIDE
SCHOLARSHIPS.
GRANTED THE CONCERT AND CHURCH
SERVICE HERE TONIGHT IS FREE,
BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER
ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND.
REPORTING LIVE ON THE CITY'S
WEST SIDE, ADRIENNE BROADDUS,
24 HOUR NEWS 8.
Eric: AND FOR ALL OF THOSE
ACTIVITIES WE ARE YOUR CLASSIC
CONNECTION.
24 HOUR NEWS 8 HAS YOUR PREVIEW
OF WHAT IS TO COME THIS WEEKEND.
WATCH MY INDY TV CHANNEL 23
TOMORROW NIGHT STARTING AT 7:30,
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE CITY