UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING AT 8:00 PM. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS INCLUDED. WE HAVE THAT WAVE RUSHING THROUGH. WILL NOT BE A DRAMATIC DROP OFF BUT THERE IS SOME RELIEF IN SIGHT. AS WE MOVE
INTO THE 80s THIS WEEK AND WE WILL HAVE GARDEN-VARIETY SHOWERS. THERE COULD BE RUMBLES OF THUNDER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF SUNDAY. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE FOX WORLD FORECAST FOR THE KICK OFF OF THE PATRIOTS GAME.
>>> THE BOSTON FREE PICNIC IS BACK. THIS YEAR THE GREATER BOSTON NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL IS FACING UP IN A HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPETITION. >> FASCINATING STUFF. JOIN IS NOW IN THE STUDIO IS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, EXPLAIN WHAT A STROLL OFF IS. THAT IS THE CENTER OF THE COMPETITION, WHAT IS THAT? >> A STROLL OFF IS WHERE INDIVIDUALS DANCE IN THE LINE
TO COORDINATED MUSIC. IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH MEMBER’S ORGANZATION. >> THERE IS A TON OF HISTORY WITH THE PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL IN BOSTON. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US >> THE DIVINE NINE IS THE
COUNCIL OF NINE HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES. >> THAT IS REALLY GOOD. >> WE ARE WATCHING SOME OF THE STROLL OFF HERE. WE WERE JOINED LIVE IN THE STUDIO WHO WILL BE
AT THIS EVENT FRIDAY. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING PEOPLE THAT ATTEND WILL GET OUT OF THE EXPERIENCE? >> I HOPE EVERYONE WILL ENJOY THE SHOW AND GET TO EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE WE HAVE AND ARE
RICH HISTORY TIED TO OUR ANCESTRAL ROOTS. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE WONDERFUL THINGS. >> YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN GREEK LIFE OR BE CONNECTED TO GREEK LIFE TO TAKE PART IN. YOU
HOPE TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY. >> WE WANT EVERYONE TO JOIN US. >> IF THERE IS DANCING INVOLVED, YOU DON’T WANT KATE. >> OR YOU, LIAM. YOU ARE WORSE THAN ME. >> THAT IS TRUE.
>> WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT DON’T HAVE RHYTHM. ALL ARE WELCOME, DEFINITELY. >> THE ORGANIZATIONS, I JUST KNOW THIS FOR MYSELF BEING IN A GREEK ORGANIZATION, PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND, THERE IS SO MUCH GIVING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY, SO MUCH PHILANTHROPY. DO YOU ALL BELIEVE IN THAT, AS WELL? YOU TAKE PART IN YOUR COMMUNITIES? >> ABSOLUTELY. GREATER BOSTON, NOT JUST THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE SOUTH SHORE, NORTH SHORE, METRO, WEST, 18 DIFFERENT
CHAPTERS A GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, FOOD PANTRIES, NEIGHBORHOO CLEANUPS, INTERNSHIPS, SERVICE THROUGHOUT ALL ASPECTS. >> THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. SO MANY PEOPLE THINK IT IS JUST A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OR YOU ARE
JUST FRIENDS HANGING OUT. YOU HAVE A MISSION GREATER THAN THAT. I LOVE THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY. I LOVE THAT YOU ARE SHARING WHAT YOU GUYS KNOW BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST HELPING THEM.
>> WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND TICKETS? >> TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE. IT IS THE BGP STROLL OFF. YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ON INSTAGRAM. YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH ALL OF US. JUST GO TO INSTAGRAMMING YOU CAN FIND
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