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Entertainment at the Acropolis
The 2010 President's Scholarship Ball, "An Evening at the Acropolis" will be the premier event in the Magic City. Prepare to be amazed at the extraordinary talents of our students. Their skills will be showcased in the areas of music, dance and the arts. The neon lights of Broadway will shine bright at the Acropolis.
To make this event spectacular, we have recruited veteran journalist Roy Hobbs and Milean and local rhythm and blues singer Jaafar. Find out more about them below.
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Acropolis Announcer - Roy Hobbs
 ABC 33/40's Roy Hobbs will be Acropolis announcer. Roy Hobbs brings a wealth of experience to the weekend anchor desk at ABC 33/40. He is a veteran who has covered stories ranging from the Challenger disaster to the O.J. Simpson trial.
While Roy comes to Birmingham after a year as the morning anchor at the NBC affiliate in Kansas City, he has spent much of his career in the south and was eager to move to Birmingham. He previously anchored the number one morning newscast during his three years in Nashville and he spent six years as the 5:00 anchor at the FOX affiliate in Atlanta. During that tenure, his newscast was one of the highest rated in the country.
Roy has received five emmy awards and numerous nominations. He is a longtime member of the National Association of Black Journalists and helped found the Houston chapter. He has also served as Vice President of the Nashville chapter and President of the Atlanta chapter.
In 2001 he joined a group of Black Journalists on a mission to Kenya to discuss Freedom of the press at the invitation of east African Black Journalists and the Kenyan Government.
Roy loves to be involved in the community by speaking to students at area schools as well as churches and orther community groups. He has a large collection of comic books and records, enjoys movies and of course covering the news of the day.
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Entertainment - Jaafar
 Jaafar embraces his struggle as a testament to how faith can overcome. Through his music, Jaafar expresses both the joys and pain relationships and love can bring. Born October 8, 1985 in Birmingham, Alabama, Jaafar was faced with the difficulties of sometimes even being without water and electricity. Jaafar lived through painful years of family turmoil by writing poetry, singing in his baptist church choir, and singing/playing in local bands. As he grew older, time got even tougher, culimnating on a later November night in 2007 when he survived a near-fatal car accident. Since then he has overcome the woes and pain of relationships to record and perform his real life struggle on stage. After hooking up with former bandmate "Slick" of So Fo Real Productions, Jaafar established his niche in the soul music industry with his release "Travel Light", summarized by Jaafar as his "life in 13 tracks."
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