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Lexington, KY
2376 Sir Barton Way
Lexington, KY 40509
859.253.0621
National’s presence in Lexington can be traced through its predecessors, Fugazzi College, begun in 1915, and Kentucky College of Business, founded in 1941. In April, 2006 the campus moved to a new, spacious 30,000 square-foot campus in Hamburg Place. Fourteen lecture classrooms, five computer labs, plus medical and surgical technology labs are situated on 5.2 acres. The campus includes National's only broadcasting studio, home of its Radio and TV diploma and degree programs.
Campus News & Events
Fantasy Weddings Comes True
About four months ago at a Fantasy Book Club meeting, Amanda Wintz, a Radio and Television Broadcasting student at the Lexington campus, suggested that club members should begin reading the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer because the fourth and final book would be released in August. After Amanda’s enthusiastic summary of the books, everyone agreed to start reading the series.
The group then decided to celebrate the final book release with a wedding reception theme for main characters Bella and Edward. The club sent out casting calls to drum up support for the “wedding reception.” They then held auditions for most of the main characters in the books and practice began. Amanda, along with fellow student Justin Witt, created scripts from the first three books and then wrote a scene foretelling what they thought might happen at the wedding - Jacob interrupting. They were so on target. Pictured are the two main characters of the Twilight Series, Justin Witt, National College student playing the part of Edward Cullen, and Kayla Perkins, playing Bella Swan.
The event was held on Friday, August 1st and turned into a fundraiser for the Lexington Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. The party started at 8:00 but continued through the night with an all night read-a-thon. Several participants came dressed in proper reception attire include several girls in wedding gowns. To raise money, participants at the reception could pay a dollar to dance with “Edward” and the rest of the cast.
Media friends, the Lexington Herald Leader, Winchester Sun, and WKYT Channel 27 supported the event prior to and during the event. The club also got the word out through MySpace, Face Book, the Fayette Mall, and Meetup.com. It was a huge success with almost 150 people in attendance. The following people played various roles in the production of the event:
Amanda Wintz played the part of Irina and acted as producer of the play; Justin Witt played the part of Edward Cullen; Kayla Perkins (14 year old local actress and model) played the part of Bella; Steve Hayes played the part of Jacob Black; Claire Stuart played the part of Rosalie Hale; Derek Carpenter played the part of Emmett Cullen; Sara Florence played the part of Alice Cullen; Blake Barnett played the part of Jasper Hale; Chelsea Sligh played the part of Angela Weber; Angela King played the part of Renee Dwyer; Sandra Grimes (student) played the part of Esme Cullen; AJ Derosi played the part of Carlisle Cullen; Bill Gray (Radio and Television Broadcasting Director) played the part of Charles Swan; Cynthia Brinegar (student) played the part of Jane; Cody Hardman (student) played the part of Ben; Tena Varney (Career Center Director) planned and prepared the events for the night with the help club members Michelle Mullins, Melissa Laudermilt, Monica Dowell, and Dana Millan.
The entire cast is pictured above
