Thousands of CIAA Fans Spend the Day Partying

While many are just heading out to parties tonight for the CIAA tournament, thousands are recuperating after spending the day, partying.

We checked out the popular trend to see what all of the hype is about.

Tramayne Simmons with Blue Goose Entertainment says, “People come from Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, what you experience here you just don’t get even with All Star Week-end.”

Not even 3 o’clock and the party was jumping here at Strike City at the Epicenter.

“I like day parties because you get older crowd not kids. Everybody want to have a good time enjoy themselves,” says Ricky Douglas of Rock Hill.

“And there’s no drama, everybody’s here to have fun,” says his wife Tia.

The Douglas’ among thousands who attend popular day parties during CIAA.

“They increase every year, people like to come out during the day more than the night right now,” says Kelvin Pratt of Blue Goose Entertainment.

One group pre-sold 600 tickets to this day party at Strike City. At the Epicenter, dozens of clubs hosted events all day.

We’re told venues could make up to 50,000 from day parties alone. And you can tell from the music, dancing, and fun it’s all about having a good time.

And it was a steppin good time at the Charlotte convention center CIAA step show step-off.

Participants traveled from across the US to participate in the step show event.

Including my nephew who along with his church One Love, put on this mime presentation to kick off the show.