Southern Tradition

Says Wikipedia:

"Freaknik was an annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, primarily of students from historically black colleges and universities. Begun in 1982 as a small picnic, it was initially sponsored by The DC Metro Club and was typically held during the third weekend in April to coincide with the schools of the Atlanta University Center's Reading Day. The event increased in size and popularity in the 1990s with dancing, drinking, parties, a basketball tournament, rap sessions, a film festival and a job fair. Atlantans' reception of the festival was mixed. In its heyday, the fest attracted upwards of 250,000 revelers to the city. Many residents attended and enjoyed Freaknik, and others complained about traffic congestion due to street parties. City leaders eventually took measures to curtail Freaknik's accessibility, and hence its popularity. As a result, Freaknik moved to Memorial Drive in Dekalb County then Daytona Beach, Florida."

To me, it was an annual reason for our family to, once again, avoid the crowded streets of traffic-laden Atlanta and enjoy the inner warmth of suburbia. For Hannah, it was an event personified by a t-shirt brought back to her, as a gift, by her Father's magical paralegal/co-worker, Lesilie.

Either way, here is the modern form known by us. Yesssss, the South!