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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 19 OctOber 2019
Dave Matthews reacts to getting Rock

Hall nomination

This image from video taken on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
shows Laura Lyle participating in the 2nd annual “Gigi’s
Playhouse Fashion Show” in New York.
Associated Press
Fashion show lets Down

syndrome models strut

their stuff

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — One model sashayed down the
This May 4, 2019 file photo shows Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band performing at the runway with a leather jacket and a guitar, basking in
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans.
Associated Press applause from the crowd. Another danced and strut-
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. ment of his life exciting, es- they were tired of playing ted in a multicolored bomber coat.
A toddler had a little help with her modeling turn,
Associated Press pecially with the release of "boring" games. A month holding on to an adult as she wore a peach outfit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave the board games he cre- later, he invented the with a tutu. And another young woman wore a leop-
Matthews is having a hard ated with Brian Calhoun, board game. It ended up ard coat over a T-Shirt with the message: “Go Love
time imagining his band be- a longtime friend and busi- becoming popular through Yourself.”
ing included on the same ness partner. The singer-gui- grassroots efforts with the Though New York’s Fashion Week wrapped more than
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame list tarist said they got into the help of Matthews. a month ago, there was plenty of fierce fashion at the
as other musical icons such board game business to "It was probably a year of second annual “Gigi’s Playhouse Fashion Show” on
as Whitney Houston. create a product to bring just our friends and fami- Wednesday, an event that allows young people with
The Dave Matthews Band families and friends togeth- lies playing without talking Down syndrome to share their talent.
frontman said their recent er with the hopes of putting about commercializing," Gigi’s Playhouse is a national education and achieve-
nomination for the Hall's their cell phones down. said Calhoun, who made ment center that prepares young people with Down
2020 class was unexpected "So if the end of times high-end acoustic guitars syndrome, from infants to teens, to engage more fully
and a "little bit insane." He comes, not saying that it's for musicians including Mat- in their homes, schools and communities. Eileen Mc-
said he feels honored to going to happen, but if it thews, Brandi Carlile, Keith Clary, an associate for the New York chapter and
be amongst music's elite does happen and all of Urban and Jason Mraz. "I director of the fashion show, said the event was an
while promoting his newly- our phones die, we can mean, he joked it's going to effort to let its members be advocates for the center.
launched board games play Chickapig," Matthews be the next Monopoly. But “I think it’s clear from all of the models that it was a
called Chickapig and 25 joked. "We won't be com- this game was just this fun wild success, and it kind of blends the two intersec-
Outlaws . pletely lost." thing that brought people tions of my life, which are philanthropy and fashion,”
"It's a real honor," Matthews Chickapig is being dubbed together in the early days." she said.
told The Associated Press a lightly strategic social Much like his guitars, Cal- Laura Lyle, 16, one of the models, was beaming after
on Wednesday. "Even if chess game that features houn custom-made the the show.
they stick us in a holding chicken-pig hybrids that board game pieces in his “It was really fun. I loved walking down, showing ev-
pen for a few years, that's attempt to maneuver past Virginia-based guitar shop. erybody the outfits, and I feel like we’re making a dif-
OK. Just to get on that list. hay bales and a pooping "You don't expect when ference,” she said.
I can't believe I'm on a list cow. The game is designed your friend glues wood to- Malik Jabbar, 15, who modeled last year, said some
with Whitney Houston, Mo- for people aged above 4. gether in his basement, of the participants may have found their next calling.
torhead and T. Rex. That's 25 Outlaws is based on pok- rolls over to your house and “We walked down the aisle, we see beautiful faces,
pretty awesome." er, but with a "Wild West" have invented this game," and the smiles on (all of) us,” he said. “In the future,
The seven-member band twist. This game is more suit- said Matthews, who drew we’ll all become the next top 10 models.”
is among 16 acts nominat- ed for younger adults and the box cover art for 25 Out- An after-party helped raise money for the chapter.
ed, a list that also includes older players since they are laws, which was named by While there were lots of hands needed to put on the
Soundgarden, The Doobie tasked with trying to elimi- this 12-year-old son at the event, including Gigi’s Playhouse staff, Bloomingda-
Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, nate rival outlaw gangs. time. Matthews believes le’s and volunteers, McClary said seeing all the happy
Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Ru- Both games are current- their board games can faces on the catwalk and in the audience made it all
fus featuring Chaka Khan, ly on sale in major retail thrive in a growing industry. worth it.
Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, stores. Calhoun also has a "It's maybe not what it once “It just shows the power and just involvement of this
MC5 and Todd Rundgren. children's book called "Lit- was, but it's growing be- (Down syndrome) community, and I can’t wait to do
The 35th annual induction tle Joe Chickapig," which cause people like to hang more things with them,” she said. “To me, it’s one of
ceremony will take place is seeded from the Chick- out with each other. And the most inspiring things that you could ever be a part
May 2 in Cleveland, Ohio. apig board game. often, when we put our of. ... All of these models are some of the happiest
The official inductees will Calhoun, a popular guitar phones down, we're not as people I’ve ever come in contact with. And if you
be announced earlier in maker, came up with the practiced at hanging out ever want to feel joy like I think this entire store felt
January. Chickapig concept in 2013 with each other. So this is a tonight, you can be a part of this.”q
Matthews called this mo- after family and friends said way to just hang out."q