Silver Spring, MD (03/20/09)--With nine designers, 20 models, about 90 outfits and over four months of practice, tonight’s annual FasXion show will transform the auditorium into Bryant Park during New York City’s Fashion Week.

Although the theme was announced prior to the show in past years, the club members have decided to further the anticipation by keeping the it a secret. Says sophomore Designer President Brooke Mellish, "We have an all-new theme this year, different than every other year…[we] all thought it was an important aspect of the fashion world that FasXion (pronounced "Fashion X") has not recognized yet."

The club has worked with the community to incorporate many new aspects into the show. Between acts, Blake’s Vurci Crew will be performing choreographed dances, commentary will introduce each scene and the Blake technical crew will employ innovative lighting techniques. "It will look like more than a high school fashion show," says Mellish. "Anyone who has been to a FasXion show knows that it is much more than that."

For the models and designers, the show will be a celebration of the hard work and long practices that have been essential to the show’s success. Says Model President Janjay Davis, "The hardest thing…is having patience and not losing your mind or sanity because being with 20 different girls with 20 different attitudes; you have to be really patient and open to everything."

However, neither the models nor the designers will be able to relax until the lights dim and the music starts. "It’s that adrenaline rush that keeps me working so hard," says Mellish, "because backstage, you can finally realize the night you’ve been waiting for all year is here and it feels like a real fashion show, maybe better."

Adds sophomore model Kemi Olowoofayoku, "I am most excited for the first time I go out on the runway. I can’t wait to hear all of the screams and claps coming from my friends and family."

If you have not purchased your tickets already, tickets will be sold at the door for $10 each before the show starts at 7:30 pm.