All smiles/ Eight-month-old Henry Tidwell was all smiles last Saturday as he and his mother, Whitney Tidwell, took in the sights and sounds at the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

A ‘Down Home’ good time/ Music, food, entertainment and fun were the key ingredients last Saturday for the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. Hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the free event, hosted by the Elegba Folklore Society to celebrate African-American folk life. Wincie James and Wesley Lewis, left, share stories with friends Sharon Spencer, seated left, and Ruby Peete. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

A ‘Down Home’ good time/ Music, food, entertainment and fun were the key ingredients last Saturday for the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. Hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the free event, hosted by the Elegba Folklore Society to celebrate African-American folk life. Sonya Eldridge and Andrena Graves are brought to their feet by the music. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

A ‘Down Home’ good time/ Music, food, entertainment and fun were the key ingredients last Saturday for the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. Hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the free event, hosted by the Elegba Folklore Society to celebrate African-American folk life. Drummer and vocalist Jah Baba, above, blends African rhythms and jazz during his performance. Originally from Nigeria, the musician said he now moves between the music scene in the United States and in Benin. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond/Dominic Baah is one of thousands of Virginia Commonwealth University students who spent Saturday moving into campus dorm rooms. The transfer student from Leesburg had the moral support of his 3-year-old brother, Todd Johnson, as he set up his belongings in his new residence hall on West Grace Street. The student move-in at VCU mirrored similar activity this month at Virginia Union University and the University of Richmond as new and continuing students prepared for the start of classes. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond/Noah McKay, 11, of Charlotte, N.C. and Desmond Baah, 17, provided the muscle to move a big suitcase and a large box filled with shoes, clothes and other essentials for student life. The student move-in at VCU mirrored similar activity this month at Virginia Union University and the University of Richmond as new and continuing students prepared for the start of classes. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Dragonfly in West End (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Green Dragons celebrate golden reunion/ Gail Lipscomb enjoys herself at last Sunday’s cookout for the Maggie L. Walker High School Class of 1969 during their 50th reunion weekend. The reunion committee organized three days of events that included a tour of the old high school on Lombardy Street; a class photo taken at the statue of Maggie Walker on Broad Street in Downtown; dinner and dancing at a Henrico hotel last Friday and Saturday; a candle lighting ceremony to remember deceased classmates; and a worship service at St. Peter Baptist Church on Mountain Road in Glen Allen. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Green Dragons celebrate golden reunion/ The golden anniversary reunion wrapped up last Sunday with the cookout at Dorey Park in Henrico County, where classmate Elwood Sookins Jr. takes charge of the grill. The reunion committee organized three days of events that included a tour of the old high school on Lombardy Street; a class photo taken at the statue of Maggie Walker on Broad Street in Downtown; dinner and dancing at a Henrico hotel last Friday and Saturday; a candle lighting ceremony to remember deceased classmates; and a worship service at St. Peter Baptist Church on Mountain Road in Glen Allen. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)