Eighteen teens from Tidewater BBYO attended Eastern Region’s annual L’Dor V’Dor Convention outside Asheville, North Carolina. The convention, which took place in mid-November, was Eastern Region BBYO’s largest gathering since the start of COVID, with more than 180 teens participating.
Eastern Region is comprised of three Councils: Virginia Council (all of Virginia except Northern Virginia), North Carolina Council and Southeastern Council (South Carolina and northern Georgia). The convention offered two tracks: one for new members and one for established members, the Regional Track.
New members at the convention learned the ins and outs of BBG and AZA chapter traditions and rituals. They made new friends while working together for mock chapter competitions. Regional track members held traditional chapter competitions and voted on regional motions at the joint business meeting. Everyone engaged in sisterhood/brotherhood programming, Shabbat and Havdalah services, a talent show, color war competition, and silent disco rave.
Convention programming was teen-planned and teen-led. Tidewater’s Old Dominion AZA members Hayden Caplan and Logan Hoffman served on the steering committee for the new member weekend track.
The bus ride might have been long, but the memories will last even longer. Attendees experienced a wide range of community-building moments that defined the spirit of a BBYO convention.
Spring Cultural Convention is scheduled for April 17 – 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Courtney Krutoy is Tidewater BBYO’s city director.
Front row: Kenna Werby, Amelia Portnoy, Yael Haas, Shai Zittrain, Mel Horev, and Hazel Ashe.
