THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, December 14, 1994 TAG: 9412130116
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 13 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
Dean Workman, the owner of The Funky Beat, a reggae store that features his designs such as a Rastafarian Soul Mon and a line of clothing called School Boy, has opened a store in Fairfield Shopping Center.
Workman, 23, with his sister, Melody Workman, 29, previously operated the business that was started in 1991 out of temporary locations.
Soul Mon and School Boy products are distributed in more than 38 states and several countries, including Central and South America, Saipan, Guam, the French West Indies, Japan and the Caribbean.
The Soul Mon logo is easily recognizable: a blackened silhouette of a man with flowing dreadlocks, shorts and in a running position.
In 1993, Workman was recognized for spearheading a T-shirt fund-raiser to benefit the Judeo Christian Outreach Center near the Oceanfront. Workman, along with his sister and several high school students, donated $10,000 to the center after a month of selling Soul Mon T-shirts.
Workman is a 1990 graduate of Kempsville High School.
The Funky Beat is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. by CNB