BSM Black Arts Festival Arrives Mar. 18-25
TERESA BLOSSOM
Am Editor
Last March, Wanda Montgomery ran for Cultural Coordinator of the Rlak Student
Movement b^ause she wanted to see the Black Arts festival continued from year to
year
Montgomery got the post and this week, she and others will see the year s accumula
tion of hard work and planning manifest itself during the third consecutive Black Arts
(estival. ’
The festival was designed to be an annual event but lay dormant for several years
before Greg Pennington revived the tribute to Black art and culture in 197').
The festival creates an opportunity for people at fhis university to exposed to art
and culture that is distinctly Black," Montgomery said. , • , .
The Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance tnsemble kicks off the eight-day festival with a
performance in Memorial HaU on March 18 at 8 p m Tickets are $5 and S6 and are
available at the Carolina Box Office.
The ensemble will hold a workshop the day before the performance Because only
spaces are open for the workshop, participants will first be selected from the Opeyo
Dancers, then from BSM members and the Black community The workshop begins
Mar 17 at 1:30 p.m. in Great Hall
Samm-Art Williams, North Carolina playwright and actor, brings his semi-
autiobiographical play ''Home" to Memorial cm March 23 al 8 p.m. The Negro Lnsem-
ble Company will perform "Home," which received a Tony Award nomination for Best
"Play of 19{iO "Home" won the Audelco A*yard for Best Play and the Outer Circle
Critics'loihn Glassner Playwrighting Medallion in 1480 , t i
tncore performances will be given March 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Tickets
are S4 atthie Union Box Office. v
It's Coming Up
Tuesday, March 17 - Alpha Phi Omega is sponsoring Balloon Days. Donations will be
solicited on campus ar»d balloon* will be given out.
- lob-Seeking Know How and Resume Design worVsh^ will be held at 3:30 p.m. in 210
Hanes Hall. . . , i■ • k
Wednesday, March 18 — Deadline for the weight training clinic and the tetKing clinic heitwn
Woolen Gym from 6-8p.m. , u m ..a
- The Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Epsemble will perform m Memorial HaJI atfl p.m.
Reserved'seatj, $5 and $6 will be available at the Union box otfice. This is sponsored by the
Black Student Movement and the Carolina Union.
Thursday, March 19 — (nterview tactics workiKop will be held at 3:30 in 210 Hanes Hall.
Friday, March 20 — Deadline for entering innertube water baskett>all, the all-campus table ten-
nb toumaiTient the mixed doubles table tennis tournament.
_ Practice Intenoews - Videotape and critique your own interview with a counselor. Call
933-6507 or drop by 211 Hanes Hall for an appointment Interviewing Hours: 10:00-12:00
and 2:00-4:00. . „ ^ ^ , u-
Black Child Development Institute will hold a meeting 6 p.m. in the Durham County L'wary^
The Kappa Omicron chapter of Delta Sigma TheU Sorority is sponsoring "The Black
Woman A ToUl Spectrum ." The conference will begin Friday and end Saturday, March 21
It will take place in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union and is open to the public There
will be a J5 fee, which includes a luncheon at the Carolina Inn on Saturday.
Saturday, March 21 — Zeta BeU Tau is sponsoring the Mile* of Pennies. There will be hundreds
of pennies ar»d entertainment on Franklin St. „ j~ ■ ■
- A four-hour self-defence workshop will be sponsored by the Orange County Rape Crisis
Center. The workshop is designed to cover basic self^ense skills so that women who may
decide to fight back when being raped will have a more secure basis for that decision.
Enrollment is limited to 20 women and a $5 pre-registration donation is request^.
Sunday, March 22 - Chuck Stone, a Black senior edrtor of a Phildelphia based newspaper,
will speak at 8 p.m. in 100 Hamilton Hall. The public is invited to attend
Mor>day March 23 — Badminton clinic deadline; annual Big Four sport day participants
meeting , conUct Associate IM-Rec Director, Mary Pomerantz; squash cinic aJ 6-8 p.m.
Woolen Gym.
IN CONCERT
DANNIBELLEHALL
Formerly of Andrae
Crouch and The
Disciples
Sundoy, April 12, 7:30 P.M.
Memorial Hall
SPECIAL GUESTS:
The Voices of Peace and
The Alpha Eta Omega
Choir of St. Augustine’s
College
Tickets on Sale at the Union Box Office
$5.00 in Advance $6.00 at the Poor
In the drama segmenlt of the festival. Star Child Productions, a school of pertorming
arts from Greensboto;.will present talented artists in the areas of dance, modelling and
drama The latest dev^opments in the world of fashion will be presented al a modeling
workshop the group plans to conduct at 1 p.m. on March 14 in Great Hall
Sweet Honey in the Rock, an all-Black woman group which specializes in folk mu«!ic,
will perform Mar 21 at 8:30 p m in Memorial. For $6 students can hear the group sing
Gospel, blues and love songs. .
Other activities include a poetry workshop with lance jeffers, a music workshop with
Phillip Wood and a slide presentation on the history of Blac k drama by the Negro
Tnsemble Co.
The BSM Gospel Choir. Opeyo Dancers and Ibony Readers will be featured on a
cultural program Mar* 20 at 8 p.m. in Great Hall. Also, Dr. Sonja Stone will be honored
during the program.
A calendar which lists the time ar>d places for all of the activities for the Black Arts
I estival was mailed to students before spring break Those who did not receive a copy
can get a schedule from the BSM office, Montgomery said.
-We (the BSM and cultural committee) really hope that people participate in the pro-
granii,'’ she said. "We've worked hard to offer as much as possible "
Many of the programs and activities are being sponsored solely by the BSM, but Ar
thur Hall Dance tnsemble, Samm-Art Williams and the three produc tions of Home ’
are being sponsored in coniunction with the Carolina Union. ‘
Montgomery said that those concerned with enhancing minority presence on this
campus must realize the importance of programs which celebrate Black art and culture.
One way to strengthen that enhancement is a dedication to keeping our culture
alive." she said.
■'Our history is based on our culture," she added "We can have any number of
Blacks here but unless we have our culture, we don t have anything.
Fellowship Notes
llv UCf will hold its annual ^>()nng Bdnquel on Saturday, March 21. V>H1 al 7:30 p m in Creal
M.ill I he speaker will be The Rev (. Dexter WiM'
Ihr IISM C.ospel Choir and the UCI Choir will m.-el al 7 p m and 8 pm, respectively, m Uoencio
umighl Ihi- Iwo Kroups will rehearse al 8 p m on Thursday in preparation (or the loint concert to be
hfid al 7 p m. in Memorial Hall on April 26, 1981
I lections will be al 7 p m. in Upendo on Wednesday
The Troubled Trinity Discussion Croup will meet al 6 p m on Thursday.
The UCf Choir will meel in Upendo at 4 p m on f riday to leave for last Carolina University
The Instrumental I nsemWe will rehearse in Upendo on I riday from 3:10-6 p m
Praise Service will be in Ruffin lounge al 7:30 a.m on Monday.
I ollow-Up will be at 7:30 p m, on Monday
Ihe women s group of the UCt, The Sisterhood, will meet al 5 p m on Tuesday, Match 24 14»1
All women are invited to attend
The Rev. Dandee Holt and Ihe UCI choir will be on program al North Carolina Slate University s
revival on Thursday, March 26, 1981 The choir will leave from Upendo al 6 «) p m
THE CAROLINA UNION in
Conjunction with BSM present
Arthur Hall
Afro-Amcrican Dance
Ensemble
Wed., March 18
8 p.m. Memorial Hall
Tickets $5 for UNC students and Privilege Card
Holders, $6 general public available at Union Desk
“To The Glory of God”
UNITED CHRISTIAN FKLLOVi SHIP
FIFTH Annual Spring Banquet
Saturday, March 21,1981
in Great Hall of the Carolina Union
Keynote Address: Reverend C. Dexter
Wise III of Providence, Rhode Island
Special Music Guests
The Dynamics of Baltimore Maryland
TICKETS:
$8.00 per person ^ ^ . $15.00 a couple
Contact:
Geneva Beamon-l-933-3118 Vera Roberts-f 933-6532