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"'. RALEIGH r The Shaw '
Players and Company, recently
returned from the National
I Association of Dramatics and ' '
.Speech Art (NADSA) Annual
' Conference at Texas Southern
University in Houston, Texas,' '
walked" away with the Lion's .
share of the awards. i
. ; Placing a member of their
company to the winner's circle i
in every category, The Players , ;
collected two firsts, two
seconds,, and a third place,,
trophy. In addition, they had
members elected to the govern-.
ingbody.
Officers elected were Mrs.
Patricia C. Caple, (director of
the Players) President; Walter
Bennett, 2nd Vice President;
Glenn Horton, 3rd Vice
President; 'and Horace B.
Caple, Chairman of the Hu
manities and Arts Division at
Shaw, was re-elected editor of
Encore, National Theatre
Magazine of NADSA.
Winners of awards were
Betty Young, Best Supporting
Actress, for her role in "Un
til My Change Comes"; Michael
Howell and Valerie Tekosky,
Best Acting Duo Award;
Audrey Grant, 2nd place in
"Extemperaneous Speaking,";
Michael Howell, 2nd place
award, "Student - Directed
. Play", written and directed by
Michael Howell; and Walter
Bennett, 3rd place in "Oral
Interpreation".
Institutions participat i n g
in this year's conference were:
Tennessee State University,
Texas Southern University,
Kennedy King College, Mal
colm X College - Chicago,
SHAW PLAYERS - Valerie Tekosky and
Michael Howell
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College of Staten Island,
Grambling State University,
Northern Illinois University,
Xavier University y (Ohio),
Ohio State University,
Savannah State College, Fort
Valley State College, A&T
State; University, Prairie' View
A&M University, Hampton In
stitute, Tisk University, Uni
versity" of Wisconsin, Illinois
State University, University of
Arkansas, LeMoyne - Owen
College and Indiana University.
Next year's' conference
will be hosted by LeMoyne
Owen College in Memphis,
Tennessee.
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v The Utopia Club, Chapel
Hill's energekr social and
civic club,, is -working dili-"
gently, and feverishly putting r
the finishing touches , Jto the
"Spring Festival", slated ! for
Carrboro Elementary School ::
Auditorium on Sunday
afternoonL May 1 at 3 pjn.
T - This 'first it it's kind',
program promises to offer an
exicitng variety of musical
and dance entertainment to de
light a wide variety of specta
tors. A special highlight of the
program will be honoring J. Y.
Bell, band director at Lincoln
High School for approximately
"ten years during the 40's and
SO's. Many Chapel Hillians will
recall his dynamic leadership of
Lincoln's concert and march
ing bands. Bell is currently
director of The Andrews High
School Concert Band of High
Point which will perform on
the "Spring Festival" pjogrtm.
Prince Taylor, one of
Bell's former students, and a
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Chorus of Durham are also
" icheduled to perform. -
The "Spring Festival" is
for the benefit of the Utopia
: Club's Scholarship Fund. A
mall donation of $2 JO for
adults and $1.50 for children
, will be charged,
f i Thad Allen is president of
- the Club and Bob Edwards and
; Doug -Clarke are co-chairmen
of the Program Committee.
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J. Y. BELL
well known singer in this area,
will be guest soloist.
Miss Ronda Jackson,
whose creative dance inter
pretation of the Lord's
Prayer has brought tears of
emotion to the eyes of many
audiences, will also appear.
The Carrboro Baptist
Chancel Choir and the
Greater St. Paul Baptist Male
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Come out and see Van
Frazier Durham's young black
talented singer - 11 years old
at Durham Business College's
talent show. The talent show
will be held at 8 pjn. in the
college auditorium.
Van won 2nd place at
South Square MaS on Friday
past. If you miss this, you'll
miss the treat of your life.
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The North Carolina Cen
tral University Touring and
Concert Choirs will be pre
sented in a Spring Concert on
Sunday, April 24. The program
will begin at 4 pjn. in the B.
N. Duke Auditorium on the
campus.
The choirs will present
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Sunday1, April 24: s ,
The 43 voice Concert Choir of the Durham Boys Choir,
Inc. will be presented in concert in the sanctuary of Trinity
United Methodist Church, Church Street in downtown Durham
at 5 'pjn. ; the concert is being sponsored by Trinity Methodist
Church.
Soloists will be Allen Smith, and Greg Johnson. The
Durham Boys Choir is under the direction of William Graham.
The Concert is open to the public at no charge; however, an
offering will be taken.
Thursday, April 21 :
The North Carolina Central University Dance Company
and Group invites you to the annual Spring Concert at B. N.
Duke Auditorium on the campus at 8:15 pjn. Admission is
free and theme is "Reach Out."
Wednesday April 27 - Sunday, May 8: t v
The Durham Art Guild announces a 10 person Invitational
Photography Show. Reception and opening will be Wednesday,
April 27 from 7- 9 p.m. at the Durham Arts Council, 810
West Proctor St. The public is cordially invited to attend. Ad
mission is free. Photographers are Ralph Barnette, Rick Doble,,
Dan Ellison, Vic Lukas, John Manapace, Elizabeth Matheson,
Russell Rigsbee, Nona Short, Carolina Vaughan and Jim Wilson.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Durham Recreation Department is sponsoring a 6
fed the choirs to excellent ner. week Droeram on Leisure Planning which-will meet Thursday
formances throughout the and Tuesday evenings from 730 - '9:30 p.m. at the" Edison
Johnson tenter, this course, leaa oy uaroara roaer, is aesignea
to help the participant secure more leisure and put it to positive
use. Call 477-0055 for more details and information.
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works by Garissimi (Jephthah),
Dett (IH Never Turn Back),
Ramirez (Misa Criolla), Gil
christ (Amazing Grace- and
Show Me The Way) and Bill
Withers (Lean On Me).
. Charles H. Gilchrist is the
director of the choirs. Director
Gilchrist has brought renowned
acclaim to the University as he
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country. The president of the
choirs is James McCoy of
Newark, New Jersey.
The concert is being
sponsored by the Durham
Chapter of North Carolina
Central University Alumni
Association and is open to
the public.
CONCERT BAND
TO PERFORM
On Tuesday, April 26 the
NCCU Concert Band will give a
performance in B. N. Duke
Auditorium, near the in
tersection of Fayetteville and
Lawson Streets in Durham.
The concert will begin at 8:15
pm.
The NCCU Concert Band,
under the direction of Jerry
Head, Jr., will perform works
by Forsbladlfred Reed, Clif
ton Williams, Nelhybel,
Browne, Frescobaldi, and
Tranbey. This program will
bring to the university
community the music that the
Concert" Band performed in
New York City and recently
at the Fort, Valley State
College in Georgia.
A special feature of the
program will be an arrange
ment by the band's director,
of the theme from the record
breaking series "Roots."
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Friday, April 29:
Raleigh Civic Ballet's. Spring Performance will be held at
the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$2 for children, students and senior citizens; general admission
tickets are $3, and can be obtained from the Raleigh School of
Dance Arts, The Dancers Shop, or Memorial Auditorium one
hour before performance
Monday, May 2:
SOUNDSTAGE: "Dizzy GUlesr)ie's Bebop Reunion"; Dizzy
Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, Al Haig,
Kenny Clark, James Moody and Joe Carroll revive the rebop era
of modern Jazz. Number include: "Love Man," "The Very
Thought of You" and "Groovin' High." Will be shown at 10
p.m. WUNC-TV, Channel 4.
Wednesdya, May 4:
NOVA: "The Red Plantet:" Man's knowledge of Mars is
traced from the beginning of astronomy to the Viking mission,
will be shown on WUNC-TV, Channel 4 at 8 p. m.
Thursday, May 5:
LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS: "Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Part II"; FDR's third and fourth terms during
World War II are highlighted in newsreels, will be shown on
WUNC-TV, Channel 4 at 7:30 pjn.
Friday, May 6:
The Durham Council of the Blind will sponsor a presenta
tion of Southern Songs and Dances by 'The Easy Dancers" at
the Durham Civic Center at 8 pjn. The Easy Dancers are
directed by Ms. Betsy Rowland of Raleigh. Tickets are $4 for
adults and $2 for children, and may be purchased from Ms. Kay
Ellis at the snack bar in Durham City Hall. The Durham Coun-,
cfl of the Blind is a non-profit organization. Tickets will also be
available at the door. '
There's a refreshing new
creative vehicle on the musi
cal horizon that won't take no
for an answer. This force can
now be experienced in the
form of ROSE ROYCE, an
exciting nine-member self-contained
group on Whitfield
Records. Rose Royce covers
the entire scope: from soft,
haunting harmonic love melo
dies, to tight, uncut Progressive '
Funk. And they do4 it good.
Rose Royce is comprised
of Gwen "Rose" Dickey (Lead
Vocals), Lequeint "Duke"
Jobe (bass guitar, vocals), Kenji .
Chiba Brown (lead guitar and
vocals), Victor Nix (all key
boards), Kenny "Doctor"
Copeland (trumpet, vocals),
Freddie Dunn (trumpet, vo
cals),. Michael Moore (saxo
phone, vocals), 'Henry
"Hammer" Gamer (drums,
vocals) and Terral "Power
pack" Santiel (percussion, vo
cals). For the male members
of R. R., it all began in Los
Angeles, each member but a
mere fish in that massive sea
of high school-talent show
bands.
"We were all. playing in
different bands behind various
singing groups," says bassist
Lequeint Jobe. "We formed
the band by going from
group to group, getting mem
bers. We were in competition
with the singing groups - they
were the thing at that time."
Jobe and guitarist Kenji Brown
had been jamming together for
3 or 4 years when they picked
up keyboardist Victor Nix.
"We three played together for
a couple of months," Jobe
remembers, "When we met the
other cats. They were playing
in another group. They heard
us and invited us to one of
their rehearsals. We've been to
gether every since,"
Thus TOTAL CONCEPT
was born. As Total Concept,
they backed such recording
artists as the Temptation,
Yvonne Fair, and Edwin Stan.
Starr, impressed with the band,
invited T. C. to play for him
during his England and Japan
dates, which they did, receiving
rave reviews in both countries.
Soon tiring of performing
simply as a back - up unit for
other acts, Total Concept left
Stan to pursue their own
career as a premier band, con
sequently meeting . musical
giant Norman Whitfield, who
was then a major producing
force at Motown Records, and
chiefly responsible for the
Temptations' Chain of Gold'
records.
Whitfield obviously dug
what he heard at one of their
rehearsals - he immediately
took them under his wing for
grooming; teaching them ad
vanced recording techniques,
and polishing their stage pre
sentation. 'When they were
ready, he changed their name
to ROSE ROYCE, and teamed
them with another successful
act he produces. The Undis
puted Truth. "
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