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A Hi*. ^h|h :' ; $y ' 'v x ' ^-^fJS^||5^| I -x&l y^||||^r at g ^B ^1^. Jfeb. v s^l ?? A Tender Moment Singers Yarbrough & Peoples pause between rom pearance on "Soul Train." The show will air in Wii 45, at 7 p.m. Musical Notes Mayfest: A mixe "T1 ^ ? " * * * - 1 i ne entertainment tor next week's Mroh's Maytest International Festival promises to be as varied and as exciting as the world it represents. As with last year's festival, an attempt has been made to provide strong, representative entertainment from each of the five regions represented in the festival. The regions represented will include Europe, Africa and the Middle East; South America and the Caribbean; North America, and Asia. Performers will be costumed in do*|s representative of those regions, ywith the exception of Center Stage performances, entertainment will be grouped according to regions. Center Stage, located in Winston-Salem Park, will featurVentertainment from all the regions, including international artist Hu Hung Yen, who will perform Aspects of Peking Opera in full dr^ss and make-up. Also performing on this stage will be the Trinidad -iuisU Peruvian Dancers based in Miami as well as the Little German Band, the Chuck Davis African American Danvers and the Lavendier Greek Dance Troupe. Returning from last year will be Bilah, the West African Stilt Dancer. Regional entertainment includes a complement of Asian entertainment performed by the local Asian community. Included will be the Vietnamese Spring Fan r? a?r><? VAroon Too Vvunn ft tfti l^ui ivv^ i\ut van i uv i\ tt wn i-/ w f L^av/ uai i i i aur tional dances and a Chinese Dragon Dance'. Spotlight Lenny Williams Lenny Williams is back. Those cheers you hear in the background are from people who were lucky enough to catch his electrifying mid-70s performances as the lead voice for Tower of Power, or such solo smashes as "Choosing You" and "Spark Of Love." And those folks you see scratching their heads in confusion are trying to answer a simple enough question: Where has Lenny been the last few years? The answer: In Oakland, making money. See, Lenny retired from performing and went to work in real estate with his father. And he made money. Lots of it. agBewanw? Wee The Arts, Leisur Hp > i ^Sj&suSE^ty yllllly?lsip%--. Hl^^'B^: - fi^Hn^M 5<??!$ '~!'""* r*" f" *WKlfllJ fctiffflfwi!^I?Hill X VtfjP ''J^'- i^^ Wk ^^ iiV^i PIPP* ]fc, v : H lantic ballads during the taping of their a] iston-Salem Saturday on WJTM-TV, Channi d bag's in store Other regional entertainment will include perfo mances by Ritmo Latino, a Charlotte-based Lati band; Eastern European folk dance; Cinnamon Rej gae.a local favorite; Cherokee Indians an Piecimont-area Cloggers. An addition to this year's North American perfo! mances will be a series of Piedmont blues musiciar and folk dancers. A special international fashion show and Maypo! Dance will be featured during the openin ceremonies. Jarreau, Knight To Appear HAMPTON, Va. ? This year's Hampton Ko< Jazz Festival at the Hampton Coliseum will featui Jarreau and Patti Labcllc. w - * mm mm n . . .rrro_-?.- I r-r -pr. 1 ? 1.1 ^*ar1rTl T""*l** *~y:*"*" The opening-night lineup on June 22 'will featui Knight, the "King of the Blues," B.B. Kin] keyboardist-vocalist Les McCann, and saxophoni Stanley Turrentine, who has teamed once again wit organist Shirley Scott. Sharing June 23's bill with Jarreau will be R&I inspired jazz soxophonist David Sanborn, who; latest "Backstreet" LP is on both the soul and ja; charts. Please see page C3 says he's back i There was just this one little problem: "It was not fun," he says. "Not for me, not right now. I look at people like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Bob Hope -- those people don't have to sing; they don't have to tell jokes. You start to understand that they do this because this is their life." Although it took him a little while to realize it, singing has likewise been Lenny's life ever since his childhood in Oakland. He absorbed every musical form he could lay his ears on, from classical to coun try to gospel. He learned rhythm from Sam Cooke rock from Chuck Berry. Saul Zentz, owner of Fantasy Records (and th< kend e, Music, Columns "1 Ask Yolonda He's looking fc brainy black w< By YOLONDA GAYLES Syndicated Columnist Dear Yolonda: I'm 24 and I would like some tips on how I can meet a smart, beautiful black woman. I meet some who are cute, and others who are smart, but I have yet to meet a woman who has both qualities. I love to see smart black women. r I guess voaieQOXa^S^ imvh - "Tut I refuse to settle for less. Tftfe women I meet are so average. Where do I begin? David L., in Rockford | Dear David: Once and for all: If you wish to meet beautiful and brainy black women, go where they go. | You'll run into them on the college circuit, at plays, or the newest meeting place, political rallies. I'm hearing about more more romances there. jj But a rally or a play is not the first place I m f urge you to look. I suggest you begin by examing yourself and your views on what ^ beauty and brains in I black women are all about. How? Begin by Yolonda looking at your sisters, your grandmother and your mother -- presumably some very beautiful (and brainy) black women themselves. I It's Never Too Late Dear Yolonda: I'm a 34-year-old woman with a' serious problem. After reading the column, "Ways to communicate with your children after a divorce," I didsome serious-tbtnWmfc. I'm the mother of four beautiful boys, or 10 should I say, young men. When my husband and I split up years ago, he fought and fought, so finally I gave him custody. I couldn't find a job in the city, so p- I moved to another part of the state, which meant I el could only see my boys every six weeks or so. One of the points in the column stressed ways d ^ Tv , ^w ^ >e rZ Songstress Patti Labelle will be among the acts in June. Other musical luminaries who'll pay a v inn ?/ ana o.o. rung. n music to stay thi man who would later produce "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), chanced to catch Lenny's act in a Bay area talent show. However, since Lenny was a minor, the only "talent" he got to exercise for Fantasy was lifting boxes in the stock room. Lenny was a few years older and wiser when he crossed paths with a group that billed itself as the \ Motown Soul Band. Lenny clicked with the boys in I the band; they hung out and even did a little writing together. Just a few years later, the band released its first hit LP, "Bump City," under its new name, Tower of Power. *. That first album produced the hit, "You're Still A o Section C Thursday, May 10, 1984 / ?r a beautiful, oman out there parents could do inexpensive things for their children. Well, my husband always had me on the defense because I couldn't do anything financial for the boys, so, when my money was short, I didn't bother to see them I Hirln'f thinlr ahnnt makino mv sons a cake, as the article suggested. _ My ex-husband's at fault here, too. He used to tell "him^pay taying away . Now my oldest son is married, with a child of his own. My other three are teen-agers with lives of their own. 1 can afford to pay for them to visit me, but they always seem to have other interests. I think I've lost them. I'm glad I read that column, but my question is, why don't divorce lawyers or judges pass out information like what I read in your column? It's too late for me, but maybe it'll help other parents in my shoes. Kitty Dear Kitty: I'm glad you appreciated the column. Some courts do, however, routinely make available information for divorcing parents. Many court systems have copies of the free pamphlet, "Parents are Forever," an information-filled mailer also obtainable by writing the Association of Family Conciliation Courts, 10012 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, Ore., 97219. There's more. Don't forget that we each want to love and be loved by our parents. Your kids fit here, too. I suggest that you go out of your way to build your relationship with your sons. Start baking them that cake today, {ji time, they'll forget about what you didn't do and concern themselves with what you're uumg now. To Tell Or Not To Tell? Dear Yolonda: I've had a hard past, and being honest about it has prevented me from maintaining a ? relationship with a decent young man When I was younger, 1 had some problems and I thought that I could solve them with drugs and alcohol. But now that's all behind me. Thanks to the help of a good friend, I got involved with a detox center, and I've turned my life around. But the problem is no one believes that I've changPlease see page C2 * 1k* ^^fPpSP^P 1?# T \ * **k 1 ^1 ; 0 ' ^ N ; V ?^-?- J A -V(i}f ;<X <tw,r:?fJ^u^?iK?'.flWfca headlining this year's Hampton Kool Jazz Festival isit include A1 Jarreau, Gladys Knight and the Pips 's time around tu Young Man", but the Tower started having personnel problems with its lead singer. Lenny came on like the cavalry, filling in for the missing member, first at a crucial concert and then on record as well. But Lenny, his heart still set on a solo career, told the fellas he'd only be able to stick around for an album or two. It turned out to be three albums in all. Lenny led the Tower through its biggest and best moments. Hits like "What is Hip?", "Don't Change Horses In Middle of the Stream" and "So Very Hard To Go" documented the magic chemistry between the TOP's Please see page C2 c
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