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Winston-Salem Chrom THE CHRONICLE BRINGS YOU ENTERTAINMENT AROUND THE TRIAD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, i; te t In e Art -is and young black writers seeking 1990-91 applicants Instructors and stall arc gearing up tor the new year tor the Art-ls program and its Saturday morning component. Young Black Writers. Art-Is is the after-school arc instruction program offered by Urban Arts of The Arts Council, Inc. Providing professional instruc tors for children between the ages of six and fifteen who live in Win ston-Salem and Forsyth County, Art-Is has Uirgctcd October 15 as its opening date. The key words “pro fessional instructors” .set the Art-ls program apart from similar pro grams in the community. For a yearly registration foe of S25 per child for two clas.scs, cours es will be offered in Piano 1 (for beginners). Piano II (for experi enced students). Dance 1 (for ages 6 to 10 years). Dance II (for ages 11 to 15 yeans), drawing and painting. Classes in the Art-Is program will follow the calendar of the public school system, that is when public school is closed, Art-Is classes will also be closed. The exciting year of instruction will close on April 13 with the Annual Exhibition & Recital for all Arl-Is students held in the Arts Council Theater on Coli seum Drive. We attempt to provide this excellent opportunity to as many students as possible. In order to insure wide participation, initial registration will be limited to two classes per child, and to two chil dren per family. Other children in the same family who wish to partic ipate in the Art-Is program will be placed on a waiting list until after the deadline. In the event that target numbers for each class should not be reached, additional family mem bers may then be admitted to fill vacancies. Registration is handled in the Arts Council offices at 305 West Fourth Street. Parents may person ally submit applications with pay ment, or may mail them in. It is not our desire to prevent any interested student from participating because of the registration fee. Scholarships are available, and you may inquire Arts Reach By REGGIE JOHNSON about their availability when your application is submitted. A popular feature of the after school program includes field trips to local exhibits, performances and demonstrations. The purpose of this component of the Art-Is program is to give culturally disadvantaged children the opportunity to experi ence the arts through attending exhibits, and performances in the local arts community. By sharing the arts with nontraditional audi ences, we embellish the arts com munity as a whole, but also enrich the quality of life of the audience members. One field trip each month will share performances of annual performances like “Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carole” at the Stevens Center downtown. These popular art classes will be held at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church at 1625 East 12 Street. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to give a gift to your children that will last a lifetime. It has been our experience that classes fill up fast, so don’t wait too long. The deadline for registration is Friday, October 12, The Young Black Writer’s Series is an extension of the Art-Is program. Still in the planning stages, it is anticipated that the YBW series will begin in January on the second and fourth Saturday of each month through June. This program is open to all area high school students who have a sincere interest in writing. Anyone who is interested may participate. A refer ral from English or guidance instructors is no longer required. This series of symposiums is designed to identify and encourage black high school students who have a strong desire to sharpen their writing skills. Supported by the local chapter of North Carolina Writer’s Network, professional instructors will nurture writing stu dents in order to develop excel lence. Because of obstacles faced by black writers who attempt to be published, this project may encour age some to pursue a career in writ ing, however, more importantly, it will help all participants to build the skills they need to become success ful communicators. Symposium leaders Stacie Brown and Millicent King provide positive role models for youth who come into close con tact with professional authors, some for the first time. These | als will teach the rudiments ofi ing from basics of grammar tj process of turning inspiration! the written form. Projected p| are to include YBW students ii Art-Is recital on April 13, 199|^ to also give them the experienj participating in a public rcadiij the close of their symposium * in June, 1991. The YBW Series taps the) strength some students maji know they have. It buildss esteem, as well as creative aki and stirs the imagination to ertj most beautiful kind of musii written form. Interested student adults who may want to encoi a talented young member oli community may contact otirol for further information. The Ui Negro College Fund slogii true...”A Mind is a Terrible Thi Waste.” Reggie Johnson is the emi director for Urban Arts of Ikl Council Inc. Copasectics take the Stevens Center by storm leaving a breeze of Vaudevilli Long time arts lover Claudette Weston summed die evening up best, “Oh God, how I love ‘em. I just loo- vve them. .Shoot honey this reminds me of Vaudeville, my childhood when 1 was seven years old learning how to do the “stroll” at the Carolina Theater back when it was over there on Liberty Street. Can you believe how good they areV,” as she “strolled” backwards across the lobby of the Stevens Center. Claudette wasn’t alone. The Copasctics hypnotized everyone. By evenings end, Saturday night’s crowd would have done almost anytliing. The Copasctics made the old folks feel young and the young folk wish they were old. When was the last tim.c you ever heard anybody do that? Those guys were so good! With excellent background music by the Jim Roberts Trio, the Copasctics peacocked their way on stage with extraordinary grace, laced in handsome candy striped jackets, lightly lapping their way into the hearts of an already very big-hearted ON THE AVANT-GARDE By TANG NIVRl audience. You could tell right away that this would be an evening that no one would soon forgot; including the Copasctics, “Anybody who can walk can tap,” said 75 year old Buster Brown, dancing with such simplicity that all of us, just for a second, almost believed him. Then of course he would take off into one of those rather complex “time steps,” graceful ly moving from one side of the stage to the other, while giving the impres sion that he wasn’t moving at all. Buster Brown was so smooth that he sometimes made it appear as if the floor was moving — that the floor was the instrament; that the floor was reaching up to touch the bottoms of his tap shoes. People were looking at each other as if to say “where is all of that sound coming from?” Well, it was coming form those five men who had studied, developed, refined and perfected the an of “lapology,” as they called it, into a very simple science. They were “sho- nuff’ good and they knew it. Part of the attraction, the lure, and the history of tap goes back to the idea of competition — the idea of showing off. Its a part of the whole experience. You do your thing and then I will do my best to outdo you when I do my thing. Its like trading fours in jazz. Well imagine, if you can, how such a contest might have unfolded had the players included Mozart, Beethoven, William Grant Still, Haydn, Bach, and Josquin DePres. Or maybe Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Herbie Hancock. Do you get the point? So it was throughout Saturday Evening, that the five Copasctics cre ated a sense of being home on the block, somewhere in downtown Harlem. It was hot and in the back ground all you-couM'hear was the music made famous by the orchestra’s of Basie and Ellington and the light, rhythmical, incessant, highly synco pated tapping of five guys going after each other. Each vying for the love of the audience — whether they were real or imaginary. Yes, this was the program. All night long, dancing as light as a monarchs feather. The audience was so appreciative, so receptive, so warm that at one point, Bubba Gaines said, “Ladies and gentlemen, if you encourage us just a little bit, we will completely destroy ourselves!” “They are something else. I won der how old they are?,” everyone kept saying,amazed not only by their dex terity, but also by the energy of the septuagenarians. “You mean to tell me that they are over 70 years of age and they can move like that? You have got to be kidding,” one man said, “Hertl having trouble going up andi: steps.” Well, leave it to the Cops who ended the evening by sayiij nothing to it. If you can wall you can tap. Saturday night, the ptiplt Winston-Salem danced withlti ters. Everything was duly copisi Vocalist finally gets his well-earned star Behind The Scenes pK- By LISA COLLINS Marvin Gaye Gets His Star: There was a star-studded crowd on hand for the ceremonies marking Marvin Gaye’s get ting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Among these on hand were Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, Frankie Gaye, Marvin’s three children children, Motown president .Iheryl Busby, Whtxtpi Goldberg, Frankie Bev erly, Stevie Wonder, Dick Clark, Lou Uavl.s and .Mary Wilson (who is slated to begin a tour later tliis month to promote her second book - “Supreme Faith...Some day We'll Be Together”). The celebration was the culmination of a two-year long battle to get the star. Sheridan Broadcast ing's Ron Brewington spearheaded the letter writing campaign that got Gaye the star. On behalf of Brewington and the rest of the Marvin Gaye Star Committee, I’d like to say thanks to all of you who wrote lettcrs...Meanwhilc, just days later, Nancy Wilson received her star on the Walk of Fame in the presence of family (including daughters Samtintlia and Sheryl) and a few hundred well-wishers including actresses Dawnn Lewis and Marla Gibbs, O.C. Smith, Sinbad, ,)oe Williams, 'I'ramaine Hawkins, and Marsha Warfield. Will Generations be the next victim of ihc ratings race? With the number of NBC affiliates tliat have dropped the inter racial daytime serial “Generations” from tlieir daily lineups slowly on the rise, the NAACP has joined a campaign to save “Generations” from the ax, “Generations” was broadcast on 99% of the network’s 200 plus affiliated stations after it debuted in March, 1989, but now it is seen only on 92% of the stations. If that trend contin ues, it will become a matter of economic feasibility. On the home front; Arsenio Hail purchased the late Rudy Vallee’s home in the Hollywood Hills. In an ostentatious show of wealth, Hall was said to have bought the home after never having set foot in it. Instctid, he just Hew over it in a helicopter. The esuitc, which was first list ed at a whopping SIO million, was pur chased by Arsenio for $3.5 million. The five bedroom, six bath main house sitting on more than two acres of prime real estate, was built in tlic 30’s and features a tennis court, theater and game room. Marked by secret passageways, it is an estimated 6,000 square feet in size...Actor Dennis Haybert (Navy Seals) and the upcoming controversial “Love Field” (opposite Michele Pfeifer) already knows what his Christmtis gift will be as he and his wife arc expecting their first child at just about that time. Screen Version of “Fences”: A Pro ject in Wailing: Three years after Paramount purchased the rights to August Wilson’s Tony and Pulitzer award-winning play, “Fences,” production on the movie is still being held up until both Paramount and Wilson can settle on a black director, — a condition set by Wil son back in Match. Wilson has said he seeks a director who “shares the same cul tural sensibilities of the characters,” and has passed on a well known white direc tor...Meanwhile, depositions are still being taken in Michael Michelle’s lawsuit against Paramount and Eddie Murphy, charging that she was fired from the lead role of “Harlem Nights” after rebuffing Murphy’s advances. However, Murphy alleges that Michelle came up with the story after being fired from the set as Mur phy’s leading lady... By the way, disorder ly conduct charges were dropped against hip-hop dynamo Bobby Brown, who was recently arrested when he got in the way of a confrontation between his brother (who was also arrested) and an Atlanta police officer. Police say the elder Brown cursed and threatened a police officer when the officer tried to calm him...Next week: Did she or didn’t she - reports of a baby for Karyn White, and news from Brenda Russell. Lisa Collins is a free-lance writer and syndicated columnist based in Los Angeles. She has written more than 200 articles on a variety of issues for a number of national publications from Essence to Design magazines. Her back ground in the field of entertainment reporting is eiiensive, featuring cover stories and interviews with the likes of Richard Pryor, Michael Jackson, and Prince. ■i? * -u- * ASTRO-DESTINY ASIES moffers couid prove unsetHing. Don’t be syt- Mar. 21 - Apr. 19 prised if you're called In for an audit. TAURUS Rumors teryd to create a suspicious environtrient - Apr. 20 - May 20 ihe jOb and at home, Disregard them. GEMINI Things are happening faster than usual- Don’t panic May 21 - June 20 oM that is necessory is to, take things step by step. CANCER E&o’t demand perfection. Very few of us are copabfe June 21 - July 22 of it and besides, it’s not the arrswer this week. ☆ * ☆ * ☆ * Take o chance on romonce. Travelling down iifds July 23 - Aug, 22 htghwoy Is better when there are two. VIRGO •Your sharp w t .and the advice of others con produce Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 eireellent results for you this week. LIBRA If you wont thot finonclai golnthis week,.lend arieer Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 . to your relatives, especially the female side. SCORPIO Expensive whims can put Q, lorge hole in your bonk Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 account. Give secorid thoughts to purchases. ☆ * * ☆ SAGITTARIUS Nov. - Dec. 11 Now is the time to. moke up for the m.!stokes thot have been ploguiiAg you lotely,. ; Concentrate! CAPRICORN Dee. 22 - Jan. 19 Reol estate dealings are in the foreground this wee Buying or selling - you moke the right move. AQUARIUS Jan.20 - Feb. 18 Follow yOur hunches, but be sure your facts and figures ore correct. This’could be the stort of some thing fabulous. ☆ PISCES Feb. 19 - Mar. 20 Hurt feelings will be long remembered and held a- goinst you . Nothing goes right this week. Winston-Salem State University presents 1990-91 Lyceum Performing Arts Series Brltimore Drnce Therter 8 p.m., Tuesday, October 23 K.R. Williams Auditorium Tickets: $8, in advance; $10, at door Season tickets, $35; for Senior Citizens, $25. Groups of 10 or rro® and Senior Citizens save $3 when single-show tickets are purchase ahead. All seats are reserved. Call the Box Office at 750-3255 Make plans now to see... Count Basie Orchestra - Nov. 28 ...and in 1991... Nelurrk Bovs Chorus-.Feb. 19 Shirlev Cheshr (gospel) - March 5 "Mommr Don't" (musical) - April^
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