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Celebrities Share Special Moments with Area Children
? Acting is teaching ,
says "Homefront" Star
By MARK R MOSS
CMromcto Suff Writer
At the kick-off event for the 1993 National Black
? Theatre Festival on last week, several people partici
pated in the program, but none got the attention of the
audience like the actress Hattie Winston.
Winston, a star of ABC-TVs "Homefront," spoke
about theater, of course, but it was her passion for the
subject that had the gathering listening in quiet rapture.
Racing her voice to almost a shout, she told how much
the'theater has meant to her. She called theater a "heal
ing force" and said "that it is in my heart"
"There's nothing like this in the world," she said,
referring to the festival, which will be held Aug. 2-7 at a
variety of sites around the city.
"I feel like I'm coming home . . . Thank you for
including me!" .
-That for the theater, for life in general^
was also obvious during an interview the Chronicle held -
with Winston at the Best Choice Center Inc. There, she
and Dick Anthony Williams, Winston's co-star on
"Homefront," wound up their day in the city talking to
the children enrolled in the center's day-care program.
Winston, who was bom in Lexington, Miss., moved
But it was while she was in elementary school that she
discovered she liked singing. She was good enough to
win a vocal scholarship to Howard University, but her
chosen major didn't exactly get thfe blessing of her
mother.
"What's all this acting, singing stuff?" she quotes
her mother as telling her before she went off to school.
Besides a degree in vocals, she also has one in education
- something to fall back on in case her acting career did
n't work out She never had to use it to get a full-time
job, although she said she was once a secretary for about
a week.
For several years, Winston appeared on the PBS
children's program, The Electric Company." Her film
credits include parts in "dan's Heart" "Show of Force"
Two of the stars of ABC-TV's "Homefront," Dick Anthony Williams (lift) andHattie Winston (3rd from right),
helped announce plans for the 1993 National Black Theatre festival to be held Aug. 2-7. Also pictured are
Larry Leon Hamlin (right), the festival's founder, producer and artistic director ;James W. Johnston (2nd from
right), chairman and CEO of R J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; WUl Jenkins (2nd from left), president of the N.C.
Black Repertory Theatre ; and Herman LeVem Jones (3rd from left), special assistant to the festival's producer.
and "Bolero."
The quality of her singing has landed her roles in
such Broadway productions as "The Tap Dance Kid,"
Two Gendemen of Verona and "I Love My Wife."
"Acting is teaching," she replied in response to why
she chose acting over any other profession. "In fact, all
art is teaching."
To support her position, she mentioned August Wil
son, the playwright, who is using the theater to elucidate
20th century African- American history.
? "And then there's Amiri Baraka and Lonnie Elder,"
she said, referring to other black writers. If there hadn't
been a 'Dreamgirls', people might not have known any
thing about the Supremes." -
What advice does she have for those who want to.
pursue acting as a profession?,
"Be serious about it," she said. "Make sure it's
something you really love. It's a craft And you need to
study it."
She also advises aspiring thespians to go to school
and get a degree.
"Persistance, hardwork and preparation are the
secrets to success in this business," she said.
Winston lives in Van Nuys, Calif., with her hus
band, composer Harold Wheeler and her 10- year-old
daughter.
? Actor tells kids
about image of blacks
By DAVID L MLLARD
hromici '? Suff Writer
Veteran actor Dick Anthony Williams of the
ABC television series "Homefront" says his role
reminds him a lot of his own family.
The stir of the one-hour weekly drama that deals
with social issues including race and religion por
trays a butler who eventually opens his own restau
rant.
"It's one of my more favorable roles," Williams *
said in an interview last week at the Best Choice
Center, where he spoke with kids while in town for }
the kick-off of the 1993 National Black Theatre Fes
tival. "I'm very proud of these people (domestic
workers). They have sacrificed a lot so we can enjoy
life.
9 Williams has starred in several feature films, as
well as television and theater. He said the transition
from theater to television was easy because "acting is
acting." i -
"The difference is in theater you have to amplify
your voice to be heard, but television will pick up
breathing," Williams said. "Acting is like sculpture,
but the tool is the entire body."
Williams said African Americans are being cast ?
in better roles in today's films and television because
of the "black theater explosion" during the 1960s.
"We are now beginning to control our own
image," he said. "The black theater explosion helped
to put us on both sides of the camera. Now there are r
black producers, directors and screenwriters. We
know enough to do it all ourselves." *
He lias made appearances in feature films
including "Mo' Better Blues," Tap," and " Edward
Scissorhands." He has also done a number of PBS
projects including "Freeman," "Keeping On," and
"The Meeting" in which he portrayed Malcolm X.
Williams is co-founder of New York City's New
Federal Theatre and is the founder and artistic direc
tor of Concept One Theatre.
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?SATURDAY, JUNE 12
7 im. ? USAir'a "Giant Flea" will be held until 1
pjn. at 799 Hanes Mall Blvd. (across from Lowes). The rain
date is Jane 19. There will be old and new items, crafts, food
snd fan. To rent a space, call Denise at 661 -8242 between 9
aon. and 3 pjn. Monday through Friday. All proceeds from
space rentals go toward USAir's community service projects.
10 a.m. ? The Tiny Viking football team will hold
registration for players and cheerleaders at Mineral Springs
Middle School on June 12 and June 26 until 2 p.m. Bring a
certified birth certificate and registration fee. For information
on the boys' team, call Anthony Moore at 922-1137 or
Johnny Oglesby at 788-1817. For girts, call Renee Oglciby
at 788-1817 or Mary Ellen Stupakewicz at 767-4064.
12 pjn. ? Citizens United for Justice will sponsor a
Support Rally at Emmanuel Baptist Church, located at 1075
Shalimar Drive. Come out and support Larry Womble, other
community leaden and Citizens United for Justice~to~hdp~
stop racism, violence, senseless killings, joblessness,
poverty, drugs, police brutality, and religious, ethnic and
political intolerance. Strive for freedom, human dignity, jus
tice, tolerance, nonviolence, peace and community harmony.
For information call 788-7023.
12 pja. ? The Atkins High School Class of 1943
Planting Committee will meet at the East Winston Branch
Library, located at 1110 ?? Seventh St, to plan its 50th
anniversary to be held July 23-25. All classmates are urged
to attend. For information call ArabeDe Watts Parker, chair
man of the committee, at 722-0705 or Nathaniel Colson at
650-1323.
SUNDAY, JUNE 13
5:30 pjn. ? The Atkins High School Class Reunion
Group 1946-1951 will meet at the home of Amos W. Harper,
reunion coordinator. Persons planning to participate in the
Atlantic City Weekend Fun Trip are urged to attend.
TUESDAY, JUNE 15
12 pjn. ? Fonyth Memorial Hospital's social work
department will present the seminar "Nursing Home Place
ment: Issues and Answers" in the second-floor patient/family
solarium. The free seminars will be held each Tuesday in
June and will include light meals. The June 22 session will
be held at 5:30 pjn. The June 29 session will be held at 12
p.m. Call 7 18-55 10 to reserve a space.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
8:30 ajn. ? "New Beginnings - New Families" is an
educational event for new parents and parent! -to-be that will
be held until 12 p.m. at the Forsyth County Agriculture
Building. Presentation! will include: "What is a norm an
newborn?" "Prenatal nutrition," "Coping with anxiety associ
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nancy," "Planning an affordable nursery," and "Financing the
and exhibit! by agencies. There is no charge, but pie-regis
tration is required by calling 767-8213. For information call
Martha Isenberg.
THURSDAY, JUNE 17
6 p.m. ? The WSSU Friends of the library will hold
their annual membership meeting at OXeDy Library on the
campus of Winston-Salem State University. The meeting
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health insurance matters to enjoy their summer activities. If
you would like SFC to help you stay in the swim of things,
call 725-1972 for an appointment. SFC is a United Way
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? The Aits Council sponsors "Outta the Bag" hmchtime
concerts at Winston Square Park, next to the Sawtooth
Building, located at 226 N. Marshall St. in downtown Win
ston-Salem throughout the month of June, weekdays from
12:15-1:15 pjn. The ooncens are free and open to the public
and feature local musicians performing jazz, bluegrass. Top
40, R&B, folk, country and beach music. A surprise rally
will be held weekly. Prizes include free lunches from down
town restaurants and gifts from local businesses.
UPCOMING
? The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem
will hold "Adventures in Learning" classes for seniors on
June 15 and 22. Courses will include "Hearing: My Loss or
Yours?" "Summer Flower Arranging," "Natural Healing,"
"Joining Malcolm X and Martin Luther King," and "AARP
55 Alive/Mature Driving." There is a registration fee. For
information call 748-0217.
? The Arts Council will hold Super Saturday for Kids
June 19 from 10 ajn. to 12 p.m. at Winston Squarc~Parfc, :
next to the Sawtooth Building, located at 226 N. Marshall St.
in downtown Winnon-Salem. The mini-arts festival is for
children 6 to 12 years old and their parents. Enjoy a morning
of music, drama, storytelling, magic, clowns and arts and
crafts. The event is held the third Saturday of each month
during the summer. The event is free and open to the public.
For information call the Arts Council at 722-2585.
? The YWCA is offering a seminar to teach you how to
can and freeze your summer produce on June 29 from 12-1
pjn. To pre -register call 722-5138. The YWCA is located at
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1951 is sponsoring a "Weekend Fun Trip" to Atlantic City,
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