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Donald Byrd Headlines i • » r ’ r M | k Minority Arts Festival PITTSBURGH. PA. - Donald Byrd and the 125th Street Band, Rufus Harley, noted black bagpipe artists, and a host of international ly and nationally acclaimed dra matists, dancers and musicians will perform at “Expressions in Excellence: A Festival of Black, Hispanic and Native American Arts." to be held August 21-23 in Pittsburgh, PA. Fine artists and crafts people will also participate, in the Festival with an invitational exhibition, a juried show and an outdoor openshow____ To date, seven dance companies will perform during the three day event. They include the inter nationally known Arthur Hall and his Afro-American Dance Ensem ble; Philadanco from the City of Brotherly Love; the Pittsburgh Black Theatre Dance Ensemble; Armonia Folklorica, a Hispanic* group; New Jersey’s Inner City Ensemble Theatre and Dance Company; and two Native Ameri can groups: Delaware's Nanticoke Fancy Men's Dancer’s and the Thunderbird Dancers from New York. — Drama companies include Phila delphia's New Freedom Theatre, which is ranked among the top six black theatre groups in the nation; the Kuntu Repertory Theatre from the University of Pittsburgh De partment of Black Studies; Kara mu-Theatre. Company from Ohio; the New Theatre of WasHingtdtn— the National Black Theatre of New “Alice” Mel’s Diner is the end of the road for Jolene Hunnicutt, a young, lad; trucker, when she tells her over amorous trucking partner, Burt, U> / take uie truck and hit the road - alone - on a rebroadcast of “Alice," Sunday, August 23, at 9 p.m. on WBTV, Channel 3. Joelene is upGet about leaving her truck but she gets no sym pathy from Mel, especially when the angry and rejected Burt manages to lock everyone in the ladies’ room before shoving off. tselle calls from Nashville to an nounce she has a new job, which leaves Mel without a waitress and with the added burden of a strand ed lady trucker waiting to change her life direction. With a little pressure from Alice and Vera, Mel softens and Jolene gets to change hats and try her luck at dishing out r Mel’s chili. “The Jeff ergons” The “Boys’” big sporting night out goads the “Girls" into taking a sporting night out of their own - to an all-male strip show - on a rebroadcast of “The Jeffersons," Sunday, August 23, at 9:30 p.m. on WBTV, Channel 3. Tom ana Ueorge are outraged to learn where Helen and Louise have gone and set off on a mad dash to retrieve their “errant” spouses. “Archie Bunker” Murray’s marriage plans come to an abrupt halt when the sudden death of his mother leaves Mm devastated with guilt for having left her "alone,” in the first part of a two-part story, on a rebroadcast of "Archie Bunker’s Place,” Sun day, August 23, at 8 p.m. on WBTV, Channel I. York; La Familia, a Hispanic group, also from New York; and New Jersey's Crossroads Theatre. The music will range from inti mate performances by soloists to soulful gospel sounds and from opera to the brassy big band beat. Philadelphia’s professional black opera company, Opera Ebony; Pittsburgh's favorite trumpeter Harold Betters; the New Jersey Philaharmonic Glee Club; Cre _ativg_Artists Music Ensemble, a big band group; Natalie Hinderas, concert pianist, and the Rev. Tommy Brown and the Gospel Now Singers are among the many musicians who will perform at “Expressions of Excellence.” The fine arts and crafts exhi bits will include photography, paintings* prints, sculpture, weav *n8> jewelry and wood carvings / •nvited artists include Hembert Howard, Reba Dickerson-Hill, Native American Peter Jemison, —sculptor Oliver LaGrone; and pho tograpfia-Adal-Mftldonado. Seminars on arts'mangement and marketing will be conducted by experts during the festival. Dr. Nathan Davis, associate pro fessor of music at the University of Pittsburgh and a saxaphonist who has performed all over the world, is on-site coordinator of “Expres sion in Excellence: A Festival of Black, Hispanic and Native Ame rican Arte." FM 98 dial the station with "THE W INNING . COMBINAT ION” tm \ Remote . \ \ Sat. Aug. 22 . ' 12-2 \ "■ Dalton Georgia Carpet HOI N. Tryon St. Radio Station WPEG WPEG- VERY MUCH A PART OF SUBURBAN RADIO GROUP- COMMUNICATION EXCELLENCE HIGHWAY 29N % P.O. BOX 128 • CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA 28025 (704) 333-3057
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