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“In Touch” Looks
At Low Income
Housing Sunday
WBTV Community Affairs
Director Ken Koontz hosts a dis
cussion of a growing crisis in
Charlotte on “In Touch With Low
Income Homing," Sunday, May 23 .
at 6:30 p.m. on WBTV, Channel 3.
Koontz and his guests, Harold
Wilson, a local CPA; Dr. Olev
Niiland, Director of UNCC’s Stu
dent Health Center; and Kathy
Schinkle, Charlotte homemaker,
make up a special task force
looking into the critical shortage of
low-to-moderate housing. They
have discovered that Charlotte city
officials estimate some 3,000 fa
milies are on the waiting list, but
that there are fewer than 500 units
of potentially available homes for
these families.
The task force members will
discuss the problems and present
their recommendations for a solu
tion on the thirty-minute program
"Stare! ByTrei^
Man’ k Tuesday
Night Movie
“Stand by Your Man," the
motion pieture-for-television star
ring Annette O’Toole and Tim
Mclntire, which is based on the
autobiography of country music
queen Tammy Wynette, will be
rebroadcast on "The CBS Tuesday
Night Movies,” Tuesday, May 25
at 9 p.m on WBTV, Channel 3.
Cooper Huckabee, Helen Page
Camp and James Hampton also
star in the rags-to-riches story that
dramatizes highlights in the career
of Tammy Wynette, from her im
poverished childhood to simer
stardom in the country music field,
The title “Stand by Your Man”
comes from Miss Wynette’s most
famous song, one of the longest-"
selling single records in the history
of country music. The book,
written by Miss Wynette with Joan
Drew, was adapted for television
by John Gay.
Annette O’Toole portrays Miss
Wynette, who began life in the
rural South, worked in the cotton
fields as a small child, survived
recurrent illness, shock therapy
and four disastrous marriages and
raised four daughters while fight
ing for the break that led, finally,
to her steady climb to the top of the
music charts and an enduring'
place as a First Lady of country
music. She has won two Grammy
.Awards and has three times been
named Top Vocalist of the Year by
the Country Music Association.
REV. JAMES CLEVELAND
_To appear in concert here
Rev. Cleveland Is Synonymous
To The Nurturing Of Gospel _
Super-star status hasn't altered
what the Rev. James Cleveland set
out to do years ago. His mission
then was to feed the hungry souls
with his gospel music. That
mission hasn’t wavered. Rev.
James Cleveland’s name has al
ways been synonymous to the
nurturing of gospel.
It is little wonder that Cleve
land's course in life veered to
wards gospel mustc. Cleveland’s
childhood included two Christian
parents who attended church re
gularly, prayed fervently and took
the time to teach their religious
beliefs to him. From this environ
ment Cleveland absorbed and
grew firm in the Christian faith.
Adept with the talent of singing
Cleveland’s formative years were
spent performing with many great
gospel groups including the
Thorns, Crusaders, The Gospel
All-Stars of New York, The
Roberta Martin Singers, The
Caravans, The Mahalia Jackson
Singers, and the Meditation
Singers.
This time was a period of learn
ing for Cleveland. Surrounded by
such talented and gifted perform
ers Cleveland’s singing ability de
veloped to the stage where Cl eve
land decided to venture out on his
own. Combining the best of those
groups with his own, unique and
creative genius, Cleveland organ
ized the Cleveland Singers.
Ever since Cleveland’s first hit
recording, ’’The Love of God,”
Cleveland has received six gold
albums: “Peace, Be Still,” "I’ll Do
His Will,” "Lord, Do It,” “I Stood
On The Bans,” "Lord Help Me To
Hold Out,” and “Jesus Is The Best
Thing.”
Cleveland’s total immersion in
the field of gospel has opened other
doors of opportunity for him. He
served as the musical consultant
for the Emmy Award winning
teleplay “Roots” one and two, and
also the motion picture, “The Mad
Messiah ”
Following closely behind Cleve
land s opportunities are his honors
He was the recipient of an honor
ary doctorate degree from Temple
Bible College, winner of two
-Grammy Awards, “Billboard”
magazine's Trend-Setters Award,
NAACP Image Award, “Bill
board" No. 1 Gospel Artist Award,
Record World" Record World” Top
Gospel Artist Award, EBONY ma
gazine^ Artist Award the National
Association of Negro Musicians’
Award and NA1 ka Award as Best
Gospel Artist.
During a schedule that has so
many demands it doesn't seem
likely that Cleveland would have
the time to discover new talent.
But he does. In recent years he has
presented a number of fine artists,
all of whom were recorded on the
55avoy label
Providing the type of gospel
music so m'a ny people seek.
Cleveland has written over 350
compositions and has recorded 72
albums.
If Cleveland's work stopped at
his musical career, certainly that
would be enough but Cleveland
goes on tirelessly. He is the pastor
of the Cornerstone Institutional
Baptist Church in Los Angeles and
is founder and president of the
Gospel Music Workshop of
America, a convention of singers
from all over the rnnntrv
Truly a disciple of Christ, Cleve
land, along with gospel performers
Albertina Walker and Inez
Andrews, will appear at the
Charlotte Coliseum Sunday, May
23, for what promises to be the
greatest gospel concert ever. The
~H>ncert begins at 4 p.m.
Modem Music To
Be Played At
The Mint Museum
The Charlotte Chamber of Music
Workshop will present a concert of
mostly modern music at 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 23, in the Golden
Circle Theatre at the Mint
"Museum, -50T-iTempsteaa pia<ir—
Tickets are $4 and may be pur
chased at the door.
The concert, the last in a series
of five "Music at the Mint" con
certs presented by the Charlotte
Chamber Music Workshop, fea
tures the Renaissance String
Quartet: Dennis and Lisa Spring,
violins; Scott Rice, viola; and
Charles Wiens, violoncello. Their
75 minute program includes De
bussy's "Premier" and five pieces
for string quartet by Clark East
ham
The Charlotte Chamber Music
Workshop concerts at the Mint
Museum are sponsored by the
Department of Performing Arts
For additional information about
the concert or the Charlotte
Chamber Music Workshop, call
535-3024
“Time After Time” Is
WBTV Saturday
Night Movie
Jack the Ripper escapes through
time to modern-day San Francisco
in “Time After Time,” suspense
drama starring Malcolm McDow
ell. David Warner and Mary
Steenburgen, to be broadcast for
the first time on network television
on “The CBS Saturday Night
Movies." Saturday, May 22 at 9
p m on WBTV, Channel 3.
Idealistic writer H. G. Wells
(McDowell) is throwing a dinner
party in turn of the-century Lon
don to show his friends his new
invention, a time machine, when
the police interrupt They are
looking for the notorious murder
er, Jack the flipper, who has just
committed another heinous Clime. —
In their search of the house, they
come across evidence that Dr
John Stevenson (Warner), one of
Wells' erudite guests, is the
Ripper, but before they can make
an arrest, Stevenson escapes in
Wells' time machine
me macmne returns, without
Stevenson, to I^ndon and Wells
climbs aboard in pursuit of his
murderous acquaintance, finding
himself, after a dazzling journey
through time, in modern San
Francisco Expecting a Utopia.
Wells is disappointed with what he
finds, but his first concern is to
locate Stevenson Baffled by con
temporary ways, he enlists the aid
of a bank officer, Amy (Miss
Steenburgen), who helps him dis
cover where Stevenson is staving