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★ WMm(K> • ★ mniiAusi 2 I * SXiNX * 2 __ 2 * HfWIWM& Sensitive Ballads Have Been Rick James’ Trademark By Loretta Man ago Post Staff Writer Even the most savage of beasts are calmed when be pours from the depth of his soul the sensitive ballads that have become his trademark. But there’s another side to this artist who erases timidity from a soul with his rocking, funky numbers. Rick James is this recording artist. He has built a reputation on that type of versatility. It has given him the status and tha^—Ability that only the “creme de la crane” share: ‘ Not only is his singing style versatile, but Rick 4pJames as a recording ~ artist is too. That’s because Rick James is not just an 'tfj which leave little doubt about what he is capable. Looh-at the Mary Jane Girls. With only an idea at female funk and roll group, SfifT After™11 at .usive audition, James v^-ote, produced and financed an entire album for this creation. The evi dence of the. Mary Jane Girls’ single “Candy Man” and “All Night Long” rising to the top of R&B charts, was proof enough that James was on the right target. But that’s not all. He has seen the enormous wealth of talent that lies within his back-up band, “The Stone City Band.” Not allowing it to go to waste, James took on the project of producing The Stone City Band’s debut and subsequent albums. RICK JAMES * -JVot just another sineer In addition to his pro duction credits with The Stooe City Band and the Mary Jane Girls, James also produced the Temp tations’ top R&B hit. "Standing On The Top” and Teena Marie’s first album, “Wild and Peace ful.” The year 1983 also marked the year James ventured into the fashion world. He sponsored a complete line of unisex designer sportswear, cre ated by Hawaiian Cristo pher Lee. The line is manu Easy Moving Dance Group To Appear Here The Easy Moving Com pany Dance Troupe out of Raleigh, N.C., will present a Master Class and a De monstration-Lecture at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity on Tuesday, March 37. Each session is open free to the public and will be held in Grimes Lounge of the Student Union. The Master Class will be held from 3-5 p.m. while the Demonstra tion-Lectures will run from 8-10 p.m. The Easy Moving Com pany was formed in 1878 as a “co-op” ensemble by Geraldine Bowen, Pattie Kilpatrick, Cynthia Schraf Fletcher and Vincent Taylor. All members of the dance company participate in the creative pro cess. Their program numbers blend the traditional and avant-garde ranging from slapstick humor to human pathos to purely joyous motion. Easy Moving Com pany conducts regular classes in Raleigh as well as participating in the North Carolina Artists in-the-School’s Program and the Governor’s Advo cacy Council for Persons with Disabilities. They are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council. factured in Buffalo and available in stores nation wide. For most, the responsi bility of being a recording artist would be more than enough to handle, but not Rick James. In the near future, James plans to ini tiate his debut in motion pictures with a series of projects still in develop ment. If all goes well, James hopes to begin film production this year on at least one of his projects, “Spice of Life” with him self as the star. In New Light UNCC Students To See Faculty, Staff’ Students and the public may see faculty and staff of the Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte in a new light on Friday, March 23. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. on that date, faculty will put down chalk and eraser and fiirn aside from the com puter terminal to pick up guitar, fiddle, saxo phone or voice and try the spotlight on the stage-all for a good cause, the emer gency student-loan fund. The occasion is UNCC’s first faculty-staff talent show and benefit, sponsored by the UNCC Women’s Association. Mrs. Binnie Neel, pre sident, said the event has a two-fold purpose-to bring students, faculty and staff together for an informal and “fun” occasion and to raise money for the organ ization’s favorite charity. Many students never see their professors in a set ting other than the class room, she indicated. The show will feature the University’s top lead ers: Chancellor Fretwell, Jr. playing in a saxophone trio with legal assistant Bill Steimer and Political Sci ence Department Head Bob Mundt , and Academic Affairs Vice Chancellor J. H. Wemtz, Jr. and the academic deans doing a Gilbert and Sullivan skit; and Vice Chancellor for Research and Public Ser vice Doug Orr and Psy chology Professor Nace Toner and members of the WFAE staff performing as Highland Bru, a Celtic music band. Bill Hanna, well known Charlotte jazz musician and a member of the UNCC faculty, will open the show with the closest thing to a professional act. Another well Known local group comprised of UNCC faculty, is the Mallard Creek String Band, an old time music group which will perform midway through the show. Other acts range from a satirical presentation' by UNCC and Charlotte-Meck lenburg historian Dan Morrill to the Gospel Train Singers, a faculty-staff group augmented by Char lotte attorney J.T. Mill saps. There will even be a belly dance performed by a fa culty member under the name of “Mikaila.” Other acts include class ical piano and flute pre sentations, guitar num bers, skits, barbershop quartet singing, and a bass solo by Dean of Admis sions and Records Bob ~ Gwaltney. The program is open the the public. Cost is $2 for students and $3 for adults >ther than students For further information, contact Ken Sanford, at UNCC, 597-4286 week-days from 8 a.m to 5 p.m.
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