riviurni aouve are some 01 me memoers
who perform with the Charlotte
Contemporary Ensemble. Front row, left
to right: Brenda Froneberger, Mary
Cannon, Sherry Young, Mary GUI, Faye
Harris-Maye, Brenda Porter; second
row left to right: Janice Davidson, Shelly
Anderson. Juliette Poe, Joyce Ledbetter.
Ted Avery, Nigel Ay ton; back row left to
right: Michael Porter, Randall Johnson,
Andre McClain, Donald Turner, Sam
Young, Thero Spears, Frank Williams
(conductor).
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Charlotte Contemporary
Ensemble To Present Conceit
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
According to Randall
Johnson, a member of the
Charlotte Contemporary
Ensemble, the group has
spent long hours preparing
the best of song and dance
for concert-goers.
.Charlotte Contemporary
Ensemble will present its
annual summer perfor
mance Sunday, in C.K.
Blake Auditorium, as West
Charlotte High School. The
concert begins at 6:15 p.m.
“We’ll feature sacred
and secular music, as well
as pop and gospel,”
“Johnson pointed outr
Selections from Handel and
Faure will also be
of the evening will be a
Gantt Opens Upward
Bound Summer Program
Charlotte Mayor Harley
Gantt passed along his
father’s advice to him
when first leaving home to
the students enrolled in the
Upward Bound Program at
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sity last week at the annual
banquet on campus.
“It s important to use
this opportunity well as you
might not get such a
chance again,’’ he offered.
Mayor Gantt reflected on
the loss to society of un
tapped potential because
programs like Upward
ovuiiu va uuiic^c piepara
—tory program for Char
“otte-Mecklenburg stu
dents) did not exist when
he attended high school.
“As mayor I see the ab
solute cream of society and
the absolute bottom, the
good and the bad,” re
marked Gantt. “I am con
cerned about what we are
doing to ourselves, the
~ negativism leads to black
self-hatred. We need to
develop the leadership to
continue to attack the
social injustices and pro
blems that face us,” he
continued. “A program
such as Upward Bound is a
good place to start.”
Upward Bound works
with area students who
have potential with addi
tional help to be able to
succeed in college work.
Students attend classes and
participate in a wide range
of cultural, recreational
. and social experiences
during a summer pro
gram. During the school
year the program contin
ues in a support role while
participants attend their
high school classes. Once
Upward Bound students
graduate from high school,
they may become Bridge
Students, which is the final
Harvey Gantt
.JCSU speaker
preparation before enter
ing college.
Harvey Gantt advised
program participants to
carry a positive attitude
about themselves and to be
honest in measuring their
capabilities:
“Don’t be afraid to ven
ture out,” stated Gantt.
“The lesson of education is
not to he afraid to start all
over again.”
“When I first lost in the
election (primary vs.
Eddie Knox) I felt a sense
of satisfaction,” added the
mayor. “I didn’t mope
about 'if only I did that.’
Your attitude is the dif
ference between success or
non-success.”
The banquet also ho
nored top achievers from
the 1983-84 school year.
Plaques for highest acade
mic average were given to
Mark Jackson for his so
phomore work at Indepen
dence, Tanya Taylor for
her Junior work at GariTi
ger and Pis Townes a
senior graduate from West
Charlotte who will be at
tending Johnson C. Smith
University this fall. --
theatrical medley from the
Wiz.
Johnson didn’t give too
many clues, but the
dedicated practices which
he spoke of on behalf of all
the members indicated this
year’s concert is bigger
and better.
"We’re all singers, but
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■Johnson smiled. Now, with
the assistance of choreo
grapher, Barbara Howse
Meadows, the Charlotte
Contemporary Ensemble
las a broadway flair.
Ms. Howse-Meadows has
lived in Charlotte since
January, 1963. A native of
White Plains, N.Y., she
studied dance and choreo
graphy at Boston
Conservatory of Music and
received her BS in dance
from State University .of
New York at Brockport.
Ms. Howse-Meadows is
presently teaching at
Charlotte School of Ballet;
she is choreographer for
Central Piedmont
Community CoMege’s
summer theatre.
Besides traveling with a
Charlotte children’s
theatre group for two
years, Ms. Howse
Meadows directed her own
dance company - Meadows
Dance Works - in her
hometown.
me conductor oi me
Charlotte Contemporary
Ensemble is Frank
Williams, a native of
Gastonia, N.C. Williams
received his BA from
Johnson C. Smith
from Unc-Charlotte.
Additional studies
include the Interlochem
Arts Academy._He
received a fellowship from
the University of Michigan^
Ann Arbor. Williams has
also studied under Richard
Cox at UNC-Greensboro
Along with directing
Charlotte Contemporary
Ensemble, he is presently
choral director at West
Charlotte High School and
at Friendship Baptist
Church.
Tickets for the Charlotte
Contemporary Ensemble’s
summer concert can be
purchased at the door, or in
advance from Ensemble
members. They are also on
sale at the Afro
American Cultural Center
in Spirit Square. The price
is $6, adults; |3, children.
For more information,
telephone 974-15*6.
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Elderly Have Friend In Camp
By Aadrey C. Lodato
Part Staff Writer
The elderly of Mecklen
burg County have a friend
inFreidaCtunp. The VISTA
volunteer has been a main
stay of the United Way’s
Friends of the Elderly pro
gram since last September.
A major goal of the pro
gram is to link Chariot te
Mecklenburg’s older resi
I dents with whichever
1 agencies are most appro
priate for their particular
heeds. This could involve
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ing a referral to providing
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ing for them in some way,
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__ “Transportation is nnfl/if
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C-T----r
Frieda Camp
.VISTA volunteer
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plained. Her job is to help
in whatever way she can.
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One problem the pro
gram has encountered has
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derly like to feel indepeef*
dent,” Ms. Camp noted.
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Freida Camp displays a
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Way Staff member, but
even if this were not so, she
would continue doing what
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affirmed.
Ms. Camp said she found
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M s. Camp believes the
elderly are often shuffled
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revealed.
Freida Camp's family is
supportive of her efforts in
the Friends of the Elder
ly program. "They love it
and they encourage me,”
she said. “I really get a lot
of satisfaction out of help
lng people. My'reward is
when they call and thank
me."
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