Winfield, Robinson Receive Awards
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ness, politics^
and community leaders
were in attendance when
NBC “Today Show” host,
Bryant Gtanbel, New York
Yankee, Dave Winfield and
business woman, Rachel
Robinson received the
Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United
States’ awards for black
achievement.
The annual black
achievement recognition
dhmer, now in its 12th year,
was initiated to recognise
individuals who have be
came rale models for black
youth and have helped to
strengthen the black com
monity. Essence. Commu
oicatioos, Inc., publishers
of “Essence” Magaxine
and producers of “Es
sence, The Television
omofw, received me Kqui
table Corporate Achieve
ment Award.”
. JAZZ FESTIVAL ;•* :
Take a look at this list:
Noel Pointer, Jazz violinist;
Tom Browne, trumpeter; :
Jean Carne, Lonnie Liston
Smith, Roy Ayers, Robert
Newton and Lotus Fete. ^
Whether you can believe it
or not they are all going to
be on one show, Sunday,
February 17. And the beat
part about this Jazz pack
age is that tickets are only
$14 and $15. And to top that
there are going to be two
*ows, at • p.m. and 10
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BETTY CARTER
No this is not a misprint!
That’s right. Betty Carter
will be in concert at Spirit
Square, Saturday, Febru
ary 10 at 8:15 p.m. She is
awe to put on one of the
most dazzling perfor
mances ever been seen by
- a Jazz vocalist. From the
old school of Jazz, Ms.
Cartsr ranks with likes of
EDa Fitzgerald. Tickets,
are $10. Call Spirit Square
at 378-0883 for more infer
BLACK HISTORY MONTH r
Several branch** of the
public library are getting
into full swing, celebrating
black history month On
Tuesday, February », tl,
* and 28 the Tryon Mall
Branch Library will tell
tales of black fohi fur pre
schoolers. A Smithsonian
Exhibit profiling “Black
Women: Achievement
Against Hie Odds" wfl be
on display at the Main
Branch from February 18;
March 31 Also at the main
branch library, the bio
graphical portrayal of Fan
nie Lou HSOMT will be
depicted by Margaret
Freeman, February 30 aL7
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At the local YWCA on
Ifcade Street a_ chBdmp’s
fidflSSSi fSSSh*iS
b# bald on Saturdays, from
18 a m. - It p m The
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program is sponsored by
the Afro-American Cultu- v
ral Center.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Three Cheers for tbe two
nominations the movie,
“Soldier’s Story” received,
one for best picture and one
for beat suporting actor,
Adolph Caesar. What a
coincidence that two years
ago Lou Goeeett received a
Oscar award for his role as
sergeant in 'Hie Officer
And Trie Gentleman.” Cae
sar alao played the role of
an army sargpant. I’m
sure that anyone who saw
the movie will agree that
Caesar’s performance de
serves nothing kas than an
oscar. He was indeed
superb. r-v
, THE GRAMMYS
Yes, I know the “Gram
my Awards” are a little
more than a week away.
But before the big event
arrives, Mike McKay will
conduct his own musical
survey one week before
the program airs and an
nounce the winners on
“Your. Vote For The
Grammy* With Mike Mc
Kay,” Tuesday, February
19 at 8:30 p.m. Beginning
on Monday, February 18,
WBTV viewers will be in
vited to call a 900 number
and vote for the Best Fe
male and Male Pop Voca
list, the Album of the Year
and the Record of the Year.
PAGEANT
Applications are now be
ing accepted for parti ci
59wiTH LORETTA MAN AGO £9
pants in the “All American
Calender Girl Pageant” to
be beld at the-Ramada Inn,
downtown on March 10.
There will be four cate
gories for ladies of all ages
V (one-30) and youui men
(three -It) to compete in.
Entry is in one or all tour of
the following events: beau
ty, model, talent, or photo
tme.- For additional in
formation contact, All
American Calendar Girl,
1010 Joppa Road, Joppa,
Maryland 20195 or phone
(301) 879-M17 or 377-5511.
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
After recently written
about John Kee, musical
director of several gospel
aggregations, now you
have a chance to see him in
action. John Kee and the
Kee Singers wUl be on
“Opportunity ft ” on
Febnieryi7. at
contemporary music
Andre Watts, in a solo
piano recital at Avery
Fisher Hall performs
works of Scarlatti, Beetho
ven and Chopin on “Great
Wednesday, February SO
on channel M and 58
beginning at 8:88 p.m
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