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New Edition still draws
Opeo Tuesday-Sunday
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males. So it was something
that they felt like, T’m going
to hold on to this record
because that’s what I felt hke
when I was 14.’ The music
and what we did was a gen
erational commentary and I
think people want to hold on
to that because it was fun
back then.”
Brown advises singers fol
lowing in their footsteps to
give thdr aU to what they’re
doing and love it so lhat they
can avoid one-hit wonder-
dom.
“Don’t let anything or any-
Fans for life, Monique Lawrence and Kristin Outlaw show
their signs of admiration for New Edition in Columbia.
one biir^ you down. What
God has put together don't let
no man or no woman bring
you down,” he said.
New Edition Timeline:
• 1978-Ricky Bell, Michael
Bivins and Bobby Brown meet at
the Orchard Park housii^ pro
jects in Boston. Later that year,
they meet Brook Payne, Ronnie
DeVoe’s xmcle and Ralph Ttes-
vant and DeVoe are added to the
gioup- Payne names them New
Edition.
• 1983-After winning second
place in a local talent competi
tion, New Edition records the
album Candy Girl with Maurice
Starr. The lead single of the
same title charted at number one
on the Billboard R&B charts.
Later that year, New Edition left
Starr’s label and sued him.
• 1984-Their self-titled album
goes double platinum.
•1986-Bobby Brown is voted
out of the group due to behav
ioral issues.
•1988-Johnny GUI is added to
the group and New Edition
records Heartbreak, which goes
Igunnuko back from hiatus
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of Charlotte. She sings aU
over Europe, Japan and she
has her ovm style of Blues
that blends the old and new.
Betty Pride will take you on a
ride and it’s a nice cruise too,”
said Akinlana.
Akinlana says he envisions
the Igunnuko Afiican Her
itage Festival growing from a
local community event to a
nationally recognized cele
bration. “The goal is to bring
the community spirit that we
have galvanized through the
years in Charlotte to other
cities. We will use this festi
val as a model for celebration.
As a people we need to be
rejuvenated. That’s what we
endeavor to do each year at
Igunnuko - rejuv^ate otir
people,” Akinlana said.
“Just like the python that
"sheds its skin each year, rid
ding itself of parasites and
constrictions. When it shakes
aU of that off it becomes reju
venated and ready for the
next year.”
Festival times:
September2-11a.m. to 10 p.m.
September 3 - Noon to 9 p.m.
Performance schedule:
Otesha Creative Arts Ensemble
-Sat. 4 p.m.
Betty Pride and the BP Ride -Sat
5pm
Sonia Sanchez -Sat. 6pm
Glenis Redmond -Sat. 7pm
n g
Lion Tracks Reggae Band -
Sat, 8 p.m.
Senior Drum and Percussion
Sun. 3 p.m.
Asante Okyerema Sun. 4 p.m.
Chuck Davis and AADE -Sun. 5
p.m.
Clyde Wilder S w
Dancers Sun. 6 p.m.
Community Dance and Drum
Sun. 8 p.m.
Books By Sonia Sanchez
Include: Does Your House Have
Lions?
Wounded in the House of a
Friend
Like the Singing Coming Off the
Drums: Love Poems
A Blues Book for Black Magical
Women
‘Launched’ on display at McColl
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and encephalitis. “Christo
pher,” a C-print features a guy
who has the name George
embroidered on his shirt.
VWth his index finger touch
ing his cleft dun, he looks like
a friend who would give you
his full attention.
The most playful work here
is by Phoebe Wong of N. C.
State University, who uses
three- dimensional elements
to make very personal
images.
In “Suburbia,” she uses
brown burlap for ground, blue
and green acrjdic paint and
mesh 'wire for a fence lit by
painted street lamps.
In another work, seven pas
tel houses hold small, stone
hearts secured bdiind wire
windows. “Launched” contin
ues through September 9,
Hours are 11 a,m. to 4 p-m.
Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Admission is free. For informa
tion, call (704) 332-5535.
‘Idlewild’ sounds out of time, place
Rap just didn’t fit
in with the 1930s
setting of movie
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didn’t and that took some
shine off the movie to me.
At least the acting was OK.
Since I didn’t see “ATL,” I
wasn’t aware of Patton’s
charm on the big screen. He
really stole the show from his
partner. I’d seal Benjamin in
“Four Brothers” and I
thought he’d done well. How
ever in this movie, he tried too
hard to be Mr. Sensitivity He
seemed a little flat - until he
started singing, of course.
Ttue OutKast lovers may
enjoy seeir^ the duo together
since lately they have been
dogged by rumors of a split.
But take the move for what it
is: an uber extended music
Local news
you can get
your hands
on every
week.
double platinum.
• 1989-The group takes a
break. GDI and TVesvant rdease
solo records, Bivins, DeVoe and
BeU from BeU Biv DeVoe.
• 1996-The group reunites with
Brown and records the album
Home Again, which goes double
platinum.
•2004-The gtxnip releases One
Love on the Bad Boy label. It was
not a corhmerrial success.
• 2006-New Edition is filming
a live DVD “Spend The Night
With New Edition” and there are
plans for a new album and tour
in 2008.
Look us up on the
web for news and
information
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