Dramatic 'Dream'
recounts King's life
: A moderately sized audience was
treated to an incredibly powerful
three-hour performance Friday night
as the National Black Touring Circuit
brought its production of "I Have a
Dream" to Memorial Hall.
The two-act musical drama com
bines more than 25 hymns and
spirituals with slide projections of
news photographs and a talented six
member cast to offer a comprehensive
historical and psychological portrait
of the late Martin Luther King. The
show is a deeply moving, carefully
crafted theater experience, and its
intensity never abates over a three
hour period.
; The set consists of three movie
screens of varying size, five straight
wooden chairs and a podium. Playing
a variety of roles, the cast reenacts
highlights of the King story against
a background of shifting images from
JCing's life.
. The starting point for the action
js the bus boycott in Montgomery,
Ala. Here the audience meets King
as he becomes involved in the struggle
of Rosa Parks and other Montgo
mery blacks for an integrated bus
system. The first act smoothly pro
gresses through King's trip to India,
the first attempt on his life, the
freedom riders, the march on Bir
mingham and the march on Washing
ton, ending with the "I Have a
Dream' speech.
The central figure is King himself,
played by Bruce Strickland, who both
narrates the account of King's life and
enacts King's speeches, sermons and
non-violent protests. The other cast
members pass in and out of the action
representing a variety of roles:
Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther
King Sr., John and Robert Kennedy
and others.
The second act recounts King's
winning of the Nobel Prize, the march
on Selma, and his final trip to
Memphis. Here the events become
interspersed with a catalog of deaths
of civil rights leaders and participants.
The slide images become more gra
phic, and the members of the cast
offer news-type commentaries on the
escalating violence of the civil rights
struggle.
Harari band
"Irie" (a Jamaican reggae term
meaning roughly "a good feeling or
mood") was the word of the night,
and everybody was feeling it as The
Harari International Reggae Band
made its debut in the ArtsCe.nter,
Saturday night.
This funk-jazz-reggae band, play
ing for over two hours, showed the
same amount of enthusiasm at the
end as at the beginning. People
crowded onto the dance floor for the
entire show, and forgot all their
irritations and inhibitions.
Even though the band did the
expected job of getting the audience
involved and happy, the performance
transcended those standards. Pure
musical expertise was the impressive
part of the show.
Many dance bands rely on simple,
steady rhythms to keep the audience
satisfied. This calls for no complex
chord variations or solos. A band can
float through the show on a basic
four-note sequence coming from each
instrument.
Harari, though, does not skimp on
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Adapted by Josh Greenfield, the
dramatic dialogue of the show is
culled from King's many speeches and
sermons combined with some original
scenes. The original pieces are simple
and straightforward and mix well
with the eloquence and power of
King's writings. Strickland gives an
incredible oratorical performance as
King, never losing his ferocious
intensity throughout the perfor
mance. Similarly, the rest of the cast
members maintain strong character
izations and high energy from start
to finish.
The music flows throughout the
dramatic images spirituals and
hymns accompanied only by the
piano. All the cast members are
musically talented and do an excellent
job with the simple, emotive songs,
inspiring the audience to rise and join
in on "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
Soloist Dwight Witherspoon's
smooth, evocative tenor wrings every
ounce of emotion out of such songs
as "Free at Last" and the final,
beautiful "Abraham, Martin and
John."
Musically, visually and dramati
cally, this is a superbly integrated and
enthralling show. The slide images,
dramatic scenes and music all com
bine to give a portrait that is strongly
and genuinely moving without being
maudlin. As the action progresses to.
its inevitable and tragic conclusion,
the progression of brief visual and
aural images provides an eloquent,
realistic picture of the personality,
philosophy and works of King.
The production was a free event
sponsored by the Black Student
Movement, Carolina Union Per
forming Arts Committee, Student
Government and other groups as part
of Martin Luther King Birthday
Celebration Week. It is unfortunate
that more people could not have seen
the one-time only show, which was
a truly educational, emotional and
entertaining experience.
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the musical talent. Of the seven
musicians, four performed solos,
some repeatedly. The saxophone
player, Wink, had at least three
incredible, lengthy solos during the
show. Wink, the newest member of
the band, is from New York.
Bass player Habio Abouli Walker
gave an impressive performance
through his use of complicated chord
sequences. He matched the saxo
phone in lone ventures. The rhythm
and lead guitarists switched off
throughout the show, each having his
own solo. Besides the basic band
instruments, Harari members also
used keyboards, tambourines, bon
gos and steel drums.
Harari played mostly original
music, all instrumentals, with a great
reggae cover of Carlos Santana's song
"Black Magic Woman" added into
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By STEPHEN GILES
Staff Writer
When it rains, it pours. Familiar,
huh? Well, just ask the North Caro
lina women's basketball team. With
six losses in its last seven games, the
Tar Heels went into Saturday's game
with Clemson on quite a downward
spiral.
As it turned out, not even a feisty
Smith Center crowd was enough to
change UNC's fortunes, as the sag
ging women's club fell once again, this
time 73-50 at the hands of a resound
ing second-half Clemson juggernaut.
The loss dropped North Carolina
below .500, to 7-8, and left the Tar
Heels 1-4 in the ACC. Clemson,
meanwhile, raised its record to 10
4, 3-3 in the conference.
Afterwards, Tar Heel coach Sylvia
Hatchell was quick to point out her
squad's evident weakness, the lack of
a true point guard.
"Since the loss of Tanya Lamb,
weVe been without the services of a
true point guard," Hatchell said. "The
leadership factor expected from the
point just hasn't been there. Marsha
Matthews has been forced to play
there and has done a good job for
us, but it is evident that she is out
of position."
Clemson appeared to pinpoint the
major Tar Heel weakness at the onset
as it used its extreme team quickness
to roll out to a 14-4 lead before
Hatchell called timeout. North Caro
lina countered by working the ball
inside and narrowed the margin to
23-16 behind two Kathy Wilson free
throws with 8:07 remaining in the first
half.
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the program. The band also paid
tribute to reggae demi-god Bob
Marley with a short cover of "Get
Up, Stand Up."
The word "Harari" translates into
"won't sleep. till freedom comes," and
it stems from the diversity of back
grounds among the musicians.
Representing places ranging from
Boone, N.C., to Trinidad and
Tobago, the musicians proved that
their musical abilities had the same
extended scope. Harari's music
reflected influences of calypso, rock,
jazz, soul, soca, gospel and ska.
Harari's Saturday night concert
was entertaining and informative.
The group showed how the many
different influences placed on reggae
can evolve into an even fuller sound
through the guidance of strong
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That was as close as it would get
in the half as the Tigers built their
lead to as much as 36-22 on a Karen
Ann Jenkins shot with 2:26 left. UNC
sliced the lead to 38-28 at the half
on a Tia Poindexter jumper with 45
seconds remaining.
Poindexter and Wilson combined
to score 20 of the Tar Heels' 28 first
half points. Poindexter finished the
night with game-highs of 20 points
and nine rebounds. Wilson, who
didn't start because of missing prac
tice, ended up with 15 points and
seven boards.
"Once we got into the offense and
worked the ball inside we did okay,"
Hatchell said. "But the key is getting
into the offense.'
The second half opened much the
same as the first half ended, with
North Carolina relentlessly working
the ball inside to the likes of Poin
dexter and Wilson. The result was a
15-6 Tar Heel run that cut the Tiger
lead to 44-43 on a Poindexter three
point play with 13:37 left in the
contest.
"We made quite a few adjustments
at the half," Hatchell said. "Good
adjustments. But it was downhill
from there on as the Clemson defense
prevented us from getting the ball
inside."
Clemson stepped up its pressure
man-to-man defense from that point
on and totally disrupted the Carolina
offensive rhythm. Tiger runs of seven,
nine and 13 consecutive points made
up a 29-4 stretch culminating in two
free throws by Louise Greenwood to
make the score 73-47 with 2:12
remaining.
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Campus Calendar form by NOON
one business day before the
announcement is to run. Saturday
and Sunday events are printed in
Friday's calendar and must be
submitted on the Wednesday
before the announcement is to
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Room 104, Student Union. Items
of Interest lists on-going events
from the same campus organiza
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Monday
4 p.m. Career Planning and
Placement Services will
offer basic information
on how to use the
UCPPS in 210 Hanes
Hall. For seniors and
graduate students only.
4:30 p.m. Career Planning and
Placement Services will
hold a resume writing
workshop in 210 Hanes
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6 p.m. Career Planning and
Placement Services will
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Group, Racial, will
meet in the F.P.G.
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plan Greek Forum and
other projects. New
members welcome.
Circle K will have a new
member organizational
meeting in Union 210.
7:30 p.m. Carolina Campaign for
Dukakis will have an
informational meeting
in 210 Dey to discuss
Super Tuesday and a
bus trip to New Hamp
shire for the primary.
8 p.m. Campus Crusade for
Christ sponsors a lec
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, Great Hall about "How
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Items of Interest
NCMH Student Volunteers
announce Hospital Volunteer Reg
istration from 9:30-5:30, Jan. 18-22
on first floor of Old Clinic Bldg.
Info in the Pit Jan. 14-15 or call.
966-4793.
Health Professions Advising
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Steele Bldg.
Study Abroad Office is offering
opportunities for students to remain
enrolled at UNC and still receive
credit studying in another country.
Deadline is Feb. 8. Come by the
basement of Caldwell Hall Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Faculty Benefits Office reminds
all personnel facilitators that the
January meetings for the Dental
Insurance Plan have been canceled.
North Carolina Fellows Program
will have an open house in 224
Union, 3-5 p.m. All freshmen are
welcome.
FrenchSpanish living learning
program will hold an Open House
on the 2nd floor of Carmichael Hall.
Applications for the program are
available in Carmichael or at 230
Dey Hall. Deadline is Jan. 22. Late
applications will be accepted until
Jan. 29.
The Order of the Bell Tower is
now accepting applications for new
members. They are available at the
Union desk and will be accepted
until Jan. 29.
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