Arts and Entertainment
Faculty recital
Reed and Cykert to
perform October 9
Randy Reed
Journalist to discuss struggle with apartheid
by Marlena Dare
Staff Writer
R, andy Reed, an adjunct fac
ulty member at Elon, will be pre
senting a classical guitar recital on
October 9 at 8 p.m. in the Yeager
Recital Hall. Linda Cykert, who is
also a faculty member, will be
joining Reed as a duo partner.
Cykert was a winner in the
National Flute Association solo
master class competition this past
summer. Shehaspcrformedatthe
New Orleans convention and is
currently finishing graduate
school at UNC-Greensboro.
Works by Narvvaez, Sor
Reed will be performing
works by Narvaez, Sor, and Tor-
rega. Cykert will accompany him
on the flute for works by Poulenc,
Ibert, and Jean Baptiste Loeillet.
by Wilma Dixon
Staff Writer
South African journalist
Dumisani Kumalo will discuss
"Aparthied: The Struggle for
Freedom in South Africa," on
Thursday, October 12, at 7:30
p.m. in Whitley Auditorium.
Considered a non-person in
his own country, Kumalo is an
authority on divestment,
economic sanctions, and what it
is like to live under the system of
aparthied. He comes here to tell
about his life, not to complain
about it.
According to Kumalo,
people in South Africa are
classified into 10 different
categories based on their skin
color. It is the only country in
the world to have a racial
statutory board whose duty is to
determine which group a person
fits into.
Whites occupy the highest
position in the color hierarchy
and are given the greatest amount
Reed has been performing
professionally and teaching at
several universities for 12 years.
He was an Assistant Profes
sor of Music for six years at the
University of Texas-EI Paso and
director of tho*guitar program at
Potsdam College. He currently
owns a private studio in Durham.
Reed earned his music de
grees by working with two of the
finest pedagogues in the country,
Bruce Holzman and Robert Guth-
erie.
Guitar lessons available
He is presently teaching clas
sical guitar lesson at Elon. Any
one interested can enroll for non
credit lessons with Reed through
the Music Prep program.
The recital will be an evening
of classical and Latin favorites,
featuring works by Mozart, Villa-
Lobos, and Llobet. Admission is
free with proper ID.
of personal liberty by the
government.
Of the four newspapers
Kumalo has written for in South
Africa, two have been closed
down by the government. As a
journalist, he exposed conditions
of black migrant workers in the
mines, and abuses of police
power, especially dealing with
detention.
He became one of the
founding members of the now-
banned Union of Black
As a journalist, he
exposed conditions of
black migrant
workers in the mines,
and abuses of police
power, especially
dealing with detention
Journalists, an organization
active in the Black
Consciousness Movement led by
the late Steven Biko.
Kumalo’s writing and
activities have earned him several
honors. He was chosen to be a
participant in the Multi-National
Foreign Journalists Project in tlie
United States.
He became the first black
marketing executive for an
international oil company and
was awarded a Ford Foundation
Human Rights Fellowship after
he was forced to flee Soutli Africa
in June 1977.
As project director for the
Africa Fund, Kumalo has traveled
extensively speaking before high
schools, colleges, labor unions,
and church groups in 49 states
about the struggle for freedom in
South Africa.
He has also been consulted
by, and has met with executives
of American companies doing
business in South Africa.
Kumalo will relate his
personal experiences living under
the system of aparthied and the
painful difficulties he has
encountered in a forthcoming
book.
The public is invited to
attend Dumisani Kumalo's
discussion of aparthied.
Admission is free.
CANCELLATION
October 19,1989
Henry Louis Gates
Transforming the Canon
Yeager Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
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Greensboro
hosts
weekend
celebration
by Jason Graves
Staff Writer
Greensboro will host its
tenth annual celebration of the
arts. City Stage, this Saturday
and Sunday, October 7 and 8. A
variety of local, regional, and
national entertainment will be
provided along with a display of
arts and crafts.
City Stage '89 is being
organized by the United Arts
Council and is sponsored by
Miller Brewing Company.
It took the work of more
than 1500 volunteers to prepare
the festival and will require
another 1500 to assist in running
it. An estimated crowd of
200,000 to 250,000 is expected
to attend.
As part of the festivities,
there will be music ranging from
the contemporary sounds of
Livingston Taylor, the brother of
James Taylor, to the funk driven
rock of the Royal Crescent Mob.
The Royal Crescent Mob are
featured regularly on WSOE.
The festivities begin Friday
night, October 6, with two City
Stage '89 celebrations. The
Preview Party will be at the
Sheraton Greensboro Hotel room
from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets for the
Preview Party are $22 and can be
purchased by calling the United
Arts Council at 379-1283.
The Block Party will be at
the Depot from 8 to midnight.
Tickets for the Block Party are $4
at the door.
Durham dance
troupe to perform
The New Performing Dance
Company of Durham will
perform Saturday, October 7 at
Elon. The dance company is a
major leader in the growth and
development of modem dance in
North Carolina.
Under the artistic direction of
Bruce Vrana, the company has
just returned from a New York
tour with the Merci Cunningham
Dance Company.
Since 1975, New Perfonning
Dance Company has been an
intergral part of the artisitic life
of the Triangle area.