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SATURDAY JULY 3,1976 African 1 by Azzie Wagner Staff Writer If you had an ear for music, the movement and spirit of rhythm, a hunger for food just a little different, but most of all a desire to delve into the cultural heritage of black people, then you should have witnessed last Saturday's African Folk Festival. The Festival was originally scheduled for the Derry Street K- Parking Lot but inclement i vi/pathpr fnrpprl it irtciHp ot fViP Martin Luther King Recreation Center on Burton Street. The Winston-Salem Recreation Department and Scene '76 (Urban Arts) of the Arts Council sponsored the festival for the fourth consecutive year. The source of music for the many exhibitions of African dance numbers was an instrument called the calabash fanned African-gourd) and the throbbing, pulsating beat of drums. These were the instruments that supplied the miicip fnr thp Htpcho n a npprc IIIUOIV IVI II IV VIViJIIU I^UIIVVI J (of Winston-Salem) and the Henry Street Settlement Company of New York City. 1% m m m I I Usl Folk Festiva Still a very unique, as well as cultural feature of the affair was the Jim Boyce Steel Band from Mecklenburg County. (Charlotte). Holding the crowd spellbound with their beautiful renditions of "I Can See Clearly Now" and Spanish "Harlem" the band, after each quiet number, would "awaken" the audience to a new experience in intensity / with its dynamic follow-ups of very lively numbers. According to Boyce, (originaly from Trinidad -16 years ago) his band has performed over 200 concerts this year and has made appearances on t.v. Boyce has also made appearances with such 'greats" as Liberace, Mike Douglas, and Sergio Franchi. The steel band consists of steel cans that were formerly sent to the West Indies filled with oil for planes and trucks during World War II. The ^music-loving natives of the W.I. converted them to drums by bending each into a different shape to produce a different note. The steel band consists of High school and other youth of the Mecklenburg County Youth \ _r_A_T. L ^ ? * amel City's MAIN MONDAY, JULY (No Doiivi owever...ALL OTH isl to Provide You 281 S. Stratfe Reynold TIC Cahmim Parking PCs vs t w"r'M~;*yar t it-i [- ai~trnvn>n?nftffiat?tmja.?w;iwrnmliahmi?><N 'mmh.. mi mi. ? THE WINSTON-SALEM CHROF I Culturally l E M E{^ v^ .BH||^H A |nl ft ft ty ftLv * * 11 f, HHCT'' '- : ^.js. >s ** NP^ ' ' V' . ?v Henry Street Settlement Ci Festival held here in the h Dancers also pat on a maj ^r%t? M A%<1 a4 ^ V% A est a D asv aav ? r> v-uuncu at \.iiaiiuuc. Duycc is the Cultural Arts Specialist with the Council. Highlight of the event was the selection of Miss African Folk Festival for 1976. Participating centers were Blum Park (Trina Dunlap), ^^^^NB^UUNDRR^ L 745 Corporation Parkway VH 501 E Third Straat 281 S. Stratford Rood W4 Raynolda Manor Parking Ufva* Wachovia Btdg w viu vn^yaiw r *mmww -l-O-N I PLANT on East 3rd Starting: Sth, through SUV 9ry Service During 7 IER Camel City Plant the Best in Shirt am Stop by: >rd Road (Across I la Manor Shoppie ition Parkway (N I Level Wachovia flCLE Enlightenin 'r^M n *i?pL jH ^B; flj^^^WBMM^H|||^^E|K JJJ'l^ <*#l'>%"?11111 '"P^^ "" ' ."? ^-'V* '-.k >v :. ** ;^aJqa > . **>;-v.. .'?- ^.yww ' ... . >< s-tz > . : ' '\*T> ^ k of New York City do their thin; lartin Luther King, Jr. Common gniflcent dance. North Hills (Queen Wright), Konnoak (Emma Singletary), Sprague (Deidra Brown), L.A. Cook (Lenettra Garner), and Traci Crawford (Easton). The queens were chosen on the basis of talent and dress (50/50). Two first place * N ^7 l m*. mm N-U-l-l St. Will Be Closed IDAY, JULY 11tl his Period) ts WILL BE OPEN, I Dry Cleaning Sen n From Thruway) ig Center ext to King's) Building ^Yt ''- *( t*rva4Af> \ PAGE 25 ?2> g l l wmSm Ctf)l^E^E2l^l V<N'4!?y^,v > , > mm HH m Wfm^k Sfl v ? IfirJ i k R -*416mm&> M m mt , _ I ^KStog t in recent African Folk Jty Center. The Otesha < winners were chosen -- Queen Wright of North Hills and Emma Singletary of Konnoak. Also receiving trophies were Deidra Brown of Sprague Center and Traci Crawford of Easton Center. -C-l m mm as I rice. I >?
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