r I J Chronicle Profile I Budding Star I Role With Lot * I By EDWARD HILL JR. I Staff Writer it During her audition for a part in the play, "The h Wiz," Stephanie Barber greatly impressed the selec- c I tion committee with her singing, dancing and overall I showmanship. c I But just hours before, Stephanie says she was anythmg^bureonfident and poisedr f "Her singing ability and her voice were pro- 1 bably the most important factors in her get- v ting the part." y I " Bob Hicks r "I sat there and 1 thought about all the people who * would be trying for the part and I just said I wasn't going to go through with it," recalls Stephanie. 441 < called my friends and told them I wasn't going to do j After a lot of prodding and encouragement from j those friends, Stepanie decided to go through with I the audition. And now she's glad she did. 44Once I went through with it, I felt better," she , says, with a sigh. "Even after I completed the audi1 tion, I was was not sure I had gotten the part. In fact, * SBHUB^^l^: pl^^ :#$! 5? ^ I ?p?_| |n: ?~~flRP^B 3B Wy ' > : ^B ? *?& ^M H ra .^ j?B ^ H; Bn . ^^BB i 5 [ ; The dean of pledges for the Pel Phi Chapter of C Inc., Norman Sanders congratulates the fratern -; Alvln Atkinson and Donald Scales. Calendar From Page A 6 -4- for information WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 The YWCA Options For Living Program will sponsor a Walk Your Way to Fitness at 10:30 a.m. at " the Shaffner Park Exercise Trail. Transportation can be arranged by calling 722-5138. The YWCA Footsteps Film Festival will present "The Secrets of Little Ned" at 12:15 p.m. Call the Y i > at 722-5138 for information. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS The Winston-Salem NAACP will have its first Star Telethon on Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. in the parking lot of Mechanics And Farmers Bank on Claremont Avenue. There will also be live enter: tainment and refreshments. The Atkins High School class of 1948 will hold its i 35th class reunion on July 22-24 with headquarters at the Downtowner Ramada Inn. For information, call Annie Pearl Wilson at 723-8149. Registration for the YWCA/Girl Scouts Day Camp 4 at Camp Betty Hastings will be held through Aug. 12. Register Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. i Call 722-5138 for information. I .ands Leading s Of Talent just decided that I would be content whichever way : went because I had given it my best." Stephanie's best was impressive enough that it gave ier the lead role as Dorothy in "The Wiz," which ipens at the Little Theater Aug. 5. "I was so excited, 1 just screamed as loud as I ould," says Stephanie. For Stephanie, 18, the role in "The Wiz" is the ulhllment -of?a double dream:?She has always i vanted a leading part in a major play, and she now | las the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of her dol, Diana Ross, who played Dorothy in the movie j ersion of "The Wiz". Stephanie says her acting career began as a ninth- j grader at Paisley High in her role as Isabelle in the j nusical "Mr. Scrooge." Her only other acting role :ame during a skit for fair housing a year ago. Her iinging career began at the age of 10 as a member of he youth choir at Castle Heights Church of Christ. With such little acting and singing experience, Stephanie says she was surprised she got the role. But Bob Hicks, managing producer of the Little Theater, jays it is fairly common for raw, untested individuals :o get leading roles. "That's the beautiful thing about community :heater,*^exptains Hicks. "YouMtiiave someone like Stephanie who doesn't have the experience, but she Please see page A12 | Two In int? nat*ve *s a member of a si committee for. United V 1^^.' tinnc treasurer nf the ho, fof directors of Serendif Mt. Zion Baptist Churcl In college he served as captain of the football te and president of the bl student coalition. He also been featured "America's Outstand Names and Faces" anc Scales has a bacheli degree from Winston-Sa master's degree from Nc Carolina A&T St University. He is a fire n hnega Pal Phi Fraternity shall with the local Ity's two new members, department and is mar and the father of tl W /Wy w^r *^3B B ^BBPB^:: i:: * R ^ f 4* J^ tO*0mto*"' f, ,4tLDehavelyn Devay U Wilson Named Dehavelyn Devay Wilson picnic for senior citizer was crowned Miss Morning July 4 at Reynolds Pa Glory Queen recently at Union Bethel AME Mrs. Oree Broom Church. wife of the Right Rev. Wilson is the daughter of Broomfield, presi Sandra Wilson and Marcus bishop of the 7th Epis McConnell and the grand- District's Carolina daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ference, was the gues Ray. rcccption sponsored t The men of Freedom Ministers Wives Baptist Church observed Widows from the Ca Men's Day and sponsored a Annual Conference < j|:. i j1 Wt- ^^B-' y$?^B?' % BP^' J :';;|^S^^^^Bfei J^B. *^B| |B||P ;>^^M > % ." s& ^WPr a* : ' z^3^K',.: __p ^ ^mp^* '^1 xy^>> i : :'*v ' Stephanie Barber says that some prodding and a k the role as Dorothy in the black musical, "The Wla (photo by James Parker). ducted aternity I nd children. ;re Scales coached track and he basketball at St. Benedict :he the Moor Catholic School Faualitv was C y. and is one of the pioneers of tquailiy was C lal little league baseball for H OF against, it \A nk black youth in Winston- H important a Salem. gone wrong J Dm He is a member of the __ the minorities II N.C. Association oT" The NAACP t" a., Health, Physical Education presidents an Lib- -and Recreation and the In- H minrtarttv Qmn /ay national Fit* Mar*all M AM ERIC/ ca- Association. qua|jty 0f life ard The final project ol their H kiAAPDn^, )ity initiation period was the in- I _nf stallatinn nf smnke riptec- M YOU C3n COht i. tors on June 25 in the your employe the homes for the elderly at H Corporation)^ iam^ Eastgate Vittage ~at?2900 I ?payroll dedlic ack New Walkertown Road. I has Approximately 50 smoke in detectors were purchased H Don't forget ing and installed. The following H 1 in Omega men assisted Atkin- S I son and Scales: Charles W. H or's Gadson, Raphael u. Black, lem Benny Murrell, Robert Mc- H a Coullough, Wendell H ^ 3rth Brown, who initiated the B ate project last year prior to his H nar- initation; Charles Hairston, fire Ervin Reinhardt, Delray ried Hartsfield and Isaiah hree Tidwell. H I I WHE /llson I Queen ^ wide s< l'son CME Church. gold. rW ... A. $15 1 The reception was held at the Winston-Salem Hyatt. Ministers wives from all J1 ?rce u . , I) -,:no over the state and from aing copal South Carolina honored Con- Mrs. Broomficld with an t at a hour of fellowship, apjy the preciation and and refreshments. Mrs. Daisy U*eo? rolina Montgomery was the 3f the hostess. r The Chronicle. Thursday. July 14. 1983-Pww A 7 4 |l .^i" ; I; >t of encouragement from friends helped her land which opens at the Little Theater on August 5 METHING'S I WRONG I >nce an issue everyone acknowledged. For /as hard to ignore. And that was good; it is and moral issue. But now, something's 3eople forget that the advances made by n this country came after decades of struggle. d nationa?moods, the NAACP has single- I ght one goal: EQUALITY IN ALL ASPECTS kN LIFE. It has contributed greatly to-tfie -I ! in America for Black citizens. 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