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June 5, 1986 Page A6 Close-Up Buppies: Histories By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer If you dashed back into your condo this morning to retrieve your Rolex watch before rushing off to your downtown office suite* then there is a gwm chance that you belong to that new set of black Americans designated as "Buppies." Buppies, a catchphrase for a distinct new set of black urban professionals, have appeared along with a cousin phenomenon, Yuppies (young urban "Buppies are not Yuppies in blackface. ... Nobody^&wz us any money. -We-had-to 1 '?=?a. - . ? - - - worKjor u ~ our parents suffered for it. ... (We) still go to church, and (we) are still members of the NAACP." ? Thayer W. Staples IV professionals). However, Buppies are not to be confused with their white counterparts, and, Just4o-^ make sure, a writer has published a guide for these young black professionals. _ While the word"Buppie" hasn't quite found its way into Mr. Webster's dictionary, Thayer William Staples IV and his wife, - {Catherine McMillan Staples, have released an official "Buppie Handbook" which outlines how Buppies look, think and act. In the book's introduction, Staples calls his book . COMMUNI ^ A I Ekin A vALcNDA v FRIDAY, JUNE 6 . - . - , s ^ ^ ^ ^ \ The Forsyth Piecers and Quilters Guild wfli hoi Galaxy of Quilts" at the Fine Arts Center on theca College from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The cxfeHtitio! presented June 7 from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. and June 8h p.m. There will be a lecture at 1 p.m. on Saturd Bonesteel. Admission will be charged. For more ii smwo- , = SATURDAY, JUNE 7 >>> v -< <. Triad area historically Mack college alumni will 1 sale from 8 a.m. to noon in the Bast Winston Sh< lower parking lot. Alumni from Howard, North C Bennett, AAT and WSSU will use i&l proceeds t ships to their respective schools, For raore k 770-5000. . . SUNDAY. JUNE 8 The Winston Triad Lupus Chapter wffi meet Highland Presbyterian Qiurch's activity btiifc&sg group meeting, a television videotape presentatio The session is free and open to the public. For nu can 768-1493. ~ ? _ .. Progressive Lodge No. |10, AASRFM, will hoi John's Day festivities beginning at JfclS {MB. Part and chapters will include Mount tloriahLodge Chapter No. 533 and Elizabeth <|hapter No. 310. begin at 3006 N. Patterson Ave. at 2:1S p.m. T1 begin at 3 p.m. James Boone, 33rd degree, and Art! degree, will be at the program. For more informatic * MONDAY, JUNE 9 * ' The Winston-Salem State University Arts for 1 hold a summer trial piano program on Mondays a through July 11. The program is for youth and adi determine if they have an interest in SQKtybkg pan Holman and other area musicians wiHteih?f<Ol??d Times will be announced. For mortinformation c TUESDAY, JUNE 10 : ? Big Brothers/Big 3iitOT of Foraythr)Cownti organization's monthly orientatkmfof vbhmteefc meeting will be held at ?I0 Coliseum Dfive. For m call 724-7993. >: The La Leche League of Winston-Salem will m at 1239 S. Hawthorne Road. This month's topic I Breastfeeding and Overcoming; Difficulties*'* For tton call 768-1447. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 ' t The For*vth Cftimtv HMMitMitiMit * . .. -T -~w ?. ^-w^. wm mnmmwmw.lVQ/rmrm* ?*?* ? the auditorium of the public library, 660^W. Flftl Brtaeiar trill speak on the subject of ?Oral Histo: THURSDAY, JUNE 12 ' , ' Thr^WRk Broomstick" Mastectomy Support < ; at HfcXhMK at theYWCA on CHade Street. Dr. L speak on "Breast Surgery: Stages of Healing," ' sponsored by Forsyth Cancer Service and is free. 1 mation call 725-7421. 7'. fefc & I'Mggm ? i I PEO * il bonds and BMWs "a tongue-in-cheek look at black people who have managed to get ... and hold on to, a piece of the American Dream.*' While he admits that the book is intended as a humorous peek at a new mindset of yuuhfe l&ttk Si&pka waata to o&t ~ thing perfectly clear. "Buppics are not Yuppies in blackface/* Staples says firmly. 'The media has tried to say that Buppies are just Yuppies in blackface. Well, I say, 'No.* Nobody gave us any money. No one made us progressive. We had to work for it - our parents suffered for it. 1 point out that unlike Yuppies, Buppies have a tie to their history, a tie to the civil rights movement - they owe somebody for where they are. They still go to church, and they are still members of the NAACP." Staples explains the distinction further by noting that Yuppies are "just concerned with being conspicuous. Yuppies indulge in 'conspicuous consumption.* They buy to be seen. We buy because it's a good vain* " By Staples* observation, it is not difficult to determine if a person has joined the ranks of Buppiehood. First of all, he says, Buppies never leave home without their Rolex watches. The conscientious Buppie drives a BMW ("the ultimate dHvino marhin^'M u/hirh ic Anninn?H uiWK ?- . % ?fl>? f I ?? IU?>I M vt|w*FI/VU " ?MI a Dolby Sound tape deck and a telephone. Buppies, Staples says, are people who got "whippins, but are teaching their children to cooperate," 1 Social Notes n Hummings i 11m Amadi Hummings, a 16-yearv \ ^ s vi> old violist, recently received his ^-f i high school diploma from the North Carolina School of the td^^l Carolhuf^ Arts during graduation tmpus of Salem ceremonies held May 31 at the i will also be Stevens Center. front noon to 6^ Hummings also completed a lay by Georgia year of study at the New England iformation cajH Conservatory in Boston. During that time he also finished his last ulSBIj *ear of hi?h scho?l *** through a correspondence course with the University of Indiana. K>klaruaMaff At the conservatory, Hummspping Center's ings studied under Dr. Marcus irolina Central, Thompson, who received his o fund scholar* DMA from the Julliard School, iformation call Thompson is one of only a few black musicians on the faculty of Michigan 4-H group U as z:3v p.m. at A group of Cooperative Exten; for a support sion employees from Michigan n and a social. participated in a day-long tour ofore information Forsyth County on Thursday, vfv--' May 22, . The group was part of an exld its change program between the idpaUng lodges North Carolina A&T State Mo. mf Ruth University Extension Program The pNtade will and the Cooperative Extension * program will Service in Michigan. The visit iwp Enoch, 33rd | was suggested by the Michigan ?call?S5-Ot?2. group in preparation for an international trip. ^ 4'They wanted to get ;< themselves into an agricultural 'ote Project will and rural community environSSIjSSS About Town Scott Joplii ^' By ROBIN BARKSDALE inS' CTfonlet*81*ftw,|<*r ? ore information a Charlotte-based theater '<. company will bring one of ragtime musician/composer eet ?1:30 pjn. Scott Joplin's operas to Winstonit "The Art Of Salem In June. more The opera, "Treemonisha," is J sponsored by OM Productions of , v; Charlotte and will be presented at the Stevens Center June 13 to 15. Joplin is well-known for his *eet at 7 . ragtime musical compositions I tp9tr&3Hft!jrand his pioneering efforts in the '/ area of grand opera. MTreemonishaM was written by J,' Joplin in 1907, but because H / J.; ? Joplin was black he was unable to meet find a publisher and producer for Simstein will his work. The program is The opera is set at a plantation For more infer- in Texas-Arkansas country. The year is 1886. The estate has been left to a former slave named Ned. Other > V PLE ?S: ;. ' " >- '>Sk> V^&~~L?m* " _* ?V- * -o- ' . ? .v. 5S^\. at . >*,*s> <* .;,,$***^ '< * I Lttl Anlhnr Ctanlac Dlo^i/ urkai* rxr/\#???I?^?l?. ~: 11 u nuinvi wiopiU9i uiavn uiuuii ^ i u ICOOIU MQI9 91 III f!< Parker). and no self-respecting Buppie, the book explains, would ever be caught without Perrier in the "fridge." And just how does Staples have so much knowledge about and insight into "Buppiedom"? receives diploma, complete a major conservat ^Hummings wa m ticipating artist a niversary celebrati tein Fine Arts Fur Clubs of America, which was attende Hummings juts Forsyth County ment that was different from Michigan and would be helpful for their international experience said Dr. John O'Sullivan, tour coordinator and farm management and marketing specialist at A&T. BUI Mills, one of the group's, V members, noted in a report to Dr. Dalton McAfee, extension as sistant administrator, that the field J r fm staff seemed committed to the success of the extension program, and the programs in the county depend heavily on the staff's Dr. Sharon Brow commitment. tension Service Please see page A12 4-H'ers at work. l's Treemonisha' opera s< around the child t wife find under property and nam W Joplin publish vocal jRf presented an infof m the scorc at a re V M Harlem. Wk m Joplin died m "Treemonisha 2 I discovered until works were public , The public re Morehouse Coll Atlanta Symphon William Moize OM Productior arts organization ( newly freed black families live on preservation, mail the estate and believe in "conjur- developing of mi: ing." artists. It is the on The three-act opera centers company in Char] 9 Local events, organizations V and people, calendar. ? : ' '> > "... >iX*. 7UJM Mr t A a Br I Hf %y " '' ' ii"; *? - v.o / < ^Isl, JU4S fw^iwr' 3fV- , .'-^ * m 4# l&mfj M > .,- -r ? fl . ive strong ties to their culture (photo by James } . . . . '. ? i He is, by his own, unashamed admission, a true ! Buppie. i | "I was a Buppie before there was a Buppie," says j Staples, dressed stylishly in a tailored suit and tie, immediately calling to mind the attire described in J Please see page A13 j . . ' .I . . r * . I * , ' ' V' I *-. i ?s year at conservatory j oiy. 1,000 Boys' Clubs boaid 1 s also a par- staff members, was held at the t the 35th an- Topatio Cliffs Hotel in Phoenix, i ion of the Eps- Ariz. id of the Boys' Dinah Shore, a member of the *j , The program, clubs' national board of direc- ; d by more than tors, was the host of the show. ? , ; t I * i ?. m . -'<&* H ?Mf \ **j 1 * k \ * * * ~-,N\ flKtf ^HN* 1 x* a*. ?*wl JbgJy- I' ' 4 I . ' I ne, a member of the'Michigan Cooperative Ex-! team, observes a group of Winston-Salem j 1 I I it for Twin City debut hat Ned and his only five in the state of North j e Treemonisha. The conductor for the * ed the piano- Winston-Salem performance will [ and in 1915 be Charles Darden, who has serv- j mal audition of ed as guest conductor for the i 'hearsal hall in Dance Theatre of Harlem, the ! I Royal Danish Orchestra, the in 1917, and Cleveland Philharmonic, Den i was not Norske Opera, the Atlanta Sym- J his collected phony Orchestra, the San Fran-j jhed in 1971. cisco Chamber Orchestra and the j ... .. North Carolina Symphony Or-! ce.ved .ts first chestra , , i the opera in Elizabeth Peeler Graham, a' ?hen it was pro- natjve Qf N<)rth CaroUnaf will j !LePLTuns'n8 the title role in the produc vgv null Hit tion. y* A graduate of the North is Inc. is a fine Carolina School of the Arts, she dedicated to the holds a doctorate from Florida nstreaming and State University. nority arts and Dr. Graham made her profes]y black theater sional debut in the Tony Awardotte and one of Please see page A12
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