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\ September 18, 19? Page A6 Close-Up Jenkins' rainl By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer There was a whole lot of good feel Auditorium last weekend when brought her musical rainbow to tov Ms. Jenkins, an international cl tainer, presented two concerts in th< Saturday and captured the spirits of i "It's the kind of thing you jus as I feel I have something to give it up. Besides, you never? long as you have something t good when I think that I've sh my rhythms, rhymes and children, and I feel just great v child who can reflect some oj alike. Children -- and their parents py tunes and danced on stage as M formed old favorites and taught i dances to the crowd. Many of the parents grew up li Jenkins' songs, and they were now children to the same lighthearted r remember from their own childhoo< Though she has been performing Jenkins says that no two performanc and she looks forward to each oppoi COMM CALEI THURSDAY The Piedmont Impotence an Group will meet at 7 p.m. in the \! basement of Whitaker Rehabilitat Hospital. Dr. Steve Lowder will b< invited at no charoe. The tnnir u Disorders Affecting Sexual Functi > SATURDAY The Family Awareness Task F nual Family Conference at the Wi 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The theme i Family and the Changing Econom Les Brown, management consult; tional techniques. The luncheon Mendez. Lunch and babysitting s< ticipants. For more information c The Nature Science Center is ho a.m. to 5 p.m. on the center^grou dude games, animals, pony rides, raffle and live entertainment. For :.v Total Allure will hold its final Stouffer's Winston Plaza Hotel \ call 724*1534. SUNDAY, The Pfafftown iaycees have ii and national office to attend "Me i yard sale/flea market from 1 to 5 945-3430. ; "Fall Open House" at Reynold ? (IZto S p.m. Members of the Wlnst hand as hosts to answer question! formation call 924-8832. ^S-^sss-? '' :: . . V ?. MONDAY, C: - - o S:i . - The American Association of a.m. at the Highland Presbyterian CJoverdale Ave. The speaker will i be "Legislative Update and t* gram is free and open to the pu 777-1241. TUESDAY, K The La Leche League will hold | it 3638 Hege St. Items from Crea wmpmy in die world, will be av ?pvea*'For more information call >,?''' s WEDNESDA ' The YWCA will run two sepan - for children ages 6 weeks to kindergarten through fifth grade, Mexican dinner at a local restaur) cost is $12.30 for members and J fants and preschoolers, "Parent { music and organized play. The cos for non-members. Discounts are s Please see -7 < 56 bow brightens her music with i "I never bli ing in Reynolds ^nkins who is Ella Jenkins ^children's and see what kir hUdren's enter- a,wa3!s \new gI , Twin City las. ?actly the sam. a i j A native and young and old . _ . , / has traveled wc , A . San Francisco t t do. As long s^c worjce<j for give, I won't director at the 1 fully retire as decided to answ o give, I feel devote her enerj ared some oj in? music for c> games with "I always we vhen I meet a **ad bccn a dire * ? when I decided my songs. tV%m _ _II _ . . u>v Wins, aojrs Ella Jenkins television appet .hummedhap- Rogers'Neighb. Is. Jenkins per- "I gave myse lew songs and didn't work out had been doing stening to Ms. entertaining chil exposing their 30th year record nusic that they While workii is. Jenkins says her for years, Ms. ?ed. She worked :es are the same and says she coi rtunity to share about themselve UNITY 4DAR SEPT. 18 d Sexual Dysfunction Support lavftnat B- *L mi uuai vuiitcicuwc ivuuin in me ion Center at Forsyth Memorial 5 the guest speaker. The public is rill be "Diabetes and Endocrine i ion." ...J . 'i* 7 V' yiJpKsyy , SEPT. 20 orce will present its Fourth Annston Lake Family YMCA from or this year's conference is "The y." The keynote speaker will be ant, who specializes in motivaspeaker will be the Rev. John srvices will be provided for parall 777-1051. tiding an autumn festival from 10 inds. The day's activities will in, hay rides, food, a crafts sale, a more information call 767-6730. exercise fashion show /dinner at it 6 p.m. For more information SEPT. 21 nvited candidates for local, state et the Candidates Day" at a giant ; p.m. For more information call ta Rose Gardens will be held from on?Salem Rose Society will be onThe event is free. For more in SEPT. 22 Retired Persons will meet at 10 Church Activities Building, 2329 >e Dr. Elizabeth Welch; her topic le Legislative Process." The problic. For more information call SEPT. 23 a fund-raising event at 7:30 p.m. tive Circle, the No. 1 needlecraft ailable. Door prizes will also be 785-2485. Y, SEPT. 24 itc programs from 6 to 9:30p.m. fifth grade. For children in "A Night on the Town/' offers a int and a recreational swim. The 118.75 for non-members. For inV Evening Out" offers stories, tt is $5.50 for members and $7.75 tvailable for more than one child pageA10 BE/* PEW .V 5 hearts, souls others. lcprint my programs/' says Ms. celebrating her 30th year as a fullperformer. "I have to be flexible id of chemistry takes place. There is 'oup, so the programs can never be . ? _ y resident of Chicago, Ms. Jenkins >rldwide. She studied sociology in )efore returning to Chicago, where four years as a teen-age program fWCA. But it was in 1956 that she er her musical calling fuptime and gies to providing happy, entertainlildren. inted to work with children, and I ctor at the YWCA for a few years it was something I wanted to do all Ms. Jenkins, who makes frequent trances, including stints on "Mr. orhood" and "Sesame Street.*' if five years, and 1 said that if it 1 would just go back and do what I ;. This year makes my 30th year Idren, and next year will mark my ling music for children." lg at the Chicago YWCA, Ms. interest in children was strengthena lot with the city's poorer children iild relate to how they were feeling __ s and about life. Soctol Notes Benson, Mill The Benson, Miller and Benjamin Trio will be presented in concert Saturday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. in the M.C. Benton Convention Center. Works by Bach, Handel, Swanson, Roberson and Paul will be performed with special arrangements by the trio, including classics, instrumental solos, ballads and spirituals. TL- ? 1 i iic penurmers are natives ot Winston-Salem. They are private music instructors and serve as church musicians. $ They are noted for works throughout the United States and abroad and through the radio and television media. Shirley P. Miller is the wife of Beneath the Elms b< A benefit for the deaf will open the Beneath the Elms ice rink this season on Saturday, Sept. 27, with exhibitions scheduled at 1 and 3:30 p.m. The benefit will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Daphne Goodall, a 16-year-old deaf skater from Greensboro, will be the featured skater. Ms. Goodall is a member of the Carolina Circle Mall ice skating team and has won several medals during her four years as a clratw Born in Chicago, Ms. Goodall moved to North Carolina at the age of 4 and attended school at ?the?Central ?North?Carolina School for the Deaf. She is now a 10th-grade student at Smith High School. In 1984 Ms. Goodall began competing with the Ice Chalet Skating Team, and she has won a About Town Atkins Higl By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer The Atkins High School Class of 1961 recently held reunion activities in the Twin City, renewing old friendships and striking up new acquaintances. Meeting under the theme, "We've Come This Far by Faith," class members enjoyed several events during the reunion. The mistress of ceremonies for 1 tVl* Ann 1A Un f f v?iv nug. ju uuuci uiiuici waa Carolyn Archie Rice, and the program's invocation was given by Bernard Byrd. Robert Harris brought greetings to his classmates, and Please see page A11 V >PLE Children's entertainer Ella Jenl weekend with her musical rainl "I became very, very fond of chi a serious tone replacing her usu "We always seem to be labeling pe for the longest time 1 didn't know to Dependent Children) stood foi ^was associated with poor children Mil grew up in a poor family on t Chicago. A lot of what I do is to U fez* & Benjamin m I B Shirley Miller, left, Christopher will present a variety of music* Bention Convention Center (ph< enefit to feature Dap gold medal in competition. She plans to pursue a career as a skating instructor for deaf children. Others on the program will include Mayor Wayne Corpening; . Honey Noah of WXII Channel 12; Cindy Sparks, a deaf dancer; Karen Dunn, Mrs. Hanes Mall; Dean Bates, a former Ice SECCA to present' The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, or SECCA, will present an outdoor concert bv Groun Sax frnm f\ tn 7 'in prm. on Sundayr Sept. 21. In case of bad weather, the concert will be held in SECCA's main gallery. The concert, planned for the whole family, will be a medley of blues, bebop and jazz, with arrangements by Charlie Parker, It Class of '61 ? PI k MM Participants in the recent reun memorial service held during th . - f' Local ever and peopl kins charmed parents and childrc dow (photo by James Parker). ldren," she says, my own childhoc al upbeat voice. ly, but there was ople. I remember Her skill in s what ADC (Aid childhood days r, I just knew it courages today's r telling stories-to he South Side of their children to ike them back to Pie Trio to present n jL Benjamin and VirNessa Benson al works in their concert at the Dto by James Parker). line Goodall Capades skater; Hand Made, a sign language troupe; Rayanne Strong, 1985 winner of the N.C. Original Oratory Contest, and the Beneath the Elms Ice Skating Team. Radio station WKZL will broadcast the event. Tickets are $2 in advance and $3 at the door. Group Sax' concert Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk. Based in Raleigh, Group Sax is a sextet with an avid following of ?jazz -Aficion^irins throughout the state. The group's repertoire also includes contemporary and original works. Owen Cordle, reviewer for the Raleigh News & Observer, writes, "Group Sax ... Please see page A9 elebrates journe i flpilwkwmWMwKM t 4 Ml jmbmhb ion of the Atkios High School C e reunion activities (photo by Jar 0 \ its, organizations . I 9, calendar. I V If" mKfc R#S ??.,; .' ^K * HB'< ?>| in at Reynolds Auditorium last >d. We were very poor economical- jj i such richness of culture." storytelling also grew out of her jfl in Chicago, and Ms. Jenkins en- I ; parents to involve themselves in I their children and to encourage I relate their own experiences in the I ?ase see page A10 . . / i nusical event I Robert Miller, the mother of Almaurice and Alex Miller and the daughter of Sara Patterson. Christopher Benjamin is the son of Earline Benjamin and the late Austin Benjamin. The concert honors the celebration of VirNessa D. Benson's hirthdav Ms. Benson is the daughter of i Sam and M. Earl F. Benson. a < COMMUNITY NEWS DEADLINES... The Chronicle welcomes community news and calendar items. The deadline for announcements is Monday at 5:30 p.m. - mw Daphne Goodall f y of faith /lass of 1961 take part in the nes Parker).
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