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Urban Arts of the WinstonSalem
Arts Council, the
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the Flonnie Anderson Theatrical
Association will sponsor "Triad
Showcase *86" at the Stevens
Center of the North Carolina
School of the Arts Tuesday, Oct.
7, at 8 p.m.
The program will feature
Rickey Lee Edwards, a cum laude
graduate of the Berklee College
Children's Home So
Couples who wish to adopt
black infants will have an even
shorter wait than ever before at
the Children's Home Society of
North Carolina.
Since the agency began an
advertising campaign last year,
there has been an almost
75-percent increase in the number
of babies placed in adoptive
homes.
"Because we have placed so
many children with families this
year, we need more black families
so we can continue to have good
homes for our children," said
Ruth McCracken, executive
director of the organization. "So ,
often, myths and half-truths keep
many families from knowing
about adoption or from experiencing
the joys of being parents.
This is so unfortunate when there
are so many children who need
families and so many couples
who are either childless or who
would like to be parents again.
"Unlike what many people
believe, couples do not have to be
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adopt. Our guidelines are just
good common sense. We want
our families to have enough income
to support another child, to
have enough room in their home
for another child and to be young
enough to watch the child grow
up.
"When couples contact us,M
she said, "they do not have to
wait a long time to meet with a
Sawtooth to present
exhibit for artists
A 25-piece exhibition will be on
view in the RJR Gallery of the
Sawtooth Center from Oct. 3
through 26. It is a collection of
works by the Virginia Center for
the Creative Arts titled 4'Mount
San Angelo's Artists."
An opening reception will be
held Friday, Oct. 10, from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m., at which William
Smart, director of the . Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts, will
give a talk on the center and the
exhibition.
The exhibition and lecture will
supply artists and the community
with information on one of the
treasures of the Southeast.
The Virginia Center for
Creative Arts, located adjacent to
Sweet Briar College in Virginia,
allows artists to cultivate and
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center for three weeks to three
months of intense, uninterrupted
work. :
The local exhibition will
feature 25 artists who have had
residencies at the center. The
specific works were selected by
Frederick Brandt, curator of 20th
century art of the Virginia
Museum.
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open the showcase with "Fanfare
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the affair with Chuck
Mangione's "Lift Every Voice."
He will conduct the orchestra
in concert and will accompany
featured singers and d&ncers.
The dancers will include L.D.
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caseworker. Our caseworkers .
meet with families several times
to get to know them and for the
family to understand the components
of adoption."
Most of the infants at the
Children's Home Society are with
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African percussionists appearing
on the program will be
Hashim Salley and George Glen.
The international showcase
will also feature jazz dancer
Susan Faircloth from Wake
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parents sign consent forms for
adoption. As soon as an infant is *
legally free to be adopted? the
agency places the child with an
adoptive family that has been
selected for that particular child.
"We take a great deal of care
in selecting a family for a child.
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the family as much as possible.
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PLUSH, Gloriette Jones, Dyna
McGriff, Zola Paul and Phillip
Smith.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Stevens Center and Special Occasions.
Advance general admission
is $8; senior citizens' and
students' tickets are $4.
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Ms. McCracken. "Adoption is a
wonderful way to start or to add
to a family. Our services are free,
but many of our families make
donations to help us find homes
for other children."
The- agency's offices are
located in Asheville, Charlotte,
Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville,
Jacksonville, Raleigh and
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"Triad Showcase *86," which will be held at the Stevens Center in
October. The program will highlight talented individuals and
groups from the Triad area Local arts groups and the Flonnie
Anderson Theatrical Association are the sponsors of the program.
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