Beautiful Blues
Etta Baker, above, and
"Fris" Holloway, at far left,
and John Dee Holeman
performed Sunday, June
25, at the Augsburg Com
munity Center. Mrs. Bak
er's style Is characterized
by finger-picking on the
guitar strings. Mr. Hol
loway and Mr. Holeman are
also noted for their special
style of guitar playing.
Photos 6y Mike Cunningham
The Boys Choir of France
to perform at Stevens Center
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The Boys Choir of France, an internationally acclaimed group, is
returning to the United States and will give a special performance in Win
ston-Salem at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, at the Roger L. Stevens Center
for the Performing Arts. I
Since their founding in 1981, the Boys Choir of France has toured
extensively throughout Europe, Canada, the United States and North
4 Africa, giving more than 70 concerts each year.
Known in Europe as the Little Singers of Douai, the boys arc ages 12
22 and live in the French city of Douai, near the Belgium border. Since
1987, the 44 -voice choir has been directed by Bertrand Deirot, winner of
the Gold Medal in singing from the Conservatory of Douai and the First
Prize in Solfege and in d'Art Lyrique from the Conservatory of Valenci
< ennes.
The Boys Choir of France repertoire is varied, including such works as
the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," the "Magnificat," works by Mozart and
Debussy, and well-known Negro spirituals. They also perform popular
folk songs from around the world like "Oh Danny Boy" and "Alouette," as
well as traditional Christmas carols.
"We are fortunate to have the Boys Choir of France perform in Win
ston-Salem," said Hellena Tidwell, interim president of the Arts Council.
"The choir is touring a number of cities in the United States, but this will
Ko tho rm 1y jv?rfnm>anrp ip Carolina."
The boys will arrive in Winston-Salem on Friday evening, JuiyiV.'
They will be housed at Salem College, and they will have an opportunity to
tour parts of the city before their performance on Saturday evening.
The performance is sponsored by the Arts Council Inc.of Winston
Salem/Forsvth Countv and Holy Family Church of Clemmons. Tickcts are
$5 for adults and $3 for senior citizens and children ages 12 and under.
Tickets are available at the Arts Council, the Stevens Center Box Office, or
by calling Holy Family Church at 766-8133.
City will stop taking brush
at Cook's parking lot-Friday ?
Friday, June 30, will beithe last
day to haul brush to Cook's depart
ment store lot on Peters Creek Park
way. ?
The city has been accepting
brush and tree trunks less than 24
inches in diameter at the Cook's lot
from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. After Friday,
however, all brush and tree trunks,
regardless of size, and stumps will
have to be taken to the Overdale
Landfill.
Overdale will be open Saturday
and Monday but will be closed
Tuesday, July 4. It will resume reg
ular jiours (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.) on
Wednesday.
The city will close the Cook's
lot to clean up the big piles of
debris that people have hauled there
and to turn the property back over
to eh owners, Southmark Inc.
July 5 will be the last day for
residents to place tree trunks and
limbs at the curb for city pickup.
Residents may place stumps at the
curb for collection until a cutoff
date is announced. Stumps must not
exceed three feet in diameter just
above the root ball, and the base of
the stump must be no more than six
feet in any direction.
Open auditions
office at (919)723-7907 or 723
2365 and identify the areas of
interest. All volunteers must
attend an orientation session.
The 1989 National Black
Theatre Festival will feature per
formances open to the general
public by 16 of America s best
black theatre companies. Work
shops and seminars will also be
open to the general public.
A number of national cclcbri
ties are expected to attend this his
toric and culturally significan
event. For a complete schedule ol
festival activities and ticket infor
mation please call the festival's
office at the above listed numbers.
Black Child Development Institute
to hold math, science seminar for girls
GREENSBORO - On July
15, the Greensboro affiliate of the
National Black Child Develop
ment Institute, or NBCDI, will
conduct a math and science career
seminar for black girls and their
parents at the Marriott Airport
Hotel from 9 a.m. to noon on Sat
urday, July 15. This is part of a
statewide project funded by the
U.S. Department of Education to
encourage Afro-American girls to
study math and science.
Two other chapters of the
Institute are also participating in
" this project. BCDI-Charlotie
inaugurated the workshop series
at Discovery Place science center
on May 20-21. Approximately
100 girls ages 10 to 13 brought
sleeping bags with them to the
museum to spend an evening tour
ing the facility and listening to a
panel of black worrien in technical
career fields. These included a
chemical engineer, a computer
programmer, a science teacher,
and a nurse. The Durham affiliate
will host the final seminar in
September.
Dr. Walter Child in, regional
science coordinator at the North
Carolina Department of Public
Instruction and consultant to the
project, describes the problem
BCDI seeks to address: "In most
math and science competitions
and classes, I have found few
black girls who were willing to be
competitive. I believe that
because of negative expectations
by teachers and students, black
girls fear they will be isolated if
they are successful tn these~sub=
jects."
Tresca Byrd, a mathematics
teacher at Page Senior High
School, adds, "As a mathematics
teacher, I am also painfully aware
that a disproportionately low
number of black girls enroll in
key math classes. These classes
are the stepping stones to institu
tions of higher learning and
careers in the math and science
area."
The National Black Child
Development Institute s project is
aimed at exposing black girls ages
10 to 13 to a wide range of techni
cal careers and motivating them to
enroll math and science courses
when they reach junioi and seniui
high school.
"For the past several years,
the Greensboro affiliate has
focused on education," said Sarah
Herbin, project coordinator and
founder of the organization.
"We feel that it is crucial that
black girls begin at an early age to
prepare for the kinds of job oppor
tunities which will be in demand
by the time they reach adulthood.
Being literate in the areas of math
and science will be a necessity for
the high tech jobs of tomorrow."
The July 15 seminar wilL fea- -
ture workshops for girls ai$J their
parents hosted by Dr. Walter
Childs, Dr. Vallie Guthrie, direc
tor of the Greensboro Area Math
ematics and Science Education
Center, as well as an architectural
engineer, physician, and chemist.
In addition, Mrs. Eunice Dud
ley, co-owner of Dudley Products,
will speak about the need for girls
to prepare themselves in the areas
~uf math TndscrenceasweH as^
how math and science provide the
basis for her business" Seminar"
participants will have an opportu
nity to tour her hair care products
manufacturing facilities.
Two additional aspects of this
statewide project are the dissemi
nation of three career develop
ment publications and the^imple
mentation of a mentoring pro
gram.
The publications include a
booklet targeted at providing
basic information about math and
science courses and careers to
black girls to document their
career development goals and
activities. All publications pro
vide inspirational biographies of
successful black women in vari
ous fields, and each is available to
the public at a nominal cost.
-The mentoring program will
enable older students and women
who are currently employed in
technical fields to share their
experiences with black girls.
"The world evolves around
math and science," said Betty
Byrd, financial control manager at
CIBA-GEIGY Corp. and member
of the project's advisory commit
tee.
"One cannot function in this
society without some working
knowledge of math and general
. concepts of science. We are try
ing to make sure that black girls
are prepared to take their rightful
place in the work force of tomor
row."
The National Black Child
Development Institute is a non
profit organization dedicated to
improving the quality of life for
Black children through direct ser
vices and public education.
tact: ? Sarah Herbin, project coor
dinator, National Black Child
Dev el op me n t Instil u te , 1010
Homeland Ave., Suite 102,
Greensboro 27405 or (919)230
2138.
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