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State Fair world premiere is in W-S Beginning this week, State Fair will introduce to the world a new Rogers and Hammers tern musi cal as American as apple pie, roller Patterson's Broadway experi ence includes Senator Joe, The Three Musketeers, Hair, Starlight Express Touring Company, and ArtsReach By REGGIE JOHNSON - * coasters, and corn-on-the-cob. Also being introduced to the Winston Salem area is Raymond Patterson, an African-American actor bringing his extensive experience in film, televi sion, Broadway, and off-Broadway to the role of "Hank" in State Fair. Patterson brings not only good * looks and charm to his character, but also a long list of credentials and experience in the performing arts. After studying acting with Peggy Feury at The Loft Studio with Nina Foche at La Mama E.T.C., and at the University of Maryland, as well as voice with Michael Warren and Vicki Starr, Patterson has begun to create an impressive resumd. And though his name may not be all that familiar, his talent promises to take him a long way. Some of you may have seen him in such movies as Undercover, Cameron's Closet, Scorpion, and The First Time. But more of you may have caught this rising star in The Young and the Restless, Capi tol, Hill Street Blues, The Guiding Light, Nightingales, What's Hap pening Now?, and Hard Copy. Comin' Uptown. State Fair itself is another first for North Carolina. As in the tradi tiort of the Broadway Preview Series bringing Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers and Jake's Women, and Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate to Winston-Salem for their world premiers, we also have the first stage production of this Rogers and Hammerstein collaboration. A clas sic by the most successful partner ship in Broadway musical history, it has only been produced on film ? three times! This summer, in its world premier stage debut, this love story will come to life on the Stevens Center stage. -_The play is set in America's heartland during the summer of 1945, that relatively uncomplicated and innocent age of traditional val ues, when the end of World War II was in sight and American spirits were once again flying high. By turns that are both funny and heart breaking, the play explores in affec tionate detail the events encountered by the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of the farm for three days of unaccustomed adven ture at the annual Iowa State Fair. Set against the colorful and dynamic backdrop of an American tradition, State Fair is a story of love, ot youthful awakenings, of poignant resolutions, and of the welcomed journey home. Originally produced in 1933 as a non-musical motion picture, a second movie production of State Fair star ring Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, and Vivian Blaine won Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II an Academy Award in 1945 for their timeless classic. It Might as Well Be Spring. In 1962, a new film version featuring Pat Boone, Ann Margaret, and Bobby Darin again captured the hearts of audi Rogers and Ham merstei themselves are American clas sics. After long and highly distin guished careers with other collabo rators, Rogers (composer) and Ham merstein (librettist/lyricist) joined forced in 1943 to create the most consistently successful partnership in American musical theatre. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Oklahoma, the first Rogers and Hammerstein musical, a ground-breaking milestone of a new genre, the musical play. This success was followed by such favorites as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and Flower Drum Song. Most of their stage musicals transferred to the screen as well, winning 14 Academy Awards. The Sound of aymond Patterson Music, in particular, has become the most popular musical film ever made. State Fair will continue its run at the Stevens Center through August 16. Tickets are on sale now at the Stevens Center box office. 1992 Candace Awards Ca ndace Award recipients gather for a photo session at the 1992 Cartdace Awards held at the Metropolitan Museum of Artta New VferfU Picture* (left to right) are Camllle Cosby, Ph<D<, philanthropist; Robert E. Allen, chairman & CEO, AT&T corporate sponsor; beetle Carney Smfft, Ph*D.> author; Maya Angelou, mistress of ceremonies; Jewell Jackson McCabe, chairperson, National Coafl tlon of 100 Black Women; Harold "Hal" B. Jackson, broadcast pioneer; and Sybil Haydel Morlal, dean, Xavter University. They were honored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women during the 10th anniversary of the annual Cartdace Awards. Guillaume new ? spokesperson for sickle cell Two-time Emmy Award winner Robert Guiilaume has been selected as national spokesperson for the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease Inc. Guiilaume succeeds Danny Glover, who acted as the organiza tion's spokesperson for three years. The new executive director, Lynda K. Anderson, made the offi cial announcement earlier this ^ fL''. 1 ? iKii IL. X Robert Gulllaume week. "On behalf of the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease Inc. (NASCD), we are proud to have Robert Guillaume associated with our organization. He is highly visible and an outstanding role model. He presents a positive image for bringing attention to the need for continued support for sickle cell disease programs nationally." As ambassador, Guillaume will add a dimension of clarification and insight to the sickle cell condi tion in this country and abroad. His involvement with the NASCD national convention in Washington, D.C. in October, sickle cell member organization activities, public appearances, and pub lic service spots will heighten the scope of sickle cell awareness with his peers and the public. NASCD is a Los Angeles-based organir zation with nationwide community sickle ccll programs. The organization recently celebrated 20 years of pro viding education, research, and patient services centering on the sick le cell conditions. Sickle cell disease is an inherit i? ? - ? ed, incurable condition that primari ly affects African-Americans. Guillaume is currently in Balti more filming Robert Townsend's "Meteor Man." Having trouble losing weight? Having trouble gaining weight? I have a product that will help. Call 788-0758 J> JULY FIRECRACKER SALE ONE DOZEN RED ROSES, BOXED, CASH & CARRY ONLY $9.99 ONE DOZEN RED ROSES ARRANGED IN A VASE WITH GREENERY & BOW ONLY $19.99 George K. 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