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COMMUNITY 1 s Pianist Speaks at Salem ' College The Salem College School of Music presents a lecture by Armeta Adams Hummings, Sept. 16 at 2 -p.m. m the Shirley Recital Hall of the Salem College Fine Arts Center. The lecture, titled "Forging New PaT hs a pan of the Career Spec trum Series, is free and open to the public./ Hummings is the organizer of the Gateways Musical Festival, an upcoming series of concerts featur ing performers of classical music. As a pianist, she began her studies at the New England Conservatory ^of Music at age four. She^was awarded a full scholarship to the .Juilliard School, where she studied with pianist Sascha <}orodnitski. She made her New York debut at Town Hall and has performed at the Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, j She has performed in Africa, South America, India, Pakistan and received an award from the. State Department for her contribution to international relations. N.C. School of the Arts, To Present Series Oct. 5 The N.C. School of the Arts presents "South Pacific," as part of the sumething^for everyone series, at the Stevens Center, Downtown Winston Salem, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. Originally South Pacific was for one show only but due to popular demand there .will be a matinee at 2 p.nodso. . " 7 " Tickets for both performances are [$28 for adults and $26 tor stu: dents ;uid senior citizens group rates are available by contacting the administrative offices. Tickets for "South Pacific" are available by visiting the NCSA Bdx Office at Stevens Cen^r, 405 West Fourth Street, or by calling the box office, during office hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday - Friday, at <910)-721-1945. -. Sorority r Inducts ' Five New Members v. v . Beta Alpha Chapter of lota Phi Lambda Sorority. Incorporated inducted five new members into their organization in August. These intelligent, enthusiastic ladies wfio started as Lomepas were proudly pinned Sorors, or sis- " ters:Ttacie Hunter, a graduate of W tnstotr Salem State University, is p,,t;. I Bm. C nrti it r of America: Gloria McKissick, a gra'duaie of Winston-Salem State, in .employed by the Winston Salem/l orsyth County School Sys tem a- a second grade teacher at ' \ lenn.i Elementary School; Janice R Jone>. a graduate of N.C. Cen tral L i.iver.sity, serves as an opera tion analyst for USAir:\Rosa Marie a graduate of Winston- - Salem Siaie University, serves in 'he capacity of Director/C6ordina tor of Quality Improvement at N.C. Baptist Hospital: and Patricia Ann Redman Wvnn, a graduate of Win- - ston-Salem State University, is employed by the Winston Salem/f orsyth County School Sys , tern as an assistant principal at Clemmons Elementary school. The Beta Alpha Chapter of lota Phi Lamda Sorority, Inc. also held its family picnic at the home ot Diane Williams-Cotton in July to close-out their fiscal year. Mem bers were able to relax, eat heartily, and enjoy their accomplishments pf the year. 1 1 was a time for the outgoing president Encsteen Lash, to relin quish her leadership into the hands of the new president. Nancy Green. The sorors sisters of, the Beta Alpha Chapter look forward to the coming fiscal year and hope it is as successful as the year passed. Fall Plant Sale to Be Held Saturday A fall plant sale is being held on Saturday, Sept. 24 between 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. to benefit the Forsyth Master Gardener Volunteer pro gram. The lower parking lot of Thruway shopping Center is the site for the event. Items for sale will include pumpkins, mums, perenni als, Indian com, gourds, dried flow ers. and bargain plants for the land scape. Mendez, Hamlin to Perform in Music Fest Sunday Bv DAVID L DILLARD e'hrtmujr Star Writer * i Young African- Americans need more positive role models and diverse cultural activities, accbrding to the Rev. John Mendez. That's why he is performing Sunday in support of an upcoming classical music. festival featuring African American musicians. Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, is known for his community activism, but at this event he plan^ to captivate the audi? ence with his deep baritone voice. "Emmanuel is bringing this concert because we recognize the -very talented African-American arti<ts we have in this city and out side the city," he said. "We're encouraging the young and the old to participate in classical music by giving them a forum." Emmanual Baptist Church , is hosting the concert, entitled "Clas sics From a Different Angle," on Sunday at 7 p.m. The evenf is a fund raiser for theisecond annual .Gate ways Music Festival, a symposium featuring African-American classi cal musicians that will be held next month./ Mendez, who once studied music, will be singing the Negro "spiritual Right on King Jesus. , Also performing are The Hyde Park TriOi jthe Isosceles Trio, and Larry Leon Hamlin, director of the N.C. Black Repertory Co., will recite a classical dramatization of "The Creation" by James Weldon Johnson. "I wanted to participate because , this is a wonderful opportunity for people in our community to be exposed to African- American classi cal musicians." Hamlin said. Hamlin, also an actor and pro ducer of the National Black Theatre Festival, said African- American classical musicians have a difficult l^estyle because many don't under stand their artistry. He said the event will expose youths to classical music so they. will appreciate it more. Margaret Johnson, who sings mezzo-soprani^ with the Isosceles jlTrio, said the group will debut at Sunday's concert. ? "We think it's a worthwhile caUse and many ot the top profes sional musicians will be perform ing." Johnson said. "This will r * Rev. John Mendez inspire young African-Americans to come together and learn another "type of music." ' > . Winifred Garretf, a renowned "harpist and the Gateways project coordinator, agrees that Gateways will enlighten black youths who think the classical genre is "not our music," ?We shouldn't reject what is beautiful no matter who wrote it down." Garrett said. "It's very cru cial that our youth 'be exposed to classical music because^ they are Larry Leon Hamlin struggling. Music will help them overcome struggles because it's a disciplined art." ' Other performers are Wand alee. Starks Nevels, Christopher Ben jamin, Kevin Harris, the Rev. 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