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?? ??' ' Talk radio sensation will headline A&T homecoming I ' J i ? ? . SPECIAL TO THE CHRONIO b GREENSBORO ? Talk radio sensation Tom Joyner and '70s love balladeers The Spinners will headline "The Greatest Home coming on Earth" sponsored by North Carolina A&T State Uni versity Alumni Association. "The Tom Joyner Southwest Airlines Sky Show" will broadcast live from the War Memorial Audi torium, Greensboro Coliseum Complex, at 6 a.m. Oct. 22. Doors will open at 5:15 a.m. A&T Uni versity Foundation and 97.1 FM WQMG are co-sponsoring the show. Joyner has hosted the "Tom Joyner Morning Show" on the ABC Radio Network since 1994. , A four-time Billboard Magazine award winner, Joyner began his radio career immediately after, he graduated from college. The Tuskegee, Ala, native received his bachelor's degree in sociology from Tuskegee Institute. Joyner made headlines in the mid-1980s ' when he accepted simultaneous positions of morn ing drive man at KKDA-FM in Dallas and afternoon drive talent at WGCI-FM in Chicago. His daily round-trip commute between the two cities earned him national publicity, high ratings and millions of Frequent Flyer miles. Coca-Cola and the Tom Joyn er Foundation have created a tremendous opportunity for listen ers to raise money to help deserv ing students continue their educa tion at historically black colleges and institutions. You can help A&T raise mone> by buying Coca Cola Classic bottles. Save the caps and bring them to A&T's alumni office, bookstore, cafeteria or Stu dent Union. The Spinners will perform Oct. 22 at 9 p.m. in the Guilford Ball room. Holiday Inn Four Seasons The group has been performing for decades and its classic sound and musical approach continue to have universal appeal. The Spinners are one of the few groups who can boast of four lead singers. They are John Edwards. Bobbie Smith, Henry Fambrough and Pervis Jackson. The other member of the quintet is Billy Henderson. The Spinners' hits include "Mighty Love, "Then Came You," "Rubberband Man," "I'll Be Around," "One of a Kind Man," "Games Peo pie Play and "Could It Be." Over the years. The Spinners have had 12 gold records, with their hits climbing to the top of both the pop Joyn+r and R&B charts Ebonique will appear before The Spinners. Tickets are $40 per person. Tables are available at $500 and $1,000. Tickets are available at A&T s ticket office, 334-7749. A dance party will be held after the show. Other homecoming activities include: ? Oct. 1-31 - art exhibit, H.G. Taylor Art Gallery. Dudley Build ing. 10-5 p.m. ? Oct. 11 - talent shqw, Harri son Auditorium, 7 p.m. (Cost: $3). , ? Oct. 13 - fashion show "SEPIA," Harrison Auditorium, 7 p.m. Adults SI0, students $5. . ? Oct. 14 - fashion show, Har rison Auditorium, 7 p.m. (Ticket cost TBA). ? Oct. 20 - comedy show with Arnez J. Chocolate and Ricky Smiley, Corbett Sports Center. 8 p.m. (General admission S10; A&T students free - I.D. required). ? Oct. 21 - coronation of Miss A&T. Corbett Sports Center, 7 p.m. ? Oct. 22 - 21st annual Richard E. Moore Memorial Aggie Home- ? coming Golf Tournament, Bryan Park Golf Course, 8:30 a.m. (Cost: S100). ? Oct. 22 - Gate City Alumni Chapter's ninth annual Scholar ship Aggie "No Tap" Bowling Tournament, BulTaloe Lanes (10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.). Tickets: $20. ? Oct. 22 - The McDonald's Heritage Bowl Campus Tour, Hol land Bowl, noon-4 p.m. ? Oct. J2 - chancellor s recep tion (by invitation). Holiday Inn Four Seasons, 6 p.m. ? Oct. 22 - A&T Greek Step Show, Corbett Sports Center, 8 p.m. Tickets: students S8, general admission $12. ? Oct. 23 - annual Teloca Homecoming Breakfast, Greens boro Hilton, 8 a.m. Cost: $15. ? Oct. 23 A&T homecoming parade, starting location - Market and Laurel. 9 a.m.: pregame show - Aggie Stadium, 11 a.m.. , ' > ? Oct. 23 - homecoming foot ball gamev A&T vs. Howard Uni versity, Aggie Stadium. 12:30 p.m. Tickets: reserved S20, general admission SI5, children S10. ? Oct. 23 - A&T Hip-Hop Vibe *99 Concert. Greensboro Colise um. 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tick ets: $21.50. ? Oct. 23 - Harvest Moon Homecoming Dance, Veteran Memorial Coliseum. Winston Salem, 8 p.m. Tickets: S25. ? Oct. 23 - Dr. Frank C. Bell Endowment Scholarship Ball fea turing William Bell, former Stax Record R&B recording artist, Koury Convention Center. 9 p.m. Tickets: $50. ? Oct. 24 - A&T alumni wor ship service, Koury Convention Center, Imperial Ballroom C, 10 a.m.. Rev. William F. Wright, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. ? Oct. 24 - A&T Gospel Show, Harrison Auditorium, 4 p.m. Call A&T's ticket office, 336 334-7749, for more information. State NAACP hopes to register 1 million blacks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE - Delegates to the NAACP's state convention placed efforts to increase member ship and voting at the top of the civil rights organization's agenda for the next year. The group's target is registering 1 million black voters before the 2000 elections. The state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also wants to increase its member ship rolls, which have hovered at about 50,000 for several years. The three-day convention that ended Saturday touched on several topics,, including unfair lending practices by banks, health issues and school desegregation. ? About 300 people attended the conference, about half the normal participation. Many members were coping with flooding in east ern North Carolina. NAACP officials said they would support an appeal of a Charlotte federal court decision ordering a stop to assigning stu dents to Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools based on their race. The disbanding of affirmative action programs and the continu ing income gap between, blacks and whites are among the reasons blacks must exert political power by voting, said state NAACP pres ident Melvin "Skip" Alston. "This election will either set us back a whole century or allow us to move forward with renewed energy." said Alston, who was unopposed in convention elections and will remain the state president for two more years. Triad Black Media Professionals to hold scholarship banquet SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE 1 " ? ? Sheila Stainback, Emmy- | award winning news anchor, will j be the keynote speaker at the Triad Black Media Professionals Annual ? Scholarship Banquet. The ban- > quet will be held Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Benton Convention Center j in Winston-Salem. Stainback. a freelance anchor , for the Fox News Channel, will join TBMP in celebrating its 10th i anniversary. A native of New York, she has worked in television news for more than 20 yeafs as an anchor and reporter in Miami. Boston. Chicago. Baltimore and , New York. In 1992 Stainback won an Emmy while working fof WPIX TV in Philadelphia. She alaO was a consumer and medical reporter for CNBC for four years, where she served as substitute host for the show "Rivera Live" during the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. Stainback was one Of 12 jour nalists selected nationwide for a Knight Fellowship at Stanford University in 1982-83. Since 1991.' < she has served on the fellowship's program committee, which selects incoming fellows. In. addition to her freelance anchoring. Stainback is an adjunct professor at New York University in the department of journalism and was recently a r contributing I writer to the |j Columbia I Journalism I Review. She I also is pursu- I ing a mid- p career mas- L ter's degree at I Columbia ? University with a spe Stainbaek cialty in news media diversity issues. In the past, Stainback has served on the board of the Nation al Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), including four years as NABJ's vice president for broad cast and past president of the New York chapter of NABJ. She is now a television consultant with the Ford Foundation project on race and ethnicity in the newsroom. TBMP is a support organiza tion for media professionals and students pursuing careers in com munications. It is comprised of media professionals residing in the Greensboro, High Point and Win ston-Salem areas. Each year the organization awards a SI.000 scholarship to a minority. communication student matriculating at one of the sur rounding historically black institu tions. During the year TBMP pro vides workshops, forums and panel discussions for churches, universities and other nonprofit organizations in the community. Tickets for the banquet are S25. They can be purchased from Special Occasions Bookstore, 112 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. in Winston-Salem. 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