Ina Jones, Benjamin Bagby Capture
First Place In Omega Talent Hunt
by JAMES PEE1.ER
Post Feature Writer
i
than 100 people witnessed the
musical rendings of some
excellent young musicians at
the 28th presentation of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s
Talent Hunt last Sunday night
at Memorial United
Presbyterian Church.
Ten accomplished Junior
and Senior High School
musicians' competed in the.
two divisions and their
musical competence was
judged by Miss Edythe Grady,
Mr. Marvin Davenport and
Mrs. Jennie Garnett.
Violinist Ina Jones,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs."
. Cedric Jones of 1506 Dean
on cm wcia juugeu me winner
in the Senior Division. Miss
Jones is a senior student at
Garinger High School and
chose to play "Concerto in G
Major” (third movement) by
Mozart in the competition.
Delcia Harper was awarded
second plaee in the Senior
Division for a piano rending of
“Spring Song" by Felix
Mendelssohn. Miss Harper is
also a student at Garinger
High School and a piano
student of Charles McRae
Music Studio.
Pianist Brenda. Watkins won
third place in the Senior
Division for performing
"Automne” by Chaminade.
She is a music student of Mrs
Blanche Oliver.
Others participating in the
Senior Division were Vanina
, Murray, a West Charlotte
High School Student who
played “Bonn,” Sonata. No. I
(first movement) by
Beethoven on the piano; and
Rosella Clemmons, also a
West Charlotte High School
student. Miss Clemmons is a
piano student of Charles
McRae Music Studio and
played “Theme from Love
Story.” arranged by Henry
Mancini. on the piano
First Place in the Junior
Division went to. Benjamin
Bagbv for his performance of
"Sonatina.” Op 49 No. Jon the
piano Benjamin is a student
at Randolph Junior High and a
music student of Charles
McRae Music Studio
-Pttmtst-PatHeta Ann Blakev
won second place in the Junior
Division She played "Puck”
< Kobold) by Edward Grieg
She is a student at Hawthorne
Junior High School.
Smith Turner IV was the
third place winner in the
Junior Division. The McRae
Music Sludio student played
"Sonata" i Andante Allegro)
on the piano He is a student
at Northwest Junior High
School
The competition in the
Junior Division was rounded
out with performances by
Shari Blackwell. an
Albemarle Road Junior High
School Sludent who played the
piano and is instructed by
Mrs Blanche Oliver; and
Vernice Brown, pianist who
performed "Liebestraum" by
Beethoven
Guest artist for the Omega
Talent Hunt was Darrell
Erwin, an U-year-old 6th
grader and student of Charles
McRae Music Studio, who
played the piano with per
fection.
Miss Jones, the First Place
Winner in the Senior Division,
will represent Pi Phi Chapter
of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
in the regional competition to
be held April 20 in Spar
tanburg. South Carolina
All the participants in the
Talent Hunt Program were
awarded plaques by Mr.
Joseph W Harper III.
Baselius of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity.
WINNING CONTESTANTS in the 1974
version of the OMEGA TALENT HUNT pose
with plaques and fraternity Basileus Joseph W.
Harper, III, at left, and Omega Fraternity
member Sterling P. Woodard, right. Winners
were: left to right, Ina Jones. First Place
PHOTO BY PEEI.KR
Senior Division; Delcia Harper. Second Place
Senior Division; Brenda Watkins. Third Place
Senior Division; Benjamin Bagbv, First Place
Junior Division; Patricia Ann Biakey. Second
Place Junior Division, and Smith Turner IV.
Third Place Junior Division.
Mrs. Gore To Appear On Opportunity Hour
Mrs. Ruth Gore, professor
of Guidance and Psychology
and Director of Counseling
and Testing at North Carolina
A&T State University, and
Mrs. Pearl Neal of 126 Martin
St., will be the special guests
on WSOC-TV's popular “Hour
. of Opportunity” here Sunday
morning, beginning at 9:30
o’clock.
The program, "The Saga Of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc ”,
is one of the highlights of Delta
Zeta Chapters Finer
Womanhood Observance.
Mrs. Gore, the sorority’s
first anti-basileus, holds a
national office in the sorority.
She will appear in a scene with
20 junior high school girls at
which time she will talk with
them about the problems of
growing up.
A few of the many positions
held by her are:
Editor of Southern College
Personnel Association
Newsletter; Member of
College Entrance
Examination Board of the
Southern Regional Advisory
Council; Member of the
National Urban Scholarship
Advisory Council; vice
president of Greater
Greensboro Republican
Women's Club, and board
member of Guilford County
Menial Health Society.
One of the founders of the
sorority, Mrs. Neal is an ar
dent church worker She is a
member of Greater
Gethsemane AME Zion
Church and has served in an
advisory capacity whenever
called upon by members of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.
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