News Briefs Denise Nicholas and Robert Hooks have been signed for roles in the screen version of “The Sirens” by Lathan & Thomas Production^ The veteran Hooks, who heads the D.C. Black Repertory com pany called the Richard Wesley treatment of his well received stage play “one of the best scripts I’ve read in quite a while. I really dig it.” Zambia is the latest country to sign a contract to air "Big Blue Marble", the award-win ning. international children’s television series shown as a public service by ITT. The Zambian Broadcasting and -a Natalie Cole ...Popular singer Natalie Cole To Be Featured On Bandstand Comic George Carlin, Natalie Cole and Jonathan Cain join host Dick Clark on the ABC Television Network’s American Bandstand," Satur day, Feb. 28 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. George Carlin raps with the audience and Dick Clark. Miss Cole sings "Inseparable" and “How Come You Won’t Stay Here?” Jonathan Cain per forms his hit song, “Till It's Time to Say Goodbye”, and “Dixie and the Kid." Dick Clark is the host of “American Bandstand." Barry Glazer is the executive producer and director and Judy Price is the producer. Staple Singers On South African Tour Warner Bros, recording artists the Staple Singers re cently completed a successful series of engagements in Soweto, South Africa, where their current single "Let’s Do It Again" is rapidly becoming a best-seller. The group per formed before a total of fifty thousand enthusiastic fans at some seven South African concerts. One of the first W.E.A acts to perform exten sively in the area in support of a hit single, the Staples work ed closely with Derek Hannon, managing director for W.E.A.’s South African com pany. The Staples are presently returning to the U.S., to begin work on their first Warners album, scheduled for spring release. begin this month. The last award the series received last year was at the Virgin Islands film Festival. This year's Festival is scheduled for Nov. 5-14 and Islanders and every one else hopes last year’s log istical and other problems are resolved. There was one final irony in the passing of Paul Robeson when it was revealed that the athlete-singer-actor-political activist left an estate estimat ed at $150,000. Most of it was in U. S. Treasury Bonds. The dramatic life and times of Robeson will be subject of a three-hour special.^) be made by Universal TV for NBC-TV, according to U-TV president Frank Price. Producers hope to have James Earl Jones as Robeson. Ossie Davis' "Countdown at Kusini" is to be released in April by Columbia Pictures. What’s unusual about this film is that it’s bankrolled by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority which might set a precedent for other black groups to back black filmmakers. Opening premieres are set for 17 major cities. On the charts this week, figures show that "Let’s Do It Again" has reaped $8,256,590. "Friday Foster" has already turned in $1,490,222 and "Adios Amigo” has banked $446,327. “Mean Johnny Barrows”, just on the list three weeks, has totaled $420,087. D. Parke Gibson Internat ional has been hired to handle minority market publicity and promotion for “Man Friday", Avco Embassy's film starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Roundtree. “The Gibson Re port" on marketing to minor ities, says motion pictures re ceived over $130 million in revenue from black movie goers in 1975 with blacks re presenting 12 percent of the indoor market and 8 percent of the drive-in-movie attend ance. Black kids are "turned on" by “Sesame Street”, the CIW production that just won a Children's Television award. Nielsen report showed that the viewing of Public Broadcast ing System childrens’ pro grams accounted for 76 per cent of "non-white” time with "Sesame Street” viewed in a cumulative total of 20.8 per cent of “non-white” house holds and 19.6 percent ol “white” households. wen warper, producer 01 Broadway’s hit “The Wiz”, has acquired the screen rights since 20th Century-Fox, which backed the stage success, has shown no interest in making the film. Harper belives it can be a hit cross-over film, since audience of the stage version is approximately 75-80 percent white as compared to predo minately black when the show first opened. Harlem’s famed landmark, the Red Rooster, reopened with a bang last Friday with the “must” place to go jam packed all weekend. New owner is Mrs. Gwen Douglas. Charlie Dixon is back as manager and behind the bar are Frenche Lesane, Veronica Powell, Cathy Brown and Elia Brivor during the daytime. They also have a live rooster crowing nightly and a piano up front for your pleasure at playing or singing. Filming has started in New York City on “A Man Called Allen" with A1 Fann portray ing Frederick Douglas and members of his Harlem Theatrical Ensemble in other roles. This is the story of the era of Bishop Richard Allen, a man born a slave “who felt the urge to be free in spirit and body" and who ultimately founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church structure. I CHI-LITES -Popular Recording Stars Country Singer Joe Tex Returns To “Soul Train” Country-soul singer, Joe Tex returns to Soul Train this weekend in the company of the Chi-Lites and comedian Tom Dreesen. Joe Tex, who has been in and out of the recording spot light for the past 20 years, sings ‘Have You Ever" and "Baby It’s Rainin’." One of the most prolific songwriters in show business, his most recent successes were “I Got Cha’’ and “Under Your Powerful Love.” Now that he’s Joseph X, a Nation of Islam preacher, he plans to limit his show busi ness activities to writing and recording. The popular Chicago-based Chi-Lites, who completed a record-breaking tour on Eur ope last year, will perform their latest release, “The Dev il’s. Doing His Work" and "Time for Love." Among their nine gold rec ords are such singles as "Have You Seen Her” and "Oh. Girl." Former Chicagoan Tom Dr eesen breaks up the audience with his comedv routines whi ch have been seen on such TV shows as Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson, as well as in Playboy Clubs around the cou ntry. Soul Train, which also fea tures interviews by host-pro ducer Don Cornelius, and the Sould Train dancers, is pre-' sented weekly by Johnson Products Co. of Chicago, manufacturers of hair care products and cosmetics. Omega Fraternity Plans Talent Hunt For March 7 Omega Talent unt Planned The Annual Omega Talent Hunt Program will be held on Sunday March 7, 7:30 p.m. at Memorial United Presbyter ian Church, 2600 Beatties Ford Road. The contestants for the jun ior division will be: Miss Viv ian Denice Cherry, Darrel Romain Ervin, Cedric Jones, Jr., Toney Brown and Smith Turner, III. The senior division contes tants are: Miss Patrica Ann - Blakey, and Benjamin Bagby. The first place winner of the senior dinision will represent Pi Phi Chapter in the regional Omega Talent Hunt Program in Charlotte on April 24, 1976 The public is invited to at tend this program, the admis- • ion is free. UNCC Orchestra To Present Spring Concert The UNCC Orchestra will present its spring concert March 5 at 8:15 p.m. in the Recital Hall of Rowe Arts Building on the campus of the University of North Carolina Trampoline Stars To Perform At Briarwood School "Trampoline Stars" Harold Coates and Judy Johnson will give two peformances at Briarwood Elementary School on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The two have appeared in more than 3,000 schools throughout the country during the past six years. at Charlotte. An added feature of the UNCC Orchestra this spring semester is that it has been augmented by several young professional musicians from the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra who are enrolled at the University as special stu dents. These students have been working in chamber music and also in smaller ensemble groups. They have been coached by members of the Roe String Quartet in re sidence at UNCC. The program on March 5 will include Handl’s Concerto Grosso Opus 6/number 4; Mozart's Divertimento in D Major, K. 125; Elgar's Seren ade for Strings, Opus 20; and Grieg's Holberg Suite, Opus 40. The program is open to the public at no admission charge. THE TWO MOST TERRIFYING “POSSESSIONS” IN ALL THE ANNALS OF SATAN! 2 BIG SHOW9 HEIJ) OVER $1.00 time 2nd B,G WEEK II Diieworth Theatre Radio Rating Shows Lacey With Big Lead In the first radio ratings survey taken since moving to the morning show, WBT's Bob Lacey is the overwhelming leader among Charlotte's various morning personalit ies. With over a quarter million listeners, Lacy had over 40,000 more listeners than his nearest competitor. With adults over 18 years of age, Lacey led his nearest competitor by more than 50 percent. The rating survey also showed that WBT was the number one radio station in all other time periods During the course of an entire week, over 400.000 people listen to WBT radio, which is over 100,000 more people than its nearest competitor. The survey was conducted by the American Research Bureau between October 23 and November 12, 1975. The survey was conducted in Mecklenburg and the 21 sur rounding counties, i i VITAMINS For Longer NAIR A SCIENTIFIC FACT TAKi ONI A OAY VOUI MAIN WILL 3WOW LON01W N TMICKIN QUICKLY! MONEY BACK GUARANTEE For TRIAL SIZE SondSI.SO PluftSOc Handling F«« To: HAFF VITAMINS ~ P O. Bo* 14139 » •KLuMmJ 1. Turning Point Tyrone Davis 2. Sing A Song Earth, Wind & Fire 3. Wake Up Everybody Harold Melvin, Blue Notes 4. You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate 5. Walk Away From Love David Ruffin 6. Love Machine Miracles 7. Love To Love You Baby Donna Summer 8. Sweet Thing Rufus 9. Sweet Love Commodores 10. Love Rollercoaster Ohio Players 11. Inseparable Natalie Cole 12. 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