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menm π L ■/ By Bob Johnson JUST JAZZ...I am sure you are probably tire< of me speaking on the subject of music and how i seems to be really moving up and out ii Charlotte like a flower in the morning sun. a mue ctUUUl 11 D6 cause it is what's hap pening now. In additon to what was written in other articles, another good indication of the growth and acceptance by the Charlotte public was the turn out at Dana ^ Auditorium on the cam pus of Queens College recently. "just Jazz" was the name of the concert sponsored as a memori eu iur vieorge snaw and John Wilhelm, with the proceeds being used to purchase recording equipment for Central Piedmont's music de partment. There were six groups featured on this show that started at 8 D.m. and ended around midnight. The "Jerry Lambert Quartet",. "Anahg", "Outback". "Chesire Cat", "Break ing Point", and the "Bill Hanna Quartet." All of the groups Derformed superbly, but "Breaking Point", with Leroy Paige, Juici Carter, Steve Rucker, Chip Dabney, Chris Peck, David Win ters, John Towe and Allen Yann, used their playing time on one tune. The performance was called a "suite" and the tunef was an original composition entitled "2176". It was a very unique type of performance and, judging from the audience's applause, well received. Some of the people mellowed bv the just jazz sounds were Zack Hill, Lynwood Sawyer, Ellis Carter from San Francisco, California, Terry' Keyes, Michael Lowen, Joe Newland, Bruce Shuttle, Richard Cavendish, Reece Fitzgerald, John Gelinas, Carl Fuerstman, Theresa Cline, Wayne Biggs, Denise Eisner and James Crown. "PURLIE"...The CPCC Summer Theatre opens its ambitious 1976 season with the rollicking musical "Purlie", featuring Micheal Washington in the title role. Tbe musical is based on the play "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis, and is a hilarious satire about the cotton-pickin' South. in »1 λι J " r. vvuiivi; ιί kiiv vyiu ouuill, lilt;. farcical plot of Purlie centers around a Black preacher intent on getting back a ramshackle church from 01' Capjn Cochipee, the bullwhip wielding owner of the plantation. In addition to Michael Washington as Purlie, the impoverished, scheming preacher, the cast will include Josie Hudley as a Sopsy-like country girl, Michael Lowe as the Yassuh-man who knows how to manage the racist white boss, CPCC and Little Theater Veteran Bill Crymes as the personification of all thcj julep-drinking Southern Colonels rolled into one, Peter Olson as his educated, liberal son, Elaine Elston as Missy and Annie Rose Poole as Idella. Tom Vance is directing this combination folk comedy and social document with sets by Christian Tucker and Choreography by Susi McCarter with musical direction by Benjy Haywood. Performances are nightly at 8:15 in the Pease ^ Auditorium on the CPCC campus from July 8-17 - with a 2:30 Sunday matinee on the 11th. KOOL JAZZ FESTIVAL...If you ask me, I think the Kool Jazz Festival should be named the Kool Music Festival, because it is not a jazz festival as such. Of course you didn't ask, did you? Anyway, there were alot of people in Atlanta, Georgia and Hampton, Virginia last weekend spending big duckets and a lot of time some real funky shows, put on by some of the top _ - _ * l_i · «· — ai liai ni uic uouniry. One such group was the West Charlotte Alumni Club of 1958. These folk took an exciting trip to Atlanta, to get away as a group for some good ole wholesome fun in a new environment. While there some of them chose to soak in the music furnished by the jazz festival, while others spent their time at the underground and doing other things that Atlanta has to offer. One of the highlights for this celebration was a one man fashion show put on by Joseph Walker in the hospitality room of one of Atlanta's leading motels. Joe modeled outfits for all occasions including an extravagant bicentennial fashion in red, white and blue. Go on Joe! Participants in this fun filled show were Gussie Floyd, Barbara Floyd, Joyce Corbett, Joseph Walker, Betty Richardson, Paula Carter, Bar bara Foster, Betty Foster, Patricia Foster, Leela Streeter, Robert and Rosa Davis, Charles and Doris Alexander, Eurania Young, Hazel Freeman, Carolyn Anthony, Shirley Johnson, Joe and Carolyn Smith, James and Brenda Stewart, Arlethea Littlejohn, Kenneth and Joyce Grier, Tommy and Edna Williams, Dr. William McCant, former Charlottean Brady Dorsey, Roy Ezell and Bynum Nicholas. "MAN OF THE YEAR- AWARD recipient Ruben McKissick, second from left, received plaque from Layman's League President Charles Porter, right. Receiving awards for Photo by Peeler "Outstanding Service" during the Men's Day ceremony were Rev. Κ W. Dalton. left, and Deacon Herman Massey. second from right Layman's Choice Ruben McKissick Named Ebenezer's "Man Of The Y ear" By James Peeler Post Staff Writer The Layman's League of Ebenezer Baptist Church, which is composed of all the approximately 100 men of the church, celebrated its FIRST MEN'S DAY, Sunday, June 20, during time provided for the regular Morning Worship Ser vice. Rev. R.W. Dalton, Associate Pastor at Friendship Baptist Church, who has been serving as interim minister at Ebene zer, delivered the Men's Day Message. Deacon Gaines, assisted by Deacon Ceasar Wallace, pre sided during the program which included the naming of Deacon Ruben McKissick as "MAN OF THE YEAR" for having raised the largest a mount of money in the chruch's drive for funds for Missionary Work. "Man of the Year" McKis sick is a member of the McCrorey Branch YMCA Board of Directors, President of the Senior Choir, a member of the Men's Choir, and owner and operator of McKissick's Shop on Beatties Ford Road. The effort raised a total of $2,300. according to League President Charles Porter, who also presented plaques to Rev. R.W. Dalton and Deacon Her man Massey "FOR OUT STANDING SERVICE" dur ing the ceremony. Porter said. "The Layman's League has only been organiz ed for three months and we consider the affair a success " He concluded. "A lavish din ner was served in the church's Dining Hall following the Morning Service." Officers of Ebenezer Baptist Church's Layman's League ι are: Charles Porter, Presi dent, Ceasar Wallace. 1st Vice President; Ruben McKissick, sencond Vice President; Ti mothy Pressley, Third Vice President; Andrew Brewton, Fourth Vice President; Wal ter Kennedy. Secretary; Claude Boyd, Treasurer, Clay ton Cuthbertson, Assistant"" Secretary; and John Wade, Financial Secretary. Rev. A.B. Sutton is the new pastor of the church. I 1 State Receives Planning Grant rne State has received a $1,680,514 federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 1976-77 to assist all levels of planning in the state. Governor Jim Holshouser said today. Under HUD's Comprehen sive Planning Program, the funds will be shared by region al planning agencies, large cities, counties, and small communities throughout the state. Three large cities which have chosen to receive grant assistance through the state are: Raleigh, $45,000; High Point, $35,000; and Fayette ville, $22,000. Fourteen of the 17 regional planning agencies in the state will be given a total of $581,521 of the grant. The N.C. Department of guuuLXJLinaaninnnnpgnnrinii Natural and Economic Re sources will receive $540,000 which it will allocate to small cities and counties. The re maining $457,093 will fund statewide planning activities based in the Department of Administratiorî. "Although funds under this program have been cut by one-quarter nationally. North Carolina received only 16 per cent less than it received for the previous fiscal year. Our state's activities in land policy development, the Coastal Ma- i nagement Act and the overall quality of planning throughout the state account for HUD's awarding North Carolina a grant at a rate above the national average", said Go veniorHolshouse^^^^^^^^1 Check the ads in the Charlotte Post each week for outstand PEELER'S PORTRAIT STUDIO 9 [ FIRST. For Fine Photography 2224 Rentlics Ford Kd. Charlotte. 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