Supremes Return To Soul Train The elegant Supremes, reigning female vocal group in America, return to Soul Train this weekend in the company of A1 Hudson and The Soul Partners who are making their debut appearance on television's nationally syndi cated dance show The "new" Supremes, Mary Wilson, the only holdover from the original .group, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Green set the pace with "You're My Driving Wheel," "You Are the Heart of-Me" and "Come Into My Life." The first to make popular the "Motwon Sound," the Su premes have remained on top for fifteen years, selling close to 100 million records: A1 Hudson and his backup group, the Soul Partners, per from "1 Got A Notion" and "Disco Lover." Hudson, whc composes as well as sings, first gained attention in De troit as a finalist on radio station WCHB's annual talent show which was served as a springboard to fame for such artists as Stevie Wonder and Ronnie McNeir. WBTV To Air First Freedom Football Classic WBTV will present the First Annual Freedom Football Classic live from Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, Janu ary 8th at 11:30 p.m. This will be "football at its best" to be staged annually, one day prior to and in the same city where the Super Bowl originates. The black college all-star par ticipants in the game are seniors from the MEV\C and CIAA Conferences versus se niors from the SIAC and SWAC Conferences A very large percentage of players from these conferenc es and colleges are presently the nucleus of the NFL, and manyiof the placers participa ting in this game will even tually be drafted into the NFL. The Freedom Football Clas sic, featuring the future pros in action, promises to become an exciting, traditional pre amble to the Super Bowl. Read the Charlotte Post Each Week. It's your best source of news about the people you know. THE YOUNGER FAMÏI.Y m «R4LSIN" Vanessa Shaw, Gregg Baker and Lacy Phillips Nemiroff : "Raisin" Is Most Exciting Musical Comedy Ever Robert Nemiroff gives th< appearance of a gentle mar who is mellowing with age. Ai the producer of the record breaking Musical Comedy "Raisin", Nemiroff was ir town last week drumming u[ business for the play that has been receiving rave notices since its 1973 premiere in Washington, D.C. Lorraine Hansberry could not have found a better public relation man. "I owe a debt of gratitude to the gifted artists who have joined to make this one of the most exciting Musical Come dies ever," Nemiroff said last week, adding, "I'm certain the Charlotte audience will find "Raisin" a rich,. reward ing experience because it is such a proud view of Black family lifestyle." "Audiences generally re spond to the lively dance numbers and the humor," he continued. The Musical Comedy, which has been seen by more than three million theatre-goers during three years on Broad way and in its first six months on the road, will open at Charlotte Ovens Auditorium for three performances, Tues day, January 4. "Raisin", which has Sandra Phillips, Gregg Baker, Vanes sa Shaw and Arnetia Walker in starring roles, will follow an eight o'clock Tuesday evening performance with a 2 p.m. matinee and an eight o'clock performance Wednesday, January 5. A special rate is planned for students and senior citizens for Wednesday's perfor mance. Four leading Black commu- . nity organizations - the Black Women Caucus, the Women's Committee of the United Ne gro College Fund, the Epicu reans, and the Ebony Group and Company-will share in the benefit from proceeds. According to Nemiroff, the company raised $18,000 for the NAACP during a stay in Phila delphia. "Its importance to the community has been such that its coming has been treated as a major civic and social event everywhere it has played," I Î Nemiroff explained. Charlotte mayor John Belk has pro claimed "Raisin Week" to commemorate its appearance here. The comedy is based on Ms. Hansberry's "A Raisin In The Sun," the pivotal play in the emergence of Black theatre in America. "Raisin" is recommended as an entertainment "must", the greying New Yorker con cluded. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Box Office, National Hat Shop, and Sears Area Stores. Mail orders will be accepted. The price of admis sion for the evenings perfor mances are $9.50, $8 and $6. Tickets prices for Wednes day's Matinee are $8.50, $7 and $S. Subscribe to the Charlotte Post! Your support helps! ^Γοιίίρ W«lk TliPi Worlrl " Spf For Wfif!B The new Sunday television set.es, "Come Walk The World" which airs on Channel 18 beginning January 9 will be fintroduce<} with à one-hour -evening special. World Vision International has announced. The introductory program will be aired on Channel 18 WSOCTVTo Feature "Slip Of Fools" Vivien Leigh, Lee Marvin, Simone Signoret and Jose' Ferrer head an all-star cast in "Ship of Fools," an adventure drama to be colorcast on Channel Nine's Saturday Ma tinee Jan. 1 at 2 p.m. The story concerns a group of passen gers on board a German pas senger freighter bound for Bremerhaven in 1933. First there is Bill Denny (Marvin), a ball player past his prime who is pursuing one of the Spanish dancers on board. Vivien Leigh portrays an American divorcee, vainly fleeing nvddle age. • ι» ui u^-uc|Kiiut;ni apanisn noblewoman called La Conde sa (Signoret) is falling in love with the ship-s doctor, and he with her. Two unmarried young Americans are risking separate cabins to see what they have going for them besides sex. An elderly Jewish man is returning to Germany and tries to remain optimistic despite his anti-Semitic Ger man cabin mate. Observing them all is a dwarf who has already dis cerned that this is indeed a "ship of fools" and all aboard are deep in one folty. or ano ther. One by one, the passen gers' problems unfold during the voyage. Others in the cast include Oskar Werner, George Segal, Elizabeth Ashley, Jose' Gre co, Michael Dunn and Charles Korvin. &ÇHABUME All 2=x CINEMA X W123 W. TRADE ST«37&1720 . OPEN IIAM DAILY t I PM SUNDAY from 10 to 11 p.m. on Thursday January 6. Filmed primarily on loca tion in Africa, Asia and Latin America, "Come Walk the World" highlights~heroes and heroines of the Christian faith ·■ missionaries, laypersons and nationals who are being used by God. "We want people to know that God is alive and that He is using His servants to accom plish some tremendous things," states Dr. Stan Moo neyham. As president of the Christian humanitarian or ganization that is working in more than 40 nations, Mooney ham will serve as host of the new series. 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