JULIA DOYLE BESS
—Voted blind gospel singer
Reborn Records Announces
Release Of “Spiritual Eyes”
Reborn Records announces
the release of “SPIRITUAL
EYES,” a new album by the
noted blind Gospel singer JU
LIA DOYLE BESS The al
bum contains ten fine exam
ples of uptempo, straight
ahead gospel shouts, slower
preching numbers, parables
and call-and-response offer
ings, and is bound to attract
wide attention in Gospel cir
cles.
Julia uoyie Bess, bom in
New Orleans, began her gos
pel career at age 10 in her
hometown church - by the
time she was a teenager she
had joined and toured with the
Gayle Jubilee Singers. She has
since appeared at Gospel Fes
tivals across the nation, in
such cities as Detroit, Chicago
and Memphis, as well as New
York and her hometown New
Orleans.
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have included Carnegie Hall,
Town Hall, Madison Square
Garden (with the James Cle
veland Gospel Convention)
and at the world-famous Apol
lo Theatre in Harlem where
she appeared with the Har
monizing Four, the Gospel
Harmonettes, the Blind Boys
from Mississippi, the Davis
Singers and Tommy Ellison.
One of the highlights of her
career was being asked to sing
at the funeral of friend and
mentor Gospel great MAHA
LIA JACKSON.
State Fair To Attract 500,000
— state Fair
officials are looking for total
attendance to surpass 500,000
for the sixth consecutive year
as the 110th event begins its
nine-day run Friday, October
14.
For the first time in history
nine different nights of free
entertainment will be offered
in Dorton Arena. They include
such stars and groups as Jose
Feleciano, Hank Snow. Fred
die Fender, Mary MacGregor,
Ronnie Milsap, the Statler
Brothers, the Happy Goodman
Family, Chubby Checker and
Jerry Reed.
Special exhibits "Leaves of
Gold” and “Pests-Aside,” fea
turing tobacco and pesticides
in the familiar Charter domes
will be highlights for fairgo
ers.
Miss Bess was a sensation at
the Gospel segment of the
Newport Jazz Festival-New
York City, 1976, and has been
widely acclaimed as one of the
great living traditional Gospel
artists.
At present she calls New
York City home and is an
active member of the New
York Baptist Church
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WTVI Receives NAEB Awards
ror the third consecutive
year, WTVI, Channel 41,
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School's television station, has
received awards in the Na
tional Association of Educa
tional Broadcasters (NAEB),
1977 Graphic & Design Awards
Show.
The NAEB Awards Show is
a national graphics achieve
ment competition which helps
to set creative standards for
the communications industry
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WTVl received three Awards
of Excellence, two for TTY'
(Instructional Television).
Makes a Difference." produc
ed by Mike Bunting, and one
for "WTVI, We Gotcha." whi
ch promotes view ing of Chan
nel 42's PBS-programs, pro
duced by Walt Lloyd
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of winning entries and certifi
cates takes place at this year 's
NAEB Convention in Wash
ington. D C in November
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