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Saturday Night Thursday, November 9, 1978-THE CHARLOTTE POST-Page 5B A1 Jarreau To Appear In “HollvwooH’s Dinmnnrl nw«/wwu...uuunour iown ..Land of Make-Believe—all these describe a city which is the guest of honor when “Hollywood’s Diamond Jubi lee,’’ two-hour special cele brating the 75th anniversary of the entertainment capital of the world, is presented on Saturday, November 11, at 9 p m. on WBTV, Channel 3. Raquel Welch and Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. will co-host the broadcast, which looks at sucn Hollywood phenomena as the star system, nightlife, the cowboy, leading men and wo men, the character artnr, recording industry and the advent of television. Starring in special production numbers are Yvonne DeCarlo, Sandy Duncan, Nancy Dussault, A1 Jarreau, Larry Kert, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, and Dick Shawn. Woody Allen and Diane Kea ton will make special appear ances, as will television per sonality David Sheehan. Making his television debut in the special is 22-year old ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic IS IT STILL GOOD FOR YA Ashford & Simpson LIVE AND MORE Donna Summer SI HIKES AGAIN Rose Royce THE MAN Barry White SWITCH Switch BLAM Brothers Johnson CHAKA Chaka Khan BETTY WRIGHT LIVE Betty_Wright STEP II Sylvester LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING Teddy Pendergrass COME GET IT Rick James REED SEED Grover Washington, Jr. TOGETHERNESS LTD ATLANTIC STARR Atlantic Starr SUMBEAM Emotions SUMMERTIME GROOVE Hamilton Bohannon JASS-AY-LAY-DEE Ohio Players FUNK OR WALK The Brides of Funkenstein Ronnie Laws TAPE CITY 3138 Sonth Tryon - 523-0266 TOP 20 45’* IN STOCK , ; ' i ALJARREAU —Popular singer Mark Holden, who portrays a best Hollywood tradition, lucky actor whose dream of In 1927, in the hills above discovery is realized in the Los Angeles, the original Hollywood sign was erected and read “Hollywoodland.” Each letter was 30 feet wide and 50 feet tall and cost $21,000. As years passed, the sign was neglected and crum bled into illegibility. When plans got underway for the special, action was again star ted to refurbish this symbol of the golden city. And, as the j lUJUCC culmination of the special, the new Hollywood sign will be unveiled during a live pickup from the Hollywood Hills, where a thousand guests wili be gathered at a birthday gala for their first glimpse, along with tbe television audience of the refurbished symbol of Hollywood -l — MEET REVEREND WHITE WUXIAM WfflTE is minister of Little Rock A.M.E. Zion Church in the r irst Ward neighborhood. Reverend White keeps his congregation aware of community concerns. The church has assumed leadership in housing and day care through the establishment of Little Rock Apartments. j In their leisure time, the White family, William and his wife Brenda and their children, Milton and Jacinta, enjoy sports. A favorite pastime is getting relatives together for impromptu back yard football and basketball games. Reverend White has been a Republic customer since he came to Charlotte. Republic’s Main Office is convenient for him because it is located near First Ward. He particularly appreciates the extra hours Republic is open...until 6 p.m. weekdays and on Saturday mornings. William White says, “The best thing about Republic is the personal attention which goes along with professional banking service,” At Ropoblk, wo do things a Httlo difforontty. Wo eoro. ^Republic BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 101 South King* Drtvo • 37SS E lnd«pwdwe» BotdPwrd • SS01 South 8oid—rd • 201 8. Tryoo • 7800 Ftfrvtow no Mombor FDtC
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