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Best Records You Can Select For Christmas Presents? -1 VP ncq^uu,_ vivacious 31-year-old director of the Smithsonian Program in Black American Culture, is vocal about her commitment to let the world know about the on-going contribu tions American Blacks have made, particularly as expressed in the Derforminc arts. Reagon is hardly a musty bu reaucrat. The former SNCC Free dom Singer is a member of the acappeDa quartet Sweet Honey In The Rock. Honey recently cele brated their eighth anniversary with two sold-out standing ovation concerts at Howard University Law Center. They’ll be in New York City December 4 and Lexing ton, KY. on December 5; their third album is due from Flying Fish Records before Christmas. It should come as no surprise, then, that some of the best records that you can select for Christmas presents this year are from Rea gon’s department at the Smith sonian. Reagon herself selected the cuts for the three disc "Voices OTTKe Civil Rights Movement.” Ranging from uptempo to mournful soul STROBE , by Tim Walter Copyright t> 1981. TSI Syndic* f Futures filled ballads, the dynamic expres sion oi DiacK America’s struggle for freedom is much too good musically to gather dust on the shelf. The lucky recipient will play this set over and over. $21.48. Order on the Smithsonian’s toll free watts line. Dr. Reagon tells me the 1973 entry, the six-record "Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz’’ has now earned platinum status. Drawn from the archives of seven teen record companies, you’ll find Scott Jopnn playing "Maple Leaf Rag," John Coltrane playing “Ala bama," Bessie Smith's “St. Louis Blues," Jelly Roll Mor’ton[s_UJlack— “Bottom Sluirtp” ana much more. $4Q.98. Two new Ellington albums have I been introduced. "Symphony In Black" is a complete performance, for the first time, of his film score which won an Academy Award in 1935. The movie featured the young Billie Holiday. The Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble cut the disc. $9.98. Ellington himself is captured on a double album "Duke Ellington 1941.” Included are "Take The ‘A’ Train” and “Per dido” and 30 other superb se lections from" RCA’s archives. $15.23. lo order any of these unusual gifts, call the Smithsonian toll-free (800) 228-5454. Have your Visa or - MujiuUuiym I'faill dartl number handy; the line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Mail orders should.go to P. CL Box 10230, Tips For Happy Ho,vlay Season! ‘Tis fast approaching the season to be merry and the feverish activity has already begun. There are shopping expeditions ahead, holiday dinner parties to be planned, and keeping the kids out of Uttctoset where the_Chcistmas - gifts are hidden will require* con stant patrol and some quick an swers. Here are a few helpful suggestions for taking the strain ^qut of the holiday season. ^ Make a list of what has to be done and spread the tasks out over a number of days. On days when you are entertaining try to rest for at least a half hour before guests arrive. Give yourself a facial, and take time to refresh yourseu tor the chores, even happy ones. rry shopping by category - that is, toys one day, family gifts ■ another, and for friends on still another day. Wear comfortable shoes. Take a pair of folding slip pers with you and put them on when scotting from one counter to another. Stop and rest at reasonable intervals. Don’t skip lunch above all, if you’re taking the kids to see Santa, don’t plan on making it a heavy day of shopping as well. The jingles will sound jangled-if - you do. Ease those muscle aches at night before retiring by taking an aspirin, and a warm bath. Keep in mind, too, that you can cut down your shopping mileage by using the catalogues that many stores send out at Christmas time. Have you a green thumb? Start small plants well before the holi day season for gifting later on ... or create a terrarium with a few small plants and an inexpensive fishbowl. If you’re handy with a needle, you can make gifts seem extra special by adding embroidered initials or motifs linen, shirts, etc. Is there a nostalgia buff on your holiday list? With today’s trend, chances are there are several! Schwinn i BIKES I iSchwinn IWE REPAIR IALL MODELS „ . I SHOP HOW FOR BESJSELECTIOHj^l SERVINC | CHARLOTTE ' SINCE _ 1904 Schwinn Bicycias ana Locwmiinf^! Scour local secondhand shops for memorabilia. Trapper JohnJVLD. Dr. Stanley Riverside II, his eyes brimming with-joyous tears, doesn’t know he’s being set up for a_ costly swindle when in rapid suc cession he is reunited with the beloved nanny who reared him in childhood and then with the real mother he never knew, on “Trap per John, M.D.,” Sunday, De cember 6, at 10 p.rri. on WBTV, Cahnnel 3. Little do the two confidence women suspect, though, that their scheme is about to backfire on them in a startling way. The Male Image ENTIRE STOCK 30 - 50%„„ Velour Sweaters V Neck Sweaters Dress Pants Leather Jackets Designer Jeans Suits Shoes Dress Shirts i “Complete Line Of Accenitories” rKktPOM MALL_ 392-4460 Des Moines, Iowa 50336. Shipping and handling prices have been included in the prices I have quoted. What else might make the per fect Christmas gift? “The George Benson Collection" is a solid two record package, with everything from "White Rabbit” to his latest "Love All The Hurt Away” duet with Aretha Franklin. It's on Warner Brothers. rtiiu nreina s Lxjve All The Hurt Away” album is one of her best ever. Industry critics have lauded Diana Ross for her first, self- • produced RCA album, “Why Do Fools Fall In Love.” At the risk of becoming a target for bricks thrown by Ross fans, I can only say I think she’ll have to self-produce several more to really reach her potential. Her live performances, however, have never been better. A superb, innovative mood al bum has been released by Tan gerine Dream on Elektra. Called "Exit," the imaginative, multi lingual disc is the West Berlin trio s fifteenth. They cut the highly acclaimed soundtrack for "Thief. " In closing, here’s a list of some artists I found somewhat unspec tacular: Del Shannon, Lindsey Buckingham, The Jones Girls, Crusaders, Rossington Collins Band, Lenny Williams, Bill Sum mers and Rufus with Chaka Khan. Maybe they'll click with their next albums; this year’s offerings struck me more as formula j schlock. I-1 . 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