Blues and Gospel tour to perform at West Charlotte Senior High
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Makes Exclusive Appearance
Saturday Night and Sunday
Morning is the name of a black
heritage tour coming to Charlotte
for one performance on Saturday,
October 25, at 7:15 p.m. at the
Clinton L. Blake Auditorium, West
Charlotte High School.
Sponsored by the Afro-American
Cultural Center and the Second
Ward Alumni Foundation, the tour
will present blues and gospel
music, juba dancing and story
telling. Presented by the National
Council For The Traditional Arts
(Washington, DC), it will travel
nationally during October and
November.
Four groups of performers notable
for quality and adherence to black
heritage are presented. The
moderator is “Bowling Green” John
Cephas. A Virginia-born musician
and actor, Cephas ties the varied
elements of the performance
together with an informal and
sometimes humorous commentary
that tells of sources and explains the
intricacies of the traditions.
Cephas also performs in the blues
segment with his long-term partner,
Phil Wiggins.. Called “one of the
outstanding living exponents of the
PMnait guitar style" by New York
Times critic Robert Palmer, Cephas I
has a deep and resonant voice.
During the past five years he and
Wiggins have performed in 32
nations in Europe, Africa, Latin
America and the Caribbean - as well
as in numerous cities in the U.S.
Juba and buck dancers John Dee j
Holeman and Quentin “Fris”
Holloway preserve dances that
reach through centuries in the south
and beyond, to Africa. They are also
musicians. Holloway performs a
melodic form of early jazz on piano
nr guitar. Holeman is a blues
singer-guitarist with a repertoire
that ranges from classic Piedmont
pieces to the more aggressive Delta J
clues. They are seasoned perfor
mers whose travels have ranged t
from Carnegie Hall to the National
Theatre in Bangkok.
The Badgett Sisters perform in the j
oldest gospel style. They use no
instruments other than their voices;
their songs are rooted in the two
most important black institutions,
family and church. Trained in ,
singing by their father who learned
from his parents, the Badgetts keep
this family heritage vibrantly alive
The storyteller is Celestar Sellars.
Her stories about little animals with
the problems of men once instructed
and amused children. They told how
wit and quick thinking could over
come powerful opponents. They
offer a fascinating glimpse of a
black educational system that
existed when there was no other.
North Carolina singer Algia Mae
Hinton is a delightful reminder that
women have been a vital part of the
black music era from the beginning.
Ms. Hinton has a repertoire that
ranges across two centuries and
includes buck dancing; she never
misses a beat as the music flows
from her. guitar and her feet tap out
the rhythm of songs familiar but
long forgotten by many.
Saturday Night portions of the
performance are devoted to acoustic
blues, juba and buck dancing and '
Musical
The Local chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority will present, a
musical production, "World’’ on
Sunday, October 26, at West
Charlotte High School Auditorium at
8 p.m.
"Die play Is based on the Bible and
portrays the wickedness of man
Donations are $6 in advance and 16
at the door For more information,
call Lucille Batts, 392-9657
Halloween Carnival
There will be a Halloween
Carnival at Bethlehem Center on
Thursday, October 30, from 5:30 -
8 30 p.m. There will be games and
activities for the entire family to
enjoy including a Haunted House
Cost for games is 2S and 50 cenja;
Haunted House is 61. '
storytelling. Sunday Morning
explores the rich experience of
gospel music The two traditions
share much from common roots and
were, in turn, the seedbed for the
growth of more recent forms: jazz,
ragtime, tap, and the pop music of
the last 50 years.
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Tickets for the October 25 perfor
mance are available at a cost of $5
t$4 for senior citizens and students)
through the Afro-American Cultural
Center, 374-1565, or from members
of the Second Ward Alumni
Foundation
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