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^ A « 1.9AW11 X kKJllL Darkness me iiccuc KJi Thursday, February 11. 1988 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page llA i School Of Arts Auditions In Charlotte WINSTON-SALEM - The North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) will conduct audi tions In Charlotte later this month for prospective students. These auditions will be for those students who wish to ap ply for admission to the School's training programs In dance (high school and college), design and production (college only), drama (college only), and visual arts (high school only). The auditions are scheduled for Feb. 27 In Charlotte. A sub sequent regional audition site will be In Hendersonville on March 5. These auditions are part of a regional effort to at tract talented students from across the state to NCSA. Auditions traditionally are held on the NCSA campus In Winston-Salem throughout the school year. Dates for off- campus auditions vary accord ing to discipline. "As in years past, we've sched uled these regional auditions across the state In order to ena ble prospective students to au dition at locations closer to their homes,” said Edward T. Brake, executive director of en rollment and admissions at NCSA. "By bringing our auditions to these different parts of the state, we hope to reach all tal ented students who are seeking a professional career In their art form." Brake continued, 'We want to strongly encourage these North Carolina residents to consider the wonderful op portunity that exists for them at NCSA." Students Interested In audl- Hometown Honors By Louise Pettus & Ron Chepesiuk iv. Special To The Post Beside the courthouse on Main Street In Lancaster, S.C., there Is a brick wall decorated with likenesses of five Lancast er natives, each of whom ■achieved great fame. The por traits are displayed In the fol lowing order: Andrew Jackson, ■Dr. J. Marlon Sims, Col. Elliott White Springs, Nina Mae McKinney, and Gen. Charles Duke. When the mural was unveiled, .the artist, Ralph Waldrop, said that Nina Mae McKinney repre sented two minorities: Blacks and women. That Is true, but she is quite deserving of a place on the wall on her own merits. •• Nina Mae McKinney was an .International figure as an ac tress, singer, and band leader. Her given name was Nannie Mayme McKinney. Her parents, -Hal and Georgia McKinney, moved from Lancaster to New York City and left the child with her aunt, Carrie Sanders. ,,,"Aunt Carrie" lived In a small :apartment In the back yard of Col. Leroy Springs, father of El liott White Springs. Aunt Carrie wprked as a cook and house keeper for the Springs family. " As soon as Nannie Mayme was .old enough, she ran errands for Mrs. Lena Jones Springs. She attended school In Lancaster iut did not graduate, u Apparently, her mind was not pn school. While a teen-ager. Nannie Mavme left Lancaster to join her parents In New York City. Choosing Nina Mae as her ‘stage name, she managed to get a job as a member of the chorus In "Blackbirds," a Broadway play. Her performance caught the attention of King Vidor, famed MGM producer, who starred her in "Hallelujah," re- jleased In 1929. '"' It was the first all-black sound feature. The movie houses billed the film as "a story of murder and redemption In the Deep South." The melodrama was not widely acclaimed at the time, but movie historians now see It as an Interesting Introduction to black theater. One critic de scribed "Hallelujah" as having "a crude pxjwer." Her first film gave Nina Mae McKinney the opportunity to appear In a number of others. Including "Safe In Hell," "Sanders of the River," "Dark Waters," and "Pinky." "Pinky" Is considered Nina Mae's best movie. Nina Mae McKinney was also on the stage. At the Apollo The ater, Harlem's only all-black theater. Nina Mae played Jeane Elagel's role In "Rain." In an Elliott Springs scrap book there Is pasted a newspa per clipping (dated December 28; no year given but probably around 1940) about a scheduled performance at the Columbia Township Auditorium. The sto ry was headed "Old Folks Home Benefit Dance This Evening." Nina Mae McKinney and "her fa mous orchestra" were to per form for daggers Old Folks Home, "a charitable Institution for old Negro folks." An ad for the benefit described Nina Mae as "America's No. 1 Swlngheart!" A section of the auditorium was reserved for white spectators. Nina Mae McKinney could have become one of America's enduring performers. She had the talent and the beauty. Her problem was that her skin was too light to fit into the black woman stereotype of the 1930s. Realizing that the doors to true stardom were barred In Holly wood. Miss McKinney took her great talent to Europe, where she became known as the "Black Garbo." In the 1950s and 1960s In Ath ens, Greece, Nina Mae McKin ney was known as the "Queen of Night Life." Some time In the late 1960s, she came back to New York City but did not perform. She died a few years later, but has not been forgotten In Lan caster, her home town. Teno-'s House of Charm PM Here's my Vatentine Special 4 PeTm With A Fr^ Cut Lu-Lu Montgomery Hair Consultant Sot Just Rn Occupation But Rn Rnointed Gift Enhancing Vour Cod-Giuen Beauty :(704)397-8773 Bus:(704)393-9438 >4, rwwwwwwwwwwv tlonlng must make arrange ments In advance with NCSA's Admissions Office. Applicants will be given an audition time and site when they contact the Admissions Office at P.O. Box 12189. Winston-Salem, N.C., tel ephone (919) 770-3291. Appli cations must be received at least two weeks prior to the scheduled audition date. Auditions for NCSA's training program In music (high school and college) will coincide with the NCNB 1988 Music competi tion's preliminary auditions. Those auditions will be held In Charlotte, Eldenton, Fayetteville, Hendersonville, Marlon, Wilm ington, Wilson and Winston- Salem on Feb. 20. Students who audition In these cities also will be considered for the NCNB Mu sic Competition scholarships. The NCNB Music Competition awards cash scholarships to taling $24,000 for instrumental ists and/or vocalist to study at NCSA. Students Interested in auditioning for the music pro gram should contact the NCSA Admissions Office for more In formation. RHAG f i 1 it Come See Me! By Vicki Huggins Cook Special To The Post A sidewalk art show is being planned for downtown Rock Hill, April 16-17. According to Vicki Huggins Cook, Director of the Rock Hill Arts Council, "Main Street Scene" will be the first outdoor art exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council. "We wanted to have a special event during our City's Come See Me Festival. Something to get people downtown, an activi ty appropriate for our new facil ity." Ms. Cook commented, refer ring to the city-owned Federal Building which now housed the Arts Council offices. "What bet ter way to showcase this histor ic building than to have artwork displayed all around It?" She continued, saying, "Our business partners are eager for the show to succeed and they have contributed over $3,000 to be awarded in prizes to artists competing In the juried section of the show." The downtown art show Is op>en to North aind South Caroli na artists 18 and older. There are four categories: Paintings, oils and watermedla: Drawing and Printmaking. Handcrafted Art and Sculpture, Photography. All work must be original and exhibited by the artist. Hand crafted art must not be made from kits. To quallly for the juried sec tion and be eligible for awards, artists must submit 3 slides or color photographs of work com parable to the work they plan to show. Applications must be ac- complanted by two checks: $10 for appllcatlon/jury fee and $30 to reserve space. Partlclpiants in the non-juiied section do not have to submit slides and do not pay the $10 For more information or to re ceive an application, write or telephone: MAIN STREET SCENE, Rock Hill Arts Council, P. 0. Box 3635, Rock Hill. S.C. 29731; area 803-328 2787. CROISSANT OR BISCUIT BREAKFAST /‘ TOth Egg & Cheese • Ham • Sausage ^ Bacon ‘ ' A’ • Steak BURGER KING Beatties Ford Rd. at 1-85 399-0345 How Harry Mayo, Jr. turned rust into gold...l^a% It all started with some rusted steering wheels. Harry Mayo, Jr. saw a batch of damaged wheels, waiting to be retooled, rusting outside an auto plant and had a brilliant idea: If he could make them rustproof, retooling would be easier, and he could make some money. Of course, Harry had no idea how to do it, but that didn’t stop him. He put together a team of amateur chemists from a local university and, after many disappointing experiments, they developed a formula that did the job. Today his company, Industries, supplies over $3 million worth of parts to several General Motors divisions. (General Motors wants to do business with people like Harry Mayo, Jr. Last year we spent over a 'liers. We’ve also placed nearly a billion dollars in minority- billion dollars with This proves two things. That nothing can stop a person who refuses to stop, and that ^' li K( s with minority suppliers. We’\ ' owned banks, and established scholarships at minority colleges and universities. We do all of this because we realize that companies like Mayo Industries don’t just appear out of thin air. They are the visions of bright, aggressive people who have the ability to take advantage of every opportunity. We also realize that standing behind the people who buy our Chevrolets, Fbntiacs, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, Cadillacs and GMC Trucks is more than just a corporate responsibility —it’s good business. GENERAL MOTORS We never forget \Hio’s driving.
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