LIGHTS All That Jazz! Charlotte - Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone will perform In NCNB Performance Place at Sprit Square center for the Arts on Saturday, April 9, at 8:15 p.m. A limited number of tickets re main for this evening of Jazz. This performance sponsored In part by WFAE 90.7 FM. Tickets are $14 and $12 and go on sale Monday, April 4. Dis counts are available for groups of 10 or more, senior adults and all full-Otlme students. For tick ets or Information, call the Spir it Box Ofllce at 704-376-98883, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekdays. Since Burton’s professional debut at age 17, this vibes player has received acclaim as a solo performer and with his quartet. He has performed with many talented musicians Including Chick Corea, Stan Getz, and Pat Metheny. He received Grammy awards for the solo album. Alone at Last, and for the duo al bum Duet and Concert In Zu rich. Makoto Ozone's music Is de scribed as "a healthy mix of jazz traditions and classical train ing." Ozone's father offered him advice about his music that has guided his career. "My father al- ways told me that no matter how great you can play technically, don't forget the music Is coming out of your heart," Ozone said. _Thls talented piemist's debut al bum was released by Columbia Records In 1984 to the delight of his growing number of fans. You Got A Friend? By Donna Clark Public Radio Writer WFAE 90.7 FM Is inviting lis teners and friends to join the station staiff In celebrating its first Friendralser, a variation of the annual spring fundraiser. Beginning Monday, April 4. 'the event will give supporters a chance to call 549-9700 and join the station as contributors at whatever level they are able. WFAE has a goal of 2,250 donors for the week-long drive. The friendraising approach to raising money is consistent with the station's philosophy, says development director Andrea Cooper. "We create programs for people, not profit. Tliat's why it's called public radio. By counting people rather than money, we're telling our listen ers how Important each of them is. We want to emphasize, not how much people give us, but the fact that they give us what they can. For some people that's going to be $10; for some people, $500." Premiums will be offered to contributors at specific levels, with $30 set as the basic sub scription rate. Each $30 donor will get a bumper sticker, bi monthly program guide, and a subscriber card which is good for discounts at area business es. WFAE has some enticing premiums for donors at higher levels, including WFAE mugs, tickets to a party at Jonathan's Uptown, a $20 discount at New World Records, day sponsor ships, and, for a $500 gift, dinner for 2 at the Speedway Club. AVFAE staff members are invit ing listeners to help host the Friendralser by signing up now for volunteer shifts during the event. Both old friends and new comers can schedule a few hours to answer telephones or help with book work by calling 549-9323 during business hours. Licensed to UNC Charlotte, WFAE is the American and Na tional Public Radio affiliate for a 22-county area in North and - South Carolina. It broadcasts 7 hours of news each weekday, ' with news, mornings and after noons, on the weekends as well. 'The station presents a unique , blend of contemporary jazz, new age and new acoustic music dur- ^ ing the day at 90.7 FM, with oth- ' er portions of its 24-hour broad- ■ cast day devoted to folk, show tunes, new age, gospel, and mainstream jazz. Cattle Call Charlotte - Planning is under way for the 1988 Elizabeth Fes tival. According to festival orga nizer, Kathy Chestnutt, area art ists and performers are needed to make the uptown neighbor hood's annual spring event a success. The festival is sched uled for May 14 in Independence Park. "We're looking for artists who would like to sell arts and crafts suitable for a family festival," Chestnut explained. 'We en courage craftsmen to use their booth space for demonstrations as well as sales. "Performers are also needed for the stages providing live en tertainment throughout the day," said Chestnut."The Elizabeth Festival has featured jazz and traditional music in the last few years. In addition, this year we'd like to expand to various types of visual performances such as dance." Merry Wives at UNCe For more information about the festival and how you can participate, contact Kathy Chestnut, 2320 E. 5th St., Char lotte, NC 20204, 334-6274. Gimme Three! By Sheila McKenna Community Arts Writer Art & Music Discovery, for ages 3 through 8, will be held at Prov idence United Methodist Church in southeast Charlotte from June 13-24. The two elements of each class, Orff Music and visual arts, are linked thematically by Orff Music Specialist, Mary Mac donald, and visual artist. Nan Bloom. Shakespeare's comedy, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," will be presented on April 13-17 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The production, scheduled for the university's Rowe Theater, will be preceded by an Elizabe than fair, complete with jugglers, acrobats, vendors and musi cians, greeting theatergoers in the lobby. Susan Marrash- Minnerly, UNC Charlotte per forming arts lecturer, is direct ing the production, featuring theater majors Alan Poindexter of Denver as Falstaff and Barbie Van Schalck of Charlotte as the language-abusing Mistress Quickly with political science major John Olchak of Greens boro as the Insanely jealous husband. Show times are set for 8 p.m. on April 13-16 and 3 p.m. on April 17. Admission is $2 for UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and students and $4 for the general public. For reservations call (704) 547-2599. For more infor mation, call Marrash-Minnerly at 547-4471. Outta Site! Making Music at the Plano I ah and the Suzuki String Program will both be held at Caldwell Me morial Presbyterian Church in the Elizabeth neighborhood from June 14 through July 21, 1988. An "Introduction to the Pl ano and Orff Music" class is of fered to kindergartners and 1st and 2nd graders. More Intensive keyboard piano classes are available to students in grades 3 and above. The Suzuki String? Program, designed for students ages 3 and older, presents an or derly and appealing approach to learning to play the violin or cello. Children ages 3 to 4 and a parent attend a one hour group lesson weekly while older chil dren study privately with the teacher and parent in half hour lessons and attend an ensemble lesson each week. For more Information about these exciting programs, call 377-4187. Charlotte - "Metamorphoses - Works in Situ", a major new In stallation by Daniel Buren, will be on view In Spirit Square's Knight Galleiy March 11 - April 23. Buren, an Internationally- known French conceptual artist, will present a free, slide lecture at 7 p.m. on the evening of the opening of Noah Studios. 219 N. Graham Street. This exhibit will consist of modular units of striped materi als attached to a wooden frame work creating an enterable structure. One unique quality about this exhibit is that Buren allows each work to take its shape from the exhibition site. The exhibit will be accompanied by "Graphic Sketches" that Bur en uses to clarify his ideas be fore executing his construction, allowing the viewer to gain some understanding of buren's crea tive process. Daniel Buren has exhibited his work internationally since 1965. While representing France, he won the award for Best Pavilion at the 42nd Biennade in Venice, Shogun from page 3C polytheistic folk religion where natural objects, historical fig ures and even gods of other re ligions have been enshrined into a harmonious amalgama tion. Each rural village main tains at least one shrine of its own which is the center of activ ity. These villages are many times bound by the community effort Involved in cultivating rice, as they have been since the 10th century, when most of the Japa nese people worked hard in the rice fields and the elite few lived in opulence. This group activity throughout Japan's history has formed the basis of many mod em Japanese characteristics, evolving into the group decision making process that is at the heart of Japanese business methods and success. The second episode, "The Sword and the Chrysanthe mum," explores two paradoxical elements of the Japanese cul ture and psyche - the ruthless martial arts practiced by the Sa murai and Ninja warriors and highly stylized tea ceremony and its resulting aesthetics. The loth century saw the rise of the warrior class, whose pow er began in the provinces, but slowly came to control the capi tal and the court. This install ment of the series demonstrates how this warrior spirit affected the treatment of Allied prison ers during World War II and still influences many aspects of Jap anese business behavior today. In contrast, the beautiful, ritu alistic tea ceremony shaped other areas of Japanese culture, such as temple and garden de sign and contributed to the creation of the rigidly stratified social structure, which places vast Importance on collective responsibility. The third episode, 'The Legacy of the Shoguns." documents Ja pan's evolution from one of the last feudal societies on earth to a global military and economic power in an amazingly short period of time. Until a century ago, Japan was still one of the most Isolated nations in the world and had developed one of the most sternly controlled so cieties in the history of man. The program examines how the society developed so quickly and how the Japanese continue to absorb outside Influences so rapidly and easily, while still maintaining the integrity of their native culture. The series concludes with "A Thursday, March 31, 1988 - TOE CHARLOTTE POST- Page 7C Proper Place in the World," which focuses on the political and economic factors leading up to the attack on the U.S. military installation on Pearl Harbor during World War II. This action brought the United States into the war. The episode traces the Japa nese buildup for war emd the af termath of Japan's defeat and discusses the peoples' attitudes towards the United States in the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. A look at Gen. George Ma- cArthur's reforms after the war Illustrate how the benign U.S. occupation led to and fostered Japan's rapid economic growth. The program ends with an ex amination of recent accusations that Japan has used Illegal techniques. Including Industrial espionage, to boost its own economy. How much of Japan's recent economic growth has been based on underhanded tactics and how much is based on producing the right product at the right time is the central issue to addressed. The Land of the Rising Sun is a nation that will increasingly be come a major factor in interna tional affairs. Beatties Ford Handy Mart Is Open Daily To Make Your Last Minute Shopping An Affordabie Delight Open daily From 6:00 am-l:30 pm 1121 Beatties Ford Road (704) 342-2924 M m MINORITIES NEEDED FOR T.V. Commercials, Film Extras Trade Shows, Singers, Dancers, Actors- Actresses, Runway/Print Models(inciuding plus sizes). Academic, Athietics,ECT. iNFANTS to 80!! !f you think you have the ’Talent" or the "Look" Take the first step., send Picture with Resume and Vitai Statistics to: D'HARRiS PROFESSiONAL MODELiNGTALENT & ADVERTISiNG AGENCY/Urban League Guiid P.O. 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