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http://www.thecharlottepost.com Cliarlotte THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006 D Section Rolling, dancing with the Stones Super Bowl show opens up for hopefuls TflE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT—Older fans of the Rolling Stones will get the chance to shake it during the band’s Super Bowl half time show after all. Planners had originally sou^t people aged 18 to 45 to take the field and dance at Ford Field on Feb. 5. But after hearing fixtm some older fans of the group, whose founding members are more than a decade older than 45, the National Football League said it would accept dancers 18 and older—no age limit. ‘"We wanted to open it up,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Friday The NFL is offering 2,000 people a chance to watch the rock "n’ roll legends play on the field. They will be expect ed to dance, sing and cheer. The league is also seeking people to dance during star Stevie Wonder’s pregame performance. People are asked to apply in groups of 20 or more. Signup is under way on the Web site of Star Flow Entertainment, the company organizing the volunteers. The league had said the reason for the age cutoff was that the job is physically chal lenging. The volunteers would be on their feet for long periods, and would need to enter and exit the field quick- ly On the Net: NFL Super Bowl sUe: http:/lwwwsupeTbM'lx:om Detroit Super Bowl XL Host Committee: http:/lsbxlJhe^ollecttve£om Star Flow Entertainment: http:// WWW.starflowentertain- mentrom It’s showtime ‘Cookin ’ ’ highlights jazz legend; auditions for plays PHOTO/MINT MUSEUM Gretha Boston plays Alberta Hunter in “Cookin’At The Cookery” at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. By Cheris F. Hodges cherts Jiodges®thechaTloaepost£cm The life of jazz and blues legend Alberta Hunter will be celebrated on stage and in song at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. “Cookin’At The Cookery” chronicles the intriguing and inspiring music-filled journey of Hunter’s life fix)m her early days in Memphis to Chicago and ultimately the world’s stages. After fading fix)m the spotUght, Hunter achieved a triumphant comeback at age 82, per forming 15 shows a week at the Cookery in Green wich Village until her death. Hunter’s story is told with power, passion and a simmering jazz track. Show times are: January 18 at 8 p.m. January 19 at 8 p.m. January 20 at 8 p.m. January 21 at 4 p.m. January 21 at 8 p.m. January 22 at 3 p.m. January 25 at 8 p.m. January 26 at 8 p.m. January 27 at 8 p.m. January 28 at 8 p.m. January 29 at 3 p.m. In other theatre news: So, you think you can act? • If you think of a cross between “10 Things I Hate About You” and a dassic western movie set to Shakespeare’s prose and you have Piedmont Players Theatre’s rendition of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” Auditions are January 16 and 17 at 4 p.m. Auditions are open for third through 12th grade Please see AUDIT10NS/2D Whipped no more: Wife to divoree Babyface THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - The wife of Grammy-winning singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds has filed for divorce after 13 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differ ences, court papers indicated. TVacey Edmonds filed for divorce fix)m her former hus band Tliesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The couple had annoimced in October that they were end ing their marriage with a ■ “permanent separation” and said they had been sepa rated for some time. ‘"We remain Edmonds t>est fiiends,” their state ment then said. Her attorney declined to dis cuss the matter Wednesday night. Kenneth Edmonds could not be reached for com ment by The Associated Press. The couple have produced movies and telffvieiwn shows together, incluc^^^ “Soul Fcxxi,” and said in October they would continue to work together on business ;ven- tures. Kenneth Edmonds, 47, and IVacey Edmonds, 37, married on Sept. 5, 1992. They have two' sons: Brandon, 9, and D54an, 41/2. c Tracey Edmonds, who as head of Edmonds Entertain ment Group, Inc. is consid ered one of the most powerful women executives in Holly wood, is seeking physical cus tody of the boys, with visiting rights for her husband. Besides his career as a best selling crooner with hits including “Whip Appeal” and “Soon As I Get Home,” Eklmonds has written hits for Whitney Houston, Mary J. Bhge, Mariah Carey, Bobby Brown and others. appreciation; lou rawls You’ll never find another baritone like this Rawls THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES—Lou Rawls, who earned fame with his ^orious voice and respect through his prodigious fimdrais- ing for the United Negro College Fund, died last week of cancer. The Chicago-bom Rawls began as a gospel singer and sp^t nearly five decades working his soulful, velvet-voiced magic on classic tunes including “You’ll Never Find Another Love T^ikp Mine” and “Lady Love.” “His voice was so unique,” said leg endary producer Kenny Gamble, who with Leon Huff wrote “You’ll Never Find.” “The other thing was that he had a sense of community Thousands and thousands of young kids benefited fiom his celebrity” With his wife, Nina, at his bedside, Rawls died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Cent«*, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, said his publicist, Paul Shefiin- Rawls’ family and Shefiin said the singer was 72, although other records indicate he was 70. A longtime community activist, Rawls played a major role in United Negro Col lege Fund t^ethons that raised more than $200 million. He often visited and performed at black colleges. “He’s just someone who recognized, like many Afiican-Americans of a cer tain generation, that education was something that our kids didn’t get access to and that it was critically important for their future, and for our communi ties’ future and for the nation,” said Dr. Michael Lomax, presidmt and CEO of theUNCF. In September, Rawls performed in the organization’s “An Evening of Stars,” which was to be televised nationwide through the weekend. “He appeared fi^, but he was in good voice, and he was in great spirit,” Lomax said ‘"He was there with his son, newly adopted, and his wife. He was a happy and contented man.” Aretha Franklin said Rawls was a “memorable musical stylist... who made a serious impact in the interest of his torically black colleges and black folks.” Rawls’ trademark was his smooth, four-octave voice, which Frank Sinatra once called the “silkiest chops in the singing game.” Starting as a church choir boy Rawls ultimately applied those silky tones to a variety of musical genres and more, including movies, TV shows and com mercials. As a pitchman for Anheuser- Busch Cos. breweries, his was the famil iar voice that said, ‘"When you’ve said Budweiser, you’ve said it aU.” Rawls was raised on the South Side of Chicago by his grandmother, who shared her love of gospel with him. He also was influenced by doo-wop and har monized with his hi^ school classmate Sam Cooke. The two fiiends were part of groups such as the Tfeenage Kings of Harmony When he moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s, Rawls was recruited for the Cho sen Gospel Singers, then moved on to Please see RAWLS/2D BET co-founder Sheila Johnson reinvents herself THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE PLAINS, Va. -When Sheila Johnson first buzzed onto the scene more than two decades ago, it was as co founder of BET. Now, neaiiy six years after the sale of the groundbreak ing caHe netwoik, she’s rein vented herself as a powerful developer and a political frace in\hginia. She’s ruffling feathers with plans to bring an expansive new spa to the rolling hills of this rural region Meanwhile, she’s heading up the inaugur al committee for Gov.-elect 1151 Kaine. Johnson was the biggest individual donor to his Demo cratic cam paign “I was brought up that I could do whatever I wanted to do,” Johnson told The Associated Press in an interview at Sala mander Farm, her home in The Plains. “I never use the word ‘canV.” She doesn’t have time to. When she’s not jetting to New Yoik where she sits on the board of the Parsons School of Design, Johnson is busy reorganizing one of her favorite acquisitions, the Washington Mystics women’s basketball fi'anchise. In Middleburg, the recently remarried divorcee of black businessman Robert Johnson darts between town hearings, int«*views and her posh cor ner cafe, Maiket Salamander, where chunl^ mini-crabcakes run $12 a pop. She plans to open an expanded version in exclusive Palm Beach, Fla., next spring. But her biggest project has been Salamander Resort and Spa. Scheduled to open in 2CX)8, it wiU feature horse back riding and spacious facil ities Johnson said will lure vacationing couples and Fot- tune 500 companies alikp to an area one hour fiom Wash ington “Why not here?” she asked. “There’s nothing else around ... it’s just a great area to do this.” Green is ‘off the wall’ at AACC By Sandy Seawrighl THE CHARUmE POtTr Jonathan Green Art Exhibit - "Off the Wall & Onto the Stage - Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green ” Afro-American Cultural Center 401 North Myers St. Jonathan Green was reared by his maternal grandmother in Gardens Comer, a GuHah hamlet neai' Beaufort and the South Carolina coast. The GuUah cultui'e is linked to West Afiica and it is a combi nation of Afiican, European, Native American and Caribbean influences. Until the middle 19503 Gardens Comer had no high way access and could only be reached by boat. In this most unique art ediibit at the Afix)-American Cultural Center through Feb. 19 viewers learn about the ballet that has been created by William Starrett, Artistic Director of the Columbia, S.C., City Ballet to bring Green’s paintings to life on the stage and the perfor mances of “Off the Wall & Onto the Stage - Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green” that will be performed at the Belk Theater at the North Caroli na Blumenthal Performing Arts Center on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. Starrett and Green met at an awards ceremony given by the Governor of South Caroli na and Starrett made the casual comment that he would like to bring one of Green’s paintings to life. That social exchange has now become a reality In addition to prints by Green, the exhibit includes life-size cutouts of dancers wearing costumes directly inspired by Green’s paintings and a video of interviews with Green and Starrett and images of the ballet company in rehearsal. Green, who now lives in Naples, Fla., sti'died to be a fashion designer at the Art Institute of Chicago. In his video interview, Green seems to have a very quiet personal ity However, his art worlds extremely colorful and vibrant. His love of fashion design is most evident in his paintings, which feature women in flowing dresses of almost every color adorned with sashes and bows. Green says his art cele brates the Gullah people. His drawing of a girl in a white dress with blue polka dots and white hat tied with a • white ribbon is beautiful and bright • bke the light of the sim. In his work “Sea Swing,” Green depdcts a woman in a yellow dress and yellow hat swinging throu^ the air against the blue sea. Green’s Gullah culture is full of abun dance. In “Love of the Har vest” the fields provide plenty and in a second harvest image, the women balance wheat on top of their heads. In addition to working hard in their fields, the Gullah peo ple also knew how to have fun. Green’s painting of “The Sil ver Slipper Dance Hall” is filled with sailors and fash ionable young women - one dressed in a green dress with yellow polka dots, another in a blue dress covered with what look like orange butter flies, another woman dressed in black with red polka dots and another wearing a blue dress covered down the back with white bows. In the video, Indira Lons dale who is in chaige of cos tumes for the Columbia City Ballet, says it is really chal lenging to find clothes that have the bri^t colors that Rease see GREEN/2D mmo
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