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Bruce Bruce busy with standup
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ing to Charlotte to put my
thing down,” he said excitedly
Although Bruce Bruce is
known for adult comedy he
doesn’t use profanity to make
people laugh. His clean but
funny routine has made him
popular enou^ to earn a job
as national spokesman for
Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits.
He’s appeared on “Comedy
Central Pr^ents,” which led
to the release of his one hour
comedy DVD ‘Bruce Bruce
Live.”
He and Mo’Nique co-starred
in the film “Hair Show” as
well.
Tickets for Saturday’s show
are on sale throu^ Ticket-
master. Por more informa
tion, call (704) 522-6500. The
show also inclxxdes comedian
Tbny Roberts.
Joe prefers to reach out to growing audiences
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‘Tt’s Coin’ Down” is the most-
played video on BET, where
Yung Joe is a “Rated Next”
artist, as well as in Big Tfen
rotation on MTV and Elite 8
rotation on MTV2.
When the rapper comes to
Charlotte August 5, he wants
the audience to “expect a good
ass time.”
‘T interact with the crowd
and you will be entertained,”
he said. And while Joe is tour
ing and waking up in a differ
ent city every day he’s also
hal'd at work on his second
album, which is expected to
drop in March.
“There won’t be no sopho
more jinx,” he said. Why?
Because in his I-Pod, along
side some of his favorites like
TT’s Urban Legend, Mary J.
Blige and Goodie Mob is his
album, ‘Yung Joe City”
“That was a lot of hard
work and I want to critique
it,” he said,
Joe said when he performed
at For SistCTS Only in the
Queen City a few months
back, he got much love fium
the audience.
‘Tt was almost overwhelm
ing,” he said.
Want to go?
What: Summerfest with
Young Jeezy Three 6 Mafia,
Yung Joe and Rick Ross
When: August 5 at 6:30
p.m.
Where: Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre, Pavillion
Boulevard
Cost: $30-64.
Tickets are available
through Ticketmaster by caU-
(704) 522-6500.
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Carowinds, Children’s Theatre auditions
SPECIAL TO THE POST
Two local organizations are
holding auditions for upcom
ing performances aroimd
Charlotte.
Paramoimt’s Carowinds is
holding auditions to .fill posi
tions for seven “sin-sational”
attractions at the Carolinas’
bluest and best haimted
event, Scarowinds.
Character actors, stilt walk
ers, fire eaters, magicians,
contortionists, variety acts
and side-show freaks are
needed for several new freak
show experiences. Those with
imusual and creepy skills are
strongly encouraged to apply
Frightful ghouls, ghosts and
gobbns are needed for each
Halloween-themed attrac
tions. Acting experience is not
necessary for all positions, but
the ability to scare, haunt
and frighten is a must.
Haunted attraction operators
are needed as well.
Carowinds is also hiring for
rides, games and food and
beverage. Auditions will be
held at Carowinds’ human
resources employment office.
Interested persons also may
apply online ' at
wwwjobs4fun.com.
For information specific to
the audition process, call 1-
800-888-4386, ext.2383. You
must be at least 16 years of
by Sept. 24 to apply
• Children’s Theatre of
Charlotte will hold auditions
for The Magician’s Nephew
by appointment only on
August 15 and 16, beginning
at 6 p.m. Auditions will con
sist of a cold reading fix)m the
script and will be held by at
ImaginOn, 300 East 7th
Street. Call (704) 973-2800
for an audition appointment.
Roles are available for five
adults and 26 young people
(fifth grade and up). Dance
experience is a plus, but not
required. Adult roles ai'e com
pensated at $400 per weds.
Rehearsals begin August
27th and take place Sxmday
through Thursday fixjm 6-
9:30 p.m.. Performances will
be held October 4-26 with
weekday school group perfor
mances diuing the day for
five days and evening and
matinee performances for the
public on weekends.
The Magician’s Nephew
win be directed by Alan
PoindextCT,
Rae’s silky jazzy soul making her a star
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK-While most
singers would give their right
arm to be mentioned in the
same breath as j azz great Bil
lie Holiday, for British new
comer Corinne Bailey Rae,
the constant comparisons to
Lady Day—-while flattering-
can get a Mttie fiTistrating.
“There was a really big
backlash in the British press
when my album first came
out,” the 27-year-old said of
her self-titled debut, recently
rdeased in the United States,
“Someone reviewed the
whole thing and was like,
‘This does not sound like Bil
lie Holiday! BiUie Holiday
would never sit^ a song like
this!’ And I’m kind of hke,
well, you missed the point.
really!”
The point is that while the
Rae’s sultry, scratchy vocals
may bear an eerie resem
blance to the jazz legend, the
singer-songwriter has her
own identity and her own
sound—and it’s made her a
critical success, not only in
her native land, but in the
United States as well.
‘T won this poll thing in
En^and about predictions,
and it was all these journal
ists and reporters trying to
say that I was going to be big
in ‘06,” said Rae. ‘My name
was at tile top of their list. I
was like, are you sure you’ve
got the r^ht person?”
They did. In March she
became the first female
‘Miami Vice’ changed South Beach
mE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.-South
Beach was once a place where
crime kept residents indoors
at night, where retirees lined
porches and forlorn hotels
stood mostly vacant, where a
popular outdoor mall was
reduced to a desolate strip
where bums slept.
Tliose were the days before
“Nfiami \Tce.”
The TV show’s popularity
finm 1984 to 1989 coincided
with the early days of the
rebirth of Miami Beach’s
southern end—and helped it
along. South Beadi is known
today for its trendy restau
rants and nightclubs, brightly
painted hotels packed with
tourists, upscale fashion and
expensive restaurants.
But as detectives Crockett
and Tbbbs zipped their F^-
rari along Ocean Drive or
drove speedboats in Biscayne
Bay, preservationists fought
to save Art Deco buildings.
The fashion industi'y moved
in and entertainment and
restaurant industry tjqies left
the North to find wealth and
fun.
‘Tt felt like pioneer country,”
said Mark Sojka, who opened
News Cafe on Ocean Drive in
1988- "We used to be proud to
say we live in Casablanca—
people think it’s dangerous
but we’re OK because we
know the way around.”
The movie version of “Mami
\Tce” Friday and it’s expected
to provide the vistas that were
pait of the TV show’s allure.
It’s also likely to give a
glimpse into Miami’s hedonis
tic qualities: sex, dri^, vio
lence.
But much has changed since
the TV show made its impact.
Miami Beach in the 1940s
through the 1960s was known
for its tourist hotels and quiet
neighborhoods. It attracted
older people finm the North
east, some of whom bought
property where Carl Fisher
and John Collins had invested
before (they’re the namesakes
for Collins Avenue and
swanky Fisher Island). Deli
catessens were abundant and
music and cabaret shows at
hotels were the thir^ to do at
night.
“It was just a nice, pleasant,
middle-class kind of neighbor
hood,” said M. Barron Stofik,
a former Miami Beach resi
dent and author of “Saving
South Beach.” “It had the
God’s waiting room image,
but it wasn’t a bad area at all.”
But by the late 1970s, things
deteriorated- Otiier tourist
attractions had sapped Miami
Beach’s momentxun, more
wealthy residents had moved
to condominiums further
north, and South Beach
began to founder.
“Compared to today it was
like a ^ost town,” said D^-
nis ^\nhelm, a member of the
Miami Design Preservation
League who today works for
an architectural firm.
Crime permeated Dade Coun
ty in the early 19803, follow
ing tile Marid boatiift — when
some Cuban criminals ended
up in Miami —anrl the influx
Last season, they visited
tile magical land of Narnia,
where a great battle between
good and evil unfolded. Now,
go back in time ... to where
the story really began.
British schoolchildren Polly
and E%ory explore eccentric
Uncle Andrew’s London
home, where they discover a
strange secret laboratory
Tricked into trying on two
mystorious rii^, the pair is
suddenly pulled into the
Wood Between the Worlds.
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British artist to debut at No. 1
on Billboard’s U.K. album
chart, and the album’s world
wide sales already exceed 1
million copies, thanks to feel
good hits like the celebratory
groove “Put Your Records On”
and the sweet-nectared jam
“like a Star.”
And now that she’s con
quered Europe, the United
States is next on her hit list—
or not.
‘T don’t really feel pressure
to be a big success here,” said
the comdy Rae, whose face is
framed by an unruly mop of
curls. ‘T don’t think, like, T’ve
got to sell so many records
here, or so many records
there.’ That’s the record
label’s job.
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of Colombian drug dealers.
The cocaine cowboy days saw
shootouts in the streets, and
the emergence of crack
became a problem.
It was a time when South
Beach families would stay
home at night in fear—mug
gings and purse snatching
were common, Stofik said.
Parkrng was easy and a few
nice restaurants catered to
residents, who still were
mostly older folks Lincoln
Road Mall, once a jewel, was
mostly deserted save for a
busy Woolworth’s and some '
artists’ workshops.
Sojka, who came finm New
York in 1985, said South
Beach’s architecture and
beach living showed its hid
den potential.
“It looked a lot of like the end
of the world, with crack
addicts hiding and sleeping in
the abandoned buildings,”
Sojka said. “Business owners
lived with that for so long
they didn’t realize the poten
tial of tiiese little buildings
sitting right there.”
Many buildings on South
Beach are in the stjde known
as Art Deco, distinguished by
an overall architectural sym
metry curved comers and
stepped walls and rooflines.
Preservationists sought to
protect them firom demolition
and pushed for a spot on the
National Register of Historic
Places. Meanwhile, keen-eyed
entrepreneurs invested with
an eye toward restoration.
COCA-COLA “ATHLETE” OF THE MONTH
^^Briyana Nichols^’
Back to the Basics Basketball Camp
Award Winning Basketball Player
Quote:
“I believe hard work pays off.
■ Briyana Nichols
Preparing for sixth grade in the IB
Program at Piedmont Middle School, our
“Athlete of the Month,” Briyana Nichols,
says she wants to be a major player on a
WNBA team or lawyer when she grows up.
According to her coaches at Back to the
Basics basketball camp, joining a WNBA
team may just be a possibility. Briyana is not
just part of the summer enrichment program,
she is a year-round member of Back to the
Basics. For her dedication, Briyana has
received awards of excellence from bothi
Back to the Basic programs. She shared that her favorite thing about being in the
program was “meeting Magic Johnson.”
At 11 years old, Briyana feels confident that Newell Elementary School ade
quately prepared her for the IB program at PiedmontMiddle School. She’s up for the
challenge.
When not playing basketball, the creative Briyana enjoys making bracelets and
necklaces.
Briyana is the daughter of Louis and Nichelle Wilson. The family are members
of New Birth Charlotte, imder the leadership of Pastor Terrell Murphy. Briyana is
very active with Ladies of Influence, and is a member of the step team.
Best Wishes “Briyana” from
Coca Cola Bottling Company Consolidated of Charlotte
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