Boys Choir Of
Harlem To Act
At UNC Campus
CHAPEL HILL—Thirty-five lively
youngsters will fill the stage and their
soaring voices will fill the hall when
the Boys Choir of Harlem performs at
8 p.m. Feb. 9 in Memorial Hall on the
UNC campus.
The natural exuberance of the boys
has been contained, though not
squelched, by the choir’s director,
Walter J. Turnbull, who has seen the
choir grow from a small church choir
to a performing arts institution of in
ternational reputation. Turnbull has
channeled the bqys’ energies into en
thusiastic, but professional presenta
tions of a wide range of music.
Drawing full houses, the choir has
toured extensively throughout the
United States and Europe, performed
at the White House on several occa
sions, at the opening session of the
United Nations General Assembly,
and at the Official Recoin
memoratlve Ceremonies for the
Statue of Liberty.
A 1985 trip to the Orient was
highlighted by a concert at the
prestigious Budokan Concert Hall.
During the summer of 1969, the choir
was invited to Japan for a three-week
concert tour and in October, they
returned to Yokohama for a special
friendship concert in honor of Presi
dent and Mrs. Reagan.
The choir has appeared on all three
major television networks and was
included in the PBS series “Great
Performances: Ellington and His
Music.” The ensemble was featured
on the soundtrack of the movie
“Glory,” and may be heard on
Kathleen Battle’s recording of
Christmas music for Angel/EMI and
Florence Quivar’s album of
spirituals, “Ride On, King Jesus,”
„ also on Angel/EMI. The choir also
has two of its own albums out,
Handel’s “Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day,”
and “Fetes Traditionalles Ameri
caines.”
The repertoire of the choir ranges
from classical to contemporary
songs, gospel and spirituals. Special
emphasis is given to the work of black
musicians, which is encouraged by
commissions to young black com
posers. In addition, the heritage of
spirituals and early American music
play a vital and necessary part in the
choir members’ educational growth.
Founded by Turnbull as the
Ephesus Church Choir of Central
Harlem in 1968, the Boys Choir of
Harlem has provided a creative
outlet for hundreds of inner-city
youth. The choir stresses not only the
teaching of music, but also the
preparation of its members for pro
ductive lives. Tutoring, in subjects
ranging from English to
mathematics to music theory, is pro
vided to choir members six days a
week and a B average in school must
be maintained.
In 1979, the choir began a program
for girls, which now consists of more
than 200 young people between the
ages of eight and 18. The members
are arranged into three choirs: train
ing, performing and the girls choir.
Tickets for the performance by the
Boys Choir of Harlem are $14 for the
general public, $8 for UNC students,
and are available at the Carolina
Union Box Office. Call (919) 962-1449
weekdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. VISA
and MasterCard accepted.
Better Foods
Can Help Fight
Most Diseases
WASHINGTON, D C.-Better
nutrition can help fight the diseases
that cause most of the deaths of the
nation’s older African-Americans,
according to the American Associa
tion of Retired Persons and the
American Heart Association.
AARP and AHA have developed a
nat.onal nutrition education pilot pro
gram for older African-Americans.
“The goal of this pilot program is to
increase awareness of the impor
tance of nutrition,” said AARP Ex
ecutive Director Horace Deets. “Im
proved eating habits can help prevent
heart attacks, strokes and other life
threatening diseases.”
Life expectancy for African
Americans is 69.7 years compared to
75.9 years for non-minorities. Nutri
tion has been linked with heart
disease, stroke, cancer diabetes, high
blood pressure, and cirrhosis of the
liver, which are the major causes of
death for older African-Americans.
"Nutrition education should be a
priority for all groups that are in
terested in the health of older
minorities,” said AHA President Dr.
Francois Abboud, director of the Car
diovascular Research Center at the
University of Iowa College of
Medicine.
The “Eating for Healthy Tomor
rows” pilot program consists of a
four-hour session offered through
churches and other community
groups. The program, taught by
AARP and AHA volunteers, includes
an overview of nutrition, exercise,
group discussions on cholesterol and
sodium, educational games, and a
cooking demonstration of a healthy
recipe.
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Blacks Are Diagnosed
For Cancer Later On
I
(API—Blacks in North Carolina
were diagnosed with cancer at later
stages than white patients, according
to the first report by the state’s Cen
tral Cancer Registry.
“Blacks are suffering more from
cancer than they should be, and in
some cases dying, because they
didn’t receive care for their cancers
as early as whites,’’ said Timothy
Aldrich, director of the Cancer
Surveillance Section for the state.
“We don’t know exactly why, but
we’re trying to find out.”
Among non-whites found to have
cancer in 1987, the year of the study,
34 percent were diagnosed at an early
stage, compared to 43 percent of
whites, the report said. Some 31 per
cent of non-whites were diagnosed
with advanced cancer, as opposed to
34 percent of whites. The great ma
jority of non-whites In North Carolina
are black.
Early detection Is the key to sur
vival with many kinds of cancer.
When It Is diagnosed early, cancer
can often be treated. But once It has
spread to other parts of the body, the
success of treatment declines
dramatically.
The cancer incidence report is the
culmination of three years of data
collection and analysis. As the first
document released by the cancer
registry, it will provide a baseline for
health officials to monitor cancer
cases in the state and spot trends.
The report is based on data from 14
of the state’s 145 hospitals reporting
10,815 newly diagnosed cases.
Because the 14 are among the largest
hospitals, the information represents
more than SO percent of the cancer
cases diagnosed in 1987.
Reports for 1968 and 1989, which are
expected to be released this year, will
include data from more hospitals.
Hie I960 report, expected to -be
published in early 1988, will be the
first one to document virtually all
cancer cases diagnosed in the state.
The General Assembly established
the cancer registry in 1986 to collect
data on every newly diagnosed
cancer case in the state. Until than,
the only data North Carolina had on
cancer patients came from death cer
tificates. ‘
North Carolina’s health director
says he’s disturbed, but not surpris
ed, by the report.
“I don’t think there’s rank
discrimination here,” said Dr. Ron
Levine. “I think it’s inadvertent
discrimination. The lack of access to
resources is an indirect form of
discrimination that needs to be ad
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