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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1970)
Computer C hatter of Interest to Women This Week — Katherine Dunham Katherine Dinham tiegan her career as a dancer while very young, eiglit y . u s , In fact. Her firs t production was announced In the morning worship service at the Black Metliodlst Church In Joliet, Illinois. She would not te ll what the production was to be, only that It was to be a sur prise. The announcement read that she had planned a little en tertainment to raise much need ed funds to ca rry on the Lo rd ’s work. Of course, the congrega tion was happy and voiced their approval with A mens Interject ed. Time for the program came quickly and Katieghad all of her troupe together. Finally the sig nal was given for the curtain to open. As the curtain opened the audience gasped - there ixjfore them was replica of a cabaret set. Before they could recover from this, Katie and her troupe, scantily dressed, began to per form . They danced and sang with all of the enthusiasm that o n ly unsophisticated children who are confident they are doing something that Is appreciated, could have done. When It was over, the Pastor gave a word of explanation. He could clearly see that some of the "o ld heads" felt personally outraged. "Z io n ’s Temple had been desecrated." The m inister took a tolerant position, praised the ability of the youths, and especially Katie’ s - and thanked the little fold for th e ir help. When the announcement came forth that the receipts for the evening came to the grand total o f thirty-tw o dollars, resent ment at the program subsided and a round of applause was t e n d e r e d to Katie and her troupe. Katie’ s parents owned a dry cleaning establishment In Jo liet, In a predominantly white com munity. A ll her life Katie loved to dance - and to teach others to dance. Dance groups in school always Included her. Her teach ers continually remarked upon her ability. K a t ie went through high school and college with every intention of Incoming a sciiool In an old unheated bam In Chi cago. Katie and her pupils worked furiously to clean out the rubble accumulation of many years. In the summer the old bam was comfortable enough, but in the winter, the scantily clothed todies had to produce th e ir own heat by scheduling the most to rrid dances for rehearsal on the coldest days. Katie was a serious student of anthropology. She taught her students the culture, the arts, and religion of the peoples whose dances they performed. Yet with all this tireless work, Katie's productions were not too successful. The parents were skeptics. Many who at tended the recitals were shocked at the sight of their young ones running around like a bunch of half-dressed natives. Others felt that dancing was c o n n e c te d with the theater, therefore sinful. However, from this came In vitations to present her group before the Chicago Art Theatre and the Chicago Civic Opera Company. These engagements were tremendously successful. Katie organized a recital In an empty loft building and Mrs. Alfred Rosenwald Stern a be nevolent philanthropist who had aided many worthy people in the arts and sciences, was seated In the audience. She was th rille d at w h a t she had just witnessed. Shortly thereafter, Katie re ceived an Invitation to appear before the Scholarship Commit tee of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. This Foundation has d o n e more to further the progress of deserving Black People In this country than al most any other single Institu tion. 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Katie would rush home from school and do her chores o r go to the lib ra ry routinely so she could get through and get to her dancing lesson. She studied with Ludm illa Speranzeva for sever al years. When college time came, Katie organized a dance troupe PO RTL AN D/O BSE R VE R O ct. 8, 1970 1 Cup Chopped Dates 1 Cup Chopped Nuts 2 Cups Grated Raw Carrots 1 Cup Crushed P in e a p p le Drained Sift dry Ingredients together. Make a well in the center of dry Ingredients and add beaten eggs, vegetable o il and vanilla. Mix together and add dates, nuts, carrots and pineapple. (.Mixture w ill be very s tiff at firs t but w ill get thinner aPer carrots are added). Bake in large, ob long pan (that has been greased and lined with wax paper; at 350 d e g r e e s for a little over an hour. 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