Portland Observer Socialist program features Halstead Senegal Dancers perform here and diversified cultural hen tage of Senegal on every continent, and have been in vited to return again and again, not only to North America but U> the Soviet Union. East and West Eur ope, Japan. Australia, South Amerira and many of the countries of the near Ear East. The varied and exciting talent indigenous to Senegal includes batteries of drum mers from four different regions performing on the Ihakhanke. Sore, Wolof and Itiola Included for the first tune this year will be an The world famous National Dance Company of Senegal has returned to North America on ita 'third roast to roast tour and will per form on stage at the Port land Civic Auditorium on Saturday, November 2nd. at 8: IS p.m. The Senegalese Troupe, which includes forty singers, danrers, drummers, mini ruins, acrobats, stilt walkers and a “living, dancing hay stark", has been touring now for fifteen years In their role as goodwill ambassadors, they've presented the rich Adoption e x p lo re d Joseph ,/o r authentic talking drum. The beautiful Senegalese men and women will perform new high energy dances taken from the life of the Senegalese savannah. sea and forest. The stilt walkers will astound audiences with their dances and acrobatic rhythms on eight foot high stilts. During its current lour the company has been selected to perform at the United Nations (ieneral Assembly Hall for the entire UN Diplo­ matic Corps, in honor of Human Hights Day. The Open Door Society will hold ita semi annual Group Inquiry Meeting Tues day, October 22nd, at 8:00 p.m. at Auguslana Lutheran Church, corner of N.E. 15th and Knott, in Portland The public IS invited to attend this meeting and to learn about the changing face of adoption. A slide show will be presented, followed by a question and answer period during which participants can ask questions of repre senlatives from Children s Services Division (Adoption Unit) and private adoption agencies On display will be the Oregon Adoption Ex change Notebook, a new approach to placement of the "waiting" child. George Kontanis, Cam paign Director of the Oregon Socialist Workers "74 Cam paign Committee, announced plans for the committee's pre election banquet to he held October 19th. Sup porters and members of the Young Socialists for Seigle and Studer from across the state are planning to ally that night at Koinonia House, near Portland State Univer