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Young Ghanaian girls dance in tra d itio n a l stvle w ith tra d itio n a l dre»M»*», The
dances tel, «tories of th e ir ancestors, of g n a t victories, of tragic losses and they
relate the pageant of life in a w a\ which m aintains the tra d itio n s of the large ethnic
groups in Ghana
T radition al dance and music form s are preserved in Ghana by governm ent policy
and the enthusiastic participation of the people in the la rge r cities and the small
isolated villages. A young Ghanaian boy learns to play the drum , most often by
m aking his own drum and then understudying elders in the village. The drum
accompanies dancers but it is also a means of communication, its tone conveying
the drummer's meaning.
Ghana holds Art Festival
Ghana's governm ent is proceeding
w ith its own National Festival o f A rts
despite postponement of the second
W orld Black and A frican F estival of
A rts and C u lture which had been
scheduled fo r Novem ber in Lagos.
Nigeria.
Instead of selecting perform ers to
represent Ghana at the Lagos festival,
the A rts Council has decided to trans
form thp national finals into a national
event in Accra from October 21st to
Novem ber 6th
Performances w ill include tra d itio n a l
Ghanaian drum music, tra d itio n a l dance
groups, brass band music, contem porary
lite ra tu re readings, contem porary and
tra d itio n a l drama, and classical and
contem porary choral music.
A rts and crafts w ill be on display and
a Ghanaian crafts village w ill be open to
visitors.
LINKS sponsor author
Beth P ie rre W ilson, an au thor of
children's books, w ill be reading and
speaking at M ultnom ah E lem entary
School Novem ber 7th
Ms. W ilson is a re tire d Oakland,
California, teacher.
She has w ritte n
three books for children
A ll center
around lives of Black Am ericans
The
honk* Wave dealt w ith M a rlin b o th e r
King. A frican folklore, and Mohammad
Al.
She was born in Tacoma, W ashington.
Received her bachelors degree in educa
tion from U n iv e rs ity of Puget Sound and
a masters at U C LA . She is a member of
L IN K , an organization of Black women
devoted to cu ltu ra l activities.
The P ortland Chapter of L IN K is
sponsoring Ms. W ilson's appearance in
Portland. She w ill read from her books in
the m orning and present a workshop for
Portland school librarian s and instruc
tional specialities in the afternoon.
H er subject w ill be creative w ritin g
and methodology
Pacfic presents Black play
There are at least tw o “ firsts" involved
in the Novem ber 5th 8th production by
the Pacific U n ive rsity Uom erned Black
Students tUBSl of the plav,
River
N ig e r," in the campus Tom Miles
Theater
The Pacific production w ill be the first
one o f th is Obie w inning plav in the
N orthw est and w ill also be the first
all Black production in th« stati
E very
one involved in the production is Black
A d d itio n a lly, the CBS is g e tting
telev ision coverage Interv iew s and a ten
m inute scene have been taped for
showing on Black on Black " on K O A P
TV. Channel 10, at 10:00 p ni Monday.
Novem ber 3rd.
The playbook in tro du ction to "River
N ig e r" says it is "a realistic fam ily drama,
firm ly rooted in the contemporary Black
experience but w ith a u n ive rsa lity that
d is tills the fears, appetites, frustratio ns,
and vu lne rabilitie s of the e n tire human
family."
Johnny W illiam s, played by Low ery
Givson of P ortland, is a Harlem house
painter who is also a poet, devoted
husband, father, and friend
As the
central figure in the plav, he helps
develop the passion and d ig n ity to create
unbreakable, occasionally unbearable,
bonds of love ami responsibility.
Johnny's quest for a b a ttle fie ld on
which to fight for the rig h ts of all Black
men is counter pointed by his son J e ffs
demand lo r in d iv id u a lity and self exprès
sion w ith in society’s bounds
J e ff is
played by Donald Shaw of Inglewood.
California
The plav open* w ith J e ffs coming
home from m ilita ry service and develops
around the subsequent confrontation of
te n s io n s between generations, sexes,
comrades, and philosophies
Clive Barnes of the New T ork Times
has w ritte n of “ R iver N iger":
It cuts deep to the hone of a decent,
intelligent, urban A fro Am erican strug
gling like an aging lion in a hostile jungle
It's blackness is beautiful, but its common
hum anity is e v e ry th in g ."
C u rta in tim e each night is at 7:30.
SAFETY TIP FOR HALLOWEEN
For all areas of
Life Insurance
Family Financial Planning
Health Insurance and
Group Insurance
282-3680
3933 N.E. Union
Hugo. Man of A Thousand Faces, can take on about a
thousand d iffe re n t disguises, w ith changes in moustaches,
wigs, scars, moles, false noses, eye glasses, chins and a
variety o f other com binations
PROUDLÜ
H a llo w e e n has a sp e cia l
m a g ic f o r y o u n g s te rs b u t
y o u can k e e p th e m safe a n d
h a p p y a t h o m e b y g iv in g
th e m a H a llo w e e n P u p p e t
P a rty I t 's n o t o n ly fu n fo r
th e k id s a n d th e ir frie n d s .
b u t f o r th e e n tir e fa m ily .
A s im p le w a y t o m a k e a
p u p p e t th e a tre is t o use
a c a rd ta b le , o r a n y fo u r
legged ta b le
re s t it o n its
sid e w ith th e to p to w a rd s
th e a u d ie n c e , a n d c o v e r th e
ta b le to p and t w o sides w ith
n o n fla m m a b le p a p e r o r m a
te r ia l t o f o r m a u sha ped
screen T h e k id s can c ra w l
in t o th e o p e n side and h o ld
th e p u p p e ts a b o ve th e ta b le
to p
C a ll a s to r y c o n fe re n c e
t o d e c id e w h a t p la y s y o u 'l l
p u t o n B u y o n e re a l p u p p e t,
su ch as a n e w o r e a p p r o p r i
a te ly c a lle d H u g o , M a n o f a
T h o u s a n d Faces Y o u 'll have
n o tr o u b le m a k in g u p in
te re s tin g s to rie s s in ce th is
p u p p e t c o m e s w it h lo ts o f
fa c ia l disgu ises w igs, false
noses, c h in s , scars a n d m o le s .
H e ca n Ix-i o m e a n y s o r t o f
h e ro o r v illa in y o u w a n t
T h e disgu ises s tic k o n w ith
a spe cia l n o n t o x ic glu e so
th a t th e k id s th e m s e lv e s can
w e a r th e d isgu ises I f y o u
ne ed o th e r p ro p s , y o u can
e a s ily m o ld th e m w it h P lay
D o h m o d e lin g c o m p o u n d
C a n d y n a tu r a lly , is p a rt
o f th e H a llo w e e n fu n H ave
th e k ills m a k e th e ir o w n
w ith a fa n ta s tic to y c a lle d
th e T a f f y M a c h in e , m a d e b y
K e n n e r P ro d u c ts W ith sim
p ie , w h o le s o m e in g re d ie n ts
w h ic h are u p p lie d w it h th e
to y . th e k id s c an c ra n k o u t
th e ir o w n t a f f y t o pa ckage
as tre a t lo r th e ir g u e sts to
e a t d u rin g th e p la y Y o u 'll
k n o w th a t i t ’s safe f o r th e m
to e n jo j
T r e a tin g y o u r k id s t o
t w o such lo n g la s tin g to y s is
a great w a y t o b u y peace o f
m in d fo r y o u r s e lf o n w h a t
can o th e rw is e be a re a lly
s p o o k y e ve n in g .
SOU CAN WEAI2 IT TOO!
PORTLAND
CLEANING WORKS
NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND
THE PORTLAND POLICE P.l REAL
222 S. \\ . Pine Street • Portland. Oregon 97201
For further information call:
O ffic er Tony Newm an,
Minority Recruiter
2 4 8 -5 6 6 9
806 N.E. Alberta Street
Reverend Bertram Grilfin. Pa.tor
M la M i:
5:00 p m Vtgil
Saturday
10:00 a.m Choir
Sunday
12:00 p m Folk
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DAY SBIVICE
KNIT BLOCKING
OUR SRCCIALTY
notue « oeuvrer
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M H N . W illia m s t w ,
‘You’w Tried Th» R»»t, Now Try The Bost"
N. Alexander, Proprietor
S aturday, Novem ber 1st. is th«' date
when thousands of Hoy Scouts and G irl
Scouts take p a rt in this year's Good T urn
Day to h e n rfit G oodw ill Ind ustries of
Oregon
M any of the Bov Scouts from the
Columbia Pacific Council w ill begin col
lecting hags filled w ith clothing and small
household articles from fro n t doorsteps in
this area a fte r 9:0(1 a.m
G irl Scouts from the Columbia R iver
Council w ill assist at the various
collection (xnnts as the hags are brought
in for tra n s p o rt by volunteer trucks to
the G ihm I w i II warehouse near dow ntow n
Portland
A ssisting in this 25th annual Portland
area Good T u rn Day w ill b«' members
from the R otary Club of East Portland,
units of the National Guard and other
volunteers from the com m unity.
The collection w ill cover tw elve
counties in Oregon and W ashington
A pp roxim ately 300.000yellow and blue
plastic G imk I w i II hags were d is trib u te d by
the Scouts last week
A ll m aterials
collected w ill lw used in Goodwill’s
on the jo b tra in in g program lo r the
handicapp'd
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ST. ANDREW COMMUNITY SCHOOL
1919 N .E 9th Ave.
Norita Kelly. Principal
aid Goodwill
Peggy Joseph
WC WCAft IT
Boy Scouts
ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH
Phone: 284 1620
Grade# I through 8
sU thodl« e
5828 N t AH»
A. U » H»«td»e»»n. Minister
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Owath School
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w »d Pkoyor 1 Clou Mooting
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Nur »ary C ora P ro nd od
W » on. moAing Our AforgAtkorAoocY 4 «œ rhw hood
DR. JEFFREY BRADY Says:
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0 0 Not Put Off Needed Oentol
Road info re a d y
The Oregon State H ighw ay D ivision in
cooperation w ith the Oregon S tale Police
w ill furnish road condition rep orts this
w in te r for m otorists in the Portland and
M edford a n a s s ta rlin g Novem ber 1st,
Cred B. K labor, adm inistrator, an
nounrrd.
The rep orts w ill be made available
through special telephone lines which w ill
he free to those persons serviced by the
telephone num ber F o r those outside of
the service area, it w II be a to ll call
Plans are for the taped messages to be
updated fre q u e n tly d u rin g each tw e n ty
four hour period, with frequency of
change depending on the changing road
conditions
Messages w ill he received
from Highw ay D ivision maintenance
personnel as w ell as sta ll' Police patrols.
Plans are for the State Police to prepare
th« messages for they w ill he on duty
tw e n ty four hours a day, seven days a
week.
M otorists w ill receive messages on
' urrent weal her conditions, in addition to
road surface conditions and advice about
when chains may be required.
The phone num ber servicing the
Portland area is 238 8400 The service
w ill bo expanded over that of a year ago
when it was inadequate to take care of
calls received
The phone num ber servicing the
M edforil area is 776 6200
Persons in oth er areas of the state may
receive road conditioiy riq io rts through
the various d is tric t engineer offices or
the S la te Police
Enjoy Dental Health N ow and
Im prove Your Appearance
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