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Portland Observer N e ig h b o r F a ir by July l^w to Oyeyo organisation rehear«« lor Sunday'« Portland Folkfeat in the They will preaent African muair, dance and («»hion«, along with more national cultures. From left are D r. Tom Boothe on flute; Tecora D r. Scholar.tlca Ogboubiri, drum«; and Koealie Booth. chaka-rhaka. On Sunday July 18th, there w ill be a Neighbor F air Day. Neighbor F air Day will be a day where everybody in the Neighborhood can meet and have fun, discuss, and share ideas, and get to know each other. The day will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. I t is sponsored by K.G .W . T .V ., J t.G W A M . snd K IN K FM . Don McGillway, head of the Neighbor hood History Project is working w ith a group of people that will be displaying booklets, photo essays and exhibits of early Portland days. A great part of the area, the show will be at, will be dedicated to an Ethnic Folk Fest. Also the Portland Public Parks will be Thursday, July 15th, ¡97« Page 5 S/tíítídáMMflí G iú Í a fun showing some of the summer crafts to children all ages. Such as weaving, jum p ing on trampolines, learning fine arts, and working with clay. Entertainm ent also works itself into the picture a little later on. There will be a concert featuring the sounds of Blue grass. snd senior citizen band and ethnic singers and dancers. To top it ail off the U .8 . Bank to spon soring an evening concert. It's called The Best of the Best with jazz, banjo's, and rosDel. Mrs. W ill* Dorsey is one of the featur ed performer for the evening concert. by Aflea Jones Entertainm ent Kating« F a ir* Good** Excellent • • • Then at 10 p.m . a grand firework finale will end the evening. This will all take place at the Harbor Drive W aterfront Park between the Hawthorne and Burnside bridges on the west side of the W illam ette River. A .W .B . Average W hite Band • • • Any time an entertainer, or in the case of Average W h ite Band puts on a "Two Day” concert, they are by no means average. As witnessed by a sell out crowd at the Paramount Northw est Saturday and Sunday night. As I think back a little over two years ago, when I first heard their million dollar seller “Person To Person". I thought like so many people, those guys can't be white! They sound like brothers. These five guys who go by the name of: W hite. Bali. Stew art. Gorrie and Ferronne are just as innovative, talented and polished as any group on the rock scene today. Not satisfied to live on past performances or recordings, A.W .B . did their biggest hit to date: “Person To Person" and went right on into their latest. Tunes like: “Love Your Life, “1 Am The One,” “Clean M y Soul," “Would You Stay,” "Deeper and Deeper." “Soul Searchin," “O verturn” and many more. I saw Thea W arren (Earnest Warren's daughter) and a friend of hers, Michelle Goodman who is visiting Thea for a week from Camas. Washington. And asked them how they enjoyed the concert. They both agreed the concert was better than they expected. I had to agree w ith them. Although, they call themselves Average W hite Band, anyone who has seen them will quickly tell you, there is nothing "average” about this band! Beautiful Music for Beautiful People • a • Since K .Q .I.V . to no longer on the air, I'U start furnishing you with a list of the tops in Jazz, gospel, rock albums from California, on a monthly basis. These albums may not always be on California's top ten list, but I like to think I have good taste, so they’ll be on mine - Can you dig it? A star w ill indicate which of the albums are more frequently played on the a ir and in the home. M y sources of information w ill come “directly" from tw o sources. Rick Holmes, a personal friend of mine, who’s the top Jazz D.J. in Los Angeles. Rick has « I« , recorded a couple of astrology albums w ith the late Cannonball Adderealy, which « X . Portland F o lk fe .t on Sunday. C ra ft., m usk, food and dancing from , that 40 I am sure many of you have or have heard before. Dolphin’s of Hollywood w ill be the second source of information we'll furnish to you. Dolphin’s is Black owned and has been in business for tw enty years. They have three stores in Los Angeles and offer the very latest in Gospel, Rock and Jazz music. Even though the local stations may not be intuned w ith the latest in ethnic sounds - you will. rill be demonstrated. I John Lincoln Photo I folk Fest features ethnic arts 1 African-daneing, gospel singing, mac and hair braiding will be among the ayta and crafts which w ill be demonstrat e d by members of the Black community a t the Portland Folkfeat on Sunday, July 18tth in the Battleship Oregon Memorial M arin e Park in downtown Portland. M o re than 40 different cultures from throughout the world w ill be represented in th,e one-day event, the largest gather ing u ( its type ever held here. T h e festival « i l l be held id conjunction w ith ij»r . n n W W - igh bo rt.tr celebration in t h * w aterfront park beginning at 10 ,.m . ¿nd concluding w ith a fireworks dis play t 10 p m. T here to no admiaaion charge- The Folkfeat w ill present continoua performances a t three locations in the park, on stages and in sloping, natural am phitheatre areas. Among the preform wow. T here also w ill be dozens of children s activities snd games, a puppet theatre, strolling downs, a mime troupe and fun workshops for every age group. Funding snd services for the Folkfeat are being provided by the American Re volution Bicentennial Commission of Oregon, participating cultural groups. Neighbor sponsors and donations by downtown businessmen through the Portland Presidents Council. Summer concert A summer concert of light classical band music has been scheduled by the Portland Community College Concert Band a t the Peninsula Park Gazebo, 6400 N. Albina, a t 7:80 p.m.. July 18th. Anthony T u rrie tta directs the 45- member group. Concerts have also been scheduled for August 9th a t the Tigard Care Center and August 29th a t the Washington Park Am phitheatre, both to start a t 7:80 p.m. Park concert The scheduled concerts for the sum mer. a t L air H ill Park, sponsored by Portland Youth Advocates, Arbuckle Flat, and Summer "76 are listed below. The concerts are free, and are on Thurs day evenings from 7-10 p.m. July 16th - A fte r The Rain July 22nd - Last Straw July 29th - Scorby, Slating and Friends August 6th - Blue Sun Rythm Band August 19th - Greencorn, w ith a square NEWI Air conditioned 4th floor Club Skyview Buffet dining on 3rd floor ______ Fairview Terrace Post time 7 30 p m Monday thru Saturday For information and reservations __________ call 6552191 Sorry, no Sunday racing and no children under 12 At Fairview Park NE 223rd and Halsey St east out Freeway Banfield (I-80N) dance. Chior program M t Olivet choir will present a Bicen tennial Black Heritage program which w ill include heirloom and antique display Sunday 5:00 p.m. at M t O livet Baptist church, 116 N .E . Schuyler. ROZELL’S 2nd Anniversary Celebration June 16 - July 17, 1976 FREE PRIZES 10 - Speed Bike A M /F M Clock Radio $25 Food BE A W IN N E R - STO P BY R O Z E LL 'S A N D SIG N U P D R A W IN G O N J U L Y IT , A T 3:30 P .M . J-00 a m. to 10:00 p.m.. Sun-Thurs O00 a.m. to 12 midnight, F ri & Sat •1 . B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland - Live 2. McCoy Tyn er - F ly w ith the Wind •3 . Stanley T urrn tin e - Everybody Come Out *4. George Benson - Good King Bad 5.Crusaders - Those Southern Knights *6 . Isley Brothers - Harvest 7. Ester Satterfield - Need To Be •8. Lou Rawls - A ll Things In Tim e •9. John Handy - H ard W o rk (buy thia one now) ing highlights, in addition to music, sing ing snd dancing by groups in native cos tumes. w ill be the raising of a Scandinav ian Midsommarfest pole. O riental m artial arts. French fencing and Syrian belly- dancing. Crafts exhibits and demonstra tions w ill include Japanese brush calli graphy. Finnish weaving. Ukrainian egg painting and a N ative American pow N .E . U N IO N A T A IN S W O R T H 10. Box Scaggs - Lowdown Note: These albums are not listed in the order of their sales or popularity. W H A T S H A P P E N IN G IN E N T E R T A IN M E N T ROBERT FO U TH E R A N D JU D Y M A D D E N July 18th August 22nd Jazz D e Opus presents Barney Kesseli snd H erb Ellis. (Get your tickets Artistic X-pansion arrives by Pat Laaley The Albina A r t Center will hold an art, clothing and crafts exhibit entitled “A r tistic X-pensions." The display w ill be open on July 18th through July 30th. Featured will be the combined talents of tw o young dynamic Black artists: Robert Fouther and Judy Madden. Fashions, jew elry, paintings, drawings and prints are the duo talents of Fouther and Madden that w ill be presented. 26 year old Fouther has s wide back ground of activities. Some of his honors include an award in clothing and jew elry designing, dancing, painting, photogra phy and he to an a rt instructor who has contributed his works snd talents to some 21 exhibits, shows and productions in the past six years. Fouther’s fashions have been displayed in the local press, on T .V . media, the University of Oregon Black A rts Festival, and benefit shows for the M artin Luther King Scholarship Fund and the Black Educational School. As a costume designer snd choreographer, he exhibited his talents as part of the E n tity Perform ing A rts Group at the World's F air in Spokane, Washington in 1974. His first competition title was won at the age of 12. “I started making clothes when I got too big to buy them," says Fouther. who once weighed 260 pounds, "and because I like to be comfortable, I design a lot of non-restrictive clothing which tend a have a strong African influence Robert Fouther has educational background from Jefferson High, class of '68, snd U n iver sity of Oregon. Judy Madden and Fouther were school mates at University of Oregon snd the Artistic X-psnsion does re-unite them. Miss Madden received her bachelor degree in Fine A rts in painting in 1975. She to a 24 year old native of Oakland's Skyline High's, snd came to Oregon via a transfer from the M ills College, of Cali fornia, Upward Bound Program to the U niversity of Oregon in 1970. She worked as an a rt consultant and instructor, as well as an edcuationsl program director snd newsletter director. H er works have been displayed in Eugene's M ark Kerns Gallery, the U niversity of Oregon Center for Self Development, snd the U niversity of Oregon Black A rts Festival. In 1975. Miss Madden had her first showing in Portland at the "360 Degrees of Blackness" fine performing arts show. H er studies at the U niversity of Oregon include a great deal of Black History. “I am concurrent w ith Malcom X when he said that in order for you to know your Paramount Northw est presents Pleasure. now.) self and move ahead, you must be aware of your history." Miss Madden's contributions to X-pan- sions includes brightly colored abstracts and portraits. She says she is currently expanding and experim enting w ith a combination of the two. This combination, as well s Ms. Madden's fascination with Egyption a rt, are included in the show. Both artists agree that during their six year aquaintance, they have shared a lot and have learned quite a bit from each (( DR. JEFFREY BRADY Do N ot P st O ff Needed Dental Cato” Enjoy Dental Health N e w and Im prova Y aur Appearance Come In A t Your Convenience Open Saturday Morning • No Appointment Needed • Complete Cooperation On AU Dental Insurance Plans • Complete Dental Services other. The Albina A r t Center to located at 8 N .E . Killingsworth. Exh ibit hours are 9 to 5 daily. For more information call the center a t 288-6766. A reception for the artists w ill be held on July 18th, 1976 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hikes planned Beautiful hiking trails in the metropoli tan area have been identified by north east Portland resident Ruth Evans snd w ill be shared in a Portland Community College event a t the Cascade Center, 705 N. Killingsworth, July 21st at 7 p.m. Evans said, “Almost anyone can enjoy hiking trails w ithout being a super- athlete to do i t " She w ill hand out m ater ials to help make hiking in the city more enjoyable. P a rt of the tim e w ill be spend discuss ing Clothes to w ear for maximum comfort and high nutritional snacks to take along on a hike. Reservations for the $1 session should be made at PCC's Cascade Center. Union or Company Dental Insurance Coverage Accepted On Your Needed Dentistry Park Free - Any Park 'n Shop Lot HO URS: Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., 8:30 s.m. to 1 p.m. . 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