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Thursday. February 17, 1977
The Albina and North Portland Libra
rise have scheduled local talent to help
celebrate Black Awareness Month.
Saturday. February 19.2:00 p.m. at the
N O R T H P O R T L A N D B R A N C H . 512 N .
Killings worth. Trace Y e a r Roots • A b
IRastraHea of C sasalag y . presented by
Deforce I seem. Clark College librarian
and Black History teacher. Also a Wead
Carving D im aas tr a t i sa by Ran Faber
and a Poetry Reading by Gerald W hite.
Saturday. F ebruary 28.2:00 p.m. at the
A L B IN A B R A N C H , Black B egiaaim p -
Black History io Music, Poetry and Song
under the direction of D orothy Hodbey.
A ll programs are free.
F o r more
information call the Albina Branch,
287-7147 or the North Portland Branch.
284-5822.
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Bet» Psi Chapter of D e lta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc. is sponsoring a Black H e r
itage Brunch on Sunday. February 27,
1977. This Annual Black Heritage pro
gram is a fund raising event for the D e lta
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R O BIN B E L L A N D SKY
Robin Bell and Sky is currently appearing at the Downtown Thunderbird M otor Inn.
The group is comprised of Angelo Lee on base and vocals. Ed Hughes on Piano. Al
Cleand on drums and Robin Bell on lead vocals. I find it just as rewarding reviewing
artists that I’ve never heard before, as w ith those of national and international
prominence. It's important to keep in mind th at those artists w e’ve heard down
through the years didn't get there overnight. I t takes years of practice, dedication and
talent to reach those higher levels of performance. But you would hardly call the
Thunderbird a greasy spoon or dive, which is where most of today's heavyweights
played their gigs on the way up. Every member of the group is very talented and it
shows right through their performance. Tim ing is probably the single moot quality I
look for when reviewing a show, by no means discounting the importance of singing,
arrangements, showmanship and all the things so essential in making a performance
successful But I have noticed that if the tim ing and phrasing is together, all of
the other factors will follow Robin Bell and Sky do have good tim ing and phrasing.
And yes, everything else fell into place. A true sign of a professional. T heir musical
selections were mixed enough to offer the audience the versatility needed when you
are playing hotels. They did tunes like: “You A re The Sunshine O f M y Life".
Memories' “T he Look Of Love". “Ease On Down The Road", “Proud M ary", and
many more. Ann Henry, Musical Coordinator for the T-Bird chains was also on hand
to check out the group. Ann Henry, a Black woman who danced her way to fame years
sgo is keenly aware of the ins and outs of show business. I f Ann and I agree that Robin
Bell and Sky is a quality act. then * they must be!
J E W E L IA ’S P R E S E N TS : T H E BONG SHO W
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asset ks the form M “G E N T L E M E N “ Geee Dfoamod, L ow fo e B a to n T ria im d T h mna
w iththie “BONG SHO W " The show is patterened after the television variety series
but, also innovations in their programming, w ith a Tuesday Night kick off w ith the
“BONG SHO W ". The show is patterened after the television variety series the "Gong
Show". Designed to attract amateur talent the opportunity in showing the audience
what they can do best in the way of entertainm ent.
If you think that the television version is humorous, you should have stopped in
Tuesday , and seen for yourself. This weeks w inner was David Davis who read a Poem
entitled "TR E E S ". Judging the acta were O ra Lae M artin and W alter Bridges, long
time big band performer.
I f you think you can sing, dance, act, tell a joke, read poetry and etc., sign up for the
Bong Show at Jewelia's. You’ll have a ball. W IN O R LO SE so come by on Tuesday
Nights and enjoy the entertainment.
P tvdl pi&m th* Poet
by Ulysses
In America the land of the free
A Black Man's place is usually the hanging tree
Maybe he doesn’t really get hanged
But the injustices he suffers mean just about the
Who is there to blame?
Him . You, and me.
B ecau se w e allow this to be.
Through-out his history he's been a soul-searcher.
He's been divided
But never conquered.
He is basically the moat humane being I know.
But he is destined for extinction
unless he changes.
O r B R IN G S A B O U T C H A N G E
Preferably Both
TO PROTECT THE UNBORN
AND THE NEWBORN
March of Dimes
lished for needy students at local colleges
and universities. The theme for this 8th
annual brunch is Black Bs B ird s os fbo-
turingguost speaker, M rs M axine Mims
from Evergreen College, Olympia,
Washington and an a rt display.
The Brunch w ill be held a t 11:00 A .M . -
2:00 p.m. at the student union building of
Portland Community College, Cascade,
706 N . Killingsworth St. Tickets may be
purchased from sorority members or at
the door. $2.00 for children and $8.50 for
adults.
The Reverend Gilmore extends an
invitation to the community to partici
pate in the other Black Awareness
activities at Concordia Collage as Hated
below:
February 21. a film entitled “Black
History, Lost. Stolen or Strayed” w ill be
shown in the M ary Neils Lounge at 7:00
p.m.
The lounge is located north of
Holman Street on 29th Avenue.
February 24. a lecture by D r. Jacob
Carruthers on “Institutional Racism".
This lecture w ill take place a t 11:05-12:10
p.m. in the Fine A rts Building, located on
N .E . 27th Avenue and L ib e rty Street.
February 27, a Church M u s k Festival
featuring spirituals, anthems and gospel
musk as sung in the Black Churches w ill
take place at St. Michaels's Lutheran
Church located on N .E . 29th and Dekum.
Tim e: 7:00 p.m. Again, the public is
invited.
Star plans
Baldwin play
Congratulations are in order for
Forrest Jenkins and Star Productions for
the tremendous performance given by all
in the final showing of, “On the O ther
Side of the Coin." The audience applaud
ed and showed th ie r general approval all
during the play. A l Jamison and Gene
Holms should be nominated for beat
theater actors of the year, nationally, for
th eir performance. I t is refreshing to
know that w e have a Black repertory
theatre under its founder, Forrest
Jenkins that is here to stay. Pu ttin g this
company together took many hours of
sacrifice, hard w ork and dedication.
Commissioner Jordan was in attend
enee. H e told the east “A job well done
and keep up the good w ork.”
The next major production for Forrest
Jenkins, will be James Baldwin’s “Amen
Corner." James Baldwin had just pub
lished his first novel, “Go T ell I t On The
Mountain” 11963), when he w rote his first
play. “The Amen Corner.”
" I was
armed.” he wrote. “1 knew , in attem pting
to w rite the play, by the fact th at I was
born in the eh u rch -I knew th at out of the
ritual of church, historically speaking,
comes the act of the th eatre, the commun
ion which is theater.
Many spirituals will be sung in this
production. This is a play about a Black
family in New York C ity. The “Amen
Corner” is holding auditions for those
who can sing and act. Please call 8 ta r
Productions....288-0680.
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Grambling moves to Division One
by Je rry Byrd
South. Only the game sites and the sue
of the crowds-changed.
S H R E V E P O R T (S P E C IA L )--L ast week,
the National Collegiate A th letic Assn,
told Grambling's Tigers they could move
to the front of the bus.
T h a t’s progress for you. For the last
five years. Gram bling has been traveling
by chartered jets.
Gram bling is an enigma in the sports
world. I t really doesn’t belong in either
Division 1 or Division 2. I f the idea is to
put all the schools w ith sim ilar programs
and problems in the same division.
Grambling belongs in Division 1-G, all by
itself.
The T ig e r’s football plays a global
schedule. W hen they aren't flying off to
Tokyo or Honolulu, they’re making the
indoor circuit in the United States. Last
year they played in every domed stadium
except the Seattle Kingdome.
But when they come home, i t ’s like
stopping into a tim e capsule an going
back to the thirties.
I f you go to Gram bling today, you
aren’t likely to confuse the facilities there
w ith multi-m illion dollar athletic plants at
places like Ohio State, U C L A or Ala
Somehow, Grambling became a nation
al symbol of Black pride. Schools like
Alcorn. Tennessee State and Jackson
State might match th eir talent on the
playing field, but they couldn’t match
them at the turnstiles.
The fact of the m atter is th at many
high schools have b etter facilities.
Eddie Robinson found out that the
mountain wasn't coming to his Mahomet
a long tim e ago, so he took Mahomet to
the mountain.
The Tigers played in
Am erica’s biggest arenas, from Yankee
Stadium to the Los Angeles Coliseum,
and drew crowds ranging up to 78,000.
T h e ir schedules didn’t change much.
They still played Morgan State. Tennes
see State, Southern U niversity and other
Bieck schools scattered throughout the
I t is hard to pinpoint the reason:was it
Robinson's class, or publicist Collie Nich
olson's bold promotions, or president
Ralph W aldo Emerson Jones’ charm? I t
was probably a combination of all three
ingredients, plus a few more.
F o r w hatever reasons. Grambling's
footbal team became a big-league draw
ing card long before the N C A A voted
them into Division 1.
Robinson hopes Division 1 status will
help him schedule "name" opponents like
Oregon State of the Pacific-Eight Confer
enee, which Grambling defeated a couple
of years ago.
But changes, if they come, will be
gradual.
Neighboring schools like Louisiana
Tech, Northeast and Northw estern are
still keeping the same company they had
in Division 2. Southeastern Conference
and Southwest Conference schools aren't
beating th eir doors down.
The difference of course, is th at G ram
bling is a draw ing card. Classification has
very little to do w ith it. I t isn’t likely that
a Big Ten or Big Eight school w ill play
Grambling because the N C A A says it is
now in Division 1. But if a m ember of any
conference has trouble filling its stadium.
It m ight consider a game w ith the Tigers.
But when and if it happens, don’t give
any of the credit to the N C A A . A ll they
did was jum p on the bandwagon.
“W e've been try in g to get some people to
help us. but we don't seem to be getting
very far w ith It."
Division 1 status, he says, will help
Grambling's recruiting.
“People use a whole lot of things to
recruit w ith, " Eddie notes.
Robinson thinks Gram bling is very
close to signing Carroll (Monroe) wide
receiver J .D . W rig h t, the only m em ber of
our “tru e blue” list of 16 Louisiana blue
chippers still unsigned.
As always, he views the future w ith
optimism.
“I think it has opened new avenues for
us,” Eddie says of Division 1 status. “You
just w ant to be in the N o .l division, that's
the way it is."
In reality, Gram bling has been there
several years. The N C A A is just now
getting around to m aking it official.
Grambling vs. N o tre Dam e at State
F air Stadium?
Don’t count it out.
Stranger things have happened since
Eddie Robinson left a Baton Rouge paper
mill to start a coaching career in a Lincoln
Parish village 37 years ago.
“I don’t think w e're going to rush into
anylBteg." says Robinson. “I t w ill prob
ably Take a little tim e to change. But thia
gives us a chance to upgrade our schedule
and probably make a little more money.“
Almost all Division 1 schools have
made up th eir football schedules for
several years ahead, and Grambling's
schedule for next season is filled except
for a couple of dates.
Because of the sixe of its stadium.
Grambling couldn't play a home-and-
home series w ith one of the heavyweights
unless the Tigers use Shreveport's State
F air Stadium for th eir “home” game.
“O ur facilities are not equal to any of
the other state schools,” Robinson says.
Drive begins
Concordia's m inority affairs director,
M r. Rozell Gilmore, has announced the
“kick-off" of the E. Shelton H ill Scholar
ship Fund campaign. Named after Con
cordia's 19®6 recipient of the Citizenship
A w ard, this annual scholarship fund cam
paign is designed to collect money for
financial aid and educational grants for
m inority students. M r. H ill is a long tim e
Black leader in Portland and for many
years was president of the Portland
Urban League.
T he 1977 goal for the E. 8helton H ill
Fund has been announced at $20,000.
Solicitation has already begun, especially
among Portland businesses and indus
tries. $6,000 has been received thus far,
$4.000 from the Oregon Community
Foundation and $500 each from the First
National Bank of Oregon and the W illiam
iore Foundation. Recipients of grants
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scholarships from the E. Shelton H ill
d are announced early in the Fall.
Contributions are encouraged from
|ev«<yone.
M ake checks payable to
IConcordia'a E . Shelton H ill Fund.
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