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Portland Observer Thursday, May 9 . 1977 Jefferson dance students earn Ryan scholarships Two scholarships given in the memory of Shen Ryan, a Jefferson dance student who was killed last (all. will be presented at the Jefferson High School Student Dance Recital May 26th. One scholarship to the “Shen Ryan Memorial Dance Scholarship” and the other a scholarship for the Reed Summer Dance Workshop. OlC^Olfs I K«( '.real i< Miai \chi( Ics beginning for other students who, it to hoped, will be inspiried by the determin ation of a very promising young dancer whose ambitions were so senselessly thwarted. The Shen Ryan Memorial Dance Scholarship will award $700 annually to a promising young dancer completing training from the Jefferson Dance pro gram. The recipient of this scholarship must be a student who has studied in the Jefferson Dance program (or PPS mag net dance program) at least two years; be a student who has at least 3.00 overall GPA; Be a graduating student, (either male or female) who is completing high school requirements; have professional goals in dance; have professional poten tial in dance; continue post high school education and training in dance. Shen Ryan was a student in her junior year in the dance program at Jefferson High School's Performing Arts O n ter at the time of rter death in December, 1976. She waa one of the most promising young dnacers with whom the dance staff at Jefferson has ever worked: she was fluent in a variety of dance styles, ballet, modern, jazz, ethnic, and tap; she was a seasoned performer having had several years of television and live-audience performing experience with the Park Bureau and at Jefferson; she was a very In Memory of Sharon (Shen) Ryan a disciplined student~a student who scholarship in Shen's name will be offered opened herself to an instructor's point of by Judy Massee and V. Keith Martin, co view and who learned each day she spent directors of the Reed College Summer in the studio. Dance Workshop. Shen had a goal which she quietly and This scholarship will be a full tuition consistently worked for: to become a scholarship to the Reed Summer Dance professional dancer. A t the time of her Workshop and will include as many death, she had $700 saved toward this courses as the recipient chooses to take. goal and poet-high school training. It was It will be awarded annually to a Jefferson her intent to complete her studies at High School student for each summer the Jefferson and then continue training in workshop is held. New York. The Shen Ryan Scholarship will be I t to in the spirit of Shen's achieve awarded to a student selected by the ments, her determination, and goals as a Jefferson Dance Department on the basis dancer that this memorial scholarship of talent and dedication to the A rt of fund has been started. Talented arts Dance. students have little access to scholarship The recital will be held May 26th at the money; this scholarship is viewed as a Performing Arts Center Theatre. K I a Record World Magnates, in its annual poll, voted The Brothers Johnson the Top New Duo, Top New Singles Duo, and and Top New Album Duo in the Pop, Rhythm and Blues and Jazz categories. Leek Out For *1 was Chapter One - but look out for Chapter Two: Right On Time is exactly what it says it is. committee to to organize the state confer ence. The eighteen delegates to the national conference will be elected a the state conference and any woman can submit an application to be considered for election. During the three day conference, to be held June 3rd, 4th and 5th at Willamette University in Salem, over one hundred topics will be explored - from home making to inheritance tax law. from child care to retirement planning. Noted speakers will discuss the role ol women in the state, the nation and the world. The conference will also feature womens art and films by and about women. Realizing that many women cannot travel to Salem for the conference, the Coordinating Committee has scheduled fourteen “Speak Outs” across the state. These meetings will deal with specific issues. Art Center classes begin The North/Northeast Youth Develop ment Program today announced the formation of Free Classes in Radio Broadcasting, Photography, Woodwork ing, Leathercraft, and Broadcast Elec tronics. The classes, to be held at the Albina Women's League Community Arts Center, 8 N .E . Killinsworth Street, will begin Tuesday, May 24, 1977. Prospec tive students, ages 14-25, may enroll until Friday, May 27,1977 during the day or at the N /N E Youth Council meeting Tues day. May 24. 1977 at 7:90 p.m. For additional information call the Arts Center at 281-7573. MOVED S.W. 3 rd c Yamhill PORTLAND Just ONE Block SOUTH of Our Former Location N O INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE • Som e L ib e ra l CREDIT • P ro m p t SERVICE N o A p p o in tm e n t D r . im r r y S em ler O p to m etrist ★ Applications are being accepted from college undergraduates for the Summer Work-Study Program for Minority Stu dents in Health Administration. The program offers minority students the opportunity to receive on-site experience and exposure to the health field following placement in participating health care facilities for a ten-week period. A stipend of $1250 to offered tor the 1977 program which runs from June 20th through August 26, 1977. The purpose of the Summer Work- Study Program for Minority Students in Health Administration to to attempt to bridge the gap between the 17% minority group representation in the population and the very small number of minority members in administrative positions in the health field. I t to evident that minority representation must be greatly increased in decision-making roles in order to make vital, significant changes and improvements in health care delivery for non-white patients. The program offers student partici pants orientation classes, rap sessions, seminars, and selected speakers from the health profession to broaden their aware nesa of the careers available in health administration and to encourage their continuing their studies at the graduate level. In 1976 contracting facilities included Kaiser Foundation, Emanuel Hospital, Veterans Hospital, Project Health (Mult nomah County), and St. Vincent’s Hospi tal, among others. The deadline for applications has been extended to Monday. May 90th. Byron Walters, Faculty Coordinator for the program indicates that “this program offers students an exceptional opportunity into the health administra tion field which is not available in many areas of the country.” The PMSC-sponsored program re ceives funding through the Association of University Programs in Health Adminis tration and public and private donations. Interested undergraduates are encour aged to contact Mrs. Lorraine Duncan, Special Programs Director. Portland Metropolitan Steering Committee, or Byron Walters, Faculty Coordinator, at 288 8391, or stop by PM SC offices, 220 N.E. Russell, to receive an application for the work-study program before the deadline. / 150 $104? AGe Grp A Symbol 5 $$7?° Semi annual Rates for Portland Surburban Rates Lower CSi A U TO HOME . iA*T lim er U Davis L IF E INSUEANCE ORA1N8 U NB LO CK ED W IT H Z 1.d rew er'l^ e,htUb’ ' Rea. 254-0184 Office 282-5672 3120 N. Williams a g {¡ ftoltoh M ay 22nd at Jewlte's Lounge 2125 N . Vancouver ELE C TR IC ROOTER $12.95 PER HOUR floOr dr“ M ' rain drains’ Donation *5.00 “2 F ree D r in k .” ALSO A V A IL A B L E ■ P LU M B IN G R EPAIRS $16.95 A N HOUR. 4 Toilet faucet repairs. Hot water heater sales remodeling. A service. 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The United State's response to the International Women's Conference held in Mexico in 1975 was to appropriate $6 million to study how the issues identified by the international conference relate to American women. The International Women's Year Conference wrote an extensive report on barriers to equality for women. Each state will have its own conference to address the issues, elect delegates to a national conference to be held in Houston in November, and to send resolutions to the national convention. Co-chairpersons of the Oregon Coordin ating Committee are Gladys McCoy and Charlene Holmes. The sole role of the A I S emler O ptical BROTHERS JOHNSON It would be a total understatement to say that 1976 was the year The Brothers Johnson arrived. Their emergence was an overnight success story that might well have come from the mind of an overxealous Hollywood film producer. From virtual obscurity to overnight stardom. The Brothers Johnson skyrocketed onto the charts with their debut A R M album Leek Oat For *1. Released in February 76. the album was gold by the first week in April and achieved platinum status for sales of over a million units six weeks later. Catapulted by the success of their gold singles “I ’ll Be Good To You” and “Get The Funk Out Ma Face," they lit up the sky. The release of Right On Time. their new album, marks the start of a new chapter in their ongoing and fascinating - story. “It was really amazing for Louis and me." George Johnson, the 24-year-old guitarist and elder Johnson says. “It all happened so fast for us in terms of being The Brothers Johnson, but we're not rally new to the music business; we’ve been playing since we were seven and eirht vears old. "We had a local band in Los Angeles called The Johnson Three plus 1 we formed with our older brother Tommy, our drummer, and our cousin Alex Weir, who played rhythm guitar. W E kept the band together through junior and senior high school and got a pretty good reputation around L. A. playing school dances and as the opening act for some major performers. “One day we were trying to audition a keyboard player over at Billy Preston’s house when Billy walked in. He dug the wav I plaved guitar and asked me to join his band. It was 1971, I'd just graduated from high school, and I was eager to get on the road. Here was my ’big break.' I learned lot playing with Billy, but the entire time I was with him I was trying to figure out a way to get Louis into the band. One night in Canada the bass player quit, and I told Billy about Louis." “When George came home off the road," Louis recalls, "we used to work on our material and inevitably, he'd show me the songs he'd been playing with Billy. When George called that night from Canada and said I had the gig, I caught the first plane out and without a rehearsal with the band, I found myself onstage that night playing in front of 17,000 people. It freaked Billy out. He was skeptical at first, but I knew all the songs and it felt so good being back in a band playing with my broth«* again.” During their two-year tenure as members of Preston's God Squad, The Brothers contributed three songs to his albums: “I Wonder Why," “Heart Full Of Sorrow," and the hit single “Struttin'." "We learned a lot of playing with Billy, but it was inevitable we'd leave because we had aspirations of eventually putting together our own band. A fter we left, we stayed home and wrote day after day. just working on our songs and playing all the time. Louis had a good reputation around the L.A. studios for his style of bass playing, and he began to get lots of calls lor recording sessions. It was on one of those calls that we had the biggest break we've ever had. and probably ever will have." Quincy Jones was recording his MeBew Madness album and preparing to start a tour of Japan. He tokJ a friend he was looking for two young guitar and bass players His friend told him he knew two cats who used to play with Billy Creston, were out of work and eager to get into something. Quincy placed the call, and an hour later The Brothers were in his studio showing off their wares. Quincy Jones picks up the thread of the story: “Louis and George walked into my house with their guitars, sat down and started to play, and I really couid not believe what I was hearing. Louis had a style of bass playing where he literally beat the bass with his thumb, giving off a melodic percussive sound, while George would answer his bass lines with these quick guitar passages. It was as if they were talking to each other through their instruments, and the sound of their music just freaked me out...I couldn't believe it! Right then and there I knew I had to have them for the band, and eventually produce them in an album of their own material.” The Brothers relationship with Quincy has been, to say the least, multifaceted. They refer to him as their “producer, mentor, brother, guru and friend.” “He used four of our songs on his MeBew Madness album: 'Is I t Love That We're Missin1?,' Listen (What I t Is),* 'Just A Little Taste Of M e.’ and Tryin* To Find Out About You.' "When we tourned Japan with him, he was constantly working with us, showing us different ways of playing chord changes and teaching us how to read and write music. Our relationship with Quincy has been a joy to behold; believe me when I tell you that being with him is like nothing I've ever experience before. I t really is beautiful.” t r i I ’m c,s .»rv lo r "M l m l a p p ro x . tilt h . 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