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.
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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.
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New Duo, Top New Singles Duo, and and Top New Album Duo in the Pop, Rhythm
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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.
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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.
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Women’s Conference set for Jene
The Oregon Women's Conference, the
first government sponsored conference
specifically to deal with women's issues,
will be held in June.
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
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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.”
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