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I PiMff 8 P o rtam i Observer Thursday. March ». 1978 'Mixed Company’: Local group shows fashions Formed in September of 197«. Mixed Company ia a troupe of fifteen profes sional models. Mixed Company derives its name from its members, who repre sent different races and creeds. Earh brings varying degrees of experience... ranging from modeling for other agencies to free lancing in the area of television, radio and newspaper and magazine lay out. Founder and Director Gene Holmes is a world wide professional entertainer. In addition to being a choreographer, dan cer. actor, singer and local disc jockey (K B O O F M ). he has done several T V specials. T V pilot films, and television and magazine commercials. Born and raised in Seattle. Holmes holds a Bache tors degree in Music and Dance and a Master degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California. He also studied at the Julliard School of Music in New York and has received several honorary degrees. Under Holmes' direction. Mixed Com pany is also backed up by a modeling instructor, secretary treasurer, public relations department, make up deyart- ment a second group of models currently being trained at on going weekly classes. For those who missed the first show in December, well. Gene Holmes will pre sent "Mixed Company modeling troupe" Part 2 at the Paramount Heathman H tr tel. Friday. March 10th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets will be »3.50 advance and »4.00 nt the door. A disco styled dance will follow Call 281 «176 , Inc. will a;«;« E ntertainm ent Guide ies j Director 1, I Wooley, and 1 « b t| Nedra Pa S T A N L E Y T U R R E N T IN E - S P E C T R U M IN B I T E “West Side Highway" is Stanley T u r rentme's seventh album for Fantasy Records, and like his previous LP "Night wings,” it was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Turrentine's full-bodied, robust tenor sound is featured in a purely instrumental setting - an unbeatable combination. Stand-out cuts on the album include a new recording of "Su gar," a song Turrentine almost owns, and a powerful version of the jaxz classic "W alkin'," which has been released as a single. Some of the musicians on “West Side Highway" are well-known leaders in their own right - Eric Gale, Cornell Depuree, Ron Carter, and Hubert Laws, to name but a few. T v e received some criticism for using background vocalists on earlier albums, but that's not why I chose to omit them this time. It was purely a musical decision. After all. if you're working with a genius like Claus Ogerman, why bother with adding singers? Besides, 1 believe that anyone who dug “Pieces of Dreams" will also enjoy my last couple of albums. They're different, but they’re both me." Stanley Turrentine, as one of the more prominent "crossover" success stones of the Seventies, has paid his share of dues. "But 1 don't like that concept of paying dues, because it implies great suffering. To me, paying your dues is that period of time when you're learning your craft - becoming a professional. Sure. I've had a lot of bad times, but then who hasn't? A musician probably doesn't suffer any more than a guy on the line in Detroit!" So success has not spoiled Stanley Turrentine. His way of blowing a saxophone has not changed that much through the years, although the specific types of music he chooses to play have, of course, developed steadily. He can play a Stevie Wonder tune as easily as the jazz classic “W alkin' ” (included on “West Side Highway"), but there’s one thing the listener always knows: Turrentine plays from his soul. Turrentine signed with Fantasy in 1974 and his first LP. “Pieces of Dreams." became his all-time best-seller. Alvin Aflcv ‘ Night Creatures •nee Theatre - Sarita Allea, Ulyaaes Deve, Donna W ood in hy Alvin Afley, Music by Dnke Ellington [Photo: Mario Roixj Alvin Ailey dance troupe returns The much-awaited return of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre to the stage of the Portland Civic Auditorium is scheduled for Thursday. Friday and Saturday. March 9 th -llth , with all per formances slated for an 8:15 p.m. curtain. The company comes to Portland under the auspices of Celebrity Attractions in cooperation with Lewis and Clark Col lege. The project is sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Western States Arts Founda tie r and the Oregon A rts Commission. This company of exciting young dan cers has electrified audiences and stun t ie d critics into superlatives since its birth in New York City in 1956 Alvin Ailey has presented a unique form of dance, combining modern, jazz and classi cal, reflecting the American heritage, both Black and white. The music is jar? symphonic, blues, spirituals. The dancing by the multiracial group is ecstatic, dramatic and vital. The whole experience is total dance theatre. The Ailey Company comprises 25 su perb dancers - ballet trained, most of them. W ith them. Ailey has achieved a synthesis of ballet, modern dance and contemporary jazz rhythms into a'style which is brilliantly dynamic and exuber ant. Tickets for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, priced at »9.00, »7.50 and »€.00. are on sale now at Celebrity Attractions. 1010 S.W. Morrison. P o rt land. OR. 97205. 1® I* 1« summer 1977, "Nightwings" was released - one of Stanley’s most acclaimed albums, and his first collaboration with Claus Ogerman. The haunting title track was penned by the arranger especially for Turrentine. The real resurgence in jazz during the mid Seventies has made it possible for artists like Stanley Turrentine to have a larger impact on the listening audience. “It's very interesting to watch where music is going Stanley muses, "and it’s reassuring to know that somebody out there is listening." i High School March 10th lor Al.dia Ka.i.ta Al,dia Theatre group presents history “Voices, Inc ", the only professional year around Black Musical Theatre in the United States, will present "Journey Into Blackness" Friday Evening at Jefferson High School. Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kapa Alpha is sponsoring the event as a benefit for its scholarship fund. “Journey Into Blackness" is a musical theatre production tracing highlights and achievements in Black History. Group singing, choreographed movement, solo work and brief dramatic sequences are molded into a two hour theatre piece that enlightens and entertains. The acts are entitled: African Sequence showing A fri can heritage and captivity. Slavery Se quence: Emancipation. Migration. Blues and Jazz, the Religious Experience. Voice, Inc. has a long list of credits including a 1964 Peabody Award and a Thomas A. Edison Foundation Citation, a performance at President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Birthday Party, repre sented the US at the Spring Festival of International Association in Paris in 196«, featured in the off Broadway hit “The Believers" which ran nearly a year, one of five groups selected by the National Endowment for the A rts for the “Child ren's Theatre Fair." cited in 1976 by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the tw enty "exemplary" education- via-the-arts organizations in the US. The group has toured schools and universities extensively. A K A is the oldest sorority for Black women, formed in 1908 at Howard U ni versity. I t is made up of college and professional women, dedicated to service to the community. Local officers are: Basileus. Mary Hen demon; A nti Basileus. Geraldine Ham mond: Grammateua. Pat Dobbins: Anti Grammateus. Florice W alker: Tameou chos, Rita Bell: Parlimentarian, Olive Manning. Ivy Leaf Reporter. Maerice Smith) Hodegoa. Roberta Vann. The committee for Voices. Inc. is Betty Gilliam. Chairman: M argaret Carter; M artha Jordan: Rita Bell; Maerice Smith: Florice W alker: Deborah Berry. "AU Kinds of Action" wiU serve as usherettes. The performance will be presented at Jefferson High School at 8:00 p.m. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. OLIVIA on WH A TRAVELING FESTIVAL OF WOMEN'S MUSIC ft POETRY F E A T IR IN G L IN D A T IL L E R Y A N D P A T P A R K E R Sunday MARCH 12,8 pm 1410 S. W. Morrtaon. Portland »5.00 adutta; $2.50 under 16 Childcare at 2707 S.E. Clinton from 7PM Tickets Available at: A Woman's Place Bookstore. Long Hair Music, Mountain Moving Cafe, the Upper (Music Millenium) 3156 E Burnside, House of Sound 3606 M. WUHams. Everybody's Records 9517 S.W. Canyon, Beaverton C elebrity A ttractions Presents ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCETHEATER Thurs., Fri., Sat. March 9-10-11 Civic * Auditorium PROGRAM T h u rs d a y, M a r c h 9 N igh t C reature, The Time B efore the Time A fte r (A fte r the Tim e Before), B u tte rfly , Suite O tis Friday, M arth 10 The Lark Ascending, Cry, R ainbow R ound M y Shoulder, R evelations Saturday, March 11 Gazelle, Icarus, Suite O tis, \ R evelations Tickets $9.00, $7.50, $6.00, Boxes $10.00 on sale at C e le b rity A ttra c tio n s , 1010 S.W. M o rris o n , 226-4371, M e ie r & Frank, D o w n to w n & S tatew ide; Stevens & Son, A u d ito riu m M ail O rd e rs enclose a self-addressed stam ped e n v e lo p e and 25* fo r h an dling Presented in <o o p e 'a h o n w ith Lewis & Clark C ollege, This prenet t is sponsored bv 4 grant i r d c the S t A the W estern States Arts Foun da tio n and the O re g o n Arts C om m ission I Í
