Miss Tan Portland Pageant
set for Hilton Hotel
Jimmy Bang-Bang Walker, Direc
tor o f the Jimmy Bang-Bang Walker
Youth Foundation has announced
that his association w ill stage the
Miss Tan P ortland Scholarship
Pageant on September 3rd, at the
Hilton Hotel.
This year over 65 applicants ap
plied, then were screened down to
the fifteen semi-finalists. Each one is
outstanding and is a symbol for
which they all stand, which is pride
for the youth o f today and tom-
morrow. Only one will reign as Mis.«
Tan P ortland. The lovely semi-
finalists are; Judy Lewis, Michelle
Henry. Gloria Durham, Contia Or-
sby, Mary Holden, Darlene Loving,
Rhonda Brown, Donna Joyner,
V icki M anlove, Dana Easley,
Beatrice Howard, Chareese Mathis,
Debra Anderson, Cheryl Jenkins,
and Deidra Ward.
The contest gives young Black
women, ages 18-26 a chance to have
their performing talents recognized.
In addition to performing before a
panel o f celebrity judges in evening
gown and swimsuit competition, the
Miss Tan contestants w ill be judged
on talent, poise, carriage, and
physical charm.
Warren Bracken and Group, one
o f Portland’ s leading Jazz Groups
w ill provide entertainment and dance
music at the after the pageant dance.
The pageant w ill be hosted by
John Davis o f KGW Television;
Cora Sm ith o f Cora Smith H air
Designs for men and women; and
Anise H a ll owner o f Image o f
Loveliness.
College Fund receives
SARAH VAUGHAN
Sarah Vaughan visits Portland
Sarah Vaughan is a living legend.
She has garnered world-wide ac
colades for her incomparable ver-
satiiiiv, which musically bridges all
the generation gaps. Not only is she a
consistent winner in polls conducted
among the public, in addition she
emerges on top in surveys conducted
among her musical peers. For exam
ple. in 1974 she won out as “ Favorite
Female Singer” in the All-Star-All-
Star pool conducted by Playboy
Magazine, in which the voting was
done by the top personalities in the
music business.
Her importance in the music in
dustry was perhaps best summed up
by Honorable Thomas M. Rees, of
California, in a speech made in the
House o f Representatives on
February 26. 1974, when he said,
"This giant of the music industry . . .
has consistently provided the world
with the very best in entertainment.
For many years she has been an ef-
lective ambassador of goodwill for
the United States; sharing her joyful
g ift ot talent with people in The
O rient, in Europe, in South
America, in Australia — indeed just
about wherever people walk on this
earth.
“ I am sure that all o f us . . . have
been deeply moved and thrilled by
her brilliant interpretations of every
type ot music, from gospel to jazz,
from scmiclassical to contem
porary."
She has been called by Tony Ben
nett ‘ ‘ the greatest singer in the
w o rld ," and Frank Sinatra once
confessed, "Sassy's a singer who
sings so good, I want to cut my wrist
with a dull blade and let her sing me
to death.”
Sarah Vaughan was born in
Newark, New Jersey, on March 27,
1924. into a household filled with
m usic. Her mother was a member of
the choir at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
het lather was a carpenter who
played piano and guitar in his spare
lime.
As a girl Sarah began to raise her
own voice in song at the Mt. Zion
( hurch, and at eighteen entered an
amateur contest in Harlem’s Apollo
I healer. She won the contest. Her
prize was SIO, plus a week’s
engagement at the theater, where
I Ila I it/gcrald was headlining
I hat week singer Billy Eckstine
came to see the show, and was so im
pressed by Sarah that he recommend
ed her to Earl “ Falha" Hines, with
whose band he was singing. Hines
quickly signed her.
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Shortly Sarah gained national at
tention with her first recording. " I ’ ll
W ait and P ra y ," and w ith her
second disc, " I t 's Magic,” which
sold 2,000,000 copies. (Over the
years Sarah has had many other out
standing singles and albums, in
cluding "T e n d e rly ,” " M is t y , ”
“ Broken Hearted Melody,” up to
her most recent album , "S arah
Vaughan, Live In Japan” ).
But ‘ Sassy’ , or ‘ The Divine Sarah'
— nicknames she has acquired over
the years — confesses that being a
singer today is a totally happy ex
perience.
" , ’ m happier now than ever, and
it shows while I ’ m on the stage,” she
says. "T h a t’s because my personal
life is w onderful . . . a great
husband, Marshall Fisher, a loving
mother and daughter, many close
friends . . . all of this has helped me
to be more at ease with the public
than ever. Today I talk to the people,
and they talk to me . . . 1 love them,
and I feel their love for me.
It was her musical phrasing and
unique treatment of individual notes
which prompted John Malachi, once
her piano accompanist, to call her
‘Sassy’ , which has been one of her
nicknames ever since. It was
Garroway who, recalling the late
Sarah Bernhardt’ s nickname, first
began to call Sarah Vaughan ‘The
Divine Sarah.’
Between singing engagements
Sarah relaxes in her home in Hidden
Hills, near Los Angeles, on a 2*/ j
acre estate, with her third husband,
Marshall Fisher, her mother, Ada
Vaughan, her thirteen-year-old
daughter, Debbie, and a sister, Don
na.
She is a collector of cookbooks
and a super-excellent cook. Her
hobbies are needlepoint and sewing,
and she even takes a portable sewing
machine on the road with her. She
also enjoys playing golf.
Although she has already accom
plished much in the musical world,
Sarah still looks forward to making
her mark in still another musical area
— writing.
But her over-riding goal remains
what it has been for years — to bring
pleasure to the people.
As to what provides her with her
greatest pleasure, Sarah says, "Being
alive is not too bad . . especially
being alive and surrounded by a lot
of love.”
Ms. Vaughan w ill appeal with
Count Basie at the Portland Civic
Auditorium September 15th.
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Portland’s chapter o f Alpha Kap
pa Alpha Sorority presented a one .
thousand dollar check to Ms. Bernice »
I. Sum lin. national president o f
A .K .A ., before a group o f 4,000
Alpha Kappa Alpha women. The
check earmarked fo r the United
Negro College Fund was presented at
the national meeting held in
Houston, Texas. Mrs. Mary Hender
son, president o f the Portland chap
ter, is pictured presenting the check.
This contribution completes the two
thousand
d o lla r
com m itm ent
pledged to U.N.C.F. by the Portland
A .K .A . chapter. Other Portland
members attending the meeting,
along with Mrs. Mary Henderson
were: M rs. Brenda Green, Ms.
Florice Walker, M rs..K im i Rabun
and Mrs. Maerice Smith.
Mrs. Mary Henderson presenting
Other events at the national
$1,000 check to Bernice I. Sumlin,
meeting included; presentation of a
national AKA president, for the
"F ounders
Graduate
Service
Negro College Fund.
A w ard" for which Florice Walker
was nom inated by the P ortland
into the chapter’s scholarship fund
members; Alpha Kappa Alpha
and sponsoring a group o f high
Women o f fifty years or more were
school girls’ educational, social and
honored; and the election of national
cultural growth.
officers was held.
The Portland chapter o f Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority’ s 1978 com
m unity activities have included:
presenting " A
Journey in to
Blackness” with the proceeds going
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STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
Memory
presents
jazz concert
On September 7, 1978, 8:00 p.m.,
Thara Memory and the Creative Jazz
Ensemble will present Summers Jazz
‘78 at Cascade Portland Community
College, 705 N. Killingsworth, in the
Cascade Auditorium. The event will
be featuring M .C.A. and inner city
recording artists. Admission will be
S I.50, senior itizens $1.
This festival is a benefit for the
Center fo r Ethnic Musics and
Related Performing Arts and Mem-
Ra Music Publications.
Thara
M em ory
has
been
professionally active in this com
munity for the past seven years. His
past credits include invitational per
formances with such greats as: Chico
Hamilton, Eddie Harris, John Handy,
and Lou Rawls. He was respon
sible fo r the Laurelhurst concert
(made possible by his receipt of a
national endowment fo r the arts
grant fo r composition) presented
August 1975 and a presentation of
original compositions called "T he
G ift” in December 1975, at the Civic
Auditorium. Thara has volunteered
his services to present Sunday Jazz
Workshops and has been active in
the coordination of and participation
in cultural and fund raising events,
not to mention his in itia tio n o f
various music programs in academic
and organizational institutions, with
an emphasis on the history and
preservation o f ethnic music. He is
presently employed by YM C A
Project Move North, is a recipient of
a 1978 national endowment for the
arts performance grant, and director
of the Center for Ethnic Musics and
Related Performing Arts (an Oregon
non-profit organization).
Interested in current books
about African Liberation?
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SPORTS HOUR
Visit
JOHN REED BOOK STORE
In the Dekum Building
519 S.W 3rd Avenue
Sixth Floor
Or call
227 2902
THE FIFTH
SnPPHIRE
SEPT. 9 N00I
TO 5:30 Rl
A group that is by all standards a Super Group that has
Up Up 8 Away . Ybu are the reason I feel like dancing'
Go where you wanna go
Sunshine of your love"
and many more Two big shows by these fantastic performers
An all-girl group that combines the enthusiasm ot youth with the language of the ages This multi
talented crew has been most recently on the bill with the New Christy Minstrels and have received
rave reviews They feature a modern sound that is best described as Pop Traditional
OR. CORN’S RUIEGRASS REMEDY
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Country Funk at its finest The sound of the
land with a beat that brings out the toe stompers
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OPEPO
An up and coming band with a Labn sound that makes you feel like dancing
llpepo is fresh off the resort circuit and brings a break in the tempo that
you will find refreshing
A
SEAFOOD MAMA
If Bluegrass is your style this is the headliner sound for today
They get it on with a style that makes toes tap and memories rekindle
A LSO :
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THE FIRST FOOTBALL G A M E OF THE N E W 1978 1979 SEASON
hours of continuous music from throe stages with stereophonic sound
that will make every seat hi Parker Stadium front row center Each ol the
five groups whl perform
, beginning at noon Chicken dinners will be
avaiiibip at an nntdnnr har*R»n tnr 19 fin
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This is the season opener with Brigham Young University and watching the
Orange & Black will be the capper to a perfect day
If you already have season tickets the price is $8 0 0 lor adults and
$ 5 0 0 lor High School age and under for the festival
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a comoinahon ticket of $ 11 that gives you a general
admission ticket to the game plus the concert ticket
Reserved seat tickets plus concert tickets ate available lor $8 0 0 plus
the cost of the reserved seat
You must have a ticket to the game to attend the festival Those coming to the game only will not be able lo enter before 5:00pm
the Festival available at BEAVER TICKET AGENCIES A L B A N Y -V in c e Barrett Sports C O R V A L L IS -N ickallan s Men's Wbar
^ N E - M a t t o x Pipe Shop John W r e n s Sports Center Valley River L E B A N O N -R eeves Clothing Store N EW PO R T— Moby Dick s Fine Food:
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Stevens A Sons Jewelers, Lloyd Center Merer and Frank downtown SA LEM — Bill Beard Sporttno Goods American Federal
Savings & Loan
also FESTIVAL OF THE SIXTIES, 1226 S.W. 16th, Portland, OR 97205 — Phono 226-1940.