Entertainment Guide
by Allen Jones
T ro tte r leaves CCM H program
Ocie W. Trotter announced his re
signation as Executive Director of
the Center for Community Mental
Health effective August 15th, Lonnie
Bates, chairman of the board of
directors, said.
The Center, at 6329 N.E. Union
Avenue, provides mental health ser
vices to individuals and families in
northeast Portland, and provides
consultation and training to schools,
agencies and businesses in the metro
politan area
The agency was started by
Lutheran Family Service of Oregon
as the “ Community Social Work
Project” in 1970, and was incor
porated as Albina Family and Com
munity Services, a separate public
service non-profit corporation, in
1974. The name was changed to the
Center for Community Mental
Health in 1976 to reflect its growing
service to the metropolitan com
munity.
"Ocie Trotter deserves much of
the credit for developing CCMH in
nine years from a pilot project into a
major agency in the Albina neigh
borhood serving the whole city
without controversy, and we really
hate to see him go,” said Bates. He
said that after a vacation Trotter will
become a private consultant. “ The
board is accepting applications now
and we expect to have a new director
by mid-September,” said Bates.
Community Calendar
. he rich heritage of music of the traditional Black church experience is high
lighted in Afuor o f the Black Church, heard on KBPS each Frida v at 7:00 p .m
in the Black Perspective time slot. LeRoy Patton, the host of Black Perspective
audinoned and evaluated this new KBPS scries, which will run through Septem
ber 7th. Upcoming programs include: June 29th — "The Gospel Jubilei
Style. A style in gospel singing which features the quartet, quintet and sextei
— male and female performance groups. July 6th — “ Modern and Contem
porary Gospel Music.” Gospel music in its up-to-date manifestations, in
cluding the influences of popular commercial music.
An m-depth look at juvenile literature and various literature-related audio
visuals will be available this fall in Portland Community College's library aid«
program at Cascade Center, 705 N. Killings worth. “ The classes are geared
specifically toward people who want to be library aides,” said Gaylon Huff,
coordinator of instructional technology at PCC. “ Taken in sequence, they will
review literature available to children from kindergarten through high school.”
July 2nd — Humboldt Neighborhood Improvement Organization, 7:30
p.m., PCC Cascade Campus, Portable Classrooms, 91, 705 N. Killingsworth.
July 3rd — North Portland Citizens Committee, General membership. 1)
Tri-Met Planner, 7;3O p.m., 7506 N. Hereford.
July 2nd — Bureau of Planning. West Portland Park Studies Meeting, 7:30
p.m., PCC Sylvania Campus, Cedar Room, 12000 S.W. 49th,
Throughout recorded history, locks and keys have played an important role
in human life. A large collection o f early locks is now on exhibit at the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry. The Schlage Lock Collection, brought to
Portland by Chown Hardware in celebration of the company’s 100th anniver
sary, will be displayed in OMSI’s Hall of the Northwest through September
9th.
Portland Black Catholic Lay Caucus celebrates its 3rd Anniversary Celebra-
JOE’S PLACE
1801 N.E. Alberta
SHIRLEY BROWN - SHO-NUFF QETTIN DOW NIII
OCIE W TROTTER
SPORTS HOUR
1 haven’t been this excited about
an album in quite some time. I’m
speaking of Shirley Brown's latest
album For the Real Feeling?
The title is quite appropriate con
sidering the conglomeration of talent
it took to compile this emotionally
charged package of tastefully done
material.
It’s been the norm, in recent years,
for many artists to have " o n e
leader” selection on an album, with
perhaps a couple of other selections
that are generally accepted as good.
Not so with Shirley Brown's latest
album. All eight selections are excejs-
tional, to say the least. No kidding.'
Side one offers you (1) When. Where, and What Time (uptempo); (2)
Crowding In on My Mind (uptempo airy); (3) After A Night Like This
(melodic); and (4) Dirty Feeling (the blues).
Side two is only an extension of side one — just as tastefully and creatively
done. (I) Hang On Louie (uptempo); (2) Eyes Can‘t See (mellow); (3) Move Me
— Move Me (uptempo); and (4) Love Starved (very mellow).
In my opinion Shirley Brown’s 1974 million-dollar seller Woman to Woman
was merely the tip of the iceberg in comparison to what she’s doing now, and
what she’ll be doing in the future.
Woman to Woman, Shirley’s earthy plea to “ the other woman" for the
return of her man, skyrocketed to the top of the soul chans in the fall of 1974,
prompted the release of two chanmaking "answer songs," and was nominated
for a Grammy. AfteT 13 hard years on the chittlin’ circuit opening for blues
singers like Albert King and Little Milton, she had suddenly become a star with
her first release on the Truth label, a subsidiary of Stax.
It was to be the last major record in an unbroken 13-year avalanche of hits on
Stax. Troubled legally and financially, the company was unable to give her
follow-up single and album much push. By the end of 1975, Stax was bankrupt
and Shirley’s co-producer, drummer Al Jackson, Jr. of Booker T. and the
MGs, was dead. The carpet had been pulled from under her before she was
really able to stand on her feet.
“ Sometimes it makes me feel kind of bad.” Shirley says of the double
tragedy , “ but all I know to do is just keep on keepin’ on. My mother, Lizzie
Brown, has been my backbone and kept me hangin’ in there after the bank
ruptcy. You almost go out when things like that happen, especially at the
beginning of your career."
People often compare Shirley’s wailing intensity and masterful gospel-styled
phrasing to that of Aretha Franklin. Shirley does not shy away from the sub
ject.
“ I’ve always been a great admirer of Aretha Franklin,” she admits. “ Some
people feel that the similarity between Shirley Brown and Aretha Franklin is
like the Isaac Hayes/Barry White situation. I’ve admired Aretha, Gladys
Knight, Nancy Wilson, and a whole lot of artists, but the soulful high-pitched
sound that comes out of me and is like Aretha Franklin's is a natural from
Shirley Brown. I guess we have the same gospel background."
Shirley Brown’s music is about feelings — real, deep feelings. "You can go
around all your life singing stuff that’s just basically a song," she says, “ but 1
think you are supposed to relate to what’s happening — inner feelings."
tion on Saturday, July 14th, 3:00 p.m. at St. Andrew Community Center.
Guest speaker will be Brother Cyprian Lamar Rowe, executive director of the
National Office for Black Catholics. Washington, D.C. Mass will be held at
5:00 p.m. Music will be by gospel choirs of Immaculate Heart and St. Andrew.
There will be a reception starting at 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend
this free event.
There is no energy shortage at the Downtown YWCA. People of all ages are
participating m activities. The Holistic Healing workshop on July 5th will be
centered on polarity and on July 12th, Iridology. Hours are 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Openings are still available in girls' camp at Westwind on the Pacific. Girls
must be in second grade through twelvth grade. Camp session will be from July
David Dyson, Field Director for the J.P. Stevens boycott, will speak in Port
land on Thursday, June 28th, about the lawful boycott of the Stevens Com
pany, the nation’s second largest textile manufacturer. Dyson, now on the staff
of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Unions, AFL-CIO, is also
a United Presbyterian minister. He will discuss the boycott at a reception on the
28th, 7:00 p.m., at Osbeck’s Rose Manor Inn, 4534 S.E. McLoughlin Boule
vard. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
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Black Velvet
A Fabulous S h ow Band
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How many of these NAACP Convention participants
can you identify?
These are a tew of the very important decision-makers wtx, will play
a decisive role in the NAACPs 70th Annual Convention, in Louisville,
Ky., June 25-30, where over 10,000 participants are expected.
Convention Sum m ary
with Art Alexander
July 1,2:00 to 3:30 pm
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KOAP-TV, Ch. 10
Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service
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L e f t to r ig h t : Hon. C, DeLorea T u c ke r, lion.
Roy V i ik in » , V ic * P re s id e n t W a lte r Mondale, J u lia n bond, M ra. M argaret Bush W ilso n ,
Hon. Mary B e rry , C laren ce M i t c h e l l,
ber.jemin L . Nooks, Dick Cregory