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Portland Observer January 16, 1981 Page 6 MRS. C’s WIGS A FEW EXCITING W O RDS ABOUT THE N E W 1981 W EIG H T WATCHERS F O O D PLANS (AND HAIR BEADS) $10 Wig Sale Batty Cabina. Proprietor 47 Wig styles in stock. Hundreds of Wigs & Hairpieces a t 1 0 % - 5 0 % S a v in g s "WINE" "POPCORN" "PEANUT BUTTER" Featuring w ig * by N A O M I SIM S. ANDRE DOUGLAS, BILLIE tt NATALIE COLE Want to hear lots more ex c itin g w o rd s 7 Jo in a W eight Watchers class near you EMANUEL HOSPITAL 2801 N. Gantenbein Emanuel East, Room 2001 (Nursing Home) Thurs. 7:00 p.m. Rasta. Reg. $35.00 NORTH PORTLAND CARPENTERS HALL 2225 N Lombard Street Mon. 7:00p.m. Thurs. 9:30 a.m. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) The "J o y fu l Sounds" Choir, directed by Margaret Carter, in concert. Carter leads 'Joyful Sounds' By Kathryn H all Bogle When it’ s music - musicl music! I t ’ s like ly to be the “ J o yfu l Sounds” you hear. The choir with the great sounds that do m elting things to your very soul. “ Joyful Sounds” always sings a- capella as this choir comes o f the Church o f Christ and no Church of C hrist has instrum ental music in church. They just sing joyfully with all their hearts. Joyful Sounds director Margaret Carter, herself a lyric soprano, lifts her chin characteristically,lifts her arms, gives a twist o f her wrist and with her slender fingers literally and m agically strokes the air and produces shadings o f notes from tender whisperings to power-filled crescendoes. W ith music she is in her element. This Margaret Carter. And why not? She’ s been singing in public since she was five years old. Her father was preaching in a little Baptist church near Shreveport, Louisiana. From the pulpit he asked for volunteers from his congregation to join church and to sing. Margaret left her place in the family pew and offered herself. M argaret believed God wanted her. Father, surprised and happy, quickly located an apple box fo r Margaret to stand on and be seen. M argaret gave fo rth w ith “ A Charge to Keep I H ave.” It was great. She’ s been singing ever since. Well, not quite ever since. There was a period o f ten years when she was juggling her fa m ily o f five children, a fa u lty marriage, her college education and a paying job. There was hardly time to sing. In her g irlhood days Margaret sang at practically everyone o f her school functions. She began piano lessons at age 10. By the time she was 15, she was pianist in a Baptist church - the star pupil o f Ophelia Calloway Fisher. In high school, Margaret and her eight brothers and sisters, all musical, played and sang at every chance. M argaret was a member o f the “ M t. C alvary Singers” in Shreveport, the first Black group to sing on radio and TV in Shreveport. Arkansas and Texas. A fte r high school came an enriched two years o f music education at G ram bling College. She loved it there but Margaret also fell in love, left college and got married. The music “ quiet” period began then. A move to Portland on impulse - five children and no jo b . A lesser woman may have been shattered. M argaret was dismayed but un daunted. Her philosophy is to pick herself up. She says, feminist that she is, “ Women are moving or they are n o tl” Carter gives gratitude and credit for help in that cramped situation to Portlander Martha Jordan. “ M ar tha Jordan found a job fo r me in 1968. She found an opening for me as a teacher aide at King School. That was a beginning fo r me. My firs t break. Thank you, M artha Jordan.” Carter went on to work and go to school and to be the one parent to her children. Between 1967 and 1978 Carter earned her degree in Elemen tary Education at Portland Com munity College, her Masters degree from Oregon State University, plus she completed some graduate classes at Washington State. C urrently, Margaret Carter is a Career Counselor at PCC. Behavorial Orientation is her strong interest. She has offices at both the Sylvania and Cascade Centers. And she is singing again. J o yfu l Sounds was form ed in 1978. The Reverend Frank Richard son asked Carter to act as director for the Piedmont Church o f Christ at that time. (The Reverend William Hunter, assistant minister at Pied mont is Margaret C arter’ s brother) Over at M allory Church o f Christ they have a choir that is a part o f "Jo yfu l Sounds.” In Seattle, the Southside Church o f C hrist and the M adison Park Church o f Christ decided to place themselves under the direction o f Margaret Carter. Carter now travels to Seattle twice a m onth to rehearse the Seattle group. Once a m onth the choirs rehearse together in either city or they may meet halfway for a singing session. At present the augmented choir, called the “ Pacific Northwest MICHAEL DANIELSON q O |S A IE STARTS TO D A Y TH R U J A N . 24rh) M R S . C ’s W IG S 707 N.E. Fremont 281-6525 .Closed Sun. ft Mon. Open Tues. thru Sat. 11:30a.m. to 6 00 p.m. WWlfM *»••<► »<• IM I I'M t.n»< «Uk« **•.>*• Support the <§> March of Dimes I BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION! Typical member o f the augmen ted choir is: Gloria Broom, a Seattle soprano who joined the choir two months ago through Kenneth M c Coy, director o f the Seattle Choir. Ms. Broom studied voice at Cornish School o f Music. There is C arolyn Felder, an Alaskan native from M ettakatta, who sings first alto. She comes from a family o f musicians where all eight children sing, and play at least one instrum ent. Her husband, Joseph Felder, sings bass with the group. SHOP SAFEWAY NOW George Baldwin, a tenor, started with the Portland group. He hails from Valdesta, Georgia. His wife, Seona, is firs t soprano. There is G lo ria Randolph, soprano, and Fannie M orrison, alto and Jim , Fannie’ s husband, who sings tenor, and Ann Taylor, a second soprano, who just happens to be sister to Margaret Carter. Rncoi food Wad wn H Rw ’ job * Chuck Roast 31« d Del Monte Catsup W Chuck B i* > Cut «oasi Safeway Quality Bee’ The group is proudly disciplined. Carter works them hard. They prac tice three hours ro u tin e ly. They must practice correct breathing. She makes them space their meals and sing only after light meals; they meditate; they record; and smoking is frow ned upon. C a rte r’ s ear is keen and she can hear a sour note at its first utterance and w ill pull out the singer for an on-the-spot solo to correct the flaw . C h o ir members privately call Carter “ Moses," but they also believe in her talent and the choir’ s achievement under her direction, and they are truly fond of her. Carter adm its she is a task mistress. “ I ’ m a no compromise director. 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PSU Foundation directors represent a vital link to business, in dustry, government and organizations, a partnership which is im portant to the continued suc cess of PSU. Founded in 1963, the Foun dation's Board o f Directors consists o f 39 members who w ork to promote a better understanding of PSU’ s role in the community. The PSU Foundation is respon sible for soliciting, adm inistering and investing contributed gifts on behalf o f the university. ä N ow NORTHEAST PORTLAND MARANATHACHURCH 1222 N. E. Skidmore Sat. 9:30 a m. Crusaders,” numbers 52 members, all devoted persons giving their talents to a singing ministry. Margaret Carter explains that the group accepts no money for profit. 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