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°a g a 4 Portland Ubaarvar M arcn ia, im i ENTERTAINMENT happenings MAKING IT HAPPEN entertainment D ance Fltneaa: Emphasis w ill be focused on aerobic and jazz techniques. V e rsatility w ill be stressed. Designed fo r beginners. Good1 way t o u r n up, lose weight, grain grace, control the body. Class begin arc . ■ for adults. Fee $2.00 Classes w ill be held at University Park C om m um ty Cen The Skyy’s the limit!! Skyy. the m illio n -s e llin g g ro up whose new S k y y p o rt LP is hot on the charts, have a secret weapon.. .a trio o f singing sisters who help form the core o f Skyy’ s smooth vocal style. But while some singers spend their whole lives trying to get discovered, the three lovely Dunning sisters got their tirst big break by accident. S kyy’ s Denise L. D unning-C raw ford, Deiores Dunning and Benita Rae (Bonnie) Dunning have sung “ for fu n ” since childhood. A t Thom as Jefferson H igh School in B ro o k ly n , they won num erous talent shows and wowed their Brooklyn friends and neighbors as a singing group ter, 9009 N. Foss.'Instructor isB .J. Pittman. S a tu rd a y M o v ie : " S t. Louis Blues” (M usical 1958). The life sto ry o f composer W .C. Handv. Stars Nat Cole, Eartha K itt and Ella Fitzgerald. The songs are classics, superbly performed by some o f the music w orld greatest, March 28, 1981.6:00 pm - Ch. 12 KPTV. I« D.J. DANCE MACHINE that became known as Di La Rae. . “ We never even thought about doing it fo r a livin g,” says Skyy s Denise, the oldest. But one friend and neighbor in the Lafayette Gardens project in Bedford-Stuyvesant where they grew up knew that the girls had talent. "O u r g irlfriend who lived in the project also used to sing w ith us fo r fun when we’d visit.” explains Skyy’ s Delores. "H e r husband was involved at the time in the New York State Finals fo r the Miss Black America Pageant. He [ 15th & Kllllngsworth j MARCH 22,1981 had the franchise that year to direct it. t "S o he knew that we sang, and he just said, you know, why don t you come sing for me at the show. And we said Okay, we 11 do it. We just thought SUNDAY 2:30 P.M. THEME: it was another chance to sing.” A lso hired to p erform at the pageant was another group o f struggling Brooklyn musicians -- a band known as Brass Construction. Although Brass “Lets Do Again FASHION SHOW Donations: $4.00 X Terry Burk & Pat Andrews was tw o years away from their first record (a m illio n seller), they already played like pros, and cast a wary eye when the future-Skyy girls showed up. "T h e y assumed we couldn't sing...” says Bonnie. “ O f course,” adds Delores. "T h e y were just looking at these g irls,” says Bonnie, "s a y in g " to them selves, Okay...sure, the same old, same o ld ...” When Brass had to back the girls on a song, " i t was like, Oh God, here they go - another girl group,” Denise recalls. "B u t when we started singing, they said that they had to look up and take notice, because they couldn’ t believe it,” says Bonnie. A fter that night Brass leader and producer Randy M u lle r recruited the girls to sing w ith Brass, w hich led to th e ir association w ith R andy’ s frie n d and m usical c o h o rt Solomon Roberts Jr., who is the leader o f Skyy. Seeing their names now in lights and on Skyy album covers is a pleasure the girls o f Skyy never thought about until that night in 1973. "T h a t night every thing materialized in fro n t o f our faces,” Delores says. "B e fo re that it was fun, after that, it was an obsession.” Miss Ilona is one of the death-defying aerialists in the all-new 1981 version of the H ubert Castle In ternational Three Ring Shrine Circus playing Friday. Saturday and Sunday at the M em orial Coliseum. Wild a n im als, clo w n s, p re tty girls and a host of ju g g le rs , acro b ats and trained dogs and chim ps w ill be the ordr of the day at the six p e r form ances of the huge circus, M arch 27, 28 and 29. KIDS OF ALL AGES! Spring is Just Around the Corner... IT’S TIME FOR THE ALL-NEW 1981 HUBERT CASTLE INTERNATIONAL MAKING IT HAPPEN Perform ance: Mago H unt Center recital hall, U niversity o f P ortland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., A p ril I, 1981 - 8 p.m., a one man performance o f music and dance on "In d ia n L o re ,” by Phil Lucas. Free and open to the public. Film : “ Enemies” by Karen Boettcher, directed by Pauline Poetter, A p ril 10, 11 (Friday, Saturday) 16, 17, 18 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) 8:00 P M ., P o rtla n d State U n ive rsity, L in c o ln H a ll. For more in fo rm a tio n call the Threater Arts Department at 229-4612. Talent Search: For located talented people to appear on stage A p ril 18, 1981 at the Coliseum Assembly Hall in conjunction with the local Miss Black Portland Beauty Pageant. Dancers, Singers, Actors/Actresses, Comedians, etc. are all wanted. There w ill be judging o f the talent by local judges, with prizes being awarded to the best act. Deadline fo r talent acts is March 31, 1981. For more inform ation call Gracye Kennedy at 249-0844. IQ o TOP 10 GOSPEL LP ★ SOUL 45 s * SOUL LP KWAME: A LADIES MON! W ith his spirited music and equally spirited good looks, Polydor recording artist Kwame who is riding high with his debut album, F ollow ! meets tw o o f his latest fans, Cheryl Lynn on his right and Sarah Dash to the left. The oc casion was a gala celebration fo r the A lv in A ile y Am erican Dance Theatre held at Bond’ s International Disco in New York C ity. The spirits were high that evening - Cheryl Lynn perform ed singing her big hits G ot To He Real and Keep It H o t and was joined onstage by the Teddy Bear him self, Teddy Pendergrass. Sarah Dash echoed her disco smash Sinner Man and other cuts fro m her latest L P Oo L a L a Sarah Dash. K w am e, the Jam aican born newcomer had a first rate glimpse into the New York music business, and by the end o f the evening he was discussing w ith Ms. Dash the possibility o f producing her next album! SOUL LP INTERESTING FACTS /. 2. 3. 4 5. Marvin Gave In our Lifetime Ozone Jump on It Gap BandM Shalamar Thro« for Love Gil Scoll-Heron Real ayes 6. Eloise taws 7. The Whispers - Imagination 8 9. Millie Jackson - 1 had to aay It 10. Yarbrough <t Peoples - Tha Two of Ua l . Rapp Pavback Jamaa Brown Brought To You Every Week By AMERICAN STA TE BANK Scotland was named Caledonia till the 3rd century when the Scoti tribe of Ireland overran it and changed the name to Scotland. 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