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Getting Ready For The Holidays Special — Still The Best Curl In Town A t The Best Prlcelll Mintz Joins DePreist Electrifying violinist Shlomo M intz w ill jo in Music Director James De- Priest and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra in classical concerts Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, March 22 and 23 at 8:30 p.m. in the Portland Civic Auditorium . M in tz w ill solo in Bruch’ s Scottish Fantasy. DePriest has also selected Beethoven’ s Leonore Overture No. 3 and T chaikovsky’ s M anfred Sym phony fo r performance. M intz, now 24, has already been acknowledged by celebrated interpreters o f the instrument as a member o f that rare group possessing a great natural talent. Isaac Stern recognized his tremendous potential after hearing him ten years ago in Israel at the in v ita tio n o f his renowned teacher, Ilona Feher. Since then, he has commanded the attention o f other illustrious art ists and his radio and television performances in his native Israel, heard throughout Europe, have won him a huge following. M o n g o Santam aria M O N & TUES M A R C H 22 & 23 COFFEE Funky Soul and Coffee SCHLOMO M INTZ Zubin Mehta selected him as a replacement for Itzhak Perlman in a per formance o f the Paganini Concerto in D with the Israel Philharm onic, on which occasion he astounded both audiences and critics with his amazing technique and tone. His American debut came in 1974 at Carnegie H all with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Since then he has performed to critical acclaim with the major orchestras o f America and Europe and in solo recital. Second Cup is a rich, steaming re fill o f sweet, infectious, and funky sould from Coffee, D e-Lite/P olyG ram ’ s very own “ dream girls.” Follow ing the Chicago-based trio ’ s 1980 debut album, S lippin’ and D ip p in ’, Second Cup should quickly establish Dee Dee Bryant, Gwen Hester, and Elaine Sims as one o f the m ajor female vocal groups o f the ’80s. Produced by Tony Valor, the new album is a flavorful blend o f contemporary dance tunes, including the first single, “ Take Me Back,” and catchy, melodic R&B songs, such as the Stax-infused “ I W ouldn’ t Give You U p” and “ Love’ s A live.” Extra in gredients— the lovely ballad, “ Fantasy,” and a new version o f the classic M arvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell song, “ I f This W orld Were M ine,” sung as a duet with Leon Bryant (who released an album on De-Lite/PolyGram last year)— add an extra zest to Coffee’ s terrific brew. Dee Dee Bryant firs t became interested in music at age 15. O riginally from Columbus, Georgia, she began working with various groups, commu nity choirs, and “ singing on hallway stairs and corners.” The com m unity choir eventually broke up, and Dee Dee did backup vocal work with a local group until she was approached by her friend, Elaine Sims. From H um boldt, Tennessee, Elaine sang in a church choir, but quickly took to singing with other neighborhood kids. Her first o fficia l group, the five-girl Edquits, played neighborhood high schools, theaters, and night spots. Her next group. Portrait In Black, was progressing nicely, u n til the other three women in the group decided not to make a career in singing, at which time Elaine formed Coffee with Dee Dee and Gwen Hester. The only native o f Chicago in Coffee, Gwen, also got into music at age 15. She joined her first group, Silk, when one o f the singers took a break to have a baby. When the new mother rejoined Silk, Gwen did a solo turn be fore getting together w ith Dee Dee and Elaine. The g ro u p ’ s name came about after rehearsal one day, when the threesome were sitting around a kitchen table and noticed a can o f coffee. The name fit their image perfectly — Black, sweet, and piping hot! 2 shows nitely 8 Et 11 pm •6.00 per person L iv e a t: Geneva’s Cocktail Lounge 4 2 2 8 N . W illia m s A v e . Ticket Outlets: House of Sounds • G.l. Joes • Meier & Frank • Stevens & Sons Jewelers PRO STY SHOP 917 S.W. Alder 224-8401 (across from the Galleria) PRO SHOP—STYLING SALON g Specializing in all curly perms, styling & trimming, g TCB • Care Free • Classy Curl & California Curl THIRD WORLD Third World's Got Power Colum bia recording group Third W o rld ’ s newest collaborator is Stevie Wonder, who co-wrote, produced, arranged and performs on the new single “ T ry Jah Love” and another song, “ You’ re Playing Us Too Close.” both numbers are heard on You've G ot The Power, T h ird W o rld ’ s second Colum bia LP, recorded at Wonderland Studio. The friendship began last August, after the release o f Third W orld’ s first Columbia album. Rock the W orld (w ith “ Dancing on the F lo o r’ ’ ), when Stevie W onder jo in e d the band onstage during the Black Music Association’s Family Fair Concert at Pasadena Bowl. T h ird W orld is shown here at W onderland w ith Stevie Wonder (right, at keyboards). JAMES DePRIEST The preconcert lecture w ill feature four symphony musicians, violinists G yrid Gustafson and Catherine N o ll, violist Peggy Sw afford, and cellist Stephanie McDougal discussing the three works on the program. Lectures begin one hour before the start o f each concert and are held in the front sec tions o f the main floor seating area. Tickets, $7.50 to $9.50, are available from the Symphony Ticket Office, 228-1353, the A u d ito riu m Box O ffice, 248 4496 and Stevens & Son, 284 2101. Zone IV Photographers to exhibit There w ill be a photo exhibit by Zone IV Photographers, at the N / N .E . 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