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Pag© 6 Section II Portland Observer, April 29, 1982 entertainmfnt entertainment KBOO Radio The Vintage Got Jazzzzzz The Vintage, one o f P ortland’ s newest night clubs, offers live popular jazz seven nights a week. The restaurant, featuring a relaxed supper club at mosphere, offers a fu ll evening o f entertainment, complete dinners, piano bar and live music. Owner Jackye Holmes decided to open a restaurant and night club that she could go to and enjoy. “ You should be able to go to one spot, feel very com fortable, get an en tire evening o f entertainment—dinner and a show—and feel happy about it , ” she said. She figured she was not the only person in town who wanted to listen to soft jazz at a nice place. " I t occurred to me that there wasn’t any place in town where you could get good service, good food and good music wrapped up into one place.” She opened the doors o f The Vintage at 24th and Powell on May 1 o f 1981 after extensive remodeling to make the place look exactly the way she wanted. To provide proper acoustics, she insulated the ceiling and lined the walls w ith decorative foam rubber pads and burgundy curtains she made herself. “ It has the supper club effect o f the ’ 30s and ’40s,” she said. Next to the dance flo o r sits Ms. Holm es’ own baby grand piano. D a rrin Clendenon plays piano Monday through Thursday in the late afternoons and Sunday durin«* dinner. Special Sounds A very special sound will be coming acroes the airwaves of KBOO Radio on May 2. The Youthaound Concert sponsored by the Portland Public Schools and One World Arts Foundation will be broadcast live and direct from the Performing Arts Center at Jefferson High. The Youthaound Concert blends the artistry of young talents from throughout the city in gospel and contamporary music under the magnifi cent direction of Mr. Ken Berry. Mark your calender for that first Sunday in May, 3:30 p.m. Senior citizens and blind persons urged to attend.' YOUTHSOUNDI It'sfreell The In k S p o ts, a s o ft-ja z z vocal group sin g in g tu n as fro m the Swing era, w ill ba appearing at the Vintage Restaurant and Lounge. 2433 S.E. Powell Blvd., for tw o shows nightly. Tuesday through Sun day, M ay 4-9. (Com plete dinners, full bar.) Dinner show: seating beginning at 5 p.m .. show at 7 p.m .; tickets. $22.50 each, include dinner w ith choice of tw o entrees. Cocktail show: seating at 9:30 p.m . show at 10 p.m .: tickets. $10 all seats, include a cocktail. Tickets available at the Vintage Restaurant and Loungd. 2433 S.E. Powell Blvd . 231 5121. THE JEFFERSON DANCERS IN CONCERT M a y 7. 8 ,1 4 b 15 8:15 p .m . The Men of Many Voices The Ink Spots, sometimes called “ The M ills Brothers o f rhythm and blues,” first became popular during the 1930s and 1940s, singing tunes that have since become standards. Their biggest hit was “ I f I D idn’ t Care,” in 1939. Other mellow ballads included “ M aybe,” “ M y Prayer,” “ Whisper ing Grass” and “ We Three.” The group appearing at the Vintage supper club is a direct descendent o f the original Ink Spots. Appearing on the bill with the Ink Spots w ill be “ The Ritz” vocal group and “ Betty Romaine,” an all-female a cappella group. k ittle Qallefy »428NE Bmedwey Portland Oregon 97232 Pher» (5Û3)284 934? Hour«: Tues Set 1 1 -4 p .m . Gerwvw** M OVaney Ünwwngs Panbnga I Pnnta Flowers b Gifts T ues-Sat 9:30 am-5:30 pm 20% o ff on All Frames with this ad C harge Cards A c c e p te d • Commercial & Individual • • Lloyd Center District Broadway Picture Framing 92S N .E. 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W hile the cozy room— with dinner tables w ithin easy reach o f the band stand— promotes a comfortable atmosphere, the present facility is too small fo r some national acts. Ms. Holmes plans someday to remodel the 3,500- square-foot upstairs to accomodate such people as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and The M ills Brothers. Jackye Holmes admits her supper club is a labor o f love, and she says she took a chance opening the Vintage, giving up a successful accounting busi ness she took four years to build. “ I never even waitressed before,” she says today with a laugh. The result is a place she likes. The room is cozy, the music is danceable and the atmospher is relaxed. “ I was born in the to ta lly wrong era,” said the 33-year-old m other o f three. Even as a teenager she liked the soft swing sound o f The M ills Brothers, The Ink Spots and The Andrews Sisters. Now she has the opportunity to book the kind o f soft jazz acts she enjoys along with popular local jazz artists. “ The younger people are really getting into the swing jazz,” Ms. Holmes is happy to report, “ because the songs are so neat to dance to. We get a large variety o f people in every night.” W hile she faced a lot o f problems getting her business o f f the ground, Ms. Holmes feels she has found a responsive audience. “ I didn’ t expect for people to respond on such a personal level,” she said. "Everybody here is getting to know me and I ’ m getting to know them. They are becoming attached to the place. I t ’s their spot.” Hard economic times seem to make people want to forget thair troubles by listening to danceable music, said Ms. Holmes. “ Swing firs t became popular in the Depression,” she said. “ Everybody seems to be in a nostalgic mood again.” I t ’s the people who make the Vintage what it is, she said. “ The people are just delightful. 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