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Page 6 Portland Observer, April 29, 1962 I I « Cl M V EXEANEES ,.1001 NE Broadway /Across fro m Lloyd C enter 20% Discount on ALL Dry Cleaning ♦ Offer good May 1st thru May 31st Ken 8«rry discusses musical heritage with participants in Youthsound (Photo: Richard Brown, Youthsound demonstrates talent On the anniversary of the very original Timesound concert at the Civic Auditorium, on May 2nd, the city will vibrate with the sequel— Youthsound, which promises to be gin an enduring tradition. For the fourth time since 1978, Ken Berry and Michael Grice have carefully prepared a major Spring production. In 1978 they produced the oral history program “ From the Pulpit, from the People,” focusing on the life of Dr. M artin Luther King, Jr. In 1979 a similar program on the life and times of Dr. W .E.B. DuBoise was completed and pro duced. Both these productions were undergirded by the talents and en ergy o f Herb Cawthornc and launched what is certain to be a bright future for Herb Cawthorne’s Oral History projects. something that the young people since early in the school year and themselves have wanted to do and cultivated (he ingredients that will simply had no means until now. The make an outstanding core of talent program is augmented by contribu for the Youthsound concert. To tions from the adults and even the watch him work his choir into a Asian community, but it draws its state of performance readiness is to basis from being the students rep witness exuberance, compassion, resenting nine different high patience, desire, and exceptional schools, three middle schools and competence in the gospel idiom. one elementary school. One student Anise H a ll, Ira Hammond, and described it as . .a big opportun Wanda Thompson will be featured ity for me to show what I can do be along with the Irvington Elementary fore people who really matter to singing sensation, Goldie Irby, who ___ •• me. is a first grader and commands an It is this kind of pride in their amazing technique in song. work which is the objective of the The Youthsound concert is to be project in terms of student partici presented this Sunday, May 2nd, at pation. Another student makes the 3:30 p.m. at Jefferson High School. analogy of putting together an all- The program will also be broadcast star basketball team from the north live from the Performing Arts Cen and northeast neighborhoods for a ter and on KBOO radio. The project special game before a crowd of par is jointly sponsored by One World ents and respected people in the Arts Foundation and the Commu In 1981. they collaborated with community and throughout the city. nity Relations Department of the the genius of Thara Memory and According to Grice, writer and di Portland Public Schools, headed by produced the first show of its kind rector of the program, and an ad Dr. Ernest Hartzog. Due to a special from the local community projected ministrator at Ockley Green Middle effort to include the local senior citi onto the stage of Portland’s Civic School, “ The project has been a lot zens, seeing impaired people, the Auditorium . The 1981 “ Time- of hard work and planning, but also Asian, and the professional commu sound” expressed the desire to a lot of fun. These kinds of projects nity, the audience is expected to be showcase the talents o f black go a long way toward aiding as rich as the program. composers long forgotten or never achievement. Often when this is suc All ages are encouraged to attend, discovered so that the history of cessful, students think more of and the bottom line is that the con music might be fleshed out in terms themselves, have more pride, and cert is free. of the music that graced the ears of •• * S ie are more willing to seek academic the people who enjoyed jazz and big achievement in school.” band sounds in the thirties and for The talents o f Ken Berry are ties. widely known in Portland. Not only Youthsound takes a new turn. In is he an E.S.A . A. Coordinator for a year that has threatening clouds the Portland Schools but is a Com hanging over the continued delivery missioner for the Metroplitan Arts of quality services through the pub Commission and a tremendous re For the next six months, Multno lic school system, Berry and Grice source of musical talent for many mah's County's W IC Program feel it is imperative to showcase the groups throughout the city. He has (Women, Infants and Children Sup young people and demonstrate singlehandedly involved the voices plemental Food Program) will be the talent of youth within their com of more than seventy-five students able to serve more applicants. munity. More im portantly, it is from several different high schools The program has received extra money from the Federal Govern w — •'% - I - J - ■ •- - ; ment. 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