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Page 6 Section II Portland Observer, July 21,1982 A way from the bright lights of her public life. Tina Turner relaxes on the diving board of the pool at her home. Loving It Tina Turner at 42-years-old is still beautiful, youthful, and in the middle o f a very successful solo career w ith a huge “ crossover” follow ing. Tina talks candidly about her breakup with Ike and her success without him. Tina now admits that Ike to ta lly controlled her life and often beat her. She le ft him six years ago when she realized she co u ld n ’ t take anymore abuse. Now Tina is in charge o f her business and personal life and says, “ I ’ m happier now than I ’ve ever been in my entire life .’ ’ Tina says she doesn’ t w ork at her y o u th fu l appearance but she credits chanting as the key to her success and good looks. She is a Buddhist and has been chanting fo r twelve years. Tina thinks that “ chanting helps you get what you want faster—happiness, good health, material things, whatever.” A fte r more than 25 years “ on the road” , T ina T urner has fin a lly found freedom and peace o f mind. Washington Park Summer Festival. Portland, Oregon, July 23 - August 22. (Photo:Lisa Stone) vopcycs 4 with that Original New Orleans Flavor Oklahom a! opana tha Washington Park Summar Fast Iva I. July 23- 28, 8:30 p.m., Rosa Gardan Amphithsstsr. L to R: Usa Diahl as Laur- ay, Ron Bralllar as Curly, David York as Will Parkar, Nina Bradford as Ado Annla Carnas. (Photo: Usa 8 tons I W a s h in g to n P a rk S u m m e r F e s tiv a l Mr. Music Maker When Herbie Hancock makes music, i t ’ s usually a sum m it meeting o f musical superstars, and Hancock’ s latest C olum bia LP, L ite Me Up, is no exception. A fter all, Hancock was part o f Miles Davis’ acclaimed a g g re g a - tion in the Sixties with jazz greats Tony W illiams, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter, fielded his own best-selling band in the Seventies— Headhunters— and has had three R&B hit singles in the last few years. The songwriters Hancock called on or collaborated w ith fo r Lite Me Up are like members o f a musical w ho’ s who. Rod Temperton co-wrote three songs on the album w ith H erbie and w rote another three on his ow n. Temperton in the past has w ritten songs fo r Michael Jackson’ s O f f The W all LP , George Benson’ s “ Gimme The N ig h t” and Q uincy Jones’ The Dude LP. Temperton was also a member o f the h it group Heatwave (o f “ Boogie N ights” fame). For the cut “ Paradise,” Hancock called upon three other writers to help him o u t— David Foster, Jay Graydon and B ill Champlin. Foster writes songs with Earth, W ind and Fire and has produced acts like H all and Oates. Jay Graydon has produced stars like A1 Jarreau, George Benson and Dionne W arwick. And B ill Cham plin has written fo r Earth, Wind and Fire, and is a co-composer o f George Benson’ s m illion-sel ling hit, “ Turn Your Love A round.” When Herbie Hancock wants to make music that w ill “ lite up” his audience, he only uses the best. OREGON SMOKES * U i PURVEYORS OF FINE SMOKED PRODUCTS SINCE 1971 PACKED FOR: OREGON SMOKER. PORTLAND, OREGON 97221 1201 J a n tze n Beach C anter ! Right next to K-Mart I'VE GOT GREAT LEGS! 3 Locations To'Serve You: 5949 N.E. Union Ave. 3120 N.E. Union Ave. 283 9542 281 2628 2320 S.E. 82nd Ave. 7749661 The Washington Park Summer Festival begins Friday, July 23, at 8:30 p.m . w ith Theatre W orkshop’ s production o f “ O kla h o m a !” in the Rose Garden Amphitheater. The Festival w ill continue nearly n ig h tly th ro u g h A ugust 22 w ith some o f P ortland’ s finest entertain m e n t-o p e ra , symphony, jazz, bal let, even movies. Even though it is the 33rd year for the fine Portland tradition, there is p le n ty o f new e n te rta in m e n t this year. New to the Festival is Portland Brass Society’ s “ Evening o f Brass C ham ber M u s ic ,” A u g u st 1st at 8:30. F or fo lk m usic lovers A r t i choke Music presents “ A n Evening o f Folk and Ethnic M usic” on A u gust 11th at 8:30. On August 16 the Swingphonic Band w ill play at 8:30 and on August 18 the Herero Dan- zers w ill present “ Passages: A Dance and Music Safari.” These new groups w ill be joining such regular fa vo rite s as W oody H ite ’ s Big Band “ Sounds o f the F orties” fo r an unforgettable sum mer o f free musical evenings above the C ity and under the stars. Professional Preference Curl 35°° French Curl 35°° We w eht curly yesterday, KILLS FLEASJICKS! , Sergeant* MNTRT-I ■I Flea A Ttch Cottar Variety Salon 4664 N .E . U n io n 284-6017 3516 N .E . 1 5 th 287-5618 e
