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P«8« « Section I Portland Observer. September 28,1983 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES by Kathryn Hall Bogle I t w u meant to be a “ family affair Reynold*. He won the 1982 award for “ Most Talented M a le " at the school. He attended Stiles School o f Dance, took part in M t. Hood C o m munity College Opera Ensemble production “ Pirate* o f Penzance." and he won an award for his perfor mance o f "O th e llo *’ in the W ilco Play Festival in 1982. H e is a regular member o f St. A ndrew ’s adult and youth choirs. M arla Crowley, who graduated from Madison High School with a 3.3 grade point, was runner-up for the Cortlandt Cambric scholarship and received a small check. Crowley will be remembered also as having been a 1983 Rose Festival princess from Madison High. An arm ful o f roses was presented to Carter along with committee thanks during the intermission. She returned the honorarium to the scholarship fund. The second h alf o f the program returned the audience to music and to Carter’s mastery o f harmony and rhythm. The moving "W a lk in Jeru salem — Just Like Jo h n," found her listeners receptive; " D o n ’t Let Nothing Shake Your F aith " with Josephine Jenkins as soloist, invited the audience to join in the fervor; "C om e by H e r e .''.f r o m Quincy Jones’ "R o o ts“ w a i a gentle plea. on Sunday afternoon at St. Andrew« United Church o f Christ when the Cortlandt Cambric Schol arthip Comm ittee invited member* and friend* o f the church to tea to meet their scholarship winner and to hear the “ Joyful Sound*" choir in concert. The crowd responding filled the church — early, to catch every note o f harmony sung by Margaret C arter’s popular a cappella choir, but even so, the afternoon held a surprise or two. The «election* o f the first h alf o f the program were choral favorite*: “ W ithout Ood I At the St. Andrews Church of Could Do N o th in g ," Thresta Riley, Christ: Willis Williams presents soloist; “ W hat i* T h is ," Jacob bouquet to “Joyful Sounds" M cKinney, soioitt. Then the group choir director. Margaret Carter sang "T h a t'» W hat M y Ood is end Jewell Johns, Chair of F o r,” with Odessa W are listed as Cortlandt Cambric Scholarship soloist from among the bass section. Committee preeents WOO schol You could have heard a pin drop (to arship award to James Renfro, coin a phrase). Carter moved a mike Jr. (Photo: Kevin Williams) in front o f tiny Odessa W are and she sang her solo. Note* were deep and clear, but very «oft. Some might 1983 SSOO.OO scholarship recipient. call the range contralto, but Ware Renfro, the son o f Vilm a and James blended well with the bass section, Renfro, Sr., is enrolled at Portland and Carter is expressing harmony, State University. Renfro kept a 3.2 call the range what you will. grade average at Reynolds High Intermission, and Master o f Cere School and participated in over 19 monies, W ill» W illiams, introduced student activities within theater 18-year-old James Renfro, Jr. as the workshops and performance* at — T ■ he Episcopal Church o f St. Philip the Deacon will present Selma Epstein in a piano concert on Sunday, October 2 at the church at Rodney Avenue and N .B . Knott Street. Tim e is set for 3:00p .m . Epstein, who made her debut at Carnegie H all a* a child prodigy, will present a program dedicated to the memory o f her friend. Richard C. M o ffa tt, the late composer and choirmaster at St. Philip. Her selec tions will include a group o f M o ffa tt’* compositions, along with Schumann's Kreisleriana Opus 16 and a closing group by Percy Orainger. The New Yorker, world-traveled, was graduated from Jullliard and has recently lived in Australia and taught at the Newcastle Conservato- rium there. Epstein ha* a respected reputation for perform ing the music o f minority composer* and is the or ganizer o f a Baltimore-based cham ber music group called "Chromattica U S A " which is devoted to perform ing the music o f minorities and sometimes making up a whole con cert o f music by female composers. "C h ro m attica” indicate* "using all the keys” according to D r. Kenneth Keeling. Director o f Music for Balti more’s Morgan State College. Keel ing, the only Black member, said he is one o f the eight professional musicians or university teachers who make up Chromattica. USA . Epstein continues a* director o f the group. M m e. Epstein comes to Portland from the Far East, Australia and New Zealand and will complete het tour with a concert at Alice Tully H all in Lincoln Center the following week. Proceeds from the Richard M o ffa tt M em orial Concert will benefit W illiam Temple House. The late Richard M offatt waa choirmaster at 8t. 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Before he dismissed the crowd, however, Osborne electnfied the audience again, this time by the an nouncement that Margaret Carter has filed intention o f running for a seat in the Oregon State Legislature. C arter admitted her intentions to enter (he political arena amidst thunderous applause and left the stage. Church committee personnel included: Gustavia Bonner, chair o f reception, assisted by Hazel Motley. O ther* listed were: Louise Cambric, l.ennie Black, Michael H a ll, Jewell Johns, and W illis W illiams. — KBOO PLEDGE W EEK Sat., Oct. 1 through Fri., Oct. 7 IT C O U L D H A P P E N TO YO U A fire or tornado, sickness or injury, mantial troubles or any number of other problems can happen to anyone By giving to United Way. you re making sure that help will be there if you need it. ...................... 9 0 .7 F M C O M M U N IT Y RADIO NON-COMMERCIAL • . LISTENER SUPPORTED AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER & W hy? Because KBOO p ro v id e s .. . Why? 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