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Pag« 6 Portland Observer, June 13, 1964 v * î Suipiper Learning ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK Jot "titan"Keller, Entertainment Editor Jeanne Hartzog O w n e r/D ire c to r Future Funk "Help chddren catch up or keep up" R eading Er M a th Classes O n S unday, June 17th. tw o of Portland'» m o lt innovative dance band», LeBon and Tom Cheek» and the H y Tecs, m eet at Key Largo in Old T ow n Sylvan Learning t e Center for a double bill Both groups include several of the city'« top musician« end e x p lo re n e w d ire c tio n s in m o d ern m u sic, w h e re fre e J e n horn solos flirt w ith rock vocals and consent to funk on the dance floor. LeBon w as organised in 1983 by percussionist and song w riter Rick M it- chell. T h e Hy tecs, a seven piece group, is led by baritone saxophonist and vocalist T o m Cheeks 4 3 0 0 N .E . F rem o n t S t. S u ite 230 Spanky, Burn'em Up C o n fid e n t, e n e rg e tic an d a lw a y s re a d y to p e rfo rm is th e o n ly w a y to describe this 13 year old singer and d an ce m ach ine S p a n k y Hopkins has been entertaining audiences throughout the Portland area w ith his "T rib u te 249 2855 Call NOW to reserve class time June 2 0 th thru August 31 st to M ich a e l J a c k s o n " and repertoire of his m usic. S p a n k y w ill delight you w ith tunes fro m M ic h a e l’s past such as "I w an t you b ack" on through to his m ost recent hit tu n e , "T h riller" S panky will be appearing on Sunday, June 17th for tw o shows at 3 and 6 p m at Darcelle's, 206 N W 3rd Tickets are $5 21 and over W in n in g a h u g f r o m lit t le M e lin d a S w e n s o n o f P o r tla n d is C a p n B e w a re , th e B e a c h S a fe ty B e a r. T h e tw o w ill be a m o n g th o s e f e a tu r e d in a te le v is io n p u b lic s e rv ic e a n n o u n c e m e n t n o w re a d y fo r s h o w in g th r o u g h o u t th e s ta te T h e T V c a m p a ig n , a lo n g w i t h re la te d r a d io a n d p r i n t m e d i a m e s s a g e s , w i l l m a k e t h e p o i n t t h a t t h e O re g o n c o a s t is a b e a u tifu l p la c e to v is it, p a r tic u la r ly if s o m e n a tu ra l d a n g e rs a re k e p t In m in d T h e e ff o r t is s p o n s o re d b y th e S t a te P a rk s a n d R e c r e a tio n D iv is io n , In c o o p e r a tio n w i t h a s te e r in g c o m m it t e e c o m p o s e d o f c o a s ta l re s id e n ts . Black single mothers P h o to b y R ic h a rd B r o w n > S p e ll »7 Is a tw o -e c t p ro d u c tio n th a t a llo w s th e a u d ie n c e to o b s e rv e t h e p a in a n d c e le b r a t io n o f T h ir d W o r ld a r t is ts . T h e p ls y Is s e t In s b a r w h ic h h a s b e e n c o n s tr u c te d as a h a v e n o r 's a f e '' p la c e fo r th e s e a r t is ts to c o n g r e g a t e . T h e c a s t o f 9 p e r fo r m e r s I6 w o m e n b 4 m e n l In c lu d e s p o e t s , d a n c e r s , a c t o r s a n d a c tr e s a e s w h o a r e in v a r io u a a t a t e a o f e m p l o y m e n t . F ro m L ily , w h o n e v e r s e e m s t o b e a b le to la n d a p a r t a n d . t h e r e f o r e , o p ts o u t o f th e w o r ld o f r e a lit y , to A le c , w h o c h o o s e s h is p a r t c a r e f u l l y a n d p o l i t i c a l l y , t o L o v . w h o as a m a g ic ia n c r e a te s th e illu s io n t h a t a llo w s th e s e p e o p le to c o n tin u e to e x is t a n d s u rv iv e . In as m u c h a s S p e ll" Is a re a lis tic lo o k a t th e a r t is t , e a c h p e r fo r m e r Is f o r c e d t o lo o k a t t h e m s e l f ss b o t h c h a r a c t e r a n d a r t i s t . 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