Portland Observer, September 26, 1984, Page 7
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W T IM IN C O UC H ANO »UBNSIO1 IN HISTORIC O lO T()WN
Jo« "Bean” Keller. Entertainment Editor
Sept. 28th thru Oct. 4th
Why Do Wo Miss Out?
Fri. A Sal........................ Billie Rancher <5 The Unreal Gods
Sun. A Mon. ............................................ Pee Wee Clay Ion
Tues.................................................................... The Cool Rags
Wed. ....................................................... Terry R obb Band
Thur............................................. Curtis Salgado/In Yo Face
Portend has been considered M l "maybe cfty" by a tot of netioneiy known
Bieck artists because of the lack of totaraat shown by the Black oommunfty.
Many artists w « ba enroute from CaWomia to the Northwest and w S fly over
Portland and go to Seattle whore ooople are more racapdva. W e. the oom
munfty aa a whole, have to atari showing more concern If w a aver went to ba
recognized on a national level. The problem aaama to ba that moat people weft
until the laat minute to decide If they ahould buy advance tickets, which to a
promoter or artist determines how the city Is reapondtog to the event. A good
example wes the B B King concert, which was soid out tw o days before the
show; out of the aold-out crowd of over 1,300 people, there were approximate
ly GO to 76 Blacks. The reason for thia la that they a* wafted until the day of
the ahow, but by than It waa too lata. W e have to atart ahowlng more advance
support If w e ever went to sea national acta In Portland, aa well aa ahowlng sup
port for our local acts. Otherwise, w e w « mias out.
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Lunch • Dinner • Drinks • 223-9919 |
'Throw Down 84" Danco/Show
On Friday November 2. 1984, B.E.A.N. w * ba presenting "Throw Down
84" at the Starry Night (N .W . 8th and Burnside).
A t least three of Portland s fsneet R&B, funk bands, rapp groups and
breakdance groups wB throw down their beat hand at thia ad-age dance and
ahow. This show will possibly ba taped for cable television. Tickets wB ba
available soon. Read next week's Portland Observer for more information or
call Joe (Bean) KaHar at 2B3-248B.
The S tre et M u s ic Band w ill be p erfo rm in g a t th e Esquire Club (17th ft
A lb erta) S ept. 27th thru 28th and w ill appear a t G eneva's Lounge O ct.
3rd and 4th
Featuring Roland Harris & Terry Cook
Portland Opera premieres its 20th anniversary season with an exciting new
production of Roaatoi's rollicking comic opera, "The Barber of SevWe." Open
mg night is Saturday. September 29, at 8 p.m. in Civic Auditorium with sub
sequent performances on Wedneeday, October 3, and Saturday,
October 6.
The S tap le Brothers B and w ill ap p ear a t th e Esquire C lub (17th ft A l
berta) ev ery M o n d a y , T u e sd ay an d W ed n e sd ay nights.
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Boo Ball
Saturday, October 27th
Night Rap, Oct. 2,10 p.m.
W in n e rs a n d losers u n d e r th e R e a g a n p o licies .
Judy Moora Smith presents Expressions of
Black culture gospel on Redlo Zine Frldey,
September 28th, 9:30 e.m.
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Tarry C o o k, n ative T exan , m a d e
opera d eb u t In th e 1983 Paris O p
are p ro d u ctio n o f "O th e llo ." T h a t
year ha d e b u te d as w e ll In th e
V erdi " R e q u ie m ." H e Joined th e
M e tro p o lita n O pera laat season aa
a m e m b e r o f th e Young A rtists
D e v e lo p m e n t p ro g ram a n d de
b u te d In th e fall M a t p ro du ctio n
o f "La T r a v ia t a "
Thia past spring ha sang th e
loading basa role In a n a w p ro d u c
tion o f H a n d el's "R in a ld o ." H a
p erfo rm ed on th e " In P e rfo rm
an ce a t th e W h ite House Series
fea tu rin g artists o f th e M e tro p o ll
tan O pera fo r PB S -T V .
Roland Harris Is k n o w n b y audl
encee th ro u g h o u t O reg o n as an
accom plished o peratic and choral
p erfo rm er and for his vocal end
in stru m en tal teach ing In O regon
school districts H e has sung lea d
ing roles in "D o n G io v a n n i," "La
B o h e m e ,"
"Don C a rlo ." " T h e
M a g ic R u ts ." T o s c e " .
H a la a
m e m b er o f th e P o rtlan d O pera
Chorus, th e P o rtlan d S ym p h o n y
Chorus and the A m e ric a n Choral
D irecto rs A sso ciatio n. M r. Harris
Is presently a vocal co ach en d p i
anist fo r Jefferso n H ig h School's
m usicals as w a ll aa a private voice
teacher
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