Portland Observer, March 20, 1906, Page 5
Verbal agreements—beware
Better Entertainm ent A ttraction* N etw ork (B E A N.) is an independ
ently owned prom otion* company that also provide* a variety of *erv-
ices to other organization* (light*, sound. P R .. perform er*, etc.). Re
cently B E A N had an opportunity to provide lighting for the Youth
Week Kick off event held in the Pioneer Square after the chairperson
of the event. Ken Adair, decided w ithin the last tw o w e e k * before the
event to accept B E A N * service*. The service* B.E A N provided
were contracted, but additional expense was acquired that day and
was necessary to com plete service* B E A N w as given permission
by M r Adair to m ake addition* and he would m ake sure the expense
would be taken care of. but sorry to say M r Adair did not uphold hi*
verbal agreement and refused to pay the additional expense for soma
reason of his own. Even though the expense was not paid. B E A N,
was still liable for it and will accept it. but w ill from now on be careful
in making verbal agreements w ith certain people
Patricia bulitt p erform * one of the traditional Eskimo dance* she
brought to Portland
(Photo: Bonnie Kamin)
Spring party
Eskimo dance offers rare treat
Calvin W alker will be having a Spring party at the Last Hurrah IS W.
5th and Alder) on M onday. March 25th at 9:00 p.m Singing along w ith
Calvin will be M ary Lou Anderson, one of Portland'* finest female sing
ers Also appearing that night will be comedian Francine Rafter of 2100
and the Clean Cut Vocals, Joe (BEAN) Keller. Petra Fisher. Richard
Greer and M ary Turner. You. the public, are invited to attend thi* dy
namic party and show Admission is only $3 00 See you there
Blackrock 88 auditions
Blackrock 88 auditions w ill be held on Friday night. March 29. at the
M a tt Dishman C om m unity Center. 77 N.E. Knott St., phone 282 1460
The tim e w ill be 9.00 p.m. and the cost is $3 00 per person. $6 00 per
couple
Blackrock 88 is a teen dance show, the first of its kind in the Pacific
Northwest The show is open to students from the ages of 15 to 20
Those on the show are expected to act like young adults at all times —
no bad language, drugs or bad attitudes will be toleratedl All dancer
selections w ill be done by the show producer, J. W Friday, for Groove
Factor Productions.
We also are presently looking for a solid rap group to appear on the
cable TV show. Rainbow City. All rap groups must pre register to par
ticipate For more inform ation, you may call 282 1460
We look forw ard to seeing all the rappers and dancers on Friday,
March 29. at the Blackrock 88 auditions. Be there or be square! Black
rock 88 is a Grove Factor production. This event will be video taped for
Cablecast on Cable T V.
Central American film festival
This week has been designated "Central America Week" by the Port
land Central America Solidarity Committee IPCASC). Five short films will
1» presented at the First Congregational Church. 1126 S W Park, at 7 and
»30 p m . on both Friday. March 22. and Saturday. March 23. Todns Sanins
( 'uchumatan Report from a Guatemalan I illave. was the 1983 Blue Ribbon
winner in the American film festival -1 Time o f Danny, a film by the Rim and
Television Collective of the Radio Venceramo* System/FMLN, won the
Grand Coral 1st Prize. 1983. in the Festival of New Latin American Cinema
N tt A o f Revolution, a film by Howard Enders, produced by ABC News and
the Institute for Food and Development Policy, won the 1980 Dupont-
Columbra University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism ¿town
o f the People, by Craven and Kraft has been deacribed by Beth Bates, film
critic for In Ibeve Tunes, as "A poingiant picture of what the literacy cam
pergn meant to the Nicaraguans " Lastly. Reuyanocchio, an animated short,
depicts what is in store for us If Reagan continues to get hi* way The ad
mission price for the Central American film festival is M OO.
by Robert Lot Kian
Il's not often that P ortland gets a
chance to experience E skim o culture,
but such an o p p o rtu n ity was made
possible recently by the U nited In
dians fo r Higher Education at PSU.
The native Am erican student group,
which promotes cross-cultural awarenev,
and advocates f ix Indian students,
brought an expert in Eskimo dance to
the university on Feb. 28.
Patricia Bulitt. o f Berkeley, C alifor
nia, pertormed traditional dances and
sang songs taught her by Eskimos o f
Northern Alaska.
She lived m Alaska in the late I97(k.
teaching creative dance to Eskimo chil
dren and adults as part o f the state arts
program While there, she learned about
traditional dances, costumes and masks
which have almost been lost to progress.
Bulitt captures the spin! o f Eskimo
shaman dancers who transform them
selves menially into seals, polar bears
and other animal “ spirits.” In "M other
o f M ukluk Seal Mask Dunce," she
was a seal swimming beneath the waves,
koking at fish Her costume consisted
o f a seal mask recreated from a 1910
Eskimo mask and a parka made from
the cleaned and dried intestines o f seals.
Traditional songs, drum m ing and chants
accxxnpamed this dance.
Spring Vacation
The parka’s rattling and cracklings
added to the sptntual atmosphere as
Bulitt took on the fearful, otherworldly
aspeci o f the shaman.
In " I undra Trance," she danced and
sang walking gximey songs taught her
by (In in a M cIntyre from Eek, Alaska
and Neva Rivers from Hixiper Bay,
Alaska.
Bulitt's performance represented the
story telling, stationary dame forms o f
tw o o f the five Eskim o groups, the
Y u p 'ik and the Inupiaq. T ra d itio n a l
ly, men sing and play drum s and both
men and women dance Gestures are
repeated to the left and the right to
create a feeling o f balance.
E skim o dance is p rim itive in the
pure sense o f the w ord w ithout the
derogatory connotations. "A lm o s t
like h a ik u ," said an observer in the
audience, o f the to ta lly spare move
ment that nevertheless energetically
suggests vivid image.
A non-E skim o, B ulitt said her
Eskim o friends had given their per
mission fo r her to act as an emissary
o f their culture. A fte r her p e rfo rm
ance, she showed slides o f those who
had taught her their dances and songs.
Their pre-fab houses were surrounded
by snow in m id M ay, and they had
" fis h hanging out to d ry on the w ire ,”
she said.
DANCE
and Rhyme Show
Thursday. March 28. 1985
Starry Night
IN .W . 6th ft Burnside)
9:00p.m. until 1:00a.m.
Feeturing
Untouchable Rappers
The Two M ike Jammas
East-West Crew
Lady Love
Larry Bell
The Chaz
and more
High School & older
$000
W
per couple
American Friends Service Committee
2249 E. B u rn s id e S tre e t
P o rtla n d , O R 97204
(503) 230 9427
Tbq P .S.U . Black Cultural Affairs Board is giving a spring vacation
dance for returning college students at the Portland M o to r Hotel. 1414
S W 6th Ave., Friday. M arch 29th from 8 p.m. to 2 a m. The cover is
>3 00. and $1 00 for students w ith college I D card*, w ith an open bar
available for 21 and over. All college student* are invited to m eet other
college students.
Little Laurie Durvin g e t* into the act during the performance of Win
nie The Pooh at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Laurie does a
jig w ith Tiger (Heidi Durrow) while Piglet (M ark Durrow) and Pooh
(M ark Blake) look on.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
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focuses on U S foreign policy as it rotate! to human right! in Third W orld nations
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