Page 4. Portland Obseiver, June 3 I987
THE ENTERT AINMENTSEEN
all night long".
Now, I'll be honest. I love most all music, but remember, a steady diet of
poison will make you sick, just like a healthy diet will make you grow.
Let's especially remember our young who get enough poison just from
day-to-day living. Expose them to the music, dance and art that has every
thing to do with who and what we are.
You may even see where the Temptations got all those steps from or
hear where the dominant drum and bass lines in Rhythm and Blues comes
from. Maybe, you'll see yourself.
A ct One
by Ken Covington
No Black Concerts?
My partner, Rodney, waves at me from the checkout stand as I enter the
supermarket and motions for me to hang on a minute. After pocketing his
change and getting a grip on his bag, he walks over to where I'm standing
and extends his hand. "Hey, Ken, whatcha know good?" "N ot much," I
reply, "just staying busy." "K e n ," he says, as a serious look replaces the
grin, "I'm bored, man, pleeeeease tell me that something is coming up
soon, cause it's been a long time since Freddie Jackson. Hell, man, sum-
mer s almost here!" As I prepare to deliver my speech (whereas I am asked
this so often, I've got one prepared), I think about the sea of white faces
that greeted the last three Black recording artists that came to the city: Gill
Scott Heron (political satire with a jazzy groove), Messenjah (Canada's
No. 1 Reggae band) and King Sunny Ade (African Beat).
Free Concert June 4
The Vocational Music Program housed at the Portland Community Col
lege Cascade Campus will host a June 4 free concert featuring three stu
dent rock bands and surprise special guests.
The groups, under the direction of Instructor Allen Jones, will provide
a variety of styles . . . from "historical" early rock to the latest in contem
porary sounds.
The audience should expect wild costumes, light shows and even a little
'stage smoke, said Clifford W. Waits, program lead instruction, who would
not divulge names of the special guests.
Billed as the Term Final Rock Concert, the program will be from 6:36 to
9 p.m., Thursday, June 4, in the Cascade Hall auditorium. Cascade Cam
pus is located at 705 N. Killingsworth St.
Futherinformati on is available from Waits at 283-2541, Ext 5226.
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Even though there is less than a 10% Black attendance to these African
and Reggae concerts, I have convinced some of the promoters of the im
portance of advertising them within the Black community, and, as of late,
there has been a noticable increase in Black attendance. There is room for
more, a lot more. ■
To all those who read Act One, please pay attention to our entertainment
advertising; patronize, attend, and tell them where you read it. To my
friends, no offense, living is learning. Let's grow together. To everyone,
when is the last time you went to a BLACK CONCERT?
Alcohol and Drug Abusers
A workshop for co-dependents of alcohol and drug abusers, sponsored
by Project for Community Recovery, will be held at the Maranatha Church,
1777 n .E. Skidmore, 7:00 to 9:00 pm on Monday evenings starting June 8,
1987 to be continued for the next five weeks.
The main focus of this program is education and intervention. Presenta
tions will be given, free of charge, to co-dependents, informing them of the
symptoms and progression of substance abuse, as well as available com
munity resources. The workshop teaches a structured confrontation inter
vention method to get the addicted individual into treatment.
Since only a small percentage of substance abusers avail themselves of
the opportunity for help, this co-dependent education is established to offer
helD to those close io the abuser that are in need.
For additional information contact Fred Williams at 282-2468.
King Sunny Ade
Brothers and Sisters, you are really robbing yourselves when you limit
yourselves to attending only Top 40 R&B concerts. I am really appreciative
of the whites in this city who not only book these events but patronize them
to such as extent that there are at least one or two a month, either at Starry
Night or Pine Street Theatre
We, as a people (Blacks), have one tri the richest and Ttaresting cultural
backgrounds of any of our Asian or European brothers, and it puzzles me
tnat we Afro Americans, .-co have been systematically stripped of our cul
tural heritage since our arrival in the Western Worid d e n t sieze these
opportunities to acquaint and rejuvinate ourseives at every opportunity.
Remember Kunta Kinte/Toby? The term "I Am Somebody!"? - which
was popular during the 60's? It should still be popular today, tomorrow
and forever. Never forget who and what you are, and take pride in it.
To be honest, I would rather take my children to a Reggae or African
concert than to a Top 40 R&B concert. At one of the R&B concerts, I
would be concerned about harsh language, lewd and sexist actions, and
effeminate male "role models", if you please. At the African and Reggae
concerts, the musicians are consistently asking you to repeat African words
and explaining their meaning in depth. Their music is also about ideas and
ideals, rather than "how my baby done me wrong" or "how I can make love
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