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Page 4 T h e Portland Observer M ay 23, 1990
S hades o f L a ce 's P o p u la rity A S hade O f T h e Past
Pulse & Im p u ls e
A M u lt i- C u lt u r a l M e e tin g
Portland Opera to Present Show Boat
Commencing June 16
o f th e M uses
SHADES O F LACE, on the W ing/Polydor label is a female trio -- and yes, the
inevitable has happened. W henever a three-m em ber girl group com es on the music
scene, the nam e o f a legendary D etroit group of the ’60s pops up.
Com parisons are made and the girl group is automatically labeled as this year’s
or this decade’s “ new ” Supremes. However, Vivian Ross, Kathy M errick and Lisa
Frazier? W ell, these W ashington D.C. natives are taking it all in stride.
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Pulse & Im pulse, the upcoming
celebration of Portland's multi-cultural
m odem dance com m unity, will feature
not only new dances, but also several
new ly c o m m issio n e d sc o re s by
O regon-based com posers, including
African American Terry Snowden and
Ghanian m aster-drum m er Israel Nii
Annoh.
Four years ago, the multi-talented
Keith goodman also landed at Jef
ferson. K eith is a dancer, a chor
eographer, a dance instructor, and a
fashion/w earable art designer. His
father was in the Air Force and, like
m ost m iliatary kids, by the time he
graduated from high school, he had
been influenced by life in many parts of
the U.S. and the Philippines. It was in
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The Portland Opera, known for keep
ing with its long standing tradition of
presenting outstanding entertainm ent
announced today the hit musical Show
Boat will be presented at the Civic A u
ditorium starting June 16. M ore than
ju st a medley o f favorite tunes, Show
Boat offers a powerful historic and social
significance that accounts for its many
revivals and has captivated audiences
in its many appearances.
The O pera has solicited the services
o f Dr. Darrell M illner, of Portland State
to develop a piece on that angle for the
program.
In addition Show Boat has given
Portland O pera the opportunity to work
with a num ber o f new singers (in addi
tion to the m any principal roles who
will be w orking Portland for the first
time). The show dem ands a fairly large
chorus, at least half of which are Afri-
can-A m erican. A large part o f this
section o f the chorus was recruited
through formal auditions in October
and January. This has provided the
O pera the chance to work with m usi
cians who come from an entirely differ
ent musical tradition, enriching its ex
perience as well as theirs.
These new chorus members are dedi
cating significant portions o f their lives
to this work. Rehearsals, already under
way, will easily exceed 80 hours. Add
to that time spent for costum e fittings,
m akeup instruction . . . all o f this time
in addition to their regular jobs. These
p eo p le -tra v el agents, teachers, bus
drivers, m others, dancers, aerobic in
stru cto rs-h av e indeed bitten off quite a
chunk.
All for the chance to bring Show
Boat to the Civic Auditorium main-
stage.
When the curtain rises, this ensemble
will open the show and continue to
carry the most significant part o f the
w ork’s choral music. They will re
hearse and sing alongside such people
as Consuelo Hill (Q ueenie), a former
music teacher who has made the role
hers at Cleveland O pera and played in
numerous Broadway and O ff-Broad-
way productions, Sherman Ray Jacobs
(Joe), who is rapidly becom ing one of
the most prom ising singers on the oper
atic stage today, and Cris G roenendaal
(Gaylord), who just finished playing
the title role in the Broadway Phantom
o f the O pera.
The June 16 performance will begin
at 7:30 PM. Additional perform ances
will be held on June 17 (2:00 PM ) and
June 1 8 -Ju n e 23 (8:00 PM).
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