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Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland Com m unity C ollege’ s
M onday N ig h t Big Band recently re
The Jefferson Dancers
New Ja ck City
PCC Community
ty Big Band
Brings Home The Prize
Created in 1976, The Jefferson
Dancers, directed by M ary Vinton
Folberg, is the perform ing arm o f the
nationally known Dance Department at
Jefferson High School in Portland. It is
a multi-ethnic company o f dancers, ages
14 - 19. The ensemble is composed o f
the school’ s most advanced dance
students who have come to the
Performing A rts Center at Jefferson for
dance training, either through the Portland
Public Schools or through the school’ s
a ffilia tio n w ith Portland Com m unity
College.
T heir repertoire includes over
70 works o f tap, ballet, modem, jazz,
ethnic and musical theatere dance works.
Ten to twenty works are active fo r any
season, in c lu d in g in te rn a tio n a lly
renowned and award-winning works.
Those who have worked w ith the
company include Donald McKayle, Lynn
D ally, Paul Russell, Brenda Bufalino,
L o w e ll Sm ith, Royston Maldoom,
Raymond Sawyer, to name a few.
These young people come from
a ll over the Northwest to study dance at
Jefferson. They want to w ork w ith
professional choreographers, and they
against four-year schools such as Utah
State, Washington State, the U niver
sity o f Idaho, Brigham Young U niver
sity and A m a rillo College in Texas.
M em ory said, explaining his sense
o f accomplishment for the PCC band,
“ We are unique in that we are truly a
com m unity band, made up o f w orking
folks, part-time students, retirees, and
semi-professional musicians. W e do
not have the resources o f the four-year
schools.”
Students were able to meet such
jazz legends as D izzy G illespie, Lionel
Hampton and B illy Eckstein. PCC stu
dent Andre St. James was invited to
practice w ith Lionel Ham pton’s group.
St. James plays bass.
For more inform ation or group
bookings, please contact PCC’s Voca
tional M usic department, Cascade
Campus, 244-6111, ext, 5225 or B ill
Garbett, 249-3304.
turned a w inner from the Lionel Hamp
ton Festival at the U niversity o f Idaho
in M oscow, Idaho, the band is head
quartered at PC C ’ s Cascade Campus,
705 N. K illin g sw o rth.
Thara M em ory, w ell-know n West
Coast jazz trumpeter and music direc
tor o f the PCC jazz band, was pleased
w ith his group’ s first e ffo rt at the Idaho
com petition.
Patrick Lam b won first in the saxo
phone com petition and also was judged
the best overall soloist for the com peti
tion. Lam b was awarded a silver flute.
PCC trom bonist Ed Green took first
place in the trombone soloist division.
The college took fifth out o f 14 entrants
in the Large Group ensemble division.
P ortlandandBellevueC om m unity
colleges were the o nly com m unity
colleges invited to participate. The PCC
M onday N igh t B ig Band competed
Looking for something new
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Judd Nelson and rapper Ice-T play streetwise cops on the v a il o f an inner-city
crack dealer in New Jack C ity , a Warner Bros. Pictures release directed by M ario
Van Peebles. The New Jack C ity soundvack album is available on Giant/Reprise
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"N e w J a c k ." A term that’s
come to describe a new sound o f music,
a new street hustler, a new executive,
vital and exciting, emerging from
America's inner cities. N ow both the
sights and the sounds o f that urban
landscape have come to life in New
Jack C itv. an extraordinary new film
w ith a pow erful original soundtrack
album on giant Records.
The name 'N e w J a c k " was
o rig in a lly coined by journalist and
screenwriter Barry M ichael Cooper to
describe a new mood and tone that is
coming to dominate modem street life.
A form er drug addict who has w ritten
extensively about Am erica’s urban
underclass, it was Cooper’s investigative
reporting that provided early impetus
for both the story and style o f this Warner
Bros. Pictures release.
New Jack C itv is described by
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update o f gangster movies...an action-
ladened epic about the rise and fa ll o f an
inner c ity crack dealer.”
Film ed on location in Harlem
and the Bronx by director M ario Van
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W hile drugs and guns form the
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It’s that time o f year again to choose
tw o new courts to rule over Rosaria.
The first 1991 Junior Rose Festival
princess w ill be selected on March 12,
and the first Senior rose Festival p rin
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Eastport district w ill crown its junior
princess Tuesday evening, March 12 in
the Franklin H igh School auditorium .
Seven additional ju n io r princesses w ill
be selected to represent different geo
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N ine- and ten-year-old g irls at
tending Portland elementary schools
may try out fo r the Junior Court. The
girls are judged on poise, speaking ability,
an interview and appearance. Once
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dozens o f appearances to promote the
Rose Festival and Portland. The Junior
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nursing homes, meets c ity and state
officials, and attends numerous lunches,
dinners and special events. The ju n io r
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the Pacific Power Junior Parade and the
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One o f the eight ju n io r princesses
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Eastport D istrict 5 March 12,
6:30pm Franklin High School
H aw thorne D is tric t 6 March 14,
6:30pm Franklin High School
N orth D istrict 2
March 26,
6:30pm Roosevelt High School
W alnut Park Dlst.3 March 28,
6:30pm Whitaker Middle School
Sellw ood/M oreland D istrict 4
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Cleveland High School
W est H ills D is tric t 8 April 4,
6:30pm Wilson High School
Gateway D is tric t 7
April 9,
6:30pm Madison High School
H ollyw ood D istrict 1 April 11,
6:30 pm Blnnsmead Elem.School
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film w ith its crackling rhythm and pace.
The connection between the story and
the music is underscored by yet another
"N ew J a c k " star, Ice-T, m aking his
acting debut. One o f rap’s most relevant
and riveting rappers, Ice -T ’s role as
undercover cop Scotty Appleton utilizes
a ll the form er gang member’s sveet
savvy to bring down mobster N ino
Brown. “ We wanted someone who could
be a positive role model and yet go
easily undercover and be believable as
a gangster,” says director Van Peebles.
“ Ice is a natural inhabitant o f the urban
landscape sketched in the film .”
As m ight be expected, New
Jack C ity also features some o f the
founding members o f the "N e w J a c k "
sound. Leading the pack is Teddy R iley
him self w ith his group Guy perform ing
the title song, "N ew Jack C ity.”
Following closely are chart-toppers Keith
Sweat singing "T h e re You Go (Telling
M e N o A g a in )," " T m S till W a itin g " by
Johnny G ill, " I ’ m D re a m in '" by
Christopher W illiam s and "F a c ts O f
L ife " by Danny Madden.
The New Jack C ity soundvack
also offers an array o f prom ising
newcomers from Giant Records serving
up some o f the screen’s most memorable
musical moments.
may very w ell choose to pursue careers
in dance. A lu m n i o f The Jefferson
Dancers are currently perform ing
professionally in many U.S. and foreign
cities, including New York, Los Angeles,
Montreal, Denver, Kyoto, and M ilan.
Dancers for this young company
are auditioned in the spring and those
selected make a commitment to perform
w ith the group for one school year.
They attend classes u ntil 5:00 p.m,
everyday. T heir day includes dance
technique classes, a tw o-hour rehearsal,
and academic classes in w hich they
must attain a strong grade point averages.
Their training is intended to be broad as
well as deep and unlike most professional
dance companies, the Jefferson Dancers
perform works in all dance styles.
The com pany
p e rfo rm s
extensively throughout the West Coast,
Northwest, and Western Canada for
community concerts, school assemblies,
cu lm ina ting each spring in tw o
completely different programs at the
H u lt Center in Eugene and their popular
home season concerts at Portland’ s
Intermediate Theatre in the Portland
Center for the Performing Arts.
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