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Page 6...The Portland Observer...February 12, 1992 Portland Observer ENTERTAINMENT OYZ II Men Earn Four Soul Train and Two Grammy Nods Take Home American Music Award and Image Award M otow n’s Boyz II Men recently captured four Soul Train Awards nom i nations, on the heels o f winning an .American Music Award for Favorite New Artist/R&B and an NAACP Im age Award for Best New Recording A rtist. Boyz II Men is a contender to win tw o Grammy Awards (Best New A rtist and Best R&B Performance). Soul Train nods include Best New Artist, Best Single, Song o f the Year and Best M usic Video. B oyz II M e n ’s d e b u t L P, Cooleyhighharmony, which is currently at 3.7 million and rapidly approaching the 4 m illion mark in sales, has made them the m ost successful talent in the history o f “ new ” Motown. It has been a fixture in the Top 20 o f Billboard’s pop album s chart for more than six solid months. Boyz II M en’s current smash single, “ Uhh Ahh,” follows their two Top 10 singles: the biographical m ega-hit “ M otow nphilly” and the infectious acappella remakes of “ It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yester day .” “ Please D on’t G o ” will be the next eagerly anticipated release from this deep album. Boyz II Men is at the forefront of “ new ” M otow n’s successful tradition o f breaking and developing new artists. The group’s album sales have surpassed labelmates Another Bad Creation (2.5 million), Johnny Gill (2.3 m illion) and The Boys (1.2 million). Shancie Wilson’s “ Inner C hild’ ’ LP, which landed the #2 pop smash “ I Love Your Smile,” prom BOYZ II Men Become the Most Successful Group In “New" Motown's History as debut "Cooleyhighharmony" LP Surpasses Triple Platinum Mark Pictured: (top to bottom, l-r) Michael Bivins (top center), Another Bad Creation co-manager Kevin Wales (top left), M.C. Brains (top right/ hat), Wanya Morris (left, Boyz II Men), Shawn Stockman (2nd from left, Boyz II Men), Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men), Michael McCary (right, Boyz II Men), Marc Pugh (ABC, left in front of Wanya), Fled Pugh (ABC, left in front of Marc), G.A. Austin (ABC, glasses), LiT Dave Shelton (ABC, in front of G.A.), Chris Sellers (ABC, right of G.A.), Flo Flo Chapman (ABC, right, in front of McCary). the pop charts. Their debut effort has gone multi-platinum with more than 2.5 million sold. “ My W orld” is the new single/video. Live perform ances earned Boyz II ises to continue the trend. Another Bad Creation is the young est group in history (yes, younger than Men standing ovations at the American the Jackson 5) to have a top 10 album on Music Awards and Image Awards. Other Dance Theatre of Harlem Photo Exhibit Continues at Urban League “ R etrospective,” an exhibit o f 37 photographs tracing the evolution of the Dance Theatre o f Harlem, contin ues in Portland with exhibitions at the Urban League o f Portland. From Feb ruary 10 through 28 the exhibit will show in the Urban League of Portland ’ s W hitney M. Young, Jr. Education and Cultural Center, 10 N. Russell St. View ing hours are Monday to Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m., Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m. Dance Theatre o f Harlem was founded in 1969 by former New York City B alletstar Arthur M itchell follow ing the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. M itchell’s goal was to give H arlem ’s disadvantaged youth an outlet for cultural achievement. From humble beginnings the company has grown into a world-renowned ensemble know n for its blend o f classical and contem porary w orks. “ Retrospective ” captures that evolution through photos o f som e of the com pany’s most famous productions o f the past three decades. The exhibit is sponsored by the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre and was organized by a local Audience Development Task Force working to promote Dance Theatre o f H arlem ’s upcoming visit to Portland. The cele brated dance com pany’s Portland en gagement was presented by Oregon Ballet Theatre and Security Pacific Bank at the Civic Auditorium February 7-9. The task force is a community- based group of volunteers working to increase the diversity of Dance Theatre of H arlem ’s audience. “ We arc pleased to be able to share this positive ex ample o f African American cultural achievem ent with the community dur ing Black History M onth,” said task force co-chair Joe W yatt, a former m ember o f Dance Theatre of Harlem and currently director of School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. The task force’s outreach campaign focuses on schools, churches and community groups in the Portland area. performances on shows such as the Arsenio Hall Show, The Tonight Show and TN T’s Super Bowl Saturday Night pre-game show earned them additional praise. Boyz II Men will announce details o f a major concert tour in the near future. 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The program features commentary by promi nent backers o f the cam paign, includ ing President George Bush, fonmer House majority whip and current UNCF Presi dent and CEO W illiam H. G ray, III, Ambassador W alter Anncnberg, G en eral Motors Chairm an Robert Stempel, “ T oday” show host Bryant Gumbel, and others. “ Our historically black colleges and universities have produced m ost of the African-American leaders in busi ness, governm ent, education and every .All Jazz, All the Time. The Full Spectrum of Jazz... ...7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year. The new Verve Records release by Portland Pianist/V ocalist Tom Grant “ In Your W ildest D ream ” will be re leased on Tuesday, February 18th. Tom will be at the 32nd and East Burnside location o f Music Millennium between the hours o f 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to m eet the public and sign autographs as an official record release party. Music Millennium will provide Hors d ’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages to those who attend. 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We contend that it is not necessary for the North/ Northeast neighborhoods to take the neighbor hood out o f the neighborhood for buying and selling Real Estate. There are other great Real Estate Companies in Portland, but Progressive Realty is located in the neigh borhood and can give you better service. W e care about our neighborhoods and strive to circulate moneys earned at least two to three times in the neigh borhood before leaving it. Why not give Progressive Realty a chance to handle all your Real Estate needs. Call C.F. (Cliff) Richardson or any o f the Agents in the company. Portland Community College as part of Black History Month Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orches tra was established by the U.S. C on gress in recognition of the significance of jazz in A merican culture. Jazz fea tures the best perform ances from the O rchestra’s debut 1991 concert series at the Smithsonian. “ Much of this music would other wise have been lost to perform ers and listeners forever,” notes producer W esley H om er. “ These are all pre miere performances of critical editions exciting moments in the revival and preservation o f A m erica’s m ost im por tant jazz literature.” Support for the production o f Jazz. is provided by The John Hammond Fund for the Performance o f American Music and the Sm ithsonian’s Educa- • tional Outreach Fund. Support for broad cast o f this program is provided by NPR member stations and by the NPR Cultural Program Fund. Contributors include the Lila Wallace-Readcr’s Digest Fund and the M cM aster-Carr Supply Company. NPR programming can be heard on nearly 440 stations nation wide. In celebration o f Black History Month, National Public Radio (NPR) listeners will have a rare opportunity to hear historic, almost lost, jazz com po sitions by Duke Ellington, Chick Webb, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, and oth ers. Jazz is a two-hour special program featuring concert performances by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orches tra. The newly founded ensemble is conducted by renowned musicians and jazz scholars David Baker and Gunther S c h u lle r. P ro d u ced by R adio Smithsonian, Jazz will be broadcast this February by NPR member stations nationwide. (Call your local public radio station for broadcast times.) The Orchestra performs from scores contained in the Duke Ellington Col lection of the National Museum of American H isto ry -a lifetime accum u lation of more than 200,000 pages of music, most of it unpublished. Also included are performances o f scores by A m erica’s most legendary jazz com posers newly transcribed for publica tion from historic recordings. The Academy Award winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. will speak at Linfield College Tuesday, February 18, at 8 p.m. in W ilson Gym. A release dated 317 NE Killingsworth St. 283-4542 Fax 283-2977 “ A Gospel Explo.s..i..o...n Smithsonian Orchestra Revives Historical Jazz Pieces -Two Hour Program to Air on National Public Radio - Louis Gossett Jr. Speaks at Linfield OPENS DECEMBER 6,1991 FRIDAY EVENING AT DIVISION ST. CORRAL BINGO 17110 S.E. DIVISION PORTLAND, OR 97233 761-8548 DAY TUESDAYS DOORS OPEN 9:00 AM EARLY BIRD 10:00 AM SESSION (2) EVENING TUESDAYS DOORS OPEN 5:00 PM FRIDAYS EARLY BIRD 6:30 PM SATURDAYS $500.00/53# presents Mainstream, BcBop, blues, Fusion, New Age. Former Portlander, Michael Hall, is presently a member of Star Dust Productions located in Amsterdam, Holland. Michael is performing as an actor and star dancer in the m usical, “ Jo sephine Baker Story.” This perform ance prem iered N ovem ber 12, 1991 and will be performing throughout Europe during 1992. Michael is the son o f local resi dents Alexander and Japhena Hall. Michael performed locally with the Jefferson Dancers, under the direc tion o f Mary Folberg, and has per formed with the Afro-American Ballet and the A merican Dance Company. “ In Your Wildest Dream” Progressive Realty, Inc. KMHD FM89.1 imaginable field,” says UNCF Presi dent and CEO W illiam Gray. “ It is in every A m erican’s interest to make sure our 41 colleges have the financial re sources to produce a new generation of leaders—young adults who will b able to hold their own in the m arketplace of the 21st century.” Through Campaign 2000, UNCF is strengthening facilities, scholarships, endow m ents, and faculty and program developm ent at its 41 private, histori cally black colleges and universities. The campaign has already raised $114 million in gifts and pledges, in cluding a $50 million challenge grant from Ambassador W alter H. Annen- berg, a $10 million pledge each from General Motors and IBM, a $6 million pledge from Exxon Education Founda tion, and a $5 m illion pledge from Philip Morris Companies, Inc. “ Spotlight on E ducation,” part of a series of informative educational spots connecting regularly scheduled program ming, will be aired nationwide at the discretion o f individual station direc tors. Video copies of the show and additional information about Campaign 2000 are also available and may be obtained by contacting: United Negro College Fund, CAM PAIGN 2000, 500 East 62 Street, New York, NY 10021. Former Portlander Performs In ‘Josephine Baker Story’ i) $200.00 CONSOLATION W INNER TA K E ALL GAM E LOTS OF PARKING $75.00 PAYOUTS BONANZA LOT.1 OF SEATING Participating choirs and soloists are: ..If It’s Jazz, It’s On KMHD! J' St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Emanuel Temple Choir His Song Isaya Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Carl and Audre Parker For Best Results Advertise in the Observer •>