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Gerald Levert’s Duet With Dad
Beats Out Micheál Jackson
For Billboard s Number One Slot On Hot R&B Singles Chart
“Baby Hold On To Me,” Gerald
Levert’s soulful duet with dad Eddie
Levert -- lead vocalist for the lcgend-
' ary O ’Jays, has emerged victorious in
this week’s battle for the #1 spot on
Billboard’s Hot R&B chart; beating
out both Michael Jackson’s “Remem
ber The Time” and Prince’s “Diamonds
and Pearls.” The hit single follows-up
“Private Line” as Gerald’s second re
lease from his debut solo album and as
the second single to hit #1 status.
Along with two # 1 singles, Gerald
is also celebrating gold certification of
the Private Line album this week and
its #2 status on Billboard’s Top R&B
Albums chart (second only to Michael
Jackson ’ s Dangerous LP). In addition,
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his third single, entitled “School Me”,
is scheduled for release in mid-March.
The re-mix features an exciting live
version of the mid-tempo song which
is sure to be a favorite of both fans and
radio programers.
The success of “Baby Hold On To
Me” marks the seventh consecutive
song produced by Gerald Levert to hit
#1. Gerald hit #1 three times last year
with “Rope A Dope Style,” “All Sea
sons” and “Baby I’m Ready,” all re
corded by his group Levert; twice with
“Written All Over Your Face” and
“Heaven” recorded by the Rude Boys;
and twice recently with his releases
from the Private Line album.
School Of Oregon
Ballet Theatre Holds
Auditions For Summer
Program
The School of Oregon Ballet The
atre will hold auditions on Saturday,
March 14, for its Summer Dance Work
shop.
Auditions for the Workshop are
slated for 4:00 p.m. for children ages
10-13 and 5:00 p.m. forages 14-18.
Registration is free to students cur
rently enrolled in the School of OBT
and $5.00 for non-School of OBT stu
dents.
A unique opportunity for young
dancers, the Summer Workshop con
sists of two 3-wcck programs geared
toward intensive dance training with
nationally recognized professional art
ists and instructors. Participants will
have the opportunity to study with
Lorraine Graves, Regisscuse of Dance
Theatre of Harlem, as well as Haydee
Guttierrez, Miguel Campaneria, Bruce
Smith, Julanc Stites, and others.
OBT’s Summer Workshop is sched
uled for June 29 through August 8. For
information call the School of OBT at
(503) 227-6890.
Nurturing
Oregon’s Talent
“Partners in Nurturing Oregon’s
Talent” is the theme of regional work
shops focusing on successful business-
education partnerships for talented and
gifted students in Oregon.
Teams of educators, business rep
resentatives, parents and students from
school districts or individual schools
are encouraged to attend these work
shops. Participants will receive instruc
tion and materials for using a practical,
six-step planning model.
The workshops are partially funded
under a fedcral Jacob K. Javits Talented
and Gifted Students Act of 1988 grant
to the Oregon Department of Educa
tion. The workshops arc sponsored by
the Department of Education, Oregon
Community Education Association,and
the Oregon Association for Talented
and Gifted.
The regional workshops are slated
from 8:30 AM. to 4:00 PM. at these
sites:
Portland - April 9 - Contact Cheryl
Livneh, Portland State University, 725-
4705.
Salem - April 23 - Contact Dori
Beeks, Western Oregon State College,
838-8483.
Eugene - April 24 - Contact Don
Ambrose, University of Oregon, 346-
1232.
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The Harper Brothers Will Be
Appearing at Fox Theatre Saturday
March 14th-Don't Miss It!
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Roots: The Next Generations”
“Roots: The Next Generations,”
the $20 million, 14-hour continuation
of Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley’s
remarkable family saga, will air at 8
p.m. Easter/Pacific and again at 11:30
p.m. April 6 through April 11 on The
Family Channel.
Story of Kunta Kinte’s descendants,
from 1882 until Alex Haley himself
(portrayed by James Earl Jones) arrives
in the African village of Juffare where
Kinte was captured by slave traders in
1767, is told by the same team that
m ade the o u tstan d in g “ R o o ts”
miniseries. Executive producer David
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Wolper and producer Stan Margulies
brought together a distinguished cast of
players, award-winning directors and
writers for the mini-series known as
“Roots II.”
“Roots: The Next Generations”
uses additional material from the book
“Roots,” and 800 pages of notes not
included in Haley’s book.
When it originally aired in Febru
ary, 1979, on ABC, its seven telecasts
all ranked within the week’s top 11
programs.
Georg Stanford Brown and Lynne
Moody return to their roles as Tom and
Vs American families suffer mounting pressures of
disintegration, more and more states and their social agencies
are ixtking tor ways to help families remain intact.
In
I-AM I l.If .S FIRST with Bill Moyers a MO-tnimne special
premiering. Wednesday, March 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local
listings), journalist Bill Mosers examines an innovative program
called family preservation svnn.es that works in the home with
families io keep them from being broken apart. Shown at left
is Juanita ot Detroit. MI (top left) with her children, hei c ise-
worker I red (top right), and Moyers i top center). Shown above
is Connie of South St. Louis, M O (left! with het children and
Moyers (right). (Photo* Left Glenn frtest; Ahen. Anr.e Murphs)
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Irene, son and daughter-in-law of
Chicken George, who, as emancipated
slaves, leave Alamance County in North
Carolina to start over in Henning, Tenn.
Henry Fonda plays Col. Warner, a
political and cultural leader, yet one
who nearly destroys his family.
Richard Thomas stars as Fonda’s
son who is disowned when he marries a
black woman. Avon Long, a veteran
Bioadway actor, plays 79-year-old
Chicken George.
Additional actors and characters of
note are Marc Singer as Andy Warner,
who succeeded his father as political
boss; Oliviade Havilland as Mrs. Warner,
the colonel’s wife; Paul Koslo as Earl
Crowther, Andy’s hatchetman; Bcver-
Leigh Banfield and Beah Richards as
Cynthia Harvey, daughter of Tom and
Irene; Stan Shaw as Will Palmer, who
married Cynthia (Will and Cynthia were
Alex Haley’s grandparents); Harry Mor
gan as Bob Campbell; Irene Cara as
Bertha Palmer, daughter of Will and
Cynthia; Dorian Harewood as Simon
Haley, who married Bertha; Ruby Dee
as Queen Haley, Simon’s mother; Paul
Winfield as Dr. Huguley; Debbie Allen
as Nan, Haley’s wife; A1 Freeman Jr. as
Malcolm X, and Marlon Brando as
George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the
American Nazi Party, whom Haley in
terviewed for Playboy magazine.
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Sun 2 :0 0 pm
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A to u r de force solo perform ance by
African-Am erican actor,singer Jacqui Sutton.
IFCC , 5 3 4 0 N . Interstate
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Black Women’s Gathering
Tenth Annual Celebration
Volunteers are needed to help plan
The Tenth Annual Celebration of
Portland’s Black Womens’ Gathering
scheduled for May 8-9,1992.
The Gathering is a time of celebra
tion for all African and African Ameri
can Women throughout Portland and
surrounding areas. A gala time of net
working, entertainment, cultural enrich
ment and sisterhood is being planned.
African American Women wish
ing to assist on one of the committees
should contact Deborah Marshall 236-
9687 or Lucinda Tate 283-3477 (MSG.)
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