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May 6 , 1992...The Portland Observer...Page 7 Portland Observer * ENTERTAINMENT Shirley Horn: Here’s To Life 'ítúrkMtíino expenses, Shirley returned to W ashing ton and resumed her music training at Howard. Naturally, Shirley began play ing in Washington night spots, and soon settled into the Patio Lounge m uch to the audience’s-a n d the club m anager’s - delight. In 1960, Shirley traveled to New York again, this time to record her first album. Embers A nd Ashes. The record ing impressed Miles Davis so much that he brought her back to New York to appear with him at the Village Van guard. Soon she was working in major jazz clubs throughout the U.S. recording T he G raham /S andstrom P layers & T ouch of A thens Presents 'Shirley Valentine’ by Willy Russell with perm ission o f Samuel French Champagne Opening May 8th & 9th (playing Saturdays through June) Dinner 6:30 p.m. - Show 7:30 p.m. Featuring Kim Sandstrom Director Dean Kelley Produced by Herb Graham & John Sandstrom For Reservations - 690-8642 Dinner & Show $21.95 Wholesale to the Public 35% to 50% off 100% Human Hair 16" from $15.95 bra.ding and weaving Wigs and Beauty Supplies We will meet or beat anyone’s prices. Mrs. C’s Wigs and Beauty Supply 707 N.E. Fremont Portland, Oregon 97212 (503) 281-6525 Open: 11:30 - 6:00 Tues thru Saturday Oregon’s Youth Conservation Corps Readies for Fourth Season; Teenagers Can Apply Now For Summer Jobs start June 1. Every region in Oregon will have work projects, which were approved this month by O Y CC’s Advisory C om mittee. “The response to the program this year has been extrem ely hearten ing,” said Duane W olfe, o f Lake O s w ego, O Y CC A dvisory C om m ittee Chair. “For just about every project selected, there was a 50-50 match in the c o m m u n ity . T h at m ean s b u sin e ss groups, non-profits and other agencies were willing to meet the state s com m it ment so that more young people can make use of this wonderful opportunity. Very few state programs can boast o f “ Northwest Prem ier” M oor’s Concerto for Two Celli & Orchestra JANE DAY & BARBARA JOHNSTON CELLI Mendelssohn’s Ovcraturc to Ruy Bias Beethoven’s Romance for Violin Shostakovich’s Ballet suite No. 1 (1949) this kind of community backing.” At least 250 teenagers will be hired at minimum wage. Some preference will be given to applicants “at risk,” including potential high school drop outs and those from low income fam i lies. “W e may be able to put still more kids to work with additional support w e’re seeking from the private sector. For businesses, this is a special way to invest in O regon’s future,” said Advi sory C o m m itte e m em ber R o n ald Breyne, of Creswell. Breyne helped select this y ear’s projects. “W e focused on those that w ill give our young people a real chance to do meaningful work and to nourish that sense of altruism so natural to teenagers. At a time when much of the new s about young people is negative, it’s rewarding to put for ward a program so positive,” Breyne said. OYCC work projects were pro posed by all but four Oregon counties. MUSIC MILLENNIUM 32ND & E BURNSIDE 2 3 1 -8 9 2 6 23RD & NW JOHNSON 248-0 163 May 22 First United M ethodist Church 1838 SW Jefterson Portland W ith H ere’s To L tje: Stur u y n o r n With Strings, Shirley has m oved firmly into the pantheon of great am erican singers. As Johnny M andel sums it up in the video, “ ...now , it’s Shirley. Her time has come. Sternwheeler Continues Mother’s Day Tradition T he S te rn w h e e le r “ C o lu m b ia G orge” continues its fine tradition of M other’s Day Festivities, this year fea turing five cruises to choose from. This Y ear’s schedule feature 3 brunch cruise departures and 2 dinner cruises. All cruises offered are 2 hour trips. The brunches depart from S.W. Front and Stark Avenues at the W ater front Park at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The brunch cruises are priced at $23.95 per person. Dinners depart at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and are $28.95 per person. Reservations for these cruises are required; the reservation num ber is 223- 3928. Each honored guest (mother) will receive a long stemmed cut carnation. T he T exas KMHD FM89.1 Sa!ûî. and Promotional items excluded. Jobs in environmental conserva tion plus improvements to the Oregon Trail and others of the state’s treasured resources await those young people se lected for this year’s Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OYCC). Partici pants must be 16 to 19 years old. A ppli cations are available now at all offices o f the State Employment Division. Jobs Shirley and Johnny M andel m et in April, 1991, in Los Angeles, while Shirley was appearing at the Holly wood Roosevelt H otel’s Cinegrill. That night Johnny gave her a folio of this songs and the seeds for H ere’s To Life were planted. The selections Shirley chose for this album once again display Shirley’s uncanny ability to unearth gems. Three tracks are Johnny Mandel tunes: “ A Tim e For Love,” “Quietly There,” and “ W here Do You Start?" The title track is written by Artie B utler and Phyllis Molinary, and the rem ain ing selections include works from the Gershwin brothers, Rogers and Hart and the French songwriting team of M onot and Parsons, among others. Much o f the H ere's To Life re cording sessions was captured on video and is now presented by Verve for release on hom e video. Produced by Gene D avis, the video also includes other perform ances by Horn and her trio, and interview s w ith the people who have know n her and helped her career to blossom , among them Quincy Jones and Carm en M cCrae. with Quincy Jones and Jimmy Jones for Mercury, and singing on the movie soundtracks o f For Love O f Ivy and A Dandy In Aspic. In 1963, Shirley re leased two more recordings, Loads O f Love, and Shirley Horn With Horns (re issued in 1990 on a single CD by Mer- cury/PolyGram). But domestic life, particularly her young daughter Rainy, beckoned Shirley home, and for more than a decade, she restricted her appearances to performing in W ashington jazz clubs and concert halls. I 1981, North Sea Jazz Festival director, Paul Acket, caught Shirley’s impromptu performance at a Jazz Times convention and arranged for her debut at the Festival. The overwhelming response from both critics and the audience in spired Shirley to revitalize her carper. And with Rainy married and the mother of three children, Shirley went back on the road - along with her, bassist Charles A blesand percussionist Steve Williams. No one would have dared predict the sequence o f events that have taken place since Shirley Horn re-emerged with her 1988 Verve recording Close Enough fo r Love. A t a time when some m ight have wondered if jazz would ever again see a truly great vocalist in the style o f Ella, Billie, or Sarah, Shirley Horn stepped in to fill the void. Achild prodigy, Shirley began play ing the piano at age four, and the next year started formal studies. She prac ticed so obsessively that her mother offered her bribes to leave the piano and play outdoors with other children. At 12, Shirley studied composition at Howard University and a t 18, she was awarded a scholarship to study at Juilliard in New York City. Unable to cover her living Public Notice In 1988, Shirley signed an exclu sive contract with Verve. Prom pted by the success o f her tw o album s — / Thought About You and Close Enough For Love (both o f which charted on Billboard) - S hirley ’s career flourished. The success continued when, in 1991, V erve released S h irle y ’s G ram m y nom inated recording, You W on't For get Me. R estaurant and L ounge 1708 NE Alberta - 287-5145 A Rhythm and Blues Showcased Mothers Day May 10th in a relaxed environment!! ...All Jazz, All the Time. The Downhome Blues Jam Sessions 8:00 pm to 12:00 am no cover charge All M usicians are Invited The Full Spectrum of Jazz... 1st anniversary Party!! The Norman Sylvester Band Featuring Patrick Lamb on axophone and a Ai! Star iine/up of Musicians No Cover Free Snacks .7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year. Mainstream, BeBop, blues, Fusion, New Age. Please bring your friends, and jo in the party! A Boogie Cat Production ...If It’s Jazz, It’s On KMHD! Foster Parents Honored During Foster Care Awareness Month Portland Opera Offers New Scholarships to Portland Students Jefferson High School and “ feeder” m iddle schools O ckley G reen and Tubman, arc targeted for newly estab lished Portland Opera performing Arts Scholarships. The scholarships, de signed to prom ote interest and excel lence in the perform ing arts, will be awarded to one graduating senior and 10 graduating middle school students. “The O pera is extrem ely pleased to begin these annual awards to minority students in our com m unity,” said Port land O pera general director Robert Bailey. “It is our belief that the region’s cultural future resides in our youth. Too often talent in the minority community has gone w ithout recognition or en couragem ent, leaving the future of the perform ing arts bereft o f the vitality and creativity o f this large and impor tant part o f our society. The scholarship, funded by Portland O pera’s board of directors, originally C hildren’s Services Division is celebrating Foster Care A w areness Month in May by treating its foster parents to a tea at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland. The tea was held in the M ayfair R oom o f th e B e n so n . N ew s 8 anchorwoman Tracy Barry was the guest speaker, and a special proclamation for Foster Care Awareness Month from M ayor Bud C lark’s office was an nounced. The tea is just a small way o f thanking Portland area foster parents for providing homes to children. The Benson Hotel generously donated the M ayfair Room for the tea. Certificates o f appreciation signed by Gov. Barbara Roberts were given to about 2500 foster parents statewide. awarded $ 1,000 to a graduating senior. A donation from David M. Nero, Jr., o f David Nero and Associates, enabled the Opera to expand the scholarship to include $100 incentive awards to 10 middle school recipients. Jefferson was chosen to receive the first scholarship because o f its history in both performing arts and cultural diver sity. The scholarship winner will be selected for excellence in any facet o f performing arts, including production design and execution, direction and backstage technical work. The lOmiddlc school winners may use their award money to further their interest in music and the performing arts. Students will also have opportunities to tour back- stage and experience Portland Opera firsthand. N am csof the first Portland Opera schol arship winners will be announced upon their selection. ADVERTISE Civil Rights Forum Labor Commissioner Mary Wendy R oberts’ Advisory Council on Civil rights issued a call to civil and human rights groups across the state to attend a forum to discuss setting a civil rights agenda for the next decade. The forum entitled “Oregon Civil rights 2000” was held April 30, with Commissioner R ob erts giving the keynote address at 9:45 a.m. The purpose o f the forum was to define the challenges civil and hum an rights groups face statewide. W ith this information defined, forum organizers were to plan a fall conference to d e velop action plans to address these prob lems. Recent incidents, including across- burning, a racially m otivated beating in Portland and the distribution o f anti- Hispanic flyers in W oodburn, show a growing trend that Com m issioner R ob erts says cannot be tolerated. “The civil rights gains m ade in th** past two decades cannot be allow ed to crumble in the heat of hatred and b ig otry fanned to life by a few despicable organizations and individuals,” said Roberts. “ Now is the tim e to organize and speak out against this m ovem ent.” Tickets: $9,57 Tel. 244-8338 T PORTLAND’S FINEST COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA. W r n o r , sell A ir a d e L P 's , 4 5 ' s , C D ' s A tapks . J r P urveyors o r R ecorded S ound * r • T h o u sa n d s o f r f il e s . A ll of . n r L s o f m u s i c - r N EW , USED A HARD I O FIN D. 5 0 3 * 2 7 4 -0 6 9 0 P o r tla n d , OR 97205 1 0 1 6 S .W . T a y l o r i ¡o , ■ .. • - — • - - /■ ■;•••. • - - “ •• , « ’ • Í ’.V’; ■ » •) r'
