May 6 , 1992...The Portland Observer...Page 7
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ENTERTAINMENT
Shirley Horn: Here’s To Life
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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No Cover Free Snacks
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Mainstream, BeBop, blues, Fusion, New Age.
Please bring your friends, and jo in the party!
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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.”
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