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SPELLING CONTEST
Students who won county spell­
ing contests participated in the O r­
egon Spelling contest Saturday, Sept.
4, at the State Fair.
Students in grades kindergarten
through 5 competed, followed by
grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. The event
was held on the floral garden stage.
T he contest w as not like the
trad itio nal spelling bee. Students
h ad ten seconds to spell each w ord
on p a p e r a fte r it w as pronounced,
used in a sentence and pronounced
again. M ike D onahue, new s a n ­
c h o r fo r K O IN -T V , g a v e th e
w ords.
Tops In The Nation! Boyz II Men, the favorite musical act among American teens, relax during the
recent taping of their first television commercial for Pepsi-Cola' Slice flavor line at the Paramount
Studios in Hollywood. The velvet-voiced group from Philadelphia are, from left, Wayna “Squirt" Morris,
Nathan Morris, Michael “Bass" McCary and Shawn “Slim" Stockman. Named the favorite musical act
among black and white American teens, Boyz II Men’s contract with Pepsi puts the 20 to 22 year old
quartet onto a path followed by other super stars, including Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Lionel Richie
and Tina Turner.
B oyz II M en, one o f the m usic
in d u stry 's hottest y oung recording
acts, has jo ined the Pepsi G en era­
tion.
T he velvet-voiced quartet from
Philadelphia, ranging in age from
20 to 22, m ade th eir first television
com m ercial fo r P e p si’s Slice fla­
vor line, d u rin g a recent all-night
session at P aram o u n t Studios in
H ollyw ood.
B oyz II M en is cu rrently the
favorite m u sical perform ing act
am ong teen ag ers, according to a
new nationw ide survey conducted
by C hicago-based Teen R esearch
U nlim ited. B oth black and w hite
teen ranked B oyz M en as th eir
favorite.
T he survey gave second, third
and fourth-favorite rankings to m u-
sical acts T L C , En V ogue and M ary
J. Blige respectively.
In signing a m u lti-brand ad
contract w ith Pepsi-Cola C om pany,
B oyz II M en joined a celebrated
line o f pop perform ers to sta r in
P epsi ads, including M ichael Jack-
son, R ay C harles, M .C . H am m er,
L ionel R ich ie, R o b e rt P a lm e r,
D avid B ow ie, T ina T u rn er, Rod
S tew art, G loria E stafan, G len Frey
an d o th e rs.”T eens are continually
a ttra c te d to the newest a rtists,” said
J e ff C am pbell, Senior V ice P resi­
dent, B rand D evelopm ent, P epsi­
C o la C om pany. “W h a t’s unique is
th a t B oyz II M en are m ore p o p u lar
now th a n w hen they d e b u te d . In the
ten years w e ’ve traced te e n ’s m u si­
cal tastes, it’s extremely rare to see
a g ro u p becom e even hotter a fte r
first com ing on the scene.’'
C a m p b e ll n o te d t h a t th e
g r o u p ’s
debut
a lb u m ,
“ C o o ley h ig h h arm o n y ,” to o k the
m usic industry by storm , selling
five m illion copies in the U S . and
ap p ro x im ately tw o m illion aborad,
the m ost ever for a R & B group.
T h eir chart-burning single, “ End
o f the R o a d ,” also b roke E lvis
P re sle y ’s 30-year record by sitting
on to p o f the B illboard H ot 100
c h a rt fo r 13 consecutive w eeks
B oyz II M en, the new est o f
P e p si’s celebrity sales force, first
g o t to know one another w hen they
m et in 1988 a t the H igh School o f
C re a tiv e and P e rfo rm in g A rts.
M aking up the q u arter are: W anva
“ S q u ir t” M o rris , 2 0 ; M ic h a e l
“ B a ss” M cC ary, 21; Shaw n “ Slim ”
S tockm an, 20 and N ath a n “ A lex
V anderpool” M orris.22.
Miss Jr. Black America
Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary
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[David Bryan on “The Sinbad Show”)
S inbad stars as D a v id Bry an, a
successful b a c h e lo r w h o tak es in
tw o foster children an d suddenly
realizes th at his c a re free single life
is history’, in “T he S in b a d S how ,”
airing T h u rsd ay s, 8 :3 0 Pm (E T /
PT) on FO X .
“ O nce you have kid s, y o u r life
changes W hen y o u 'r e single, you
ju s t ru n and enjoy life, go into
m alls an d actually g et th e stu ff th at
you w ent into the m alls to buy.
O nce you have kid s, y o u ’re ju s t
lucky to g et som e s tu f f ,” say s
Sinbad
It's an u n d erstatem en t to say
th a t S inbad is a uniq u e individual,
and there is noth in g und erstated
a b o u t the 6 '5 " ta ll co m ic w ho
forged a career for h im se lfo u t self­
belief, conviction an d sheer d eter­
m ination.
From an e a rly ag e , S inbad
w anted to m ake people laugh. But
th is did not becom e a c a re e r am b i­
tio n until a knee injury ended his
dream o f p ro fessio n al b asketball
w hile on scholarship a t th e U niver­
sity o f D enver It w as w hile serving
in th e A ir Force an d m aking his
fellow co rp s m en laugh th a t even­
tu a lly p u t him on th e ro ad in the
early ’80s on his self-christened
“ Poverty’ T o u r.”
T raveling from city to city, by
bus o r by car, w hich often doubled
as his hotel room . S in b ad started
his career b y ap p earin g in com edy
c lu b s . H e w o u ld o fte n a r r iv e
unannounced an d g ain a spot on
Sinbad (center) stars as bachelor David Bryan, who decides to
become a foster father to a brother-sister pair as played by Erin
Davis (top) and Willie Norwood, in “The Sinbad Show,"airing
Thursdays at 8:30 PM (ET/PT) on R\FOX.
the n ig h t's roster w ith an im prom ptu
audition to stunned club ow ners,
w ho he alm o st alw ay s w on over.
For S inbad, it w a sn ’t one big
break, b u t a long chain o f little
breaks th a t brought him to w here
he is to d ay . A long the w ay, he often
relied on the good graces o f people
he ran into—ta x i-c a b drivers, fast-
food fra n c h ise o w n e rs—w ho he
asked fo r help along the w ay. H e
w ould sign a n I.O .U . o f sorts and
FALL CLASSES FOR YO UNC ACTORS
Oregon Chi 1 dren’s Theatre Com­
pany announces two 8-week after
school workshops for actors in grades
3 through 8 scheduled to begin Octo­
ber 12 in the Arlene Schnitzcr Con­
cert Hall Drama Skills Lab w ill chal­
lenge actors ages 8-11 to create and
script an original performance using
im provisation and theatre games
Young actors 10-14 can select the
Audition skills Lab. which will focus
on analyzing, interpreting and per­
form ing monologucsand scenes from
contem porary theater Both work-
shops will culm inate in show case
perfo rm ances for a panel o f local
theatre d irectors on the last day o f
class, D ecem ber 7. C lasses m eet
T uesdays, 4 -5 :3 0 P M ,w ith T hanks -
giving w eek o f f T he w orkshop fee
is $75.00. F or registration infor­
m atio n p le a se c a ll th e O re g o n
C h ild re n 's T h eatre C om pany at
228-9 5 71. A lim ited n um ber o f
sch o larships are available
Year round classes are now be­
ing offered by Oregon C hildren's
Theatre Company at the request of
m ake good on his prom ise, keeping
a long list o f nam es and addresses
o f w hoever helped him out.
In 1983, he cam e to national
a tte n tio n p e rfo rm in g on “ S ta r
S earch,” com ing close to the show ’s
coveted $ 100,000 grand prize. H e
continued from there and later w on
a role as R edd F o x x ’s son on “T he
N ew Redd F oxx Show .”
Follow ing that. Bill C osby cast
S inbad in a co-starring role on “A
D ifferent W o rld ,” w hich he a p ­
peared in for four seasons. W hile
ap p earin g in the popular series, he
a lso served as host o f the late night
v ariety series “ It’s Show tim e a t the
A p o llo .”
During his stint on “Showtime,”
he recorded his first comedy album,
“Brain Damaged,” which was the
basis o f his first HBO Comedy Spe­
cial o f the same title. His most recent
HBO Comedy Special, “Afros and
Bellbottoms,” brought him further
accolades.
H is feature film roles include
“N ecessary R oughness,” and the
re c e n tly -rele a se d “ C o n e h e a n d s”
and “ M eteor M an.”
Bom November 17 in Brighton
Harbour, Michigan, Sinbad currently
lives in Los Angeles and has two
children.
“The Sinbad Show” is produced
by M urphy/Strawther Productions in
association with Touchstone Televi­
sion.
Touchstone Television is part of
Walt Disney Pictures and Television.
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many parents and students who par­
ticipated in our last two sum m ers’
workshop sessions sponsored by the
Portland Center for the Performing
Arts. W inter, Spring and Summer
1994 will provide a variety of work­
shop experiences from Shakespeare
to M usical Theatre Skills, with a
strong emphasis on process and the
involvement of theatre professionals
Our goal is to help students develop
confidence and self esteem, as well as
an appreciation of theatre and its
value to our community.
Now in its 9th year, the Miss
Junior Black America Scholarship
Pageant through the continued com ­
m itment of local communities, busi­
ness leaders, social and civic organi­
zations in addition to national spon­
sors, has become a star studded gala.
The pageant has evolved into a week­
long list o f festivities at the Hilton
Hotel in sunny Los Angeles, Califor­
nia, July 27, 1994 through August 1,
1994.
A ll interested teens are e n co u r­
age to com pete fo r college sc h o la r­
sh ip s. F o r fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n ,
p le a s e c a ll ( 2 1 3 ) 6 1 2 - 7 7 7 6 ,
V eronica A very is chairing the n a ­
tional search com m ittee.
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