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Line Up Announced For Annual Event Babe Narrated By Acclaimed Actor
The Sixth Annual Hornowa Fes
tival for African Arts will be held on
Sunday, August 20th, beginning at I
p.m. in Cathedral Park in North Port
land. This African harvest festival is
the largest culturally-based African/
African-American festival in the
Northwest. Obo Addy’s Okropong
and Kukrudu will give their annual
show stopping performance. Joining
them this year are Boka Marimba-
marimba music, Shakata - Highlife
music and from Zambia-Amayenge.
The event is free although donations
are encouraged.
The schedule for the day is:
• 1 pm Welcome given by the
A m bassador from G hana, Mr.
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah. Mr. Spio
Garbrah will be visiting Portland from
Washington DC to give the address
and meet with business leaders.
• 1: 15pm The opening procession
al and performances by Obo Addy’s
Okropong and other guest artists from
Ghana.
• 3pm Boka Marimba
• 4pm Shakata
• 5pm Amayenge
• 5:30pm Obo Addy and Kukrudu
In addition to the performances,
the festival will also include crafts,
workshops, and food. Food will be
available featuring the cuisine of
Ghana (African Roots), Zimbabwe
(MaiChiMaraire)andJamaica(Ocho
Kweki Quaynor & Dora Aryeh at the Homowa Festival.
Rios). Beverages will include a se
lection from around the world
Powells Books will bring a
Bookmobile with a wide selection of
A frican books. There will be
childrens storytelling,hroughout the
day. At I pm, Grace Kuto will auto
graph copies o f her new book enti
tles, “Harambee! The African Fami
ly Circle Cookbook”.
In addition, an African arts
daycamp for children will be offered
weekdays August 7-18 for children
ages 6-16 a, the St. John’s Commu
nity Center. There are still spaces
available.
Sponsors for the event include
Portland parks and Recreation, Ore
gon ArtsCommission, Regional Arts
andCultureCouncil, Powells Books,
Collins Foundation, Templeton
Foundation, Nike, Tucker Founda
tion, KBOO, Tri-Met, Gales Creek
Insurance Services and Music Mil
lennium.
Anyone who rides Tri-Met to
the event will be given a free pass
home. Call 288-3025 for more infor
mation.
Bumbershoot’5 Roster Of Musical Talent
He is the fam iliar voice o f a
trusted friend. It is the voice o f
Roscoe Lee Browne narrating
with warmth and dignity “ babe,”
acom ic film from Universal Pic
tures.
Brown is known for his numer
ous stage, film and television roles.
He appeared in the title role in the
Liberation of L.B. Jones, Alfred
Hitchcock’s Topaz, The Comedi
ans and Legal Eagles. He is current
ly seen as the biologist on Sea Quest
DSV and recently played the rich
and ruthless Rosemont on Falcon
Crest. He won an Emmy for a guest
performance on The Cosby Show
television series and received a nom
ination for a guest-starring role in
Barney Miller.
Babe is a fable about an
ordinary pig, who d oesn’t fit in
and the lengths that he will go
to find acceptance.
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A N N IV E R S A R Y
(Klje -¡Portiani)
(JDhaeruer
Rocks The Festival For 25th Anniversary
Jimi Hendrix
Electric Guitar Festival
T h e Jim i H en d rix T rib u te
Concert is To Be held in Seattle
on September 4 Seattle Center
Guitar masters and innovators
who carry on the musical legacy of
Jimi Hendrix will
perform at the Jimi
H endrix T ribute
Concert, the high
light event ofthe first
ever Jimi Hendrix
Electric Guitar Fes
tival (Hendrix Festi
val).
The Hendrix
Festival, being held
at B um bershoot,
The Seattle Arts Fes
tival, coincides with
the celebration of
Bumbershoot’s 25th anniversary,
September 1-4 at Seattle Center.
The Hendrix Festival is presented
by the Hendrix Family and One
Reel, producers of Bumbershoot.
Jimi Hendrix was unique in his
ability to reflect the emotion of a
time and a generation through his
creative genius. His pioneering tech
niques on electric guitar and bril
liant showmanship re
defined the genre of rock
and roll for a new gener
ation of musicians.
The Hendrix Festi
val is both a tribute to
honor the ingenuity and
vision of this American
innovator and a show
case of new and legend
ary musicians who carry
his spirit forward.
The Jimi Hendrix
Tribute Concert, direct
ed by world-renowned
producer Narada Michael Walden,
promises to “turn the Moon a fire
red” on Monday, September 4 with
an all-day, all-star line-up of musi
cal talent.
Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts
Festival celebrates its 25th anniver
sary this Labor Day Weekend, Sep
tember 1 -4 at the Seattle Center. The
musical line-up, booked by a team of
five programmers and dozens of cu
rators and advisors, features cutting
edge artists and legendary perform
ers in alternative rock, pop, boogie,
rockabilly, folk, cajun, rap, jazz
rhythm & blues, funk, gospel, classi
cal, new wave, rock n’ roll, metal,
punk, and world beat.
Norm Langill, Producer of
Bumbershoot since 1980, comments,
“In its twenty-five years as one of the
nation’s premierarts festivals, I don’t
think Bumbershoot has ever offered
a line-up of this extraordinary diver
sity and depth. Musically, it covers
the spectrum -- from Mel Torme to
The Jimi Hendrix Tribute, from
Kronos Quartet to Mudhoney and
The Ramones, from the Seattle alter
native scene to Bumberdrum VIII.
What these artists share is an
unwaverting individual commitment
to musical and artistic excellence.
We’re thrilled to be able to host this
kind o f historic and unprecedented
celebration here in Seattle.”
Anniversary of publication.
Roscoe
Lee
Browne
Lincoln High Class Of *75
Holds 20 Year Reunion
Alumni o f Lincoln High
School class of 1975 will have
(he chance to mix, mingle and
munch with classm ates, now 20
years older, at a class reunion.
Committee members would like
help finding the following Lin
coln graduates: Shellie Croom,
Terry Dixon, Robin Dorsey,
A n d rea J e n k in s , M ich ael
P re s to n , K athy R o se m a n ,
Diana Ross, L essonia Ross,
Y o la n d a
S m ith ,
O z z ie
S tr ic k la n d , G ary T h o m as,
S h irle y W illia m s , P am ela
Wyse. *
Those knowing where the
above people can be located
can c a ll M ary (B o e h m e )
Eckman at 236-7043.
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