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Tia Dorsey o f Portland is the special guest and N/Toughjam s at Saturday's Live Jazz at Fernando's Hideaway, 824 S. IV. First Ave. Dorsey
graduated from Portland Sate University and Washington High School. She is the vice president o f Human Resources for Blue Cross and Blue
Shield and serves in several organizations, including the Urban League o f Portland and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. (Photos by M. Washington
they go together!
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rw people have earned the
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right to be called a ‘liv in g
legend" and Patti LaBelle is
one o f them . For m ore than three de
cades, “T he high priestess o f g o o d
vibrations" as The N ew Y ork T im es
calls her, has been at the trend-setting
foretiont o f the m usic w orld, enjoying
phenom enal success as a m em b er o f
tlie legendary girl group, Patti LaBelle&
the B luebel les in the sixties, as leader o f
the flam boyant Label le in the seven
ties, and as a G ram m v-w inning solo
artist in the eighties and nineties.
Throughout her career, she has w on
adm iration not only fo rh erm u sic, but
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also for her tireless charity w ork and
devotion to her fans. N ow , after a three
y earhiatus from recordingduring which
Patti spent tim e gathering m aterial to r
h ernew C D and writ ingher best-selling
autobiography, the queen o f rock and
Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays
November 1 - November 9
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sou I say s: “ I feel I ike I" ve dusted oft'm y
soul and now 1 can shine.”
“ Flam e.” Patti's first C D since she
bared her heart and soul in her m oving
m em oir, is filled with the sam e fire, the
November 14 - November 30
W in n in g s ta d Theatre - Portland
sam e passion, the sam egut-w renching
em otion that put “ D on’t B lock The
Blessings” on every national bestseller
list and earned it the N A A C P Im age
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Produced by Patti and a nu m b er o f top
flight talents inc I uding Jim m y Jam and
Terry Lewis, “ Flam e” features a h o s to f
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f ive star m usicians in a variety o f roles
(e.g., A nn N esby and Lisa Fischer on
background vocals; N ajee on saxo
phone; B renda Russell, w h o co-w rote
the title song; and G erald LeV ert co n
tributing to the producing, w riting and
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Patti’s unique ability to raise our
spirits and our consciousness through
song, the w ay she uses m usic to show
us the way past pain, is on full display
on “Flam e.” It w as m usic that helped
sustain Patti through the m ost difficult
tim es o th e r I ife, including the deaths o f
all three o f her sisters to cancer before
their 44th birthday, and m any o f the
songs on “ Flam e” reflect her hard w on
lessons about love and loss. O n tunes
like “ I fB y Chance,””Flame”and “ Don ’,
Block the Blessings” (w hich w as co
written by Patti’s husband and m an
ager, A rm stead Edwards), Patti shares
m any o fth e insights that led her. at age
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52, to a new found sense o f peace and
purpose and a deep personal under
stand ing o fw h at’s im portant in lifeand
how it’salw ays there fo r a llo f u s - ifw e
d o n ’t block the blessings.
The song “ Y ou Saved M y Life” is
particularly special to Patti because, as
she puts it,“ it'sa love lettertom y fans.”
“ Ihere have been tim es in m y life
when I w as hurting so bad that even m y
blues had blues," Patti explains. “N o
matter what I w as going through, m y
fans w ere alw ays there form e, show er-
ingm e with loveand appreciation. Even
when I didn’t have a hit record, they
cam e out to see m e anyw ay. A ny artist
will tell you, that’s special. A nd I want
m y fansto know how m uch it m eans to
me. Y o u S av ed M y L ife’ is m y w a y o f
saying thank you.”
"Men in Black"
Saturday November 1,1997
Holiday Inn Hotel at 1021 NE Grand Avenue
8:00 to 2:00AM
Music, Fun****Door Prizes
$10.00 In Advance
$15.00 At The Door
Music By “ The Pitt Doctor”
Leslie Taylor
Tickets Available At:
Geneva’s Shear Perfection - 5601 N.E. MLK Jr. Blv
House of Sound------- 3620 N. Williams Ave.
JP’s Framing & G allery----- 418 N.E. Killingswortl
Mrs. C’s W ig s--------707 N.E. Freemont
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