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Jefferson’s Other
Dance Group
P erform ances by th e M odern
D ance Lab a t J e ffe rso n High
S ch o o l ta k e p la ce in th e
north Portland sch o o l
auditorium on Thursday and
Friday nights.
Dance Lab to
thrill audiences
with energetic,
multi-ethic
shows
and exciting training
K ay
fo r
ground for students inter
m e rly w ith
ested in the art o f m ove
Do Jum p The-
m ent and dance at Jefferson:
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bring you cheering
Local audiences will be
to y o u r feet."
thrilled at this creative, high-
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Each ev en in g 's
energy, m ulti-ethnic dance
program will be
troupe at their upcom ing per
‘
wide ranging from
form ances on Thursday, May
upbeat, dynam ic hip
, Many people have heard o f 15 and Friday. May 16 at 7 p.m. in hop to haunting contem porary
th e
n a tio n a lly
a c c la im e d the Jefferson High School A udi dances.
Jefferson D ancers - a dance com torium , 5 2 10 N. Kerby.
The perform ances will include
pany at Jefferson High School.
“ You w o n ’t w ant to m iss see an A frican courtship dance cel
W hat people may not know is ing these w onderful dancers in ebrated at full moon and accom
that there is another equally vital action,” says A aron W heeler - panied by local drum m er and cho-
r e o g r a p h e r D e rre ll S ek o u b a
W alker. Choreography for the
dan ces is set by four form er
Jefferson High School dancers,
Eric Skinner o f Body Vox, and the
dance la b 's internationally ac
claimed Artistic Director, Melissa
St.Clair.
D oors fo r both p erfo rm an ces
open at 6 :3 0 p.m . T ick ets at the
d o o r are $8 for adults and $5 for
stu d e n ts w ith ID, sen io r c iti
zens and c h ild ren five years old
or y o u n g er. For m ore in fo rm a
tio n , call St. C la ir at 503-916-
5180.
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Funk Brothers
Find New Fame
W o rld
o f A u tos
A su rg eo n who tre a te d 5 0 C ent for
bullet w o u n d s th ree yea rs ago h a s
s u e d th e rapper for m o re than
$ 3 2 ,0 0 0 in unpaid m ed ica l bills.
N ader P a ksim a s a y s in p a p ers
i
filed in M a n h a tta n 's S ta te
S u p re m e Court la st w eek that
h e o p era ted on 5 0 C ent (born
C urtis J a ckso n ) in M ay 2 0 0 0
for se ve ra l g u n s h o t wounds.
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Audi steps-up to the plate with the A4 Cabriolet to be in the running
for a benchmark sports sedan. It offers a high-quality driving expe
Funk B rothers, Jo e H unter (from left), Eddie Willis, a n d Jo e
M e ssin a c o m p rised th e h o u s e b a n d th a t pla yed on m o s t o f
M otow n s b ig g e st h its a n d are cred ited with helping crea te th e
M otow n sou n d . (AP Photo)
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Motown originals
rebound out of
obscurity
Motown.
But the Funk Brothers are enjoy
ing newfound fame with the docu
mentary “Standing in the Shadows
o f Motown," which was released in
(A P)— Jack Ashford o f the Funk November. The DVD o f the docu
Brothers, the Motown band that mentary was released earlier this
was the subject o f a recent docu- week.
p ien tary , say s band m em bers
Music from the film netted the
h a v e n ’t h ea rd
g ro u p
tw o
fro m an y o f
G ram m ys in
M o to w n ’s big
February.
stars in years.
A s h fo rd
“(A nd) d o n 't
said d esp ite
e x p e c t to hear
th e ir re c e n t
from any ofthem,”
success, none
the percussionist
o f M otow n’s
said. “We never
form er stars
think about those
have tried to
freople. T h e ir
reach out to
pam es
n ev e r
th
em , even
- Funk Brothers percussionist
Come up."
W
o n d e r, o f
Jack Ashford
T he
F unk ------------------
w h o m
Brothers were the house band that Ashford says: “We only taught
played on most o f M otow n's big him half the stuff we knew.”
gest hits and are credited with help
H ow ever, A shford says the
ing create the Motown sound.
group holds no grudges against
; They toiled in obscurity behind the Motown greats.
Stars such as Smokey Robinson
“T here’s a lot o f closure here,”
and Stevie Wonder. The group dis he said. "W hatever bitterness may
banded when the label moved from have existed 30 years ago on the
Detroit to Los Angeles three de way we have been treated, that’s
cades ago, without any notice from gone."
There’s a lot o f
closure here. What
ever bitterness may
have existed 30
years ago on the way
we have been
treated, that s gone.
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Vandross Breathing
on His Own
Luther
Vandross is
struggling to
survive after
an April 1 6
stro ke. The
Grammy-
winning
singer
re m a in s in in te n siv e care and
h a s n o t regained c o n sc io u s
n e s s . (AP Photo)
(AP) — Luther Vandross, who
had a tube inserted in his throat to
help him breathe after a stroke, is
breathing on his own, his publicist
said last Thursday.
However, the Grammy-winning
singer remains in intensive care and
has not regained consciousness
since the April 16 stroke, publicist
Lois Najarian said.
“T here's been no radical change
is his condition," she told The
Associated Press.
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