1982_04 The Daily Collegian April 1982

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UHURU STAFF
Edit or-i n-C hie f:    Daryl-
Gle n F ord
Managing Editor: Sandra Seeley
Photographer: Ka hli
Jac ks o n
Sta f f: Step ha nie B o o ker
Jac kie Br ow n, Jac uq uli ne
B ull uc k, Way neByrd, Ver o rrica
Maxwell,Jac ks o n S mit h,
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BLACK
STUDENT GIVES
RECITAL
Gee...this  soap  taste
good!
Kenny Poison, music student at
CSUF, will be perfor ming his senior
recital o n all o sax May 8, 1982 at CSU F
recital hall in the music building at
3:30pm.
Uponco mpletionof his musicpro-
gra m. he will be t he sec o nd blac k male
CSUF: the first being Frank Birdwell.
T he first blac k male t o grad uate was
Birdwell, the   only black   male to
Masters of Arts degree in music from
CSUR ,   ,     •   ,
The recital will consist of classical
and jazz works by Maurice Rauel.
Franciose Schubert. Paul Crest on,
John Coltrane a nd a n original
co mposition by Brother Poison and
Bill McKce;whoalsowillbesharingthe
recital h o ur wit h Br ot her P ols o n.
T he d u o recital is ope n t o t he p ublic.
MINORITY
REFORMERS
NEW YOR K— The second annual issue
of the Minority Performers'Guide will be
published in the fall of 1982, it was
announced by publisher Lorrie Davis.
"The response to the first edition has
been phenomenal,' commented Ms.
Davis. "We received entries from all over
the country that were included in the 1981
Guide, and many more that arrived too
late to be in it but which will be in the 1982
edition.
'We're all aware of the challenges faced
by minority performers and craftspeople
who are trying to get any kind of employment in the arts," Ms. Davis stated again.
"In its first year, the Minority Performers'
Guide, the only one of its kind, has proven
an invaluable tool to casting agents, film/
television/ stage directors, producers commercial agents, writers, and others involved
in the arts in finding performers and
craftspeople from minority groups-
Asians, Pacific Islanders. Afro-Americans, Hispanics, native Americans, etc."
Actors, singers, dancers, mimes, musi-
and other minority performers and
craftspeople who would like to be listed in
the second annual edition of the Minority
Performers' Guide can obtain blank application forms .by writing or calling the
MPG office at 47 West 34th Street, New
York, NY 10001. tel.: (212) 279-0794.,
Applications must be returned on or before
May 15, 1982.
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the Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
Hyde Park
"Hyde Park" presented a fret concert in the College Union yesterday
n. The tlx-m trabtr group la comprised of
Mother of Civil Rights
Parks to be honored tonight
Rosa Parks, often referred to as 'the
mother of the Civil Rights movement,"
will be presented the first African-American Achievement Award today in a
ceremony in the College Union Lounge at
7:30 p.m.
CSUF President Harold Haak is scheduled to conduct the presentation. Parks
will speak to the audience following the
awards ceremony.
Awards will also be presented to CSU F
students for their roles as student leaders
on campus. They include Michelle Davis,
Wayne Byrd and Gerald Gonzales. Rev.
Chester Riggins of St. Rest Baptist
Church will be honored for community
service and Mary Curry will receive a
community leadership award.
The awards were created by the CSUF
Ethnic Studies Department. Other sponsors of the awards are the Associated Students, the Pan-Afrikan Union and the
Diel Brothers Beer Distributorship in
Dr. James Rodgers of the Ethnic Studies Department was largely responsible
for bringing Parks to Fresno.
Parks first gained national recognition
with her refusal to give up her bus seat to a
white man in Montgomery, Alabama on
Dec. I, 1955. Her arrest began a year-long
Montgomery bus boycott and finally resulted in a Supreme Court decision that
outlawed segregation of public facilities.
She was an officer in the NAACP when
arrested in 1955. The 382-day boycott that
resulted from her arrest sparked t he beginning of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.1i
career in the civil rights movement. Parks
has remained active in the advancement of
equal rights.
Other a wards given to Parks include the
Social Justice Award from the United
Automobile Workers and the Humanitarian Award from the Catholii
of America. A thoroughfare in Detroit
was renamed "Rosa Parks Boulevard,'
and an annual Rosa Parks Freedom
Award is presented and sponsored by the
Southern Christian Leadership Confer-
Parks is currently a resident of Detroit
and works as an administrator in the district office of Congressman John Conyers
Thursday, April 1,1982
Chinese
troupe
to perform
A program of authentic Chinese folk
and traditional dances, music and culture
will be presented by the Shandong Performing Artists from the People's Republic of China.
Two performances are scheduled for
Sunday. April 4. at 3 and 8 p.m.. at the
Clark Intermediate School Auditorium.
902 5th St.. Clovis.
Admission is S3 and tickets may be purchased at the CSUF Music Building
Office.
The performing troup is composed of
singers, musicians and dancers of the song
and dance ensemble of Shandong Province. Members of the troup have toured
many countries in east Africa and southeast Asia.
The program is comprised of five dance
performances (with musical accompaniment) and seven musical interludes.
Much of the music for the program is
classical Chinese music that dates back to
the Sui dynasty (S8I-6I8 A.D.) and the
Qing dynasty (17-20 A.D.). The folk songs
"tell" stories of Chinese history, great military battles, odes to food harvests and
nature, and brave deeds of Chinese folk
heroes and heroines.
Musical soloists include Qu Xiang
(flute), Zhang Kangshou (erhu) and Yao
Guangxin (pipa). The dancers are Wei
Xuzhen, Cui Quanyong, Yu Chunyan and
Xiao Dong. The dancers choreograph the
troupe's performances.
Yang Songshan is deputy leader and
tenor soloist for the Shandong Performing Artists.
He is a member of the Chinese Musicians Association, council member of the
Shandong Musicians Association and
deputy director of the association's Vocal
Art Committee. He became a noted singer"
at an early age and was trained in folk
singing at the Shanghai Conservatory of
Waltz'tickets
sold out
Tickets for the CSUF Experimental Theatre Company production of
"The Waltz of the Toreadors" have
been sold out. The play is scheduled
to run beginning tonight through
Saturday, April 3. For information
concerning cancellations, contact
the CSU F Theatre Box Office at 294-
2216. between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m
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