New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00539

14 e N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, July IS, 1963 Concerts To Start In Harlem Parks The Summer Series of coocerta io Colonial and Mt Morris Park begin* Thursday, July 11, at I pax. la the Colonial Park Amphi­ theatre, 14®th St and Bradhurtt Ave. The well-known Noble Shale haa arranged a speclei musical revue with popular stars of stage, screen, radio and televis­ ion Io launch thia aeries which la sponsored by the Afro Arts Theatre. The Mt. Morris Park Concerts begin on Sunday, July 14, at 2 p.m. la the Concert Orchard. 122nd St. and Madison Ave. when the Harry Spencer Jan Octet will be heard. ‘At Colonial Park, on Friday night, the Amadeus Music So­ ciety, under the direction of Wil­ liam Yearwood, pianist will be heard. On Saturday night, the Fifth Avenue Opera Association under die direction of Stanley Fried- berg, pianist, wfll be presented. SINGS SATURDAY - Ella Fitzgerald makes her annual appearance at the Forest Hills Music Festival on Saturday evening July 13 at 8:20 p.m. The Festival, which is held at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, will continue through August 34. Dave Brubeck Quartet also appears with Ella World Of Comedy Seen In ViUage “A New World of Comedy’’ mu- j Added to the revue are the tical revue now playing at the ’’Doylettes,” Simpson rccutuiog Washington Square Theatre, 145 stars. Fred Martin is presenting Bleecker St., is now running on a the George Q. Lewis show with revised schedule Daniel T. Frankel directing. Of all the Englishmen who drink gin how many : drink Gordon’s Most of them. And it’s been that way ,for years. To be blunt about It, Gordon's is England's biggest selling gin —as it is America's and the world’s. Why? Probably because we have alwkys refused to tamper with a JSaaJL good thing. Gordon’s still harks back to Alexander Gordon’s original 1 formula — conceived in ft London 194 years ago— R| so its distinctive dryness LI DisSled and delicate flavour aJLohdonDry remain unchanged and Alm.imS-.tui> unchallenged to this day. } ksHEffl Ask for Gordon’s by name. t POPULAR-PRICED EVENINGS OF PHILHARMONIC HALL, LINCOLN CENTER J JAZZ COKCEBTS BUDD JOHNSON & GROUP BEN WEBSTER & GROUP Id iVER NELSON & GROUP 1 BENNY GOLSON & GROUP 1 GEORGE RUSSELL & GROUP JIMMY GIUIFRE & GROUP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Telephone Philharmonic Hall Boz Office (TR 4-2424) lay K, Hoffman, ALL SEATS RESERVED • AU SINGLE SEATS ONE PRICE, $3.00 • SUBSCRIPTION FOR ANY COMBINATION OF 3 EVENTS $7.50 tncint-fi my check or money order for I- ...... - (payabi* to PhiiMrtn^tio Haiti for IM fsHew*hi Coordinator ____ LOCATION DESIRED (Circle Ona) ORCHESTRA I LOOK tat TERR. 2nd TERR. SINGLE SEATS AT S3 00 EACH (Fill In dt’a and number of tiekate) audscRirriONS for s events at *7.so each # • * .30 ’ 'M 4 Dave Hepburn la on vacation. The following col­ umn is written by George Norford, NBC-TV execu­ tive now on leave and working with SCAD as a TV consultant on the integration of the Negro in tele­ vision and other entertainment areas. - Everybody talks about tele­ vision. But unlike the weather, many people are doing some­ thing about it— inside and out­ side the industry. This applies across the board la all the areas of current com­ plaint—ratings, programming, equal time, unequal treatment of Negroes. Dave Hepburn, regular resi­ dent of this column, haa been talking mostly about the latter, and doing a great deal of writ­ ing about it ns well.' Having packed his radio and retreated to the shore be has asked me to comment to the extent of a column. It may wind up la two. Editor’s Neto; B wffi. What is most Important is that the television people themselves are trying to do something about the complaints, Including the one of exclusion, which is of major concern to us. So are tbs per- formen unions like AFTBA (American Federation of Tele­ vision and Radio Artists) doing something, and many of the writers and producers in whose hands rest most of the creative control over programs. Outside Industry People outside the industry are also doing something about this exclusion, including George H. Fowler, Chairman of the New York State Commission for Hu­ man Rights. What they do varies in degree, intensity and continuity. Also it will take them all a little longer than most people think it should to alter the prevailing patten. Commissioner Fowler Initiated an action program with the net­ works. At his recommendation Governor Rockefeller requested NBC to grant me a leave of absence to serve as television consultant to the Chairman and the Commission. Commissioner Fowler pointed out at the very beginning of the assignment that the Commission was known to everybody who owned a television set. It was known by the broadcasters, and by the Commission. How to go about correcting It through mu­ tual understanding and coopera­ tion was the question. Talks Begin Talks began with producer* sad writers, program develop­ ers and packagers, television program executives in New York and in Hollywood. The programs discussed encompassed Westerns and children’s shows, private eya series and situation com­ edies. vanety shows and docu­ mentaries. Concrete proposals were made as to how, compatible with reality, Negroes might be employed in all of them. There was general agreement that It would be a tragic irony If the pattern of television, now being shaped, was faulty at Its core because of this glaring ex­ clusion. Motion pictures were giving us a current and totally depressing illustration of what happens when a pattern of exclusion of minorities takes hold of an in­ dustry and is permitted to pre­ vail. Affront To Negro Showing at the motion plctv^e houses was the film "The Long­ est *Day”. It dramatises one of the most memorable days in contemporary history, the land­ ing of allied troops in Normandy. Thousands ot men are used In the action, not one of them a Negro. The film affronts every Negro who wore a uniform in all the ware In which the U.S. was Involved, the families of those who died and the dem­ ocracy they defended. It will always be remembered with re­ sentment as a prime example of motion picture prejudice and will be an indictment of the industry wherever it is shown In the world. (Ito Re Concluded Next Week) Brock Peters Heard In Song And Lecture By THOMASINA NORFORD Brock Peters brought a delight- ] Through them, he commented on the Negro's important contribu­ tion to America’s musical cul- Even though most of the his­ torical background of these songs had been heard before it was a again from Mr. Peters ... His speaking voice has a wide range and an uncommon richness. It is becoming well known through his work In motion pictures. He is currently appearing in three mov­ ies: "To KHl • Mockingbird”, "The L-Sbaped Room” and "Hea­ vens Above!” ful diversity to the Summer Arts , Festival of the New School, hold­ ing forth Friday nights at the 12th Street institution. Songs of Africa, the Caribbean and the South were arranged and presented in a neat­ ly wrapped and enjoyable pack­ age. But the songs, for all their di­ versity of place and mood were only part of the evening’s fare. A well * presented lecture before each group placed the songs In their proper regional, historical and emotional mold. in the songs of Africa, the focus was on how drums related to rit­ uals; followed by a range of oth­ er numbers of love and death, prostitution and pollgamy. Negro Songs Passing through the West la­ dies and touching on the popular calypso, Peters brought his aud­ ience to the American South and to the high point of his program — folk songs and spirituals. ... Having scheduled Alton Ad- in greater New York. It was a am*’ “Virgin Islands March" as *bort and Uv«ty work with a gay part of the program given on The tone that was especially Mall In Central Park last Friday Ptceiv*i bjL th< audience ? Tb® composer, 74 year* young, evening, Maestro Richard t ran conducted the work with a pre- ko Goldman changed the order of else briskness, presentation when he learned the Roger Smith, assistant conduc- composer was in the city, thus tor of the Goldryan Band, took enabling Mr. Adam* to conduct over to conduct his arrangements Brown’s "The Light Guards hi* own work. -7 Before Mr. Adams mounted the Quickstep’’ and Hewitt's "Ths podium the audience was inform- Battle of Trenton." The theme of ed that the composition was the the familiar Yankee Doodle Dan- official march of the Virgin La- dy la contained in this march, lands and that the performance These Guggenheim Memorial was being dedicated to the 17,000 Concerts are always played be- Virgin Islanders, who new reside fore a capacity audience. The Stadium Concerts The second week of The Stad- ducted the orchestra seemed to ium Concert* began last Tuesday have yielded to the greatness of evening. Mischa Elman, violinist, the artist, rather than concentrat- played Tchaikovsky’s "Concerto ing on the smoothness of the per- In D Major for Violin and Orch- formance. estra.” While his playing had However, Mr. Allers led the or- great beauty of tone, there was a ctoestra in a brisk and colorful lack of cohesion. The double stop- reading of Rimsky - Korsakoff s ping wm nimble ang brilliant. "Scheherazade.” The color and but the overall sound Was ragged drama of this oriental narrative and edgy. Franz Allers, who con- was finely delineated. ritone were the soloists in ex- ing and refine cerpts from the folk opera, "Por- Even if 4 pllshmenU in gy and Mias Williams’ projection of fields were no "My Man’s Gone Now” was a we are certal vocal gem. Her porta la voce was would Uke to done with a velvety smoothness. Rhapsody” az Mr. Winters’ enunciation In "I of the other Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ ” was su- "Porgy and B perb, his high notes were a trifle to death. All-Verdi Program On Saturday night, the 150th that the solois Anniversary Program of Verdi’s jections cam< birth was given wuth Mary Cur- . tia-Verna. soprano: Jan Peerce, tenor, and Jerome Hines, bass as Mr. Hines’ the artists. curely held Alfredo Antoninl was the con- Curtis - Vern doctor. He maintained such su- ish and Mr. 1 perb control over the orchestra hear. Stadium Concerts Gremlins got into the presses The boyish last week and the reviews on the Mr- Coburn opening of the 46th season of con- 2^?' certs were not printed. Van Cli- by cordial burn was the soloist on opening night He played the Tchaikovs- hlm „ ky “Concerto No. 1 in B fiat ml- encores, nor for Plano and Orchestra ’’ b Schumani Each thne Mr. Cllburn playa this mlgM ha, work, one discovers another fac- not the g*, et of bis refined technique, tor he turBed th approaohed the work with more Alfred Ws authority and understanding, cap- ducted ,u taring all the inner beauty of the „ceptloo < Concerto. when Robert The mood of each movement Stadium deb, had a deep emotional quality and with such ft in the dosing passages, Mr. Cli- composer’s burn stepped-up the tempo bring- mann's “Ri ing the work to an exciting con- Wagner’s Pr elution. Before the final note had from "Triste faded away, the audience began given such a a prolonged and tumultous ova- tion as to tx CLUB BARON CONDUCTS IN PARK — 24. year-old Alton Adams, right, former Navy bandmaster and native of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands is welcomed by Rich­ ard Franko Goldman of the Goldman Band, before Mr. Adams conducted the 52-piece concert band In his own "Vir­ gin Islands March” last Fri­ day night at the Central Park Mall. See "Music in Review for details, i McAdams Photo) Sm ika mnwarta rrwy Tom. * nt al »:U ML Ths Tesn-Ags Fair is at Free- domland thru Sunday—Con­ tinuous Shows with Guests introduced by Clay Cois A 8. Mitchel Rood. SSL £g.** /&£ — bTOH -n,, I PORUT HILUS Big Gospel Show Next At Apollo Enthusiasts of Gospel entertain­ ment are in for a special treat when Jonathan Joe Crane, lead­ ing Gospel personality of WADO’s "Gospel Highway" Show, leads the gigantic Gospel show into the Apollo Theatre on 125th Street, from July TI through July 20. For ten full davs the Apollo Theatre will be featuring Gospel groups from ell over the nation. Appearing will be suah groups as: The Swanee Quintet of Augus­ ta, Georgia, James Cleveland from California, The Gospel Chi­ mes; The Harmonizing Four from Richmond, Va.; Prof. Char­ les Taylor and His Singers from Mobile. Alabama, The Argo Sing­ ers of Argo, Hlinois, The Consol­ ers of Miami, Florida, The Sing­ ing Crusaders of Cleveland, Ohio. Also drummer Shep 8hepherd and Solomon Herriott, nationally famous organist. Harlem Opera Society In Member Drive The Harlem Opera Society,! though it is three years old, la< embarking on Its first Fund and Membership Drive as of July 15. "The Fund and Membership Drive la very much needed to be certain of a 1982^4Opera Season," according to Monte Norris, gen- oral manager Wileon Woodbeck of the Na­ tional Association of Ndgro Mu- sieiana. a stager la his own right and who Is currently preparing an anthology on Negroes in the Arts, will head the Fund andi Harlem Opera Society Is aa ta- terracial musical cultural organ­ ization, presenting free Claaaicnl music wltMn the community of Harlem mostly at the Upper Man­ hattan YWCA,Oft West 12B Street It is a non • profit community organization giving opportunity to the young Negro and white opera tingors, to be beard end to AT FREEDOMLAND — Gin­ ger Gordon, the sultry singer who recently wrote and waxed “He Doesn't Love Me Any­ more”, is now appearing at Freedomland’s "Teenage Af­ fair.” The shapely, diminutive singer who recently launched her singing career, is also scheduled to go into the in­ timate Living Room, an East Side aupper club. dancing Wt TEACH IT Andersort’sSludio DINING DANCING Restaurant & Supper Club 3219 B'way (ear. ot 129 St) NYC ARTHUR PRYSOCK UPTOWNS MOST INTIMATf SISTAU'FANT K SUPP<» CLUB The Fabulous and Luxurious Air-Conditioned ROOM WILMAC NOW AVAILAILI For Wedding Receptions Parties and Dances SELECT ONE Of OUR MANY MONEY SAVING PACKAGES. 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