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6 • The Red and Black • Friday, September 28, 1990
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Classic weekend will
benefit the homeless
By BEVERLY COX
Contributing Writer
It’s time once again to grab your
sneakers and head out to the
Kenny Rogers Classic Weekend in
Colbert, Oa. This annual event fea
tures two days of sports tourna
ments and celebrity-ogling to
benefit the Athens Area Homeless
Shelter.
Celebrities on hand this year
will include Mr. Rogers himself,
Michael Jordan, Larry Byrd, Tim
Mayotte, Woody Harrelson and
Mark Harmon.
“So far, $65,000 has been raised
for the shelter and work has al
ready started on it," said Alan
Smirin, publicist for the Classic
Weekend. “Were hoping to raise
$50,000 this weekend to complete
and begin furnishing the shelter.”
The agenda this year includes
an auction Friday night, with such
items as a car and Ranger Bass
boats ud for grabs. It will be fol
lowed Dy a concert featuring
Athens' own John Berry. Smirin
said proceeds from Friday night
will go towards the shelter.
Saturday morning there will be
a basketball tournament from 9:30
— 11:30 a.m., followed by a Prince
tennis exhibition and competition
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday night there
will be a country fish fry dinner
and a band will perform.
Sunday morning is the Fishing
Derby weigh-in at 10:30 followed
by a golf tournament at 11 a.m..
The weekend’s competitions will be
seen as a NBC sports special at a
later date.
“The interest and support has
been better than ever tnis year,”
Kenny Rogers: Setting up for a ‘classic' weekend.
Smirin said. “W’e’re hoping that the
weather will hold in order to have
the size crowd that we need in
order to meet our goal and finish
the shelter.”
The Kenny Rogers Classic
Weekend will take place at Rogers’
farm, Beaver Dam, off Lithonia Rd.
Tickets are available at Ticket-
master outlets and at the gate. Cost
is $20 for a day pass and $35 for a
weekend pass. Family passes are
available for a family of four at
$50. A portion of the ticket sales
will go to the shelter.
The Hoot promotes good, down-home folks
By MEREDITH PUGH
Contributing Writer
Monday night the Rockfish
Palace will be presenting The
Hoot, a free concert sponsored by
the Athens Folk Music and Dance
Society featuring music by various
to promote traditional bluegrass
and folk musicians in the Athens
community.
“We’ve really seen a comeback in
bluegrass and acoustic music lis
teners,” Hunter said. “It seems
that more people are aware of what
Athens has to offer in folk music.”
The music showcase was origi
nally presented at Sparky’s restau
rant but for the last year has been
hosted by the Rockfish Palace.
The Hoot is scheduled every first
Monday of the month. This week’s
performance will feature artists
William Bender, Debbie Norton
and newcomers Cherry of Zenore.
J.R. Greene, manager of the
Rockfish Palace, said “The Hoot is
appreciated by lots of people who
like acoustical and traditional
american bluegrass music. It will
be a celebration of original music
from the community.”
Concert will focus on
true American spirit
By KELLY THRELKELD
Contributing Writer
The Georgia Center for Contin
uing Education, in connection
with the UGA Foundation Music
Scholarship Fund, will present
“Gershwin and Friends,” a con
cert featuring soprano Daisy
Newman. Ms. Newman will be
accompanied by The Jim McK-
illip Trio and will perform at 8:15
on Saturday evening, September
29 in the Hugh B. Masters Hall
located at the Georgia Center.
Newman’s performance is just
one of the activities being held
during the Georgia Centers Re
dedication Week. It will help
raise money for the UGA Foun
dation Music Scholarship Fund
with a reception and dinner fol
lowing the musical event.
A native Mississippian,
Newman studied music educa
tion in Ohio and now resides in
Manhattan. Her previous credits
include work with Leonard
Bernstein’s Seventieth Birthday
Tour which included a perfor
mance at the Royal Albert Hall in
London. She is currently trav
eling around the country per
forming at recitals and making
solo appearances.
Although the basis of the pro
gram is the work of American
composer George Gershwin,
Newman said that “the true focus
is on American music written by
American composers that exem
plify the true American spirit.”
Additional music by other cele
brated composers will also be
performed. Among these talents
are Duke Ellington, Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Leonard
Bernstein.
Newman said the selections for
the show will be “people-
oriented.” She said the music on
the program is easily recogniz
able and that it will be conveyed
in the styles in which the com
posers originally intended.
Newman said she hopes the
opening number, ‘Tonight” from
West Side Story, will lead the au
dience on “a fantastic, magical
journey together.”
Roger E. Comley, Associate Di
rector of Hotel and Operating
Services for the Georgia Center
said, “Ms. Newman will do some
thing a little different by singing
“Slow Drag,” a rag piece by Scott
Joplin that is usually instru
mental.”
Tickets are $7.50 at the
Georgia Center.
local artists.
According to Maggie Hunter,
MC for the event, The Hoot was
originally taken from the term hoo
tenanny — a swinging, down-
home, music party. It was created
in 1983 by several local musicians
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