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The Panther
February 2, 1979
News Briefs
Edited by A. Lineve Wead
The great Beautiful Black
Women Collection is currently
on display at Spelman College
in the upper concourse of the
Albert E. Manley Student
Center through Feb. 16, 1979.
The showing of the thirteen
famous black women is spon
sored by the Martin Luther
King Jr. Center for Social
Change, Maynard Jackson,
City of Atlanta, Bureau of
Cultural Affairs and the
Johnson Products Company,
Inc. For more information call:
681-3643 Ext. 247.
An Invitational Art Show by
the Blacks Artists Atlanta
group at Agnes Scott College
in Decatur, Ga., will continue
through Feb. 15. Members of
the Black Artists Atlanta
works can be viewed in the
Dalton Galleries of the Dana
Fine Arts Building. For more
information call: 373-2571 Ext.
230.
Spelman College invites all
would be playwrights to
participate in the Drama
Department’s one-act play
contest. Address all entries of
this subject: “The Black
Experience” to Dr. F.D. Hall,
Jr., Spelman College
Department of Drama, P.O.
Box 15. For more information
call 681-3643.
The National Endowment
for the Arts is accepting ap
plications for its Fellowships
for Creative Writers for
“professional writers of excep
tional talent.” Awards of $10,-
000 will be directed to two hun
dred recipients. Deadline for
mailing applications is Feb.
15. For more information call
(202) 634-6044, or write:
Literature Program, National
Endowment for the Arts., 2401
E. St. NW, Washington, D.C.
20506.
Georgia State Senator
Julian Bond has joined NBC’s
“Today” Program as a
political commentator. Bond
will be able to explore any sub
ject of his choosing except for
Georgia politics.
For students wishing to
explore new experiences,
summer work in Africa may be
for you. Areas for which
summer work/study will be
availabl are art; oral history;
ethno-mucicology; tutoring;
public health and medicine;
and journalism and media
development. Persons
interested in participating in
Crossroad’s Summer 1979
Work/Study/Travel
Program, should apply
immediately to Crossraods
Africa, Inc., 150 5th avenue,
New York, N.Y., 10011.
EVERGREEN MCAT-DAT Review Course LSAT
Review Course. Take the courses individually in
Atlanta in 3 to 5 days. P.O. Box 77034, Atlanta, Ga.
30309 phone (404) 874-2454.
Greeks Join Forces
By Clyde C. Robertson
Panther Staffwriter
February 24,1979 marks the
first time the two Greek
[organizations Alpha Kappa
lpha Sorority Inc. and Kappa
lpha Psi Fraternity Inc. join
[forces to present a number of
[activities as a fundraiser to
nefit the local chapter of the
AACP and themselves as
ell.
Georgia State Represen
tative Julian Bond, City Coun-
il President Carl Ware and
ayor Maynard Jackson are
cheduled to participate in the
[day’s activities. A fashion
show is planned for the Fox,
Theater and a giant disco is
following at the Fox Theater ini
the Grand Ballroom. Thisi
joint venture should not only
bring the two organizations'
closer but the entire student'
body can pick up on the vibes'
and understand that we are*
both about unity,” Michael K.i
Gamble, Kappa Alpha Psii
president, said. Alpha Kappa i
Alpha could not be reached for i
comment at presstime.
Editor’s note: This is the first i
of a series of Greek news briefs
reported by Clyde C.
Robertson.
To Believe In 4 The Wiz’ Parliament
‘Swims’ To
The Top
PRINT & POSTER SALES
Part-Time And Full-Time Call Gloria: 451-4393
DIANA ROSS, as Dorothy, and her new-found friends,
portrayed (from left to right) by TED ROSS, MICHAEL
JACKSON, and NIPSEY RUSSELL.
Ross) whom she meets on Fifth
Avenue at the 42nd Street
Library encased in a
monumental stone lion which
flanked the front steps. To her
amazement they each needed
something that could be sup
plied by The Wiz. The
Scarecrow needed a brain, the
Tinman needed a heart and
the Lion needed courage. This
strange bunch finally reaches
Oz after a long journey down
the yellow brick road and after
conquering the traps set by
Evillene (Mabel King), the
Wicked Witch of the North,
such as her devious plan of us
ing gigantic paper dolls that
bob and dance, trash cans that
sprout vicious teeth and
gorgeous poppy girls that com
pletely druged the Lion and
Dorothy. This leads the Tin
man and the Scarecrow to
their rescue.
Dorothy and her friends en
counter the Flying Monkeys in
Shea Stadium and are cap
tured and carried off to
Evillene, who demands the
return of the slippers taken
from the equally evil sister.
When Evillene threatens to
roast Toto if she doesn’t com
ply, Dorothy pulls a lever
marked “In Case of Fire.”
Evillene screams that she is
allergic to water, and melts
into the floor boards.
Dorothy and her friends
return to the Emerald City by
using shortcuts indicated by
Evillene’s now-reformed hen
chmen, and arrive at the
unguarded back door which
opens into the tacky backstage
dressing room of The Wiz.
When they discover that The
Wiz is a fraud they feel that all
hopes of gaining their requests
is lost, but Dorothy points out
that they don’t need The Wiz,
since during their adventures
the Lion has proved that he
has courage, the Tinman has
shown compassion, and the
Scarecrow has demonstrated
that he has a fantastic
intellect. But one problem
remains; j ust how will Dorothy
and Toto return home? Glinda,
the Good witch of the South,
(Lena Horne), helps Dorothy
find the answer.
Glinda tells her that
whatever she has been search
ing for she can find inside
herself, where it has been all
the time. Through the magic of
the silver slippers, Dorothy
arrives back on her street, back
in a loving world — back home.
By Gloria Johnson
Panther Reporter
The Wiz is a magical
musical based on the play
“The Wiz.” It captures the
hearts of the viewers by forc
ing them to realize the mes
sage that the story is relaying:
to believe. If you believe in
yourself your wildest of
dreams will come true. As it
was for Dorothy, the
Scarecrow, the Lion and the
Tinman, they believed and dis-
covered that they had what
they had been searching for all
along.
Dorothy (Diana Ross) is a 24-
year-old schoolteacher living
in Harlem with her Aunt Em
(Theresa Merritt) and Uncle
Henry (Stanley Greene).
Dorothy shies away from
Aunt Em’s matchmaking and
avoids her attempts to make
her more aware of the world
that lies south of 125th Street
in New York.
All this changes when
Dorothy is taking out the
garbage for her Aunt Em and
her dog rushes out the door
into a fierce New York
snowstorm. They are swept up
into a vortex of snow crystals
and sail through a magical
oblivion, only to come crash
ing down on some huge elec
trical letters spelling Oz.
To her surprise she discovers
she killed Evermean, the
Wicked Witch from the East.
She is showered with praises
by the Munchkins who had
been turned into graffiti by
Evermean. A numbers lady
called Miss One (Thelma
Carpenter), transfers to
Dorothy’s feet the silver
slippers of the dead witch and
tells her that only The Wiz can
help her get back home. The
Wiz lives in Emerald City at
the end of the yellow brick
road.
She eases on down the road
with the Scarecrow (Michael
Jackson) whom she meets in a
corn patch in Harlem, with the
Tinman (Nipsey Russell),
whom she meets in an
amusement park crushed
underneath a mechanical fat
lady, and with the Lion (Ted
By Stanley Egerson
Staff Writer
Oooo, “The Motor Booty Af
fair (NBLP 7125 CASABLAN
CA) is a musical, underwater
episode hosted by the Bionic
Idiot himself, Mr. Wiggles.
(Who is, for information, a
recent clone of Dr.
Funkenstein). And as you
enter the “Affair” you will
indeed funk with the likes of
Starchild and other veteran
funksters, but they’re new
clones in this wet, wide world
of wiggle. Can you swim? If so
allow these melodious notions
to slither into your mind like
an eel through seaweed.
The funkmob always, but
always, has a tune at the top of
national charts; “Aqua
Boogie” is currently classified
thusly. After three weeks of
airplay it was the eighth most
played jam in the nation. Sir
Nose was made to dance a year
ago. He lost his funkless
crusade again, and is
submersed into Psyco-
alphadiscobetabioaquado-
loop; now old Nose swims too.
Mr. Wiggles heads to an
underwater party with Giggle
and Scerm, his ladies; together
you’ll meet all sorts of funky
beings — maybe even a clone
of yourself.
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jjl. Aqua Boogie — Parliament!
•♦(Casablanca) -5
•#2. Bustin’ Loose — Chuck*
jBrown (Source) .*
•>3. Take That to the Bank —ft
*Shalamar (Solar) {
^4. It’s All the Way Live —-.*
■♦Lakeside (Solar) *
*5. Living It Up — Bell & James?
J(A&M) -*
-#6. Let’s Dance Together —-*
j Wilton Felder (ABC) ?
^7. (Dance It) Free Styles
-0 Rhythm — Mantus (SMI)
j 8. My Name Is Love — WiltonJ
■I Felder (ABC) -*
H 9. Love Changes — Mother’s*
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j 10. Hang It Up — Patrice*
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This movie is highly
recommended for family
viewing. It is rated G and can
be seen at the National Four
threatre on Old National Hwy.