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THE PANTHER
December 3, 1979
AUC Troupe Displays Fall/Winter Fashions
BY LILLIE M. LEWIS
Panther Editor
Tweed suits, colorful wool
sweaters, pigskin and snakes-
kin combinations, as well as
western wear accented the elo
quent scene of the 5th annual
Fall/Winter Tour Production
of the Atlanta University
Center Fasion Troupe.
Even though the show was
delayed for one hour and 30
minutes on Morehouse
College’s campus, Dennis
Short, producer/director, still
managed to serve an eight
course fashion menu.
The various luxurious
scenes included: “Easy Street”
which consisted of a tasty tan
talizing touch of fashionable
sports wear such as lavender
sweater dresses, snug fitting
leather jackets, sweaters of
metallic shades, full-bodied
pleated skirts, and plum
corduroy pants.
For those ladies that like the
hemline of their dresses and
skirts at the calf of the leg,
sorry to disappoint you, but the
hemline is shorter this year
just below the knee.
Fashiohs were designed by
well known designers such as
Calvin Klein, Yvest Saint
Iaurent, Gloria Vanderbilt,
and many more.
There were outfits for that
fashion conscious man or
woman to wear on every oc-
cassion.
At Tingles “Disco wear a la
carte” was highlighted from
Lenox Square. Spicy, silky,
and sexy dresses of the roaring
20’s were featured, in addition
to ebony silk colored slacks
„ nri KATHY MOORE
Panther Staff Writer
accented with a gray blouse.
Elan’s which is a first class
meeting place for the business
world presented the models in
misty gray two-piece skirt
suits, and two-piece tweed
ensembles. Also, “Executive
men’s wear” accented this
scene with the men modeling
three-pieced french lapels
suits, and round collared shirts
by Yves Saint Laurant and
August Max.
The preceding segment
spotlighted Abby’s and the
menu specialty was caviar.
These captivating fashions in
cluded wool cowl-neck sweater
dresses, a pimento red evening
slack suit, a black velour skirt,
with a matching french-cut an
kle length slacks accented
with an oriental evening
jacket of pure silk, and a
sparkling gold silk jacket.
Upon the grand finale,
Short announced that the
Atlanta University Center
Fashion Troupe plan to tour 45
black colleges beginning at
Howard University in
January.
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Funkadelic Just Knee Deep
Is Funkadelic rolling down hill?
BENJAMIN S. LUMPKIN
Panther Feature Editor
“Uncle Jam Wants You”
(UNCLE JAM WANTS YOU
BSK 3371 Warner Brothers) is
funkadelic’s latest album. It
marks the retirement of Fun
kadelic’s leader, head man, no.
1 in charge, George Clinton.
It also can mark the end of
Funkadelic if they record
anything similar to “Uncle
Jam Wants You.”
Side one of the album is a
treat for eonnoissers of funky
music. “Freak of the Week,”
the* first cut on side one is from
Funkadelic’s origins with
strange voices, a strong bass
line and a lot of percussion.
The hit of the album, “(Not
Just) Knee Deep,” is what you
might call disco-funk, a style
started several years ago by
Funkadelic’s alter-ego,
Parliament.
This style has become very
successful as seen with last
year’s big Funkadelic hit “One
Nation Under A Groove.”
“Knee Deep” is over 15
minutes long on the album and
introduces Funkadelic’s
newest member, Philippe
Wynne who was last seen as
lead singer for the Spinners
(remember “Sadie” and
“Rubberband Man”).
On side two, Wynne is the
Thrill Sargeant in Uncle
Jam’s (Clinton’s) Army. The
only cut worth mentioning on
side two is “Field Maneuvers"
bv Funkadelic guitarist
Michael Hampton, Gary
Shider and Eddie Hazel.
If this is any indication of
what to expect from future
Funkadelic albums then
funk may soon become
extinct-funk.
Only time will tell.