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Victory Productions presents ‘Judgement Day 3: Redemption Song’
By DEBORAH MOODY
Augusta Staff Writer
The wealth of creative
ability in our community
is absolutely amazing.
On any given day, one
will find plethora of
artists in virtually genre
~ whether it is visual and
performing art forms,
including painting,
sculpture, dance, theatre,
architecture and print
making - offering spec
tators some of the finest
talent anywhere. Karlton
Clay’s name should be
Jazz it up at Super C Night Club
with Kato and Michael Biggers
By DEBORAH MOODY
Augusta Focus Staff Witer
With deep roots in American
jazz, guitarist Michael Biggers
and keyboardist Kato have
been on the scene since the
mid-70s playing with legends
including Clarence Carter,
Bobby Byrd, K.C. and the Sun
shine Band, and William Bell.
These masters of melodies have
also opened for James Brown
and Teddy Pendergrass. Their
seventy-five years of combined
experience gives area music
lovers chance to mellow into an
entertainment oasis at Super C
Nfi[ Club located at 2746
Te Road in Hephzibah
(706-796-1129). Biggers and
Kato perform three sets on
Thursday evenings starting at 9
PM unul and welcome local
area musicians and singers to sit
in on the sessions. Kato stated
that he and Super C’s owner
Are you a replica of liberty?
“Take it from me someday
well all be free”
Donny Hathaway
Ah, Independence Day, July
4, the stamps, the red, white
and blue and of course the lib
erty bell. The liberty bell has
become the international sym
bol of independence. The bell
has been rung at so many
monumental events (deaths,
celebrations, arrivals into
town, etc.) in US history.
However, the bell has also
taken its share of bumps and
bruises. Some cracks that the
bell has endured could be
Tel sll goy ot
i with
a crack that was unable to be
repaired. Not only is the bell
hanging but it is also a land
placed on the roll of bril
liant talent emerging in
the CSRA. This twenty
one year old senior at
Georgia State University
majoring in film and
video has penned and
directed another play
entitled, “Judgement
Day 3: Redemption
Song” to be presented at
New Creation Christian
Church (Hillcrest Bap
tist Church) located at
3045 Deans Bridge Road
in South Augusta on Fri
day, June 29 at 7 p.m.
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play music together a long time
ago and we (l)lfinafl)h get alfinncc
to play together in.”
Michl;cl Bi - added ?fit he
is eager fi)rlfi'(sfld group to get
back together again. Their
mdodicoszlls bring a wide vari
ety of jazz sounds- fusion, the
standards, and R&B 1o this
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mark with the crack. The
crack is so infamous that it is
literally an important part of
its history. You cannot talk
about or see the liberty bell
without seeing its scares. |
believe that just as the liberty
On the Real with Miss Monique ..
Hey Miss Monigue,
I really need some advice from
you. I have been holding this in
for a while. My boyfriend and 1
have been together for two years
and ten months. We have had
our differences in the past, but I
thought we got over them. |
stepped out on him and he for
gave me. He said that he sll
wanted to be with me because he
loved me. He has been hanging
that over my head and I can't deal
impressive drama is the
last installment of the
Judgement Day series of
plays. (Editor’s note: the
spelling of ‘Judgement’ is
creative license of the
playwright)
This enterprising play
wright has developed his
own production compa
ny, Victory Productions.
This entity has produced
several plays including
“Judgement Day 1,2, &
3
Clay asserted that he is
divinely led in his writ
ing, “The Holy Spirit -
can unwind in a comfortable
atmosphere. There is no admis
sionosguring the jazz sessions
and there is great food at great
prices with gtf: best chigck'il
wings around.
'?fe musical group enjoys
spreading their %:mr of jo
around. They also play ch-,
dings, old school and family
reunions, and private parties
throughout the southeast.
bell, we have endured some
bumps and bruises but we
should still represent liberty.
During the course of our
lives, we have been damaged
by emotional abuse, physical
abuse, health failures, financial
burdens, life changes, and/or
generational curses. However,
the liberty bell was repaired
with trial and errors we can be
repaired and made com
plete...see I know a man. A
man that can take all of that
away, a man that can tum
your midnights into days, and
a man that can take away your
tears. All he is asking of you is
to believe. Believe that he is
who he says that he is, believe
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with it anymore. Its as thought
he doesntt want to be with me.
He is always going out with his
friends for hours at a time. But
when I want 0 do something
with him, he is always tired or
doesnt feel like going anywhere
or doing anything. | don't know
what to do. He got hurt on the
job a year ago and is out of work.
I currently do not have a job and
I know it is stresstul, but it’s not
worth the stress and bull that [
He gives me the inspira
tion. My family and my
upbringing in the church
and in the Lord has had a
heavy influence on what
I write. I try to keep my
writing as real as possible
without compromising
my integrity or my wit
ness.” Clay is the oldest
of six siblings. His proud
parents are Pastor Ken
neth and Mrs. Sonya
Clay. He is a member of
the New Creation Chris
gigh Church (NOCECC)
here in Augusta where
his father is the senior
Laualan Hill suits up for Second LP after
breaking the ice with Penguin Song
Given that the most positive
thing Lauryn Hill's bandmates
are saying about another
potential Fugees reunion is
“just keep praying,” the
chances seem slim that we'll see
the trio of Whydlef Jean, Pras
and Hill doing an album
together again. With the 10-
year anniversary of her solo
debut, The Miseducation of
Lauryn Hill, close w 0 a year
away, fans have questioned
whether we would see her put
out another album. But Sony
Music, the label she is signed
to, is still saying yes.
Hill has acquired new man
agement, and earlier this
month, she even put out a new
k.
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have been putting up with either.
He thinks that he can do what he
wants as long as it is the right
thing. Why would you tell a per
son that you don't want someone
to do something, yet you tum
around and do the same thing
that you're tripping about? I just
dont know who to talk to or turn
to about his behavior. I turned to
a friend before and it went a step
further ~ in the wrong direction.
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song called “Lose Myself™ that
was inspired in part by a dude
named Big Z. No, not some
new rapper — Z. is a penguin
in the film “Surfs Up.” And
the song isnt the first single
from her album; ics a featured
track on the soundtrack to the
film.
But, as her reps optimistical
ly pointed out to MTV News,
Hifi)loh;m recently gone back into
the studio with the goal of
making a new LP In all seri
ousness, they say. She theoreti
cally has a library of unreleased
material in the vault, since she
has consistenty recorded over
the past decade (we just haven't
heard anything yet). But the
June 28, 2007
we are talking about getting mar
ried but before I say I do T want
to know if this is what he really
wants. | dont want to think that
he is cheating but what else could
possibly be going on. What do
you think and what should I do?
Hey girl,
I hate to sum this up like this,
but you did this o yourself.
Why? Because you are the one
that cheated. | know that this is
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hip-hop stars camp says Hill
has cooked up a batch of fresh
new m;-ucriar and there will
probably be some collabora
tons once the project is finally
released.
Hill has also signed up for
several dates, mustfi' at festivals,
around the Ei:bc this summer.
Stops in Dubai, Turkey and the
Netherlands are all on her list,
and in the U.S,, she has four
dates scheduled, including a
free concert August 6 in Brook
lyn, New York, as part of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Con
cert Series.
Theres stll no release date
scheduled for the next Lauryn
Hill project.
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