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The Augusta News-Review - August 26, 1976 -
Playin’
The Changes
By Stan Raines
LES McCANN '•
Jazz Piano With A Gospel Touch
There are many styles of
piano but none so well liked as
that style played by Les
McCann. Someone once said
that there was a little bit of Les
McCann in every Baptist
Church.
Leslie Coleman McCann was
bom in Lexington, Ky., Sept.
9, 1935. He is from a rather
large family and all of his
relatives sang in church choirs.
So naturally Les grew up
listening to spiritual type
music.
It wasn’t long after birth
that he found a great love for
gospel music and at age six he
had a piano which seemed to
be a natural instrument for him
to those who witnessed him as
he tried to play. His family got
him a teacher but,
unfortunately the teacher died
within a few short weeks.
There wasn’t another good
teacher around that the family
would approve of so Les went
for quite awhile without a
teacher.
Picking what he could here
and there, by the time he got
to high school, he was reading
music pretty well and played
tuba in the high school band.
He later played drums.
In addition to Les playing
tuba and drums, he was also
quite a good singer. He had a
fine rich voice with an
unmistakable touch of gospel.
With this voice he won a Navy
talent contest as a singer in
1956.
After his hitch in the Navy
was up, he decided to return to
school. (He quit school and
joined the Navy.) He was a
young man now and quite
mature. He had learned most
of his piano techniques in the
Navy, added his own style and
was playing the kind of things
that would cause anyone to sit
up and listen.
His first job was in a trio at
The Purple Onion in
Hollywood. Later he led a trio
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which accomplied singer Gene
McDaniels. As he grew
musically, his name spread.
Before he cut his first LP he
arranged an LP for The Lewis
Sisters. In 1960 he cut his first
LP “The Truth” on Pacific
Jazz label... It was called a new
type of gospel influenced soul
music.
By 1962 McCann’s
reputation had reached
international proportions. He
played the Antibes Festival and
proved to be the major hit in
the show which included
Count Basie and Ray Charles.
In 1963 Les McCann toured
with Charlie Byrd, Zoot Sims,
Groove Holmes, the Jazz
Crusaders and Stanley
Turrentine.
Faison-Neely Exchange
Wedding Vows
Miss Jerrlyn Neely and
Malachi Faison were united in
marriage Saturday, August 21
at Thankful Baptist Church.
Officiating minister for the
private ceremony was the Rev.
N.T. Young Sr.
Mrs. Myrtle Blount
furnished a program of nuptial
music.
The bride’s attire was a
formal ensemble of aqua blue
polyster silk. The lavishly
trimmed overblouse of
rhinestones and seeded pearls,
along with matching jacket,
graced the long matching skirt.
A Drop-In was given
following the ceremony at the
Omega Fraternity Clubhouse.
Mrs. Gussie Conner greeted the
guests at the door. Ms. Brenda
Neely kept the guest register.
Mrs. N.T. Young Sr. said the
goodbyes. Others assisting in
the entertainment were Mrs.
Lena Thomas, Mrs. Stella
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When asked whom would he
credit as being his influence.
Les replied, “I have been
influenced by life itself and
also by the music of the
Baptist Church. My ambition is
to be the best performer
possible in every way I can,
mainly to make people
happy.”
In addition to being a top
notch musician, Les is also a
talented photographer and has
a studio in Hollywood at
which he works on album
covers and displays books for
actors and models.
So if you ever hear a piano
which sounds real “churchy”
then find out that it’s really
jazz, chances are you will be
listening to Les McCann, The
Rev. Leroy of piano.
Nunally, Mrs. Harriet Curry,
Mrs. Marian Jolly, and Mrs.
Nora Bell Williams.
The bride is employed by
The Horry County Department
of Education.
The groom is employed as
supervisor at Grove
Manufacturing Company,
Conway, S.C.
The bride-elect was
entertained with a lingere
shower Friday, August 20 at
the home of Mr. & Mrs.
Bernard Neely. Hostesses for
the evening were Mrs. Martha
Neely and Ms. Brenda Neely.
The home of Mr. & Mrs.
Arthur Thomas was the scene
of a dinner party given in
honor of the couple, Sunday,
August 22.
CB Club
To Sponsor
Record Hop
The International CB Radio
Club, Inc. will sponsor a “Back
To School” Record Hop at
Sunset Homes, Saturday,
Augusta 28th. Admission is
free, prizes will be awarded.
This Hop will be held at
Sunset Homes instead of Delta
Manor as previously
announced.
Boston-Williams Hear Nuptial Bells
Miss Renata Charmaine
Williams became the bride of
Allen Richard Boston
Saturday, August 21 in the
D’Antignac Street Church of
Christ.
Minister’s T.L. King and
Richard Williams officiated.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A.
Williams of Augusta. The
'groom is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Boston of
Philadelphia, Pa.
Tommy Lewis of
Philadelphia, Pa., cousin of the
groom, was the best man.
Ushers were: Weinslow
Linsey of Atlanta, Ga., cousin
of the bride; Marvin Conerly,
Newark, N.J.; James Singleton
Jr.; Solomon Ware Jr. and
Vedery McCall, all of Augusta.
Miss Renee Williams of
Upper Darby, Pa. was maid of
honor. Matron of honor was
Mrs. Mignon Davis of Clovis,
New Mexico, sister of the
bride.
Bridesmaids were Miss Mary
Carter of Philadelphia, Pa., and
Miss Lisa Pauline Williams of
Augusta, sister of the bride.
Ring bearer was Andreigus
DeWayne Rouse. Flower girl
was Miss Bemalette Rouse.
Following the ceremony, a
reception was held in the
Thunderbird Inn. After a
wedding trip to Atlanta, the
Illinois Representative Crowned
Miss Black Teenage World
DANVILLE, Va. - Miss
Black Teenage World of
Illinois, 17-year-old Patrice
Reiger of Chicago, was
crowned 1976 winner of the
Miss Black Teenage World
Pageant. The pageant was held
on the campus of Benedict
College in Columbia, S.C.
Miss Reiger was selected
from among 18 finalists and
received a scholarship to
Hampton Institute in
Hampton, Va. Sixty-two
Continental Walk News Update
Rev. Barnard S. Lee,
Executive Vice President of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, announced the
continuation of the Southern
Leg of the Continental Walk
for Disarmament and Social
Justice. The Southern Leg of
the Walk began on April 4,
1976 and was scheduled to go
through eight of the eleven
southern states. SCLC
organized the Southern Leg of
the Continental Walk so the
people in the south would have
a chance to participate in what
we believe to be one of the
biggest steps towards true
democracy for all.
SCLC summoned its
National Program Director,
Golden Frinks, to mobolize the
Southern Leg of the
Continental Walk from Atlanta
to Washington, D.C.
Golden Frinks, founder of
the Scotland Neck Movement
in Halifax County and recent
receipent of the Rosa Parks
Award, has been active in the
Civil Rights Struggle since his
appointment as field secretary,
in 1962, by Dr. Martin Luther
King j.
Rev. Bernard Lee also stated
that Golden Frinks’
outstanding organizational
abilities would enhance greatly
the walk for Social and Equal
Administration of Justice and
point new awareness to the
extragavant military build-up
of this country.
SCLC’s reasons for joining
the walk are:
1. Doing away with hunger:
Providing food for the hungry.
2. Guaranteed income for
everyone.
3. Guaranteed Health Care
Plan for everyone: The best the
nation has to offer.
4. Adequate housing for
everyone.
5. Support of Sen.
Humphrey and Rep. Hawkin’s
Bill, The H-R 50, (full
employment for everyone
physically capable of working).
6. Guaranteed Education for
everyone.
7. Cutback in military
spending: From 113 billion
dollars to 75 billion dollars.
(America’s strongest weapon is
not the nucleur bomb but
food, we can starve to death
anyone in the world we want
to.)
8. To put an end to death
and destruction.
9. Insuring every citizen the
rights given them in the
Declaration of Independence:
The rights to life, liberty, and
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MRS. RENATA WILLIAMS
couple will make their home in
Philadelphia, Pa.
Out of town guests included
relatives and friends from New
thousand dollars worth of
college scholarships were
presented the top 15 finalists.
Other winners were: Aldrena
Rogers, North Carolina, First
Runner-up; Sterlin Benson,
South Carolina, Second
Runner-up; Kathy Thomas,
Washington, D.C., Third
Runner-up; Judith Harley,
Maryland, Fourth Runner-up;
Constance Simon, Florida,
Sixth Place; Zena Crenshaw,
Indiana, Seventh Place; Felicia
Taylor, Ohio, Eighth Place;
the pursuits of happiness.
SCLC has tried to build a
strong branch of the walk from
the south, however arrest and
harrassment of the walkers
threw the walk off schedule.
Despite the obstacles the walk
Ed Mclntyre Named
Chairman Os NACO
Ed Mclntyre, commissioner
of Richmond County, has been
appointed chairman for
Management Assistance of the
National Association of
Counties (NACO) Home Rule
and Regional Affairs Steering
Committee. The
announcement was made by
NACO President Dan Lynch of
Douglas County, Neb.
NACO’s 12 steering
committees form the
policy-making arm of county
government. Each committee is
composed of approximately 35
leading county officials who
meet periodically to examine
issues critical to local
government. Their
recommendations on county
legislative goals are presented
to the NACO membership each
year and, if adopted, become
the national county platform.
The Home Rule and
Regional Affairs Steering
Committee has two functions.
Paine Announces Program
Directors For Title 111 Funds
James M. Hinton Jr., Paine
C ollege federal relations
officer, has announced the
names of the people who will
act as program directors. They
will oversee the programs
funded by $475,000 Title 111
grant swarded by the
Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare.
The program involves four
basic areas of the college’s
operation. In the
Administrative area Dr. Julius S.
Scott, president of Paine, will
be director of the Trustee
Leadership Workshop; Robert
K. Kazanjian will head
Institutional Long Range
Planning and Dr. Ellis Rece will
coordinate the Institutional
Research Program.
Jersey, Philadelphia,
Indianapolis, Indiana, Chicago,
Atlanta, Macon, and South
Carolina.
Stacey Sprow, Va., Ninth
Place; Deme trias Dixon,
Arizona, Tenth Place. The Miss
Talent Award was presented to
Aldrena Rogers; Miss Creative
Expression went to Stacey
Sprow; with Sterlin Benson
being selected Miss Together.
The Pageant was produced
by Pageants Unlimited, Inc.
and Co-sponsored by Touch A
Teen Productions and the
Utopian Club of Columbia,
S.C.
will resume and continue along
a prescribed path arriving in
Washington, D.C., October 16,
1976.
The walk left Atlanta,
Wednesday, August 25.
First, it recommends legislative
action on ways to strengthen
local government, such as
governmental reorganization,
regional cooperation, inter-loal
agreements and sharing of
facilities, city-county mergers,
and transfer of responsibilities.
The second function of the
committee is to serve in an
oversight capactiy to ensure
that actions taken by other
NACO steering committees will
be in the best interests of local
government
According to Lynch, the
committee’s main legislative
thrust this year will be to
monitor development of the
Intergovernmental
Coordination Act of 1976 and
to push for continued funding
of the Intergovernmental
Personnel Act of 1970 (IPA).
The NACO is the national
spokesman for county
government in the United
States.
In conjunction with Robert
Cooper, Student Government
Association president, Larry
Saigent, dean of Student
Affairs, will direct the Cultural
Enrichment Program. Sargent
will also head the Counseling
and Testing Services. Project in
the student services area. In
addition, there will be an
expanded recruitment program
under Miss Christine Crocket
Reuben Kesler will
coordinate Improvement of
Instruction - Freshman Year
and Jack Bates will be director
in the development of the
Business Administration
See “DIRECTORS Pages
\Astrology |
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' . For Ist through 7th . i -r— ■»* ii
ARIES - March 21st to April 20th - The Ist is a fine day to
promote important career goals and innovative ideas, as the Moon
conjoins Neptune and trines Saturn. The 2nd is less promising,
though the Venus/Jupiter trine is helpful financially; relationships
may be tense, however. On the 3rd, Neptune squares the Sun and
you should be exceedingly realistic about any kind of
speculation; not a day to take risks. Generally favorable aspects
on the sth favor social and domestic pleasures, but the 7th is a
mixed-up sort of day when news can be misleading.
TAURUS - April 21st to May 20th - On the 2nd, the
Venus/Jupiter trine can be anice financial boost for you, though
the Sun/Neptune square on the 3rd does not favor speculation or
other risky moves. Fortunate lunar aspects on the 4th and Sth
favor a number of things for you; travel, social activity, romance
and probably a nice piece of news regarding job/career aims. The
7th could be a touchy day at work, as those around you tend to
be inaccurate in their job duties, at the same time overly sensitive
to criticism; you'll need to be diplomatic but firm.
GEMINI - May 21st to June 20th - The month starts off with a
significant relationship development on the Ist, when the Moon
conjoins Neptune; the Venus/Jupiter trine and Mercury/Mars
conjunction on the 2nd doesn’t hurt either!-But when Neptune
squares the Sun on the 3rd, be realistic in your judgment of a love
attraction (don’t endanger an existing relationship for a
“moment’s madness!”). The 4th and sth look strictly social,
cultural; or maybe a short trip is on your calendar. The
Mercury/Venus blend on the 7th favors career/financial gains.
CANCER - June 21st to July 22nd - The month begins on a
happy note for your love relationship, as the Moon trines Saturn
on the Ist. The Moon/Jupiter trine on the 4th is also a plus for
your love life; also for financial advancement. On the sth,
however, the Moon/Satum opposition might bring tension into a
close relationship; not the day to make demands. Mixed aspects
on the 7th favor your personal life and interests (romantic, social,
domestic) - are not so supportive for career or financial aims.
Take your time in evaluating a moneymaking scheme.
LEO - July 23rd to August 22nd - GeneraUy favorable aspects
on the Ist and 2nd support job/career/financial aims, but when
Neptune squares the Sun on the 3rd, your judgment in money
matters is off center; not a day to shop or sing up for extended
payments! When Saturn trines Neptune on the 4th, follow up on
a creative idea, as this has fine profit-potential. The sth could be
an ultra-active day, as many aspects favor social happenings,
romance, domestic joys. The Mercury/Venus conjunction on the
7th favors a new moneymaking scheme.
VIRGO - August 23rd to September 22nd - Social or romantic
pleasures on the Ist begin the month on a happy note. The 2nd
also favors career progress, as Venus trines Jupiter and Mars
conjoins Mercury; go after that higher-level spot. On the 3rd,
however, the Sun/Neptune square can work against your love
relationship and also does not add to your financial judgment.
Mostly favorable aspects on the 4th and sth show your potential
for good, sound progress along material lines. When Mercury
blends with Venus on the 7th, your love life flourishes.
LIBRA - September 23rd to October 22nd - All sorts of nice
goodies coming up for you doing this period; with a special
emphasis on love and money! The Venus/Jupiter trine on the 2nd
is expansive, may even expand your horizons via a travel
opportunity. Lunar aspects on the 4th and Sth favor job/career
advancement, based on a blend of your own talents and whom
you know in the upper echelon. A romance decision is also likely
on the Sth, as the Moon trines Mars. On the 7th you could be
tempted to splurge on a festive event.
SCORPIO - October 23rd to November 22nd - The
Moon/Satum trine on the Ist may elevate you to a higher
job-level (but only if you’ve earned it!). When Venus trines
Jupiter on the 2nd, a long-time personal responsibility may ease
up a bit. On the 3rd, the Moon squares Pluto and Neptune
squares the Sun; not a day to promote big plans. Mixed aspects
on the sth favor your love relationship, may challenge you in the
financial arena. The 7th is creative, with the Moon/Uranus trine
favoring innovative strategies concerning an unusual financial
scheme.
SAGITTARIUS- November 23rd to December 21st -On the
Ist, the Moon/Neptune conjunction indicates money gains,
especially through property matters. When Venus trines Jupiter
on the 2nd, you’re extremely partnership oriented (maybe you’ll
marry?). On the 3rd, though, the Neptune/Sun square clouds
your judgment; try to postpone major decisions. The
Moon/Jupiter trine on the 4th could bring a financial favor, while
the sth shows assorted aspects, mostly favoring your job/career
progress. You’re in a lavish mood on the 7th, extravagant with
emotions.
CAPRICORN - December 22nd to January 19th - The Moon’s
trine to Saturn on the Ist favors a partnership (personal or
business) and the Venus/Jupiter trine on the 2nd reflects
advantageously in your job environment. When Neptune squares
the Sun on the 3rd, a link with the past may be reactivated; it
may bring a minor problem. The Satum/Neptune trine on the 4th
is financially favorable, while varied aspects on the Sth are
fortunate for job/financial interests, but not for a close
relationship. The 7th may see you in the spotlight, as
Venus/Mercury brings recognition.
AQUARIUS - January 20th to February 18th - There’s away
out of that relationship dilemma on the Ist, when the
Moon/Saturn trine opens up alternatives. When Venus trines
Jupiter on the 2nd, all looks serene in your love life, but the 3rd
might bring a confusing development, as Neptune square the Sun.
This up-and-down theme continues on the 4th, which looks
totally favorable for both personal and business interests.
However, on the Sth, the Moon squares Uranus and opposes
Saturn, so don’t force a showdown with someone close to you.
PISCES - February 19th to March 20th - The month begins on
a glamorous love note, as the Moon conjoins Neptune on the Ist.
Incidentally, this also favors career advancement. When Venus
trines Jupiter on the 2nd, your home and property matters are
fortunately accented, but the Sun/Neptune square on the 3rd
cautions against endangering your job or your love relationship
through careless action. Saturn’s trine to Neptune on the 4th
could bring you deserved rewards, financially. The
Venus/Mercury blend on the 7th can mean a new romance for
some Pisceans.
Masonic
Temple
Schedules
Meeting
The Augusta Masonic
Temple District No. 16 will
meet Saturday, August 28th at
12 noon at Masonic Hall, 1027
Spruce St.
Lodge and courts will take
pictures at 2:30 p.m.
Frank Williams * s the
district deputy.
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