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: :: MUND :. z~ Dance ~.... Classes ::II' Soon "I've talked to many young children and young ladies in the MUND community that want to dance but don't have the instructors and/or the facilities in which to carryon dance rehearsals and/or classes." The aforementioned statement was made by Carolyn Covington, job coach in the Job Information Center section of the MUND Dancer " par excellence," Carolyn Covington and a group of Fashion and Dance." Miss Covington created the project. And Carolyn is not just making of young MUNDites, caught by camera, performing a choreography, taught, and performed in the dance. In modern dance interpretation of the song " Reach Out the background and part of the dance troup are (left to statements. She's making statements and right) Phillis Bessicks, Lorna Moten. and Irma preparing to do something about what she and Touch Somebody's Hand." The performance was given as part of the MUNO Summer Festival's " Evening Armstrong. states. Carolyn wants to teach dancing. Because of A further testimony to her ability, regarding The types of dance instruction that will be her affiliation with the MUND project; the fact the dance, is her participation in the Miss Black available are ballet, modern dance, and a new that she has been approached several times by Baltimore Beauty Pageant (she won fourth black dance cultural form, "Afro-modern," as MUND dance aspirants to instruct dancing; runner-up) in which she was called upon to Carolyn refers to it. In answering the question, because she worked with MUND youngsters render a interpretive dance routine as "just what is Afro-modern dance?" Carolyn preparing them to model and dance in the demonstration of her abundant talent. replied, "Afro-modern is a combination of MUND Fashion Show, with marked success, last MUND females from ages four to twenty-five African dance to the cadance of African rythms month she desires to instruct dancing right here have got a winner in Carolyn. These are the age and modern dance." in the MUND community. And if it's up to prerequisites to become enrolled in the her·-she's going to do it. upcoming dance classes sponsored by the MUND Carolyn has had extensive training in ballet project and taught by Carolyn. According to Carolyn, "the dance classes will and modern dance which more than qualifies her Young ladies who are interested in not only be an activity in which those who to do a superior job in instructing MUNDites in participating in the dance class can register participate can just come to learn to dance or the art of the dance. If you had the privilege of August tenth and eleventh between the hour of just use up idle time. The dance classes will _ witnessing the MUND "Evening of Fashion and 5:30 P.M. .1I nd 6:30 P.M. at school No. 74, teach grace, poise, bafance;-agility, anaaoove all-, - Dance" during the MUND Summer Festival last located at Homewood and Twenty-second will give the participants a certain ' June and saw t he models, who were just Streets. The registrations will take place in the self-confidence in movement, action, and ordinary MUND residents of all ages and all sizes schools portables. physical presentation. with no previous experience, go through their The time and place of the dance classes have paces; and watched the young MUNDites do not been decided upon as yet. Carolyn informs their modern dance routines' you would be more the Newsletter that the number, age groups, So, young ladies between the ages of four and than convinced that Carolyn knows "what's availability of pupils, and types of dance twenty-five, come on out August 10 and 11 at happening" in regards to the dance. For it was instruction prefered, will dictate the where and 5:30, school No. 74 and register for the classes she who taught, rehearsed, and coordinated the when of the classes. "One thing for sure," says instructing the art of the dance--they're free and entire affair, in grand fashion. Carolyn, "they will definitely be held." they promise to be very rewarding. Operation Champ Brings Recreation And Entertainment ,~ bars. volley ball nets. games and sound -equipment for Operation---- .......Champ- . a summer recreation program providing porJlllar music for the kids in the area. Above. sponsored by the City. has been visiting the MUND an Operation Champ worker helps a youngster over the neighborhood at the requests of MUNO workers and " flip bar" during a recent visit to the 400 block To MUND MUNO residents. The Operation Champ program IS equipped with trucks to carry basketball backboards. Twenty-second Street. trampoline. sliding board. swings. gymnastic parallel Under_ Tuberculosis ·· On Maaagetiaent The Increase Sea Host In The Inner City is awhole Tuberculosis Mobile Unit hlWfhi",! Coming Into MUND Acco.rding to' Geo.rge Ro.gers, field In the MUND area itself, there wre thirty o.ne representative and spo.kesman fo.r the Baltimo.re new cases o.f tuberculo.sis. Acco.rding to' last City Health Departments, Tubercular Mo.bile year's census tracts surveys and testing. Unit Divisio.n, the Tubercular Mo.bile Unit Van, "So. yo.u can see, Mr. Ro.gers co.ntinued, ho.w will be in the MUND area beginning August 24th impo.rtant it is fo.r peo.ple to. co.me o.ut and thro.ugh August 29th. The unit will be o.perating suppo.rt these effo.rts in their behalf to. detect fro.m eleven a.m. to' seven p.;m. this disease. No.t o.nly that, but we might be able to' detect o.ther diseases that can be picked up by On the 24th they will be at Kirk Avenue and X-Ray as well , such as vario.us lung diseases, 22nd Street; o.n the 25th, Bo.naparte and heart enlargement and so.me types o.f cancer Aisquith; the 26th, Greenmo.unt and 22nd; and producing diseases. ' the 27th, 24th and Calvert Street. On the 28th An impo.rtant fact that sho.uld be stressed, is o.f August the unit will be in twO. different the type o.f perso.n o.r perso.ns mo.st likely to' pl'Ices, fro.m 11 :00 a.m. to' 3 :30 p.m. it will be co.ntract the disease. It has been fo.und that the ':SEAHOST at 22nd and Calvert Street, and fro.m 4:00 p.m. - black male between the ages o.f twenty-five and Fish 'N ChipS 99'. to' 7:00 p.m. the unit will be at 24th and fo.rty-five appears to' be the mo.st likely pro.spect ""Hlent'OII' portion ••'bltt". _di!IP.ed Not"' Atlantic eod If. ,,0- Fawcett Street. And o.n Saturday the 29th they because o.f his enviro.nment and ec6 no~icai PI.'ed in the ~Uthenl i c [nclish WI, ,nd served wi ... -Cflip fr!nth fne~: hush puppies, coh' Ww. ''''D t.... w'ill" e ' at H artf ~r d- and'-Cl.lrtain·'f\.venues 'from" circumstances. ' It I.Jsually Happens Ito. be his sauce and , wed,e of lemon. - ~ 11 :00 a.m. to' 7:00 p.m. misfo.rtune to. live in the area where the disease is mo.st prevalent. Last year there were five hundred new and Mr . Ro.gers emphasized, that it is very active cases in Baltimo.re city, and three hundred impo.rtant, that peo.ple take advantage o.~ this and fo.rty six o.f them were in the mo.re po.pulo.us o.ppo.rtunity to' get chest x- ray because, .it s the black areas o.f the city. Two. hundred and thirty best way to' nip these things in the bud. 'hey three o.f these were black males. Mr. Ro.gers to.ld the Newsletter that when have fo.und thro.ugh census tract surve1 and they set this pro.gram up in the Mo.del cities area testing, the the MUND area like the Mo.del Cities last year they o.btained the suppo.rt o.f 20,000 Area has a high incidence o.f T.B. peo.ple and the participatio.n o.f many o.f the "When we speak o.f high incidence ' Mr. residents. Ro.gers explained, "we mean the nu~er o.f "We ho.pe to. do. as well in the MUND Area," active cases o.r new cases that have o.ccu d in a stated Mr. Ro.gers, "if we're ever go.ing to. lick co.ncentrated area o.f a hundred t o.usand this problem, we have to. start at the so.urce, and peo.ple. Each area has a census tra t co.de co.ncentrate o.ur effo.rts there. "That is why, it is number such as 904, and these are n w cases imperitive that ' peo.ple co.me o.ut and suppo.rt us that here to' fo.re have go.ne undetected.' in this effo.rt fo.r their o.wn health's sake." L ____ /' ." ..G') '1ft• I CEP Develops A Variet~v c: •z z'=' I II :::-1ft Of Cluster Services "" '" Deputy Administrator for operations at the "We hope to form a job consortium," Mr. Some of the pressures of orientation are Concentrated Employment Program, David Colter states, "which means, we hope to be able relieved by paying less fortunate enrollees while Colter, related to the Newsletter some of the to co-ordinate our services with MUND so that they are attending classes.