JULY 12. 1980 10-T- HE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., New York Theatrical Over $2,200 in prize money King Jr.'s National Black will.be awarded to winners in Touring Circuit offerings, fter the Harlem YMCA All Stars Washington, "boogie woogie Contest, "sponsored by Ken-tac- ky landscapes" will travel to Cried Chicken and to be Philadelphia, Detroit and held In neighborhood parks Chicago. At present, there are ANNIVERSARY GIFT Ran- and at Downing Stadium no plans for NYC. Thomas B: Shrop- dall's Island on July 19-2- 0. shire Senior Vice Black (left), Top male and female winners Tribute to the President of the Miller (? will receive $500 and '80, held at the prizes Designer Brewing Company i." , one-we- ek two to the Fashion Institute of trips for presented copies ol Bahamas. Deadline for entries Technology, was the third an- commissioned Erints is July 14 and entry blanks can nual event sponsored by to celebrate be picked up at any Kentucky Harvey's Bristol Cream and a the brewer's 125th an- Com- the rv .; Fried Chicken store. celebration of niversary to John H. 18 of black petition for those years and achievements Sengstacke, president up will be in a basketball designers, past and future. of the National "shoot-out- ", push-up- s, chaired the even- broad Naomi Sims Newspaper Publishers jump, obstacle course and ing's program which honored Association at the one-mi- le run. designers Ed Austin, Jeffrey association's recent Carl Banks, Stephen Burrows, convention in Chicago. "Sesame Place," a "21st Davis, James Daughterty, Jon century" play park pioneering Haggins, Keven & Robert, Ar- a new concept in family enter- thur McGee, Lelartd Paul tainment will open in Bucks Michael, Harold Stone, County, Pa., the end of July. Lynette Williams and Bernard It is a joint venture of Johnson, the latter receiving a Children's Television Special Award for his Workship, creators of Sesame "excellence in theatrical preserve and protect our Street, and Busch Entertain- costume design." fragile planet from the sometimes ment Corp., the operator of The people who run Sugar overly heavy Bush Gardens theme parks. Ray Leonard, Inc. made sure footsteps of man." three-dimensio- Revue Sesame Place will be a they wouldn't come up on the AMAS '80 was the of Sesame losing end of the economic presented by AMAS Street's philosophy of combin- - decision in the recent top Repertory Theatre over the Duran-Leonar- weekend with works ing entertainment and educa- money-makin-g d .'past by tion. fight. The Leonard the Adults' Acting Workshop, corporation hired a powerful the Adults' Vocal Workshop, 6-- 10 rn and the Eubie Blake Earl Jones, the Sp-inga- accounting firm that had 90 High School an supervisors scattered over the Children's Theatre. Rosetta LeNoire is founder from Washington, nation to count receipts from and artistic closed-circu- director of this active D. C, a member of the 1980 it television "to very McDonald's All American make certain all parties get theatrical program located at 1 East High School Basketball Team, what they're supposed to." 104th Street. snubbed aH the big boys of college basketball, such as Larry Steele of Smart Af- UCLA, DePaul, Maryland, fairs fame and who always Kentucky and Marquette and directed the shows at Atlantic chose little known and lightly City's CLub Harlem, was regarded University of the buried in Chicago recently. District of Columbia, a predominantly black Division Harold Cromer, who II school. Prime reason was returns to Japan on July 7 A group of cats is called a clutter. Coach Wil Jones of UDC, with the American Dance' who hopes signing of Earl Machine, reports thai ' kids Jones will be a big step of his over there, born of black goal of bringing the best black American GIs, are now mak- high school senior athletes ing it into their own on the back to the black colleges. Japanese stage as entertainers. Lauch Henry helped find Divorce has become final Michele Shay, who's starr- themissing ingredient between actor Ron O'Neal and ing in the Broadway hit, to educate minority his wife Carol. She keeps the Home, and was married to engineers. Money house in California. Essence magazine publisher Lauchland Edward lewis last weekend, Henry is a teacher And a scientist. He 's Bryon Allen, the says she and new hubby will Andanengmeer gen- uinely concerned about other co-ho- st on TV's Real Peo- remarry in August for the people And he has some of that ple, reveals he started out as a benefit of Lewis' grand- expressed concern in his with the stand-u-p comic mother, Ms. Mary Spencer, in participation National Fund for Minority and once wrote for comedians the latter's in Farm-vill- e, Engineering garden Students Jimmy Walker and Freddie Virginia. Prinze. The fund is a non-prof- organiza- Honi Coles, all recovered tion attempting to ircrease the number ofBlacks. Puerto Ricans. James Earl Jones will star in from recent illness, appeared Chcanos. A Lesson From Aloes. Athol in a of Mexican-American- s and American "Singing Taps," part Indians enrolled Fugard's play about the the Newport Jazz Festival, in engineering schools These d devastation that politics cna held July 3 at Avery Fisher minorities work on the soul of a South with "Cookie" constitute a rich untapped resource to Hall, along fill African radical leader, will "Bubber" Gaines, help the growing needfor engineers, Cook, a need open at the Belasco Theater on Brenda Buffalino, Buster that is expected to continue the mid-1980- or about September 22. A Brown, Chuck Green, Sand- through IBM s social leave Yale Repertory Theater Pro- man Sims, and Benny Carter program enabled Dr. to take a 's duction last spring got good and orchestra. Henry year leave to assist reviews. Dionne Warwick a the fund. And IBM continued to pay gave him his full rousing concert from the salary The National Fund for Calvin Lockhart, Majorie Radio City Music Hall State to Minonty Barnes and Charliese conclude the Johnson Wax Engneenng Students is a very worth- while We think Drakeford replaced Abby Lin- special program to celebrate program. so Lauchland coln, Paula Kelly and the of the film, Liv- Henry thinks so But most important of Philip premiere aH. Michael-Thoma- s, bts of because of ing Planet, a of the Radio minority engineering students part enrolled at ahd "artistic difficulties" and City Music Hall summer colleges universities '1 all over Ntozake Shange's "boogie season. The film is something the country think so woogie landscapes" opened at itself, covering five continents the Kennedy Center's Terrace an dit "helps improve our Theatre, as the first of Woodie understanding of the need to.