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A Singer Speaks
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glorious vocalist,
Julie Budd is singing
the blues these days
about the lack of op-
portunities for those whose
lives are more downbeat
than up.
But Ms. Budd is doing
something about it. The at-
tractive performer is lending
her voice — as well as time
and talent — to America's
Future Through Academic
Progress, a national New
York-based organization
devoted to improvement
through teaching about life's
little miracles of hope and
faith.
It has been quite an edu-
cation for Julie Budd, who
serves as the group's nation-
al spokeswoman. Her in-
volvement speaks to the per-
former's unabiding love and
need to help others, a trait of
tzedakah stemming from her
Jewish upbringing.
"We don't profess to be
machers in the field of edu-
cation," she says of her col-
leagues in the organization,
"but we are people who can
help.
"We approach people who
have lost jobs, helping them
re-enter the work force."
The group works not just
for the parents but their
children, too, says Ms. Budd.
"We go into these (hard-
bitten) communities, where
the kids have never been out
of the area. We took one
group recently from the
South Bronx to my friend's
restaurant, Lola Belle, in
New York."
It was a feast of oppor-
tunities for those more used
to the famine of rejection.
"They saw that people can
get jobs in a restaurant, that
there are things to do out-
side their own com-
munities," that the mean
streets of Manhattan don't
have to be so mean.
"We showed them that
there is a world out there."
Julie BUdd's world has
been one worth watching
over the years. A popular
club performer, she has ap-
peared on numerous TV talk
and variety shows. For the
record, her latest album has
been in a groove — "Julie
Budd" has been selling very
well for Julie Budd.

Michael Elkin is the enter-
tainment editor of the Jewish
Exponent in Philadelphia.

Julie Budd

She is her own best
saleswoman, however, sell-
ing her songs with a voice
that is at once graceful and
glamorous.
In a word, Julie Budd is
busy, building a show based
on the career of lyricist
Dorothy Fields.
It is a field of dreams of
sorts for Ms. Budd, who ex-
presses her admiration for
the woman whose numbers
include "I'm in the Mood for
Love" and "I Won't Dance."
Business isn't all that has
the singer sounding happy
these days. Away from the
stage, she is sharing a per-
sonal spotlight with a
"special someone."
"I found myself a nice Jew-
ish doctor," she says of the
dentist she is now seeing.
With her public and pri-
vate lives so in sync with
success, the singer is whistl-
ing a happy tune. It is a
wonderful time in life, but
where does she find the time
to do it all?
"You find," she says.
"After all, if you can't find
the time for yourself, who
will?"

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In Birmingham

The Community House in
Birmingham will sponsor the
Downtown Living Tour in the
downtown Birmingham area 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 21. The
ticket price includes a Harvest
Tea at the Community House
from 1:30-4 p.m. Order tickets
by calling Community House,
644-5832.