I
Detroit play view
I
dido't need to. Mainly the Iotcr­
view w about the owner being
bitter to underprevilaged
people, and it showedhow some
employers treat those people.'
The appicants were all sorts of
people. The handicapped, the
blind, the elderly, and even a
teenaged father of three.
There was a display of sar­
casim and plain comedy. It gave
. justice to the inadequacy' of our
society and the types of people
the live in it .
The second of the four;
"Parents" was all abou what
w through the minds of our
children about us. The ceae
was a classroom. Apparently all
the kids in the classroom were
mistreated, ignored, or beaten
by their parents. The teacher,
played by ctress Karen Drake,
gave an ignment; the ign­
me was to break something in
their homes to see if they would
get any attention from their
parents. During the course of the
play each scene played out what
happened in the homes of the
children and how they reacted.
"Parents" went through the
embarrasments of the types Of
parents that are outdated and
embarassing to their teenaged
children. It also displayed
children that are ignored, or
going through emotional tur-
Glen D. Gray Jr., celebrated moil.
his 2nd birthday, Wednesday, The third of the four; ·The .
J e 20 with a little party . Mom' of Tmth". w n't just
bo with fe friends. They the loogest of the four, b the
had ice cream and e. m t in cresting and inbiguiag.
Glen' the on of Glen and It was like w tching a soap
ancy Gray, Sr. opera. Tbe minute you think you
understand one character and
Tbe ational Convention of
the AACP ill be held in Los
el , Califomi on July 7-
12. S e local chapter melD
will be going. William 'Gill·
Gill is the preside
,
A pl y' a way to exp-ea
o feeling abo a certain
event 0 ubject. The event
could be any thing from
. � to a funeral. There is a
wide variety of subject one
could choose from. There's al-
�s the homel 01' j t those
erty.
Ovel' t weekeud there
a play downtown 1515
Broadway. It w n't just ODe, it
w four. They were j art
JXCView of much longer pays
ritten and directed by Regina
Mack.
. The first w called the "In­
kn'icw" . This pot1ion of the
play w a job interview, the
type of job w 't stated, but
. Zion plan
Annual Day
By Go i Y
e Mt. Zion Baptist
Church Ushers and Nurses
Guilds ill have their Annual
Day program on Sunday, July 8,
3p.m.
Ushers and urses Guilds of
the city are invited. Rev. James
E. Witch r is the host pastor.
The J and Dancey Fami-
ly Reu ion will be held in
aeve1aDd. Ohio, July 6-8. The
Y Family and other' rela-
'11 travel there for the oe-
The William . Family will
have their family reunion in
Jac 0 Missi ippi, June 28
thruJuly 1. The Williams Fami­
ly from Muskegon and other
rei tives il be there for the
event.
Airman Day tina L. Spencer
has recently· graduated from
basic training Lac and Air
Force B e, Texas. She is the
daughter of Regina Spencer.
Friendship Baptist Church
will have their Annual
Day Sunday, July 8, at 3 p.m.
ir special guest is Phillip
Chapel AME and other Ushers
of the city.
Rev. C. FoX will bring the
mess.le. Rev. Richard Hogue
is the host tor.
Are you one of the tbousaDds
o missed Ricky MalIOI'D
the Pal ce this Back-2-
NBA 01
You call. He up for I .
time. •• B Boy
- now with the Philadelphia
76ers - appears J 7:1 t
MUSCUDl of African AJllCftcan
History where he wiD be
the Internationa Freedom
Festival' ilth AnDual
Children's Day "Heroes,"
Mahom, who was a major hit
with the 40,000 youngster at
last year's Univer 'ty Cultural
Center Association-produced
Children's Day, and a mown
soft-touch for kids, returns to
the Museum of Afric n
American H· tory where he'll
sign autograp for youngsters
and welcome new Mu eum
members. .
Museummember hip, which
starts at $15 for an individual, or
$S for a student, will be available
all d y. Mahorn i now a
member of the M u eum of
African American History.
For more
infor�on, call 833-9tDl.
JUNE 24031,
25
SOCiety's shorteomings
w actually is goiDg OIl s0me­
thing else haweos. During the
whole course of the play'the
main theme as ecrecy, and
deceit BveryoiJc had a secret,
d tlying to get w others
had.
Tbc main character ClW'les
Em�n played by actor Lovell
Davis w one of the most
deceitful. He w not only a
bigamist but w oaly orried
abo • awn success.
Tbeie w a company bawD
howed the joyous times ccom­
panied by song and dancing. It
was mainly abo the C9IniDg
out of slavery. . .
The organization kn n
the .Corporation for istic
Developnent (CAD) JX'(XI. eed
these play . Many of the cas
were from the Student Perfom­
ing Arts Troupe. CAD' spon-
ored by the Michigan Council
For the Arts, The Bl ck United
Fund. of Michigan, and NBD
PuudS Transfer Department
aYe
Most of an. each individual,
each family went through their
own difficulties. There were
problems ranging from child
abuse, past eaets and murder.
Last but Dot least; • Pretty
Ugly w a plain story abo
the slaves in Ammca. It only
