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do wh t enjoys.
"I love thi, nd I'm willing to
eep trying. I wouldn't d y 'I
n't do th t.' I've m d om
mi ta and h d om thing to
happen to m . (Tho e things have)
made me my elf if I really want
to be in thi bu ine . Th n
omething in ide 'me would y,
'Don't you dare give up!'"
David aJ 0 has dvice for tho e
who wi h to go into how busine ,
becau e he ometime ees
beginning actors make m.i take .
"Stay focused, have the right
attitude and don't take it personally,"
she aid. "Wh n you audition, and
they ay' e t!' you hould do the
same thing. Go on to th n t thing.
There's a lot of rejection in this
busines , and you can't focus on the
fact that you didn't get the job. You
need a tough hide.
"Chec your ego at the door,"
David added. "You might be the
best, but you can be replaced.
Practice your craft and do the best
you can do, but don't get a
primadonna attitude and tart
showing up atrehearsal fashionably
late. You could come late and find
someone else doing your part."
I 0 wor ed in
1m d print a
, ith numero
video credits, 0 t
recently, be d role in Danny
D vito' movie "Hoffa." And he'
expecting bigger thin now t h r
children are "almo t independent."
"I'm getting the kid quared
y t college, her th Y on't
need m anymore. I'm trying to get
re dy to m e my move. I
interrupted my acting reer for my
children, but my children have really
helped me," he aid. "Maybe
without them I would have been wild
nd 100 e. Who know ? But a lot of
the things I could h ve done as a
ingle person, I didn't do because I
have daughters.
"You bear about th e actresses
who have children, but you never see
their children because they're off in
a boarding chool omewhere,"
David added. "But to me, a mother
needs to be with her children. I think
I've done well. They're basically
good girls Sometime they're a bit
much, but things could be worse. I
could be a grandmother now,"
laughs David, who e daughters are
in their late teens.
orin D vid remem
in er first-grade t c r king
cl wh t ch child wanted to gro
up to be.
"I . edmyh d d 'd,' want
to be a movie tar!'" D id recall ,
" nd everyone 1 ugh d. I 100 ed
around t my cl m beca I
couldn't understand why everybody
w 1 ughing, I w very erio
bout wanting to be an ctre .
"My first ctingjob w in eighth
grade. My drama instructor tarted
holding auditions for a play called,
'The ight of January 16.' I got the
role of Jane Chandler, a handwriting
expert. After that, I auditioned for
every ( chool or community) pl y
that ever came. I gu I was born
wanting to do it."
Growing up in River Rouge,
Norina spent her spare time taking
dance and piano les ODS, singing in
her church and school choirs,
playing clarinet for her school
marching band and performing
whenever and wherever she could.
"For my sixteenth birthday, I
wore thi really glamourous dress to
my party and I sang, pretending I was
Diana Ross. I was always doing
things like that."
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again."
The opportunity came ooner
than D vid expected it. A woman
who w eeking ctors called and
aid he had seen David perform in
Canada. Actually he h d been just
"fooling IO\Uld," inging requ ted
ong for fellow patron t n
outdoor cafe. The woman ked
D vid if he wanted to audition for a
part in a production of "The Be t
Little Whorehouse in Texas."
"I was happy that I was going to
act again," said David, "but at firs t I
didn't want to audition for the part
because I didn't want tereotyplcal
maid' role. And I told thi woman
how I felt. She ured me that thi
w not a typical Black maid's role,
and when I read the part, she was
right"
AS FOR herself, David is
humble, but unworried.
"If I continue to do what I know
in my heart to do, I know I'll make
it."
D VID HAS come a long way
since then. She has performed in
outlets such as the The Detroit
Center for the Performing Arts, the
Detroit Repertory Theater and with
the Southgate Community Players.
She has acted in productions of
" Evita, " "The Amen Comer," and
THES DAY, David continues
her work while pursuing a degree in
International Studie at the
University of Michigan. With her
daughters heading for college, and
performing in two to three shows a
year, David is happy to have time to
ALWAYS A GOOD student,
David graduated from River Rouge
high school and began attending
Michigan State University, with a
major in theater. She left college to
NORINA DAVID
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Motor city free arts group
Horizons in Poetry will present a performance by
the Motor City Free Arts Group entitled
. "Theatrimusicopesis," at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June
9. The performance will take place' at Alexander's,
4265 Woodward Ave. (at the comer of Canfield) in
Detroi t An open reading will proceed and follow the
featured act, so attending poets are encouraged to
bring a sample of their work. Admission is $3.00.
The Motor City Free Arts Group combines music,
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Active since 1975, it has appeared at the Detroit_
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Outdoor appearances include the Palmer Park Art
Fair and the "Daily in the AIley" street fair. Recently
the group has completed its first TV show, made
possible by a grant from the Public Benefit
Corporation.
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