The Register, 1980-12-09

              and history which meets next october in philadelphia and annual spring tour which will include performances in event by edmund l haywood eastern regional the north carolina music educators national tampa florida orlando florida with a two-day visit at association in winston salem disney world jacksonville florida and the fine arts director for the community relations service of the u.s barber invites students with qualified voices who wish to justice department barber said haywood heard a festival at bethune-cookman college in daytona beach recording of the choir and was very impressed with the augment the choir's efforts to contact him for an audition florida the choir will perform in savannah musical merit of the tape barber said the choir will georgia charleston and florence south carolina at his earliest convenience his office is located on the los angeles - the bus boys are like the blind man and the elephant head bus boy brian o'neal says as the other band members munch hamburgers and listen with amusement in arista records century city conference by chris mohris the aat university choir will travel to philadelphia pa this week to perform univ.choirclosessemester the bus boys unusual sound has been in gestation since the mid-'70s when the o'neals singer gus loundermon and synthesist vocalist michael jones were all students at l.a.'s gardena high school guitarist victor johnson and drummer steve felix the only member who is not black joined in the last year there the four friends worked on the instrumental chops and created an informal dance group those who possess the magic shoe which shaped the explosive buck-and-wing steps that loundermon uncorks in the bus boy's show-stopping johnny soul'd out because of the music and because of the show the natural law of supply and demand makes it so we're gonna be an international commodity shortly not just cause we're black - band's arista album minimum wage rock & roll and its end-of-the-year 60 date tour despite the traditional absence of black artists on album oriented radio aor playlists and the reluctance of white audiences to follow black acts it's something unique he says e co h u a boomer by so says theva college day celebration at wesley a.m.e zion church production of kurt weill's musical lost in the stars choir was also asked to perform again for the many vietnam era veterans are stiu eligible for 01 bill benefits for approved on-the-job training / contact nearest va office check your phone book or a local veterans group brian o'neal is sure success will be forthcoming for his groovasciousness the village people's martial vocals the coasters jive humor talking heads quirkiness granitehard rock and the bus boys own brand of arch ironic social comedy punctures the very stereotypes that the band manipulates in its onstage minstrelsy as the group sings in did you see me " i bet you never heard music like this by spades " which the sextet clad in the classic busboy uniform gleaming white shirt regulation tie andnondescript vest - dance clown and mug with dervish-like energy and the elasticity of characters in a betty boop cartoon the band's originality though lies in its songs written by keyboard player o'neal and his brother kevin the group's bassist the music - a mutant blend of p-funk the group has taken hearts with its manic stage shows in in less than a year the bus boys have worked a few new wrinkles of their own into the predictable fabric of los angeles new wave the band composed of five blacks and a chicano attracted attention as a novelty on the white-dominated club circuit when it debuted last december at the whisky since then it has won a large interracial following that packs houses at every performance on an elephant the other bus boys guffaw and i ask o'neal how many more new musical handles can the band acquire it's indefinite he replies how manv wrinkle room one blind man grabbed at the tail and said the elephant's like a snake another blind man grabbed a leg and said it's like a wide pillar it all depends on where you grab the animal o'neal says perform the christmas oratorio by french wallace north carolina and the tour will conclude with a first floor of harrison auditorium joy to worship service performance at duke university on palm sunday bennett college and a&t will present a joint performance of brahms requiem in earn 1,000 or more for a few evenings work no selling just hang posters on your campus.advertising our half price tours of europe for details write travel study international 2030 east 4800 south suite 101 salt lake city utah 84117 harrison auditorium and a&t along with guilford repertoire according the to barber selections from the wings over jordan choir week if i can show you how to make 1500 a month if in terested call mr martin at 852-2556 between 5 and 7pm for interview german requiem by johannes brahms and would you be interested in making money in your spare time would you be willing to work an extra 8 to 10 hours a composer camille saint saens excerpts from a university choir has a demanding but rewarding college will combine their talents in a performance of tuesday december 9 1980 the a&t register page 7 a new wave bus boys acquire musical handles the a&t university choir will conclude fall activities schedule planned for the spring semester in february master choruses from the major oratorio and opera tonight by performing its fall activities at the annual black the choir will assist the a&t theatre department in its literature barber pointed out that the in philadelphia pennsylvania dr samuel barber director national association for the study of afro-american life during the week of march 6-15 the choir will take its of the choir said the group was invited to perform at the