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Frances Aulston, at microphone (2nd from right) flankedby awardees and some honored guests at the 10th AnnualJazz in the Garden and The Paul Robeson FreedomFighter Awards presented to: Sara Lomax Reese, Presidentand General Manager, WURD Radio; Charles Gibbs, Esq.,Bowman Kavitich, Ltd.; Ryan Boyer, Business Manager,Laborers’ District Council; Ruth Bazemore, President,
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his Mom, at some of her grand Mother’s Day events overthe years, or for different things she was involved with,where he would come out, I always same a soft-spoken,gentle man. He always seemed like he was thinking uphis next business move and always conducted himself ina businesslike manner. I really think Steven Turner, IIIwas one of the “good guys”. Some people that I know,who have a famous Mom or Dad, well the kids are justbuck-wild. They act like they are privileged and expect tohave everything just handed to them on a silver platter.Not so with Steven Turner. I actually saw a humble spiritin him.Steven was born January 11, 1950 to Calvin Steven
Turner and Beatrice (Mary Mason) Turner, II. He gradu-ated from Olney High School in 1969 and even at thatearly age was already showing strong signs for his abid-ing love and passion for music. Thus he ultimately be-came a part of the entertainment industry in severaldifferent capacities. At one point in his career, he wasnamed the program Manager for the old 1340AM/WHATback when it was located on Conshohocken Avenue,across the street from where the beautiful Sharon BaptistChurch sits today. During his time as program manager atWHAT, Steven also independently produced andrecorded several artists in the Philadelphia area. In thelate 1980’s, Steve formed his own management company,Diversified Entertainment Corporation, with offices inBala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania and Los Angeles, California.Over the years, Steve booked and managed many artists.Most recently he managed Ray, Goodman and Brown,Russell Thompkins and the New Stylistics. He alsobooked several international artists. For many years,Steven also exclusively booked entertainment at the
Another one is gonetoo soon and that wouldbe Steven Turner, III,the son of radio legendMary Mason. His fullgiven name at birth wasCalvin Steven Turner,III and he passed awayon August 11, 2012.Thing of it is, if youhear the story of whathappened, it sounds likeif he had just stayed atthe hospital, he might
be here today. When I first learned of his passing,I thought to myself, maybe he passed from aheart attack or high blood pressure. Steven Turnerhad gained quite a bit of weight over the last
number of years and I can even remember Mary Masonlovingly teasing her son about going on a diet and exer-cising. In fact, many a day, when Mary Mason would behosting her ever popular “Mornings With Mary” show,she would talk about “putting her body in the hospital”and she would put all her son’s business on the air, fuss-ing at him, while broadcasting her radio talk program,about not taking good care of himself, health wise. Notonly would Mary chastise her own son, publically on theair, she would chastise all Black men, in particular, fornot regularly going to the doctor for health check-ups. Igive Mary Mason all the praise in the world for gettingon the backs of our men, strongly encouraging them to“put their bodies in the shop”. She would always makereference to the fact that so many men take such goodcare of their cars for example, but do not pay attention totheir own health like they do with their cars. Over the years, I think a lot of people would look at
Mary Mason and say, “She has it all”. She has fame. Shehas popularity. She has name recognition. She has highradio ratings. She has money. She owns condos and otherproperty. She takes marvelous trips all over the world.She has important friends in high places. When Marycalled, people would come. So with Mary Mason havingall of that, one might think, Oh goodness, any child ofMary’s must be a spoiled brat.I can’t speak for the kind of person Steven Turner, III
was as a young boy, or as a teenager growing up inPhilly, but I can talk about the Steven Turner, III I hadthe opportunity to spend a little time with, and watchand observe as he would deal with and interact with hisMother. What I saw was a gentleman, a kind man, a manwho did in fact love his mother, and who looked out for,best he could, living between here, (Philadelphia), andthe West Coast. (I’ve also recently learned that he spent alot of time in Florida. For the many times I was in theroom, or in the building when Steven Turner was around
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Robin Hood Dell East until it closed for renovations in2008. He interacted with many famous and influentialpeople during his lifetime, yet again, he always main-tained a down to earth personality.In 1983, Steve’s only child, Calvin Steven Turner IV
was born.Steven Turner looked out for his Mom as best he could
over the years, even when working in another part of thecountry took him away from her physically, Mary Masonalways knew that her son loved her and would be therefor her.Three weeks ago, during an accidental fall, Steven
broke his leg. He went to the hospital and the doctors andnurses set his leg and did what they were supposed to doto dress that leg and take care of him. Once they werefinished setting his broken leg, the doctors , (I am told),begged Steven to stay at the hospital overnight for obser-vation. I am told they really begged him to stay. ButSteven chose to voluntarily sign himself out, declaring,“I have business to tend to.” The very next morningSteven was dead from a blood clot in his leg.Not a word (until now), has been written about the
passing of Steven Turner, IV. I wanted to write about himbecause I feel like he deserved some fanfare as he’s madetransition. While I am sharing the story of the passing ofSteven Turner, I still want to and must, respect the pri-vacy of his family and most particularly of his belovedMother, Mary Mason. I am told that calls came in fromall over the country when news, (by word of mouth)started to spread about the death of Stevie. I am told thatAretha Franklin called Mary’s home to offer her condo-lences as did Nancy Wilson, Dorothy Norwood and ahost of other famous entertainers, and certainly the callsare still coming in. Many are just learning of StevenTurner’s death. His home-going service was held atSharon Baptist Church where Bishop, Rev. Dr. Keith
The sounds were smoothing, refreshing, finger pop-ping jumping and the crowd was enchanted and blownaway with the melodies of Mr. Ralph Penn and FriendsMs. Juanita Holiday -- sizzling tones that would havemade The Count and The Duke stand-up and cheer!Ladies and Gentlemen if you was not there you missed adazzling “All That Jazz” performance sponsored by theWest Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Paul Robeson Housein partnership with the Parkside Historic Preservation As-sociation and West Philadelphia Senior Community Cen-ter! It was the “BLAST!”The program included recognition of the Paul Robeson
Freedom Fighter Awards presented by our great Council-woman Jannie Blackwell, the God sent Rev. JoeWilliams, Founder Frances Aulston and Board MemberBill Richardson. Ms. Aulston and the Board recognizedand paid Tribute to the Greatest of the Greats in our com-munity and across the world. We can stand and applaudthe award recipients because of what they do, have doneand will continue to do (even through their legacy) in theworld of public services and in their own right are wor-thy and are blessed in all they do! The awardees were Ms. Ruth Bazemore, Ryan Boyer,
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. our own R. Sonny Driver,Tyree Johnson, Charles Gibbs, Esq., Sara Lomax-Reese,Vernoca L. Michael and the Doctor of Afro-centric cul-ture, knowledge and understanding the late great Dr. Ed-ward W. Robinson, Jr. What an amazing list of greatness!And if you have not stood-up, you are welcomed to do itnow. We must thank Ms. Michael for the update and his-tory of the Blue Horizon for another great African-Amer-
ican Institution door has been permanently shut! To Ms.Aulston, the Board and everyone who played a role inputting this phenomenal program together, Thank youand Many many Blessing from the Creator of All Things!To close I must add a little something to this magnifi-
cent and most wonderful event. Councilwomen Black-well and the Chair of Echoes of Africa, Mr. StanSlaugther put on a remarkable program both Friday nightand Saturday morning bringing to light our real connec-tion to the Mother Land. The Ambassador Reception forthe Ambassador of Cote d’Ivoire, His ExcellenceyDaouda Diabate and the Awards Celebration at thePhiladelphia Zoo was thought provoking and an inspiringmoment for the children. We need these type of programto keep us well connected and up-to-date about interna-tional affairs.I attend the Credit Seminar hosted by Integrity Real
Estate Services and all I can say you must go to the nextone they have. The information is explosive! Dr. Mau-rice Henderson, put on When Dreams are Deferred, whataway to use the Spoken Word. Bravo, Bravo my friends.And last but not least to the Families of those who lostloved ones, particularly the Officer of 22nd Police Dis-trict, May our Father Blanket you with all the Love,Peace and Comfort our Father can give. Like SonnyDriver always says, “Teach One, Reach One, Save OurChildren!”. Please, pray for All the Lost Souls preying onour Community!!!
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What a day at the 10th Annual Jazz Jamboree
The 15th Annual Walter E.Brandon Sickle Cell 5KWalk/Run fundraiser issponsored by the SickleCell Disease Associationof America, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Chapterand AFSCME DistrictCouncil 33. The event willbe held in Fairmount Parkat Belmont Avenue andNorth Concourse Drive(across from Please Touch
Museum), Philadelphia,PA. 19131 on SaturdaySeptember 22, 2012. Registration begins at
7:00 a.m. Opening Cere-mony 7:15 am; Run Kick-Off- 8:30 am and the /Walk Kick- Off- 8:35 amFree Registration for all
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$10.00 per person for chil-dren 12 years old andunder You can register online
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Valley Chapter to continueproviding supportive serv-ices to children, adoles-cents and adults affectedby sickle cell disease. Formore information visit ourwebsite at www.sickle-celldisorder.com or contactthe Sickle Cell Disease As-sociation of America,Philadelphia/ DelawareValley Chapter at 215-471-8686.
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Our nation’sdemocracy is in acrisis. We are fac-ing the biggestchallenge to ournation since itsinception. No,there is not anarmed rebelliongoing on, but, oh,is there a war—a
silent, insidious, invidious, nefarious,absolutely downright ugly war. And thewar is on the right to vote for Americancitizens.
-- Barbara Arnwine, July 2012At the Children's Defense Fund’s re-
cent national conference Barbara Arnwine, theExecutive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for CivilRights Under Law and a leader of Election Protection,the nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition,issued an urgent call to action. Right now assaults onvoting rights across the country in advance of the 2012elections are keeping her very busy.Arwine said 25 million Americans who had voted in
2008 did not vote in the 2010 midterm elections, andwhen new state legislators came into power after thoseelections, their first priority was figuring out how to keepthose 25 million people from returning to the polls. Leg-
islators in 35 states quickly drafted bills making it harderfor people to vote: “everything from photo ID laws, tolaws restricting early voting, to laws making it harder forthird party registration groups to register people to vote,to laws making it harder for people to vote on Sundaysbecause in many states that’s when Latinos and AfricanAmericans voted the heaviest, to laws restricting studentvoting.” Arnwine said the lawmakers behind these billswere counting on the targeted voters not noticing whatwas happening until it was too late.But, she said, “they forgot that we stand on the shoul-
ders of giants who we will never let down . . . we get upin the morning and we say that we cannot negate thelegacy of Fannie Lou Hamer; that we will never forgetthe legacy of Cesar Chavez; that we never will negate thelegacy of Mr. Korematsu; that we never can sit back andlet rights be stolen.” Arnwine then shared her Map ofShame: Voter Suppression Legislation by State, thatshows all of us who are ready to fight back exactly wherethe battlegrounds are.The map’s original title was the Map of Voter Suppres-
sion in the United States, but one day as Arnwine wasstudying an early version she heard her late father’s voicein her head saying what he always did when he sawsomething wrong: “That’s a sin and a shame.” It’s a sinand a shame that in 2012 we are still fighting the samebattles for voting rights that have been going on since thenation was founded and facing some of the same JimCrow-era voter suppression tactics we hoped were deadand buried after the Civil Rights Movement. But as Fred-erick Douglass taught us, “Power concedes nothing with-out a demand. It never did and it never will.” So the firststep for every one of us is to become familiar with theMap of Shame, especially the current and proposed vot-ing laws in our own states.Then we each need a plan. Arnwine and her colleagues
are doing their part by suing states whose proposed lawsviolate the Voting Rights Act. But Arnwine stressed thatevery person can do something to fight in this war on theright to vote, and we each need to decide now how wewill execute our roles. Begin by using traditional net-works and social networks to make sure every single per-son you know is a “V.I.P.”: they have verified their voter
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registration status; they have the right identification fortheir state; and they know their precinct.The last is important, Arnwine said, “because the
biggest devilment that goes on in these elections are whatwe call deceptive practices—people are going to getrobocalls, and they’re going to get fliers that claimthey’re from the NAACP and everything, telling peopleto go to the wrong polling place . . . if they're in thewrong polling places, in most states their vote will notcount.” Securing “V.I.P.” status is critical to making surepeople will not be disenfranchised on Election Day.Next, Arnwine said, we need to counter the organized
groups who are already planning to send “poll watchers”to African American, Latino, and student voting places tointimidate and harass voters, and we need to “get [our]friends to become poll workers, official poll workers, be-cause that’s what they’re doing—they’re putting them in-side of the polling places also, so they can challengepeople on the inside and nobody will know what they’redoing. So we need good people sitting next to them,making sure that people have access to the ballot.” Nowis the time to sign up for these roles.We can also volunteer at Election Protection Coalition
Command Centers to help watch out for local problems.Finally, on Election Day every one of us must do thebasic job of helping other people get to the polls—asArnwine says even “if you’re bedridden get up in themorning and call everybody you know: ‘Are you goingto vote today?’”Arnwine summed up this way: “There is a role for
everybody. Don’t forget. If you forget everything that Isaid today, if you remember nothing, just remember thisone thing: that we can only win this fight if you fight.”We cannot stand by and let the right to vote be takenaway again on our watch. Every one of us must decidewhat we can do in the fight to protect voting rights today.There’s no time to waste.
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State Rep. Ronald Wa-ters, D-Delaware/Phila.,wants to make sure thatcitizens are clear aboutwho can and who cannotvote as it pertains to prisonincarceration.“There seems to be
some confusion caused bythe misinformation that isbeing put out by differentoutlets as to who is eligi-ble to register and vote,”Waters said.“The law does allow for
the restoration of votingrights to the previously in-carcerated, so I want tohelp familiarize peoplewith the language so thatnobody forfeits his or herright to vote out of igno-rance of the law."Water said, according to
the law, the following peo-ple can register and vote:Pretrial detainees (indi-
viduals confined in a penalinstitution awaiting trial onfelony or misdemeanorcharges);Convicted misde-
meanants (individuals con-
fined in a penal institutionfor a misdemeanor convic-tion);Individuals who have
been released, or will bereleased by the next elec-tion, from a correctionalfacility or halfway houseupon completion of theirprison term for a misde-meanor or felony convic-tion;Individuals who are on
probation or parole, in-cluding parolees who areliving in a halfway house;Individuals who are
under house arrest, regard-less of their conviction sta-tus or the status of theirconfinement.Those who cannot regis-
ter or vote are:Individuals currently
confined in a penal institu-tion for conviction of afelony, even if they arealso incarcerated for oneor more misdemeanor of-fenses, and who will notbe released before the nextelection;
Waters reiterates votinglaw for convicted felons
See “Voting” page 10
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Our Future means giving up your future. Every one ofthe groups are specifically for the rich only. WhenRomney and Ryan talk about Medicare needing anoverhaul, they mean the government would give theolder people a sum of money and then the older peoplewould go out and find insurance to buy. Their plan isestimated to cost $6000 more a person. Romney, in-stead of paying 13% income tax would pay 0% withtheir plan because unearned pay would cease to betaxed. Your taxes would increase though. Funding forSocial Security, schools, services such as police andfire would be cut. Every service that benefits ordinarypeople and their childrenwould be cut while taxbreaks for the 1% would in-crease.Superpacs do not have to
identify their donations andmoney comes in by mil-lions, not a dollar at a time.This election method wasborn after the Supreme Court's decision that corpora-tions are people. That decision,of course, benefits theGOP. Republicans were not satisfied with just that.For the last couple of years, states governed by a GOPmajority have passed Voter Registration laws. Theyclaimed the law was to fight voter fraud which actuallydoes not exist. Since the Democrats, unlike the Repub-licans, consist of every kind of American including oldfolks born down South at home. Those seniors neverhad birth certificates and without them, the voter regis-tration cannot be gotten. In order to get that birth cer-tificate, the previously accepted voter has to get back totheir state of origin and somehow obtain their birth cer-tificate. A driver's license or another picture ID with astart and end date are also required. How many oldpoor people own cars or still drive? In addition to allthat, the voter registration once completed, has to be ac-cepted by the state within 48 hours. The law is meantto cut down on minority voting. Somehow, we're backto the poll tax under a different name. These Republicans have no conscience, and no com-
passion, caring only for themselves. If Jesus returnedtoday, he would condemn their kind of Christianity.Our president had to be convinced to run again. It ap-pears the hate coming from the right has convincedhim. Everybody who can vote needs to vote becausethe GOP has big bad plans for all of us.
The television ads againstPresident Obama paid for bysuper pacs are paid for bythe Koch brothers, the casinomogul Adelson, Karl Roveand other rich people whowant even more tax breaksfor themselves and no helpgiven to poor people. It'simportant that folks are notfooled by the rhetoric in theads. They not only lie, whenthere is any truth, it's skewed
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when you found out Malcolm X was murdered?P: Ah man, we just sat down. It was on a Sunday. We
had just stopped for a break. The news came on. We did-n't play no more that day. We couldn't move. I learned somuch music working with Jymie Merritt. Jymie Merritt'sconcept was so much different---rhythmically, harmoni-cally and melodically. It was altogether different be-cause he had a whole new system---one chord, twochord and a three chord. So you had to learn what a onechord, two chord and three chord consisted of. Theywere the basic chords that we worked with.. This wasvery complex. This was the case in arrangements as wellas in a compositional context.S: How did he convey his concepts in rehearsal?P: First of all, we would rehears for three or four
hours. The first hour we would sit down and talk aboutthe theory behind it, what we wanted to practice andhow we wanted to do it. It was like we were going toschool. You would have your pencil and you'd be writ-ing down the concepts. We discussed how we would ap-proach it and then we would start to use it. Here is whatwould happen. We would read the compositions, thenwe would consider the rhythmic, melodic and harmonicconcept that informed the composition. After we got theconcept we would try to improvise over the composi-tion. It was like another school.S: We are talking about Jazz as a cultural practice in
the 1960's. What was Jymie Merritt doing different har-monically?P: Ok. Inverted 4ths. Perfect 4ths. Augmented 4ths.
That was the whole theory. In the early 1960s we wereopposed to playing from the Third System. He intro-duced the 4th system. The 4th system covered the 3rd
Wayblackmemories: "Odean Pope has always beenone of my favorite voices on the tenor saxophone. Asteenagers in Philadelphia, we were both frequently inthe same musical milieu. Even at that time (Ca 1953) hisname was often mentioned as one of the bright new starson the Philadelphia horizon. His sound, ideas and origi-nality made him a favorite of people like John Coltraneand Lee morgan. In fact, Trane recommended Odean ashis replacement in the Jimmy Smith ensemble when heleft to join Miles Davis. I had the privilege of knowingLee Morgan fairly well. Thus I can attest personally tothe admiration and respect he held for Odean. He oftencommented on Pope's distinctive sound and originality."Saxophonist Archie Shepp provides this useful insightinto the extraordinary, incomparable composer and per-former, Mr. Odean Pope. Far too little scholarly attention has been given to
Odean's extraordinary career. Born represents one in-tense looking inward to see what we wanted and werecapable of creating in the midst of an ever expandingvision of a liberated future for people of African ascent.We must not underestimate what Odean Pope has spenthis whole life pursuing.Speaking self-definitionally, Odean Pope states, "I
like to think of myself as one of the forerunners of theSpirit. Most people say I am on the cutting edge. I don'tplay a lot of traditional standards and most of my musicis original music that was composed and arranged byme."
And who was the musician whoblew Bird way by accident, then died, obscure
An obscene riff repeating lynch scenesAnd who was the trumpet player in that small
town in Kansas who begged to sit inBlew a chorus, then fainted dead on the bandstand?
blew you awayThat same musician resurrected himself in Philly at
the Blue Note CafeRidge Avenue and 16th Street
.. Larry Neal, James Weldon Johnson Homes, NPJazz As Cultural Practice in North Philly
Sociologist Mark Banks observes: "Playing jazz helpsfulfill desires for artistic expression, creation or commu-nity; it may invoke passionate or pleasurable emotion oroffer the promise of some special, transformative effect.Jazz work, it seems, is usually undertaken not i anticipa-tion of material rewards but for its own intrinsic value ,for its own sake." Our wide ranging conversation withOdean Pope explores dimensions of being a jazz artistand the significance of Jazz music as a cultural practicein the City of Philadelphia during Odean Pope's forma-tive years and beyond. In his work, After Virtue: AStudy in Moral Theory, A MacIntyre explains, "By apractice I am going to mean any coherent and complexform of socially established cooperative human activitythrough which goods internal to that form of activity arerealized in the course of trying to achieve these stan-dards of excellence which are appropriate to and par-tially definitive of that form of activity..."
Muntu Chants In The Bell of A Horn
S=Spady, P=PopeS: What is the genesis of your composition, "Muntu
Chant"P:Muntu sort of derived from me traveling with Max
and different kinds of things. It came from me readingabout African philosophy and music. Those known asthe Muntu came together and danced until they were justexhausted. They had drums and bamboo flutes accompa-nying them. Muntu people would dance all of the impu-rities out of their. Not eating or drinking during thattime. . Hypnotism occurs. the moon had mythic pur-poses.. I was inspired to write something pertaining tothe Muntu. If you listen to that composition this is myphilosophy of the chant. You performed Muntu Chantuntil you exhausted yourself and fell out. James Carteris playing that on my album, "Locked and Loaded." Ahman, he takes it right there! Yeah. Yeah. Yeah! Uh Huh.S: So did you compose "Muntu Chant" in the 80's?P: Let me see, Muntu was on my first CD.S: Were you back in Max Roach's group at that time?P: I worked with Max for one year in 1967. That one
year made me determined that is what I wanted to do. Icame back home. Did a lot of studying and a lot of re-search. And in 1979, he called me back to rejoin hisgroup. I worked with Max Roach that time from 1979until he retired, or until he was ailing in 2002.S: Was it your first time in Europe when you went over
there with Max?P: My trip in 1967 with Max was the first time I was
ever in Europe.S: Were you playing festivals or clubs?P:We did everything. We did the North Sea Festival.
We did Germany. We did London. We didi France. Wedidn't go to Japan but we performed in Holland, Italy...We were out there for about six weeks...
Plays With Jymie MerrittS: Prior to touring with Max Roach in 1967, who were
you playing with?P: I'm trying to think because I worked with Jymie
Merritt before that.S: Was that before or after Merritt played and
recorded with Lee Morgan?
Odean Pope: Forerunner of the Blue/Black spirit andcatalyst of the cutting edge of African American musicCopyright James G. Spady 2012
See “Odean Pope” page 13
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nurse who the staff said loves his job and he acted like it.Sonjia was fine, no cuts or bruises. They examined metold me the arm needed stitches. After a while they tookme to X-ray to make sure there wasn’t any glass in thewounds then stitched me up. The trooper came to the hos-pital, gave me a traffic citation but told me it was the leastexpensive one: failure to control the vehicle. He told mewhere my car was towed to a place in Parkville Maryland.We had no way to get home from the hospital. I have rela-tives near Baltimore but I didn’t have their number anddon’t remember exactly where they live. My wife hasfamily in the Washington D.C. area but her niece just hada baby so we chose not to call them.The hospital Patient Relations Director called and gave
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stop and take/make time to be grateful and appreciative.My experience has made me more thankful and I wonderwhat if most people we meet every day were like the peo-ple who came to our rescue that Sunday, what kind ofworld would this be? The only way for me to find out is tobe like them and see what happens.
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“I think it's important4 people to know thatin your pursuit of min-istry don't lose fam-ily,” he admonishes,indicating that min-istry obligations even-tually overshadowedthe relationship.Haddon continues,
“It is possible to workso hard & be so driventhat you lose every-thing!! I pray that inthe future i find thebalance of ministry &family!!” In 2008,during happier times, the then couple shared their secretsto balancing ministry and marriage in an interview withAOL’s Black Voices.Mr. Haddon said:It's like a flow with us and it's no big deal. We've al-
ways known that we would do what we do. When wewere dating before we got married, it's no different thanit is now. We've always had an understanding that weboth would be singing and going across the country andthe world doing what we love to do which is singing andgetting on stage and blessing the people. It's really easyfor us. It's all about scheduling and when it's time to gohome, take your butt home. I can't stay over a couple ofdays and hang out like I would like to with my friends.After I do a concert, I have to go home and see my wifebecause it's all about timing and scheduling. If I wait acouple of days to get home, she'll be gone on the roaddoing her thing. It's all about doing what you say you'regoing to do. When it's time to go home, go home andwhen it's time to leave, leave. It's no strain, no stress andno pressure. We don't have any kids yet so it's really easyfor us.Apparently, it wasn’t that easy. And the truth has now
come pouring out all over Facebook and Twitter. Haddonsays he and Damita have worked hard in ministry and“blessed many while bleeding ourselves! God is with usboth but no longer as a couple!” Jude 1:24 indicates thatGod is able to keep us from stumbling and erring: "Nowto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to pres-ent you faultless before the presence of his glory with ex-ceeding joy." But we must rely on Him and put Him firstin our lives in order for that to happen.No doubt, news of the Haddons' split has sent shock-
waves throughout the Christian community, as Deitrickand Damita Haddon were viewed as one of the few stablecouples within the Gospel industry. Even though theirmarriage has crumbled, Haddon assures everyone,“Damita's doing well! I'm doing fine!”Thanks to the Belle Report for the update! If you
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While there has beenmuch talk within the in-dustry about what’s beengoing on betweenDeitrick Haddon andDamita all of the rumorscame to a haul, afterDeitrick made his di-vorce from Damita pub-lic on his Facebook pageon August 14th .After 15 years of mar-
riage, he and his wife,Damita Haddon, have of-ficially divorced. Thoughthe news is just now hit-
ting the public, Haddon says “Our breakup is NOT re-cent! It's been well over a year in the process. We haveboth been have repented & moved on!”His ex-wife has not yet responded to his public disclo-
sure of the split. The former Mrs. Haddon also managedto keep a tight lid on the news of the undoing of her mar-riage during recent radio and magazine interviews.Though many will undoubtedly speculate about what
went wrong, “D Haddy” says don’t expect to get any fur-ther details. “I'm very private about my personal life,” heexplains, saying no one will be able to get him to speakon it again unless God leads him to share the testimony.During his public social networking rant, however,
Haddon did drop some clues about the cause of the split.
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US the head a university system (Southern Univer-sity) is born in Baton Rouge, LA.1937 William Lester, Jr., chemistry professor fo-
cused on Quantum Monte Carlo molecules is born inChicago, IL.1941 Ernest Wright singer with Little Anthony &
The Imperials & The Platters is born in New York,NY.1942 Marshall Thompson, singer with The Chi-
Lites is born.1948Aziza (Johari) playmate model for the month
of June, 1975 is born in New York, NY.1951 Joh Holman, short story writer (Squabble and
other stories) is born in Durham, NC.1955 Jeffrey Daniel, singer with Shalimar (Take
That to the Bank) is born in Los Angeles, CA.1965 (Wayne) Reggie Miller, National Basketball
Association player is born in Riverside, CA.1967 Amanda Randolph, first African American
actor to star in a regularly schedule network televisionprogram (The Laytons) dies in Duarte, CA.1972 (Carlos Wesley) Don Byas, tenor saxophonist
dies in Amsterdam, Netherlands.1978 Karrine Steffans, hip-hop model and author
(Confessions of a Video Vixen) is born in St. Thomas,Virgin Islands.1973 (David Khari Webber) Dave Chappelle, co-
median is born in Washington, DC.
VIRGO The PerfectionistDominant in relationships. Conservative. Alwayswants the last word. Argumentative. Worries. Verysmart. Dislikes noise and chaos. Eager. Loyal.Hardworking. Beautiful. Easy to talk to. Hard toplease. Harsh. Practical and very fussy. Often shy. Pessimistic.
Compiled by Adelaide Abdur-RahmanVIRGO - August 23 - September 22
Black HistoryBlack History
The peridot is the stone for the month of AugustPeridot is considered by some to be a tonic for the en-
tire body. It is said to protect the wearer from negativityand to provide stress reduction and relaxation. Pirateswere said to favor peridot because, when set in gold, itwould protect them from the terrors of the night. Thegem known as peridot is born in fire it is found at thebase of volcanoes and is the only gem known to befound in meteors that fall to the earth. Peridot is a gemvariety of the mineral olivine. Popakoleas, Green SandBeach is filled with olivine crystals; a result of Hawaii’svolcanic action. Peridot is said to inspire purificationand encourage growth, intuition healing renewal and re-birth. Very large peridots, each more than 200carats insize, decorate the shrine of the Three Kings at theCologne Cathedral in Germany.
See Black History -- page 15
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Photo scenes taken at the 10th Annual jazz in the Gardenand the Paul Robeson Freedom Fighter Awards Mr. Webb photos
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Tyrone Reed, Isha Richardson, Lenora Early and Rev. Joe Williams.
Tyree Johnson, Editor/Publisher of the Westside Weekly, Sara Lomax, Jeffrey Hart andMelissa Henderson of WURD.
Frances Aulston (2nd from right) with (l to r): Sherry L. Howard; Veronica Suber; PamelaR. Johnson; and Rebecca L. Brown.
Bootsie Barnes, Ralph Penn, Juanita Holiday of the EntertainmentGroup with Rev. Joe Williams
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idea put in place by the one and only notorious21st and Norris Street Gang. Now to me this isone of the best ideas I have seen a communitycome up with yet. For a community gang to own
and operate a store in the community -- in fact it’s owncommunity, it’s just what the doctor would order becauseit can heal so many wounds placed by the very peoplethat at one timemay have been responsible for taking thecommunity down.What a way to give back. I know I maybe getting a little corny and emotional but to me this iswhat it is all about. When the idea of the Philadelphia As-sociation of former Gang Members and Friends came tomind, these were some of the ideas that were in mind --the community stores, laundromats, newstands, danceschools, recreation for kids, daycare, afterschool pro-grams and other things all owned and operated by itsown community. 21st and Norris has always been a com-munity that stood out and the it is a great example beingset by Mr. Robert Williams; Mr. Jesse (Sugar Bear) Har-ris and James (Bug) Gillard -- three of the store onwers’.
21st and Norris Street God’s work is never done because what else but love andconcern for oneself and love of your fellow woman andman would give your heart and mind such great inspira-tion. This is a lesson for this whole city and state. I know that some of you are stuck on the premise that
once you have done certain things, you can never changeand I know that because of the flack I received after writ-ing about Rober Nuddie Mims but people can and dochange. Furthermore, some people are able to help otherslearn from their mistakes and misgivings.Go and see for yourself and support Norris Street. No
matter where you are in the city because they are an in-spiration to all communities and stop complaining aboutother folks coming in and taking resources from ourcommunity. Let’s provided goods and services in ourcommunities ourselves.I would also like to give my condolences to the Walker
family for officer Moses Walker, Jr. May God’s peaceplease come to them along with the person that did theshooting. With love, honor and respect from your Mayorof Girard Avenue, Toby Rich. Peace.
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State Rep. Ronald Wa-ters, D-Delaware/Phila.,wants to make sure thatcitizens are clear aboutwho can and who cannotvote as it pertains to prisonincarceration.
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The intensityand busyness ofmodern life re-quire us to findconstructive waysto reduce stress.Healing Singingcreates an oasis ofrest and healingwithin the formatof a group musicalexperience.
Singing brings us joy. The activity itself is chal-lenging, therapeutic and enormous fun. Itbrings people closer together in an effortlessand natural way; and restores our faith in hu-
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heard. And no two voices are alike. So singing, which iseven more natural than talking, is one way we reveal our-selves to others. If you give space to your individuality, itnaturally becomes music. Singing connects us with oth-ers and reminds us that, as humans, we are attuned toeach other.”“I’ve seen a lot of people find real delight in singing. It
brings happiness. If you can express what’s inside, itgives you a tremendous sense of satisfaction. If you holdyourself back, it makes you unhappy. Some people aretrapped, or they feel like part of them isn’t being ex-pressed. Singing has the potential to allow who you re-ally are to emerge. That’s why singing is, quite literally,healing: It makes you whole. And your voice is naturallyexactly right for you.”Except, of course, if you sing off-key… “That’s really
an overrated phenomenon. You can only sing off-key ifyou compare your voice to someone else’s. I always tryto remove that comparison. No one ever decides bythemselves that they can’t sing. A child sings, dances anddraws without preconception, until an authority figuresteps in to express an opinion. But all that is a naturalpart of who you are. If you learn to nurture it, you mightfind yourself singing in the bathroom or joining a
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Singing is healingchoir.”Singing, which is even more natural than talking,is one way we reveal ourselves to others.Why Christians Praise And Worship God? ‘Hezekiah
the king and the princes, commanded the Levites to singpraises to God with Psalms of David and of Asaph.Levites sang praises with gladness and bowed their headsand worshipped’ (2 Chronicles 29:30). To worship Godeffectively in song, we need to prepare our hearts and ourminds so we can forget about ourselves and worship theLord. There are various kinds of praise and worship andpraise is different to worship. Praising the Lord is akin tothanking Him but worship is a right attitude. When Leahgave birth to her son Judah, she said, “Now I will praisethe Lord!” The name Judah means ‘Praise’ in ancient He-brew so Leah praised and thanked the Lord by namingher son ‘Praise’ (Genesis 29:35). During Levite praiseand worship, the glory of the Lord, or the presence of theLord in the form of a supernatural cloud (Shekinah) wasso powerful, priests could not stand up to minister to thepeople (1 Kings 8:10 & 11; 2 Chronicles 5:13 & 14). Be-fore we start to praise and worship God, we need to havea correct attitude of praise, thankfulness, gratitude andhumility. It helps to pray before going off to church to‘free’ our minds of life’s pressures before we enter intoworship. Once we are right with the Lord, it is then up tothe worship leader to lead us into the Lord’s presence. Agood worship leader will allow the Holy Spirit to lead theworship, while he does nothing more than lead the musicand singing.Patients whose brains have been damaged by stroke
may be mending when they sing. According to a studyfrom Harvard Medical School these patients by the act ofsinging may also be regaining their ability to speak. Amusic therapy that puts words to simple tunes for strokepatients showed remarkable results after only one ses-sion."Music has been used as a form of therapy for stroke
patients since the discovery that damage to the brain'sspeech centers did not affect the ability to sing."Speech and movement can be damaged easily by a
stroke on the left side of the brain because that is wherethey are centered. But music is processed in much largerareas of the brain. And words in a song seem to helpbridge the gap for the brain to be able to rebuild verbal
ability and speech connections on the right side of thebrain.Studies have shown that music in healthcare settings
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anxietyIncrease feelings of self-worth and overall well-beingIncrease sense of control in situations that may feel de-
personalizing or outside of one’s control *Sing for Hope, Healing, Wellness, Peace and Happe-
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system as well. It's all in there. The 4th System is somuch more complex because the way you improvisedover perfect 4ths, augmented 4ths and Inverted 4ths wasvery, very different. ..S: How did Merrit's system differ from George Rus-
sell's Harmolodic system?P: Again, it's the Fourths. George Russell...I had an
opportunity to play some of his music. In fact, weplayed at the Seaport Museum. My Saxophone Choirand George Russell's Big Band played a concert to-gether... A lot of younger musicians today play from theFourth System. That's what the new thing is... Westarted doing that back in the early sixties.
Merritt and hassan as Jazz TheoristsS: That brings me back to Hassan and his tremendous
impact on Odean Pope and other jazz musicians adecade earlier in the 1950's. How did Hassan effectyour very approach to performing music and how didthis background of training and experience open you upto Jymie Merrit's inventiveness?P: Being with Jymie Merritt and Hassan Ibn Ali was
like going to high school and university. I mean thehighest university in the whole world. I don't think Icould have been blessed to go to any higher school interms of information I got from Jymie Merritt and Has-san. Hassan was so advanced that none of the musicianswould play with him.
Do You Remember The Woodbine Jazz ClubS: What do you mean musicians wouldn't play with
him?P: To give you an idea.
When we would go downto the Woodbine Jazz Clubat 13th and Master it waslike a house. It was a placewith after hours on Satur-day where musicianswould all come and play..Odean Pope describes a
very rich and rigorous cul-tural practice of jazz beingand knowing in a spatiallyand culturally discreteplace known as NorthPhiladelphia. What hap-pened in these Jazz Clubsthat changed the wholehistory of Jazz Music in-ternationally? How didthese groundational cul-tural practices, this formi-dable theorizing by anincredible group of jazzartists shape the modernand postmodern contoursof the music? How didPhiladelphia musicians be-come to be in such highdemands and how did theirinnovations get mislabeledand /or erased from JazzHistory?
came acquainted fifty-five years ago and I hold his prom-ise in printed form never to forsake me or leave mealone. He will be with me as I walk through the valley ofshadows and I shall not lose my way when He is withme.“I hope to hear your sermon on Heaven next Sunday
from my home in Los Angeles, California, but I have soassurance that I shall be able to do so. My ticket toHeaven has no date marked for the journey-no returncoupon-and no permit for baggage. Yes, I am all ready togo and I may not be here while you are talking next Sun-day evening, but I shall meet you there some day.”
A BUILDING IN HEAVENI’ve purchased a town lot in heavenOn the city not built with hand,I’m sending material dailyTo build in that happy land.
I’d like a mansion on Main Street,Where streets are all paved with god.With a clear view of the pearly gatesWhere Christ takes care of the soul.
I want to send good materialThat will stand the test of time,So I’ll not be disappointed
When I reach that home sublime.Prayer is for the foundation,Faith and love for the walls,
Good deeds for the reinforcement.
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Rev. Charles E. Fulleronce announced that hewould be speaking the fol-lowing Sunday on“Heaven.” During thatweek a beautiful letter wasreceived from an old manwho was very ill. The fol-lowing is part of his letter:Next Sunday you are to
talk about Heaven. I aminterested in that land, be-cause I have held a clear
title to a bit of property there for over fifty-fiveyears. I did not buy it. I did not buy it. It was given
to me without money and without price. But the donorpurchased it for me at tremendous sacrifice. I am notholding it for speculation since the title is not transfer-able. It is not a vacant lot. “For more than half a century I have been sending ma-
terials out of which the greatest Architect and Builder ofthe Universe has been building a home for me which willnever need to be remodeled nor repaired because it willsuit me perfectly, individually, and will never grow old. “Termites can never undermine its foundations for they
rest on the Rock of Ages. Fire cannot destroy it. Floodscannot wash it away. No locks nor bolts will ever beplaced upon it’s doors, for no vicious person can everenter that land where my dwelling stands, now almostcompleted and almost ready for me to enter in and abidein peace eternally, without fear of being ejected. “There is a valley of deep shadow between the place
where I live in California and that to which I shall jour-ney in s very short time. I cannot reach my home in thatCity of Gold without passing through this passingthrough this dark valley of shadows. But I am not afraidbecause the best friend I ever had went through the samevalley long, long ago and drove away all its gloom. Hehas stuck by me through thick and thin, since we first be-
rev. dr. wm. rocky brown, 3rd
That will stand when the Savior calls.I would like you for my neighbor
In that city so divineMaybe just across the streetOr your home close to mine.
Up there we will know no sorrow,Tears will never dim the eyes.
There we will rest in peace foreverIn that happy home on high.So my friends, start to buildingYour home beyond the skyWhere we can all be togetherIn the sweet by and by.
Heaven “Part 2”
This is Rev. Dr. Wm. Rocky Brown, 3rd asking you toPlease Join Today, To Change Tomorrow!
Odean PopeContinued from page 4
The comments in the columnare the opinion of the writerand are not an opinion or re-flection of the beliefs of the
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SSUMMERUMMER OFOF PPEACEEACE PPOOLOOL PPARTYARTYState Sen. Anthony H. Williams will draw his second annual
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State Rep. Brendan Boyle, in partnership with the PhiladelphiaDepartment of Parks and Recreation, is inviting local families togather up their blankets, lawn chairs and picnic supplies and comeout to the last of his two family movie nights in August.The second movie night will feature an outdoor screening of
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MMEETEET ANDAND GGREETREETState Rep. Louise Williams Bishop, D-Phila., will host a free
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The event will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug.30 at Bishop’s constituent service office, 1991 N. 63rd St. Theevent will be especially helpful for people who have concernsabout the new voter ID law. In addition, representatives fromSEPTA and other community organizations will present informa-tion on local and state government issues.Constituents can contact Bishop's constituent service office at
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