Chorus of compassion by the Volunteer Gospel Singers
The Volunteer Gospel Singers, a 10 member group not tied to a church, perform free shows and donate all proceeds to aid the needy. Members volunteer in hospitals, fire victims, and home cleanups, also providing flowers, clothes, and school supplies, with plans for cassette recorders and tapes for the shut in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Toller
Arlene Campbell
Ruth Watkins
Campbell
Ida Bell Moten
Ector High
Ralph Johnson
Singers
Gram
Greater
St. John Baptist Church
S. Muskingum Ave
Moten
Watkins
Starlight Spiritual Singers
Volunteer Gospel Singers
Meters
Iano
Westview Manor
Permian Basin music and theatre events listed for June
The Permian Basin concert scene features Molly Hatchet with Blackfoot and John Butcher Axis on June 16 at Ector County Coliseum. Tickets available at Endless Horizons Records and Tapes. The PBMI collects show at Presidential Museum through July 8. The Museum of the Southwest hosts Mexican Folk Retablos through June 19. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas runs at Yucca Theatre through June 12 with tickets 8.50 to 12.50. Lunch Hour closes Permian Playhouse season with 8 p.m. shows Friday and Saturday. Art in the Park Carnival Fun Under the Sun takes place 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Jim Parker Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Playhouse
Ector County Parks and Recreation Department
Jim Parker
Bonham Avenue
University Boulevard
Jim Parker Park
Ector County
Texas
Big Bend
Texxas Jam acts and Art in the Park featured in Odessa arts rundown
Kerry Whitson, 13, won the Texas American Composers Piano Solo Contest and will perform at the Texas Music Teachers Association Convention in San Antonio on June 13. Text lists Texxas Jam performers Styx and Ted Nugent with Houston tickets, and details Odessa’s Art in the Park event with clowns, dance acts, and crafts, plus summer library hours and themed displays for 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerry Whitson
Lynn Whitson
Odessa Music Teachers Association
Texas Music Teachers Association
San Antonio
Odessa College Preparatory
Kerry
Irma Kluck
Cotton Bowl
Dallas
Endless Horizons Records
Midland
Odessa
Styx
Sammy Hagar
Triumph
Uriah Heep
Ted Nugent
Astrodome
Houston
Call Pace
Burt Reynolds meets Whorehouse critic as film buzz grows
Burt Reynolds praised Houston consumer reporter Marvin Zindler who exposed the Chicken Ranch brothel, saying Zindler is more frightening than the film character he portrayed. Reynolds, filming The Man Who Loved Women, met Zindler during a break and joked about his colorful attire. Zindler expressed mixed views on the film version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and to whom he would have preferred Ted Knight in the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Burt Reynolds
Texas
Marvin Zindler
Reynolds
Zindler
Ktrk-Tv
Blake Edwards
Dom DeLuise
DeLuise
la Grange
Midland Comunity Theatre
Yucca Theatre
Midland
Dolph Briscoe
Rona Barrett
Houstonian
Melvin P. Thorpe
Ted Knight
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Samuel Williams
Fay Watkins
Clara Graham
Winnie McKinney
Katherine Moorer
Erline
Chorus of
Compassion
Travis Elementary
Permian Basin
PBMI
Presidential Museum
Midland Museum
The
Museum of the Southwest
Midland Community Theatre
Arts Briefs
Texxas’ Festival
Odessa Dance Academy
Permian Ballet Theatre
Parlor Pickers
Sweet Adeline’s
Barbara Craig
Art
National Park and Recreation
Marvin Zindier
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