i4qp,c) & ^GENUINE STONES Thursday, June 28, 1979 GOLD FILLED 20% OFF SOLID GOLD PENDANTS BRACELETS RINGS EARRINGS LITTLE FOLKS GENUINc PEWTER JEWELRY P & D O P E Stick Pins 50% OFF 15% Off parker pens...20% off DIAMONDS Semi-precious stones 20% OFF RELIGIOUS JEWELRY...20% OFF n 20% OFF •Men's jewelry Large Selection 20% OFF CLASS RINGS ...WITH CLASS The CHARTER by cMeiiioom says more about you than you'd ever say yourself I wu (ienuinc Stones Includes diamonds .
Canton flDbsiprtier Jt * iPfi mm t- , V For kids "Aladdin," a participation play for children, opens at Wayne State's Studio Theater on July 3, running 10 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays to Thursdays through July 26. For ticket information, call the Hilberry box office, 577-2972. Thursday, June 28,1979 (C)1D > : Historic The Coasters, who made it big in the '50s with tunes such as "Yakity Yak" and "Charlie Brown," take the stage this Sunday night at the Silver Bird, Six Mile at Telegraph. Friday and Saturday nights, in the same genre, there will be the Crystals and the Drifters. \ We're giving away tickets We're still taking entries in our little contest to give away a set of tickets for 18 children (12 or under) and two adults to the Dobritch International Circus in Westland on Aug. 31. If you know of a group of kids who would like to see a two-hour show under the big top, write us a letter — 50 words maximum — explaining why they deserve some fun. Deadline for entries is July 31. The showing of the fcircus is sponsored by the Wayne County Deputy Sheriff s Association. Judging for the entries will be done by a group of Observer editors. Send entries to Circus, Section 4, The Observer, 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia 48150. Detroit whoops it up on the waterfront Motown goes bang If Yankee Doodle were going to town this Fourth of July, he'd be going to Detroit. He'd get there Friday and stay at least until Wednesday, July 4 — the running dates of this year's Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival. And rather than call it "macaroni," Yank would probably agree with freedom festival committee chairman Robert G. Wall and call this, the 21st annual festival, the best one ever. THE FESTIVAL has grown into the largest and most successful continuous event of its kind in North America, according to Wall. This year's schedule is jammed with athletic events, parades, exhibits, demonstrations, shows, regattas, tournaments, races, picnics, concerts, religious services, and, of course, the fireworks. • In addition, 26 nationalities — Arabic, Irish, German, Scandinavian, Armenian and Greek included, to name a few — will participate in the International Ethnic Festival at Hart Plaza, at the foot of Woodward. Featured will be foods, as well as a wide assortment of crafts and gifts representative of each ethnic group. Hours are noon to 11 p.m. Friday through Wednesday. The festivities begin tomorrow — officially at 5:30 p.m. with hand-shaking mayors Weeks of Windsor and Young of Detroit — but actually at 11:30 a.m. with the Manufacturers Bank-Spirit of Detroit Regatta up and down the Detroit River and out on to Lake St. Clair Competing in two classifications will be some 50 offshore racing boats that will reach speeds of 80 mph over two courses — one 90 miles long, the other nearly 200 miles long. There will be unlimited vantage points on both sides of the Detroit River until around 1 p.m., when the boats head out to Lake St. Clair. Later in the day, beginning at 7:30 p.m., the Bob-Lo boat fireworks cruise sets sail. Approximately 1,200 people will board the ship in quest of that perfect vantage point for the fireworks later in the evening. The Joe Vitale dance band will also be aboard, doing what it does best for those inclined to kick up their heels a bit. Tickets for the cruise are $6.95 and may be purchased by calling the Detroit Chamber of Commerce, 964-4000. Military aircraft and an aerobatic stunt plane will buzz over the Detroit River starting at 7 p.m. Then, starting about 9:55 p.m., the seven-ton Hudson's- Stroh's fireworks display will light up the sky for one hour, providing a magnificent sight and sound show guaranteed to amaze adults and scare young children and dogs. Over 600,000 people are expected; bring suntan lotion if you plan to arrive early and be prepared for choppy waters if you're on one of the hundreds of boats that will fill the river. In case of inclement weather, the aerial show will be postponed for 24 hours. The bombclouds bursting in air are launched from four barges in the river, located opposite the Veterans Memorial Building, Cobo Hall and Ford Auditorium. "Each year, we carefully space the novelty shells so there's no lull in the show," says Art Wright, director of special events for Hudson's. "We don't want to have too long a gap without a racket, or the show will lose its momentum. "We build to a crescendo to knock the people off their seats. They really enjoy our finales " ON SATURDAY, it's back to the river and off to Belle Isle. The Detroit Boat Club's International Rowing Regatta gets stroking at 8 a.m. Eight events will be run along the one-mile river course. Spectators can take in the action from the Belle Isle Bridge or the island's shoreline. At 9 a.m. on the island a lO-ity^ run gets underway, At the same time rrm-\ nicipal employees from Windsor and Detroit begin day-long competition in baseball and tennis events. You can't Elsewhere. . . Don't want to go downtown? The Willow Metropark near New Boston starts a new program of dancing with Its fireworks program this weekend. A new outdoor dance center is the location for square dancing 7:45-9:45 p.m. Fridays, starting tomorrow and running through July 27. This weekend. Tie Phil Gram Orchestra will 7:30-11 p.m. display will jstaittag around fc4S p.m. join in the fun unless you've already registered, but watchers are always welcome. The kids' favorite Aesop fables will come to life on Saturday. The Melikin Puppet Theater will present such alltime favorites as "Androcles and the Lion" at the Hart Plaza pyramid. Free performances are set for 3, 3:45 and 4:3to p.m. this day, and for noon, 12:45, 1:3a and 2:15 p.m. Sunday. For the old at heart — the very old "afheart — the Ancient Fife and Drum Willow is located off 1-275. Exit at Bell Road and turn east on Willow Road to the park entrance. The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are expecting the July 4 holiday to be on of their biggest if the weather is good. Groups of 50 or more are asked to notify the appropriate park office in advance so officials can snggest the best location. Events are free, except for vehicle entry — $7 for an annual permit or $2 daily. The fireworks display on the Detroit River is t^e centerpiece for the annual Freedom Festival in Detroit and Windsor. Over half a million people will line the water and peer from office building windows to watch the skyline erupt into Corps Music Muster will perform at Greenfield Village — also this day and the next. Admission to the village is $3.75 for adults and $1.75 for children. SUNDAY, the mighty unlimited hydroplanes hold their annual race on the Detroit River, starting at noon. Interspersed with five heats of the unlimited race will be five heats of the Grand Prix Race, with hydroplanes about three-quarters the size of the "unlimiteds." The three-mile unlimited course starts at the Roostertail night club and heads downriver to a turn near the Belle Isle bridge. Grand Prix boats run a smaller course with the west turn near the Whittier Hotel. Viewing is available all along the riverfront. The unlimited hydroplanes are powered by World War II fighter plane engines with up to 3,000 horsepower. Their average lap speeds are 132 mph, with top speeds near 200 mph. Also, as part of the annual meeting of the Antique and Qassic Boat Society, there will be a parade of antique racing boats on display on the river between laps of the races. The antiques were built from 1921 to 1938 and include boats such as Miss America IX, the first boat to exceed 100 mph. T M By bus... i color. Other events scheduled are the hydroplane races on Sunday, and Olympiad '79 — a meeting of theater groups from around the world who will be performing in town (see story on page 2D). Don't feel like driving? The Detroit Department of Transportation will run a shuttle bus service to the riverfront and back for the fireworks display on Friday. Buses will leave from the Wonderland Center in Livonia (between gates 4 and 5) and from Northland Center in Southfield (lots C and D) starting at 5:30 p.m. Fare is 75 cents each way. Passengers can disembark downtown along Jefferson between Randolph and Washington Boulevard. Return buses start operating along Jefferson immediately after the fireworks display. For more information, call DOT at 224-6400. Elsewhere on Sunday will be the C.W. Dickerson Bugle, Fife and Drum Corps performing military music at noon in the Hart Plaza amphitheater, and a square and round dance, 2-5 p.m. in the ballroom of the Veterans Memorial Building. The dance is free and open to advanced dancers and beginners. 1 OTHER EVENTS in the Freedom Festival include: • The annual Cinema Canada screenings of films produced by the National Film Board of Canada, free in Ford Auditorium. A documentary on Canada's endangered timber wolves will be shown at 3 and 6 p.m. Friday. Another eight short films will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 3. • A variety of free events in the Cultural Center area near Wayne State University on Tuesday. Alistair Cook's film series "America" starts at 9:45 a.m. in the Detroit Institute of Arts. "Life Goes to the Movies," another series of films, starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Main Library. Other programs are at the Children's Museum, the Detroit Historical Museum, Center for Creative Studies and the Detroit Science Center. • A two-hour concert of 18th and 19th century military music starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the parade grounds at Fort Wayne, Jefferson at the foot of Livemois. The fort gates will open at 6 p.m. for this free concert. • Concerts throughout the festival by the 4,000-pound Pepsi Carillon - billed as the world's largest and most valuable musical instrument - at the Hart Plaza pylon. I V «iW * 1 Folkie A fellow named Gove has a combination of folk and blues guitar music, nightly through Sunday at the Haven Gallery in Southfield. For reservations, call 557-2622. (Coming up at the Raven, see page 71)) • KILLER TOMATOES? Have you got the eggplant that ate Chicago 9 Or maybe an el primo peck of pickled peppers that once tasted Pittsburgh 9 Entry forms for the 1979 Michigan State Fair are available for entering exhibits in any of the fair's categories. Premium books detailing fees and requirements are available for community arts; fine arts, horse show; youth division (8-18); livestock; and everything else. which includes poultry, rabbits, pigeons, plants and wine To get any of them, write State Fairgrounds, Detroit 48203, or call 368-1000. Deadline for entries is Aug. 1, except for horses which h^ve to be entered by July 25. The Michigan State Fair, scheduled this year for Aug 24 to Sept 3, is the nation's oldest. • DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY? The Harbinger Dance Company is auditioning for male dancers and for male and female apprentices for the 1979-80 season The group offers 36 weeks of salaried employment, free classes and a variety of performances. Auditions will be held at Harbinger's studios, 75 Victor in Highland Park, on July 15 Persons interested can can 883-1998 to register • 3 STRIKES YOU'RE OUT An obscure song by the Blackholes making the rounds in Milwaukee these days, about a pitcher for the old Milwaukee Braves (now the Atlanta Braves), includes in its lyrics the philosophy that: Life is like a baseball game. Three strikes you're out. You argue with the umpire. He throws you out. Last we heard, the song was going nowhere on the charts. But keep it in mind if you head down to Tiger Stadium this week as Sparky Anderson keeps trying to put the fear of the minor leagues into the troops. The Tigers are playing in town every day through next Thursday. 8 p.m each night except 2 15 p.m. Saturday and 1 30 p.m. Sunday (both against Cleveland). Most of the bleachers are closed off but nobody has messed with the hot dogs yet And if they lose again'' Well, that's life. •^TICKETS, PLEASE The Dearborn Summer Repertory Theater is soliciting tickets for its performances, which start next week and run through Aug 19 in the Henry Ford Centennial Library on Michigan Avenue. Now in its eighth season, the group this year is perfoming "The Royal Hunt of the Sun," "Thurber Carnival" and "Underneath My One Most Favorite Tree." Performances are at 8 30 p.m. weekends. For ticket info, call 584-1200, ext 263 • AT THE YMCA We're just surprised they waited so long The Northwest Detroit YMCA, Seven Mile Road at Lahser, is sponsoring disco dances for kids 5:30-8:30 p.m. this Saturday. Parents will be admitted free if accompanied by a kid under 14 who pays $1. Dancing will be in the gym and gym shoes or socks are required. • BOOGIE BOOSTER The New Miami bar near Wayne State University in Detroit is hosting a benefit at 5 p.m. Sunday for Free Radio Now, a group trying to get stations to play more music by local musicians. Performing will be Cadillac Kidz, the Cubes, Flirt, Retro and the Ivories. Minimum donation is $2.50. The bar is at 3930 Cass Ave. If you've got information about entertainment — around the corner or down the freeway — let us know about it. The address is Section 4, The Observer, 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia 48150. Allow at least a week's notice for scheduled events. •
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