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Detroit Homecoming Guide

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Day
29
Month
July
Year
1976
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Detroit Homecoming Guide

 

JULY16

The Stars Salute Detroit featuring Billy Eckstfhe, Johnny Griffittr, Itojo Kumana, Guy Marks, Marilyn Michaels, The Nicholas Brothers, Marlena Shaw, Bobby Tucker and the Homecoming Dancers. 8:30 pm, Masonic Temple, $10, $8, $5.50.

Midnight Jams with Roy Brooks, Tommy Butler, Virginia Capers, Billy Eckstine, Ron English, Barry Harris, Margaret Harris, Terry Pollard, Ursula Walker, ]immy Wilkins Orchestra and Wayne Wright. 12:00 midnight, Orchestra Hall, $6.50.

JULY 17

Fashion Flair, honoring Detroit designers with celebrity commentators. Hudson's downtown, 12th floor, 11 a.m. with lunch, $15; 2:30 with wine and cheese, $12.50.

Detroit Lives! A Jazz Reunion, with Della Reese, Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds, Marcus Belgrave, Jack Brokensha, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Ron English, Oliver Jackson, Candy Johnson, Ed Locke, Harold McKinney, McKinney Cotton Pickers, Billy Mitchell, Sonny Redd, Gerald Wilson, Herman Wright, Wayne Wright and the Homecoming Dancers. 8:30 p.m., Masonic Temple, $8.50, $7.50, $6.50.

JULY 18

Riverboat Rhythms, with McKinney Cotton Pickers and Tribe, 10:30 a.m., $6; 1 :00 p.m., $7.50; 3:00 p.m., $7.50; Detroit Riverfront.

The Power And The Glory, spirituals, gospels, and a jazz mass with Tommy Butler, Eugene Hancock, Tessie Hill, Kenneth Jewell Chorale, Don Shirley, James Tatum Trio, Michael Tolan, the Homecoming Dancers. 4:00 p.m., Masonic Temple, $6.50, $5.50, $4.50.

Metropolitan Magic  with the opera of Shirley Love and George Shirley and pianist David Syme. 8:30 p.m., Orchestra Hall, $5.00.

FREE JAZZ WORKSHOPS at the Northwest Activities Center- 10 am-2 pm Guitar: Ron English-Thursday 715 Percussion: Roy Brooks-Friday 716 Piano: James Tatum & Harold McKinney-Monday 719 720 and 721 to be announced. ■ Other musicians in town for Homecoming will also be there. For more nformation: Detroit Bicentennial Commission 224-1776 )

JULY19

What Color Is The Blues? with Bobo Jenkins, Kim Weston with a tribute to Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, the Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra and the Homecoming Dancers.

JULY 20

A Touch of Class, classical concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, James Frazier, jr., Conductor, Kenneth Jewell Chorale, Ruth Laredo, Don Large Singers, Yusef Lateef and Quartet; dramatic reading by Lloyd Richards, Michael Tolin, and Leigh Taylor Young. 8:30 p.m., Ford Auditorium, $12.50 (includes champagne afterglow with the stars), $7.50, $5.00.

Keyboard Harmony featuring Detroit's greatest pianists, Dorothy Ashby, Jack Brokensha, Tommy Flanagan, Johnny Griffith, Roland Hanna, Barry Harris, Bess Bonnier Makres, Harold McKinney, Willie Metcalf and Terry Pollard. 8:30 p.m., Masonic Temple, Scottish Rites Cathedral, $8.50.

JULY 21

Star Track, variety entertainment with Detroit's great stars, 8:30 p.m., Masonic Temple, $8.50, $7.50, $6.50.

JULY 22

Detroit Renaissance, the spotlight shines on the stars of tomorrow, 8:30 p.m., Masonic Temple, $2.75.

JULY 23

West Bloomfield Symphony Concert, 8:30 p.m., Ford Auditorium, $12.50 (includes champagne afterflow with the _ stars), $7.50, $5.00.

JULY 24

City Celebrations '76, Disco, Latin American and ballroom dancing, with free cake and bus rides from one event to another, 9:00 p.m., Masonic Temple (Fountain and Crystal Ballroom), Renaissance Center, Eastern Market, $15.00

1-Henry 's Cocktail Lounge

2-Watts Club Mozambique

3-Roostertail

4-King's Row

5-Baker's Keyboard Lounge

6-Jazz East

7-Perfect Blend

8-Music Station

9-Rapa House

10-Raven Gallery

11 -Compared To What?

12-db's

13-Playboy Club

14-Pontiac Stadium

15-Olympia Stadium

16-CoboHall

17-Showcase Theatre

18-Masonic Temple

19-Music Hall

20-Ford Auditorium

21 -Orchestra Hall

22-Ethel's Cocktail Lounge