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REVIEW

Saluting Robeson’s legacy

Am New, conceptually unified
P Ow Js in the works as Ash Street
Bir vections Society and Leon
ibb Productions put the finishing
touches on the second annual con-
ide In tribute to the late, world-
*nowned Afro-American enter-

tainer Paul Robeson.
age “A Salute to Paul
or On,’ the production “‘isn’t
Y a salute to Robeson as such,

Bibb will lead: off the concert
with a tribute to Robeson ‘‘and
what he stood for,’’ according to
Watt, in a performance combining
Bibb’s singing with, at one point, a
tape of Robeson singing some of
the songs he performed at the series
of concerts at the Peace Arch in the
early 50s.

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= fluence on her own work and per-
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but to the ideas for which he stood
; civil Tights, world peace, and
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Dave Watt, Ash Street’s executive
ctor,
peobeson’s ideas will be
eee in a musical and poetical
= ute through performances by
ae entertainers, headlined by
Reg black singer and former
at e » Leon Bibb, June 12, 2 p.m.
Varn Queen Elizabeth Theatre in
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cue distinguishes this year’s
is ae from the 1982 salute
aa Involvement of Bibb, a
she New York based performer
obi, Or years has resided in Van-
othe 2 He recruited most of the
a performers and authored the
a Pt that will link the various acts
9 One continuous performance.

LEON BIBB .. . headlines June
42 concert (photo from Arts

Club Revue).

Bibb’s involvement is fitting,
since he knew Robeson well — the
late performer was godfather to
Bibb’s twin children —.and, like
Robeson, Bibb suffered persecu-
tion during the McCarthy period,
eventually leaving the United States
and resettling in Canada.

Returning to the stage for the
1983 concert are Themba Tana, a
native drummer from South
Africa, accompanied this time by
three other drummers, and Jim
Johnston, a seventeen-year veteran
of the St. Louis Opera and now a
teacher in Duncan.

back-up vocals and instruments.

The Mountain Dance Theatre, a
traditional ballet company, will
dance to musical accompaniment
and poems, by Afro-American

_ authors read by one of the per-

formers.

‘Hopefully, when people leave
at the end, they’ll know what Paul
Robeson stood for,’’ said Watt.
““We can’t touch all bases, but we
hope to have a fast-moving, artistic
show that gives the essence of
Paul’s life-long struggle.”’

“Jt?s important that they know
Robeson, who identifies with all
the issues still with us today.”’

— Dan Keeton

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