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February 12, 1999
BCC Coffee House at Purdue celebrates the '70sWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Haraka Writers, the Jahari Dance Troupe and the New Directional Players will perform Friday, Feb. 26, in the Purdue University Black Cultural Center's Spring 1999 Coffee House entitled "A Jazzy '70s Time."The show by the three student performing arts ensembles is designed to remind the audience that the '70s was a time when "ace in the hole" was a favorite expression, the "Afro" was a popular hairstyle, and good times were accompanied by the urge to "boogie down." "The decade of the '70s was a time when wearing a leisure suit meant you had leisure time," said Howard Sid Lucas, BCC artist in residence and assistant director. "But it also was a time of immense growth for African-Americans, and we hope this show will reflect that." Lucas and artists-in-residence Tyson Simms and Don Burrus coordinated the event. The show will include the Haraka Writers' rendition of "Good People," written about the catch-phrase "you good people" which sprang up in the '70s to describe people who were honest and down-to-earth. The Jahari Dance Troupe's "Seventies Suite" will feature music by several popular '70s bands including The Commodores, Parliament and Heat Wave. The New Directional Players' will perform playwright Douglas Turner Ward's off-Broadway hit "Happy Ending." The play is a comedy about two African-American women who work as maids for a white couple with marital difficulties. Tickets for the 7 p.m. event in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center, are $5 for students and $7 for the public. Tickets can be purchased at the door. The BCC Coffee House is co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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