THEY SING LIFE INTO THEIR MUSIC

J. Casselberry and Jaque DuPree, two beautiful Afrikan American lesbian vocalists and musicians, are about to embark on a year long tour. Their travel will take them to many U. S. cities as well as parts of Europe and West Indies, including Jamaica.

What was to be two weeks of gigs snowballed into a year long tour. They will leave the Bay Area in Mid October for St. Paul, Minn. and several other midwestern cities.

Followed by a club date at New York's Tin Pan Alley on October 29th, other cities on their itinerary include Boston, Atlanta, and Wash. DC.. They are hopeful that they will pick up additional engagements along the way.

The

duo has performed in many places, including the Great American Music Hall in S.F., CA, the Sylvan Theatre in Wash. DC, and the Rainbow Tavern in Seattle, Wash.. They have shared the bill with noted entertainers such as June Jordan, Linda Tillery, Taj Mahal, Sylvester and many others.

If you are fortunate enough to be in an area of the country that they are planning to tour, do yourself a favor and don't miss them.

We wish them success, love, and good health and safety.

Bon Voyage!

Final West Coast Performance

CASSEL BERRY DUPREE

and their

URBAN GORILLA BAND featuring

Annette Aguilar, percussion

Mimi Fox, guitar

Bonnie Johnson, drums

Jessie Ortiz, keyboards

Debbie Saunders, bass

--plus

PLUS, Direct from Santa Cruz, Guests

SOMETHING SPECIAL

Gwen, Trish, Rita ---

also featuring some very special friends

остоBER 8 th, 1983

EVERYBODYS CREATIVE ARTS CENTER The Jenny Lind Hall

2267 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA

2 showtimes: 8:30 & 10:30 pm...$7.00

CASSELBERRY-DUPREE

Photo by Orianda

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Casselberry's baritone/alto accompaniment on acoustic guitar combines with DuPree's contralto/soprano and guira playing to create soulful blends of harmony and rhythm. Their music style embraces, gospel, reggae, blues, folk and Casselberry many

things in between. states, "our music comes from the many places we've been Black as women in America. We want to sing, we want to be heard, we want to listen..". And you listen we did at the recent First National Lesbians of Color Conference in Malibu, Ca. where they lifted our spirits and drew us into their music. Their performance was made more powerful by the flexibility and control they both have to sing lead, solo, or harmonize together. Both feel that they have womyn been influenced Nina greatly by Simone's approach to music.

Coming Soon...Black Lesbian Herstories

In up coming months we plan to present herstorical profiles on many different black lesbians past and present. We understand the need for us to start really documenting who we are so that our sisters after us will not have to hunt and search for positive role models of black lesbians as we have had to do. Yet we will be doing the documentation for ourselves as well. We will be able to look around us and proudly claim our identities as black lesbians. We urge you to help us in thie endeavor by sending us materials on women you would us present, send us suggestions, and work with us to make an important focus of newsletter.

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