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Sold Out Wiz Choreographer Helps Houston Youth

Patdro Harris (c), director and choreographer of The Wiz, conducts a master class with young performers affiliated with The Ensemble Theatre and The Classics Through the Ages program of the Houston Chapter and Missouri City Chapter of Links, Inc. Young performers (l to r) are Danielle King, Erin Smith, Amanda Holmes and Robyn Adams.

Houston youth benefited from a unique opportunity when choreographer, Patdro Harris, recently flew into town to direct and choreograph, The Wiz, a musical that opens at The Ensemble Theatre to a sold-out crowd on June 25th.

As an internationally renowned performing artist, Harris has a long list of accomplishments to his credit which include Broadway, The Kennedy Center, The Black Arts Festival and Stevie Wonder productions. No stranger to The Ensemble, in '08, he directed and choreographed the 12 Ways of Christmas.

This month, at the request of the Houston Chapter of Links and The Ensemble, he sliced off two hours from his busy Wiz production schedule to share some of his lifetime knowledge with four Houston youth. The young performers, Robyn Williams, Amanda Holmes, Danielle King and Erin Smith, are high school students who are members of The Ensemble Theatre's Young Performers Program. They are also protégés of CTA (Classics Through the Ages), a national Links, Inc. program which increases the exposure of youth to the classical arts by sponsoring arts participation opportunities in the community.

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Inefficiency Negates Budgets

Wanda AdamsEven citizens that fail to fully grasp the concept of representative taxation should realize that paying for municipal services is a necessary evil. Accordingly, they have a working understanding about the City of Houston’s $4 billion dollar budget that (much to the delight of term limited Mayor Bill White) the City Council finally accepted on June 17 after a stormy session. It’s not surprising that much of the storm was generated by the hot air from wannabe successors of a term limited “strong mayor,” insofar as that’s how political games are played.

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SERENA GIVES VENUS WIMBLEDON PROPS: Younger sis says she rules the grass court game. Plus, sisters rank among world's highest-paid players.

Venus and Serena Williams As the Williams sisters begin their run for a Wimbledon title this week, Serena Williams is already calling her sister Venus the best grass-court player of her generation.

The siblings own seven of the last nine women's singles titles at Wimbledon, but it is Venus, with five victories compared to Serena's two, who has reigned supreme on the lawns of the All England Club. If Venus can win her third successive title she will become the first woman since Steffi Graf to complete a hat-trick of Wimbledon crowns.

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Texans finish OTA's; Look to improve in 2009
By Yolande Y. Lezine
Forward Times Sports Writer


The Houston Texans have finished with OTA's and now they're going through a brief mini camp. Key players such as tight end Owen Daniels have been brought into the fold, leaving only one contract holdout.

Everyone from the staff, players, coaches and people within the entire organization are ready to take the next step in the 2009 season and get to the playoffs and become a legitimate contender.

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