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Say Brother; Street Dancers Bash; Street Dancers Bash rehearsing the song "Runnin"
Part of Say Brother.
11/09/1979
This clip is of one of Boston's popular musical groups in 1979, Street Dancers Bash, rehearsing in the Say Brother studio, prior to a live performance for the studio audience. Excerpt includes footage of the band at work on the song "Runnin." Overall, the program offers an in-depth look at one of Boston's popular musical groups in 1979, Street Dancers Bash, via footage of the group rehearsing songs they ultimately performed for Say Brother's studio audience. Musicians Victor Comer (director, guitar, keyboards), Tanya Hart (vocalist, and local television personality who appeared on Say Brother as an arts critic), Steven Cantor (guitar), Dean Cassell (base guitar), Danny Schwartz (percussionist), Doug Anderson (keyboard), Armsted Christian (vocalist), Tony Leonard (vocals, percussion), and Bert Syms (drummer) rehearse and perform their songs "Runnin," "Night Dreams," and "Tonight Isn't Fair." Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Street Dancers Bash
- Program Number
1007
- Title
Street Dancers Bash rehearsing the song "Runnin"
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program offers an in-depth look at one of Boston's popular musical groups in 1979, Street Dancers Bash, via footage of the group rehearsing songs they ultimately performed for Say Brother's studio audience. Musicians Victor Comer (director, guitar, keyboards), Tanya Hart (vocalist, and local television personality who appeared on Say Brother as an arts critic), Steven Cantor (guitar), Dean Cassell (base guitar), Danny Schwartz (percussionist), Doug Anderson (keyboard), Armsted Christian (vocalist), Tony Leonard (vocals, percussion), and Bert Syms (drummer) rehearse and perform their songs "Runnin," "Night Dreams," and "Tonight Isn't Fair."
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Hart, Tanya
- African American singers
- Cassell, Dean
- Music rehearsals
- Cantor, Steven
- African American women
- Leonar, Tony
- Street Dancers Bash (Musical group)
- Syms, Bert
- Schwartz, Danny
- Anderson, Doug
- Comer, Victor
- African American musicians
- Music--Performance
- Christian, Armsted
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Clarke, Brian (Director)
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Contributors
- Melendez, Celenia (Intern)
- Wong, Evelyn (Production Assistant)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Ehrman, Sally (Production Secretary)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Gray, Randolph (Assistant Cameraman)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Devitt, Doug (Videotape Recordist)
- Koppel, Tiit (Switcher)
- Carey, Nancy (Intern)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Hugentugler, Carol (Videotape Recordist)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Johnson, Bill (Audio)
- Harriston, Renee (Intern)
- Brennan, Susan (Audio)
- McKenna, Jim (Lighting Assistant)
- Holden, Dick (Camera)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Street Dancers Bash; Street Dancers Bash rehearsing the song "Runnin",” 11/09/1979, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E88C26F7A66A489D821419311FFA6AB2.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Street Dancers Bash; Street Dancers Bash rehearsing the song "Runnin".” 11/09/1979. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E88C26F7A66A489D821419311FFA6AB2>.
- APA: Say Brother; Street Dancers Bash; Street Dancers Bash rehearsing the song "Runnin". Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E88C26F7A66A489D821419311FFA6AB2