HARBOR FETE PAYS TRIBUTE TO KING : CROWD SHOWS SUPPORT DURING HOLIDAY WEEKEND CELEBRATION.Byline: Christopher Noxon Daily News Staff Writer Some are marking it with marches, and some with services, but Delores Powell Powell See Osceola. was happy to celebrate the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a sunny day at the harbor, listening to Motown Motown U.S. recording company that gave its name to the hugely popular style of soul music that it created in the 1960s. It was founded in Detroit, Mich., in 1959 by the songwriter Berry Gordy, Jr. (b. 1929). music and watching the crowds pass by. ``This is right for me,'' Powell said. ``I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in here to celebrate Dr. King and what he did for us.'' Powell joined a crowd of shoppers and tourists Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. afternoon for the fourth annual birthday observation concert series at Ventura Harbor Village. The free concerts included jazz bassist Sammy Franklin and the four-piece Motown band Blue Moon. ``It's an occasion for people to celebrate something that they maybe won't say out loud,'' said Blue Moon singer James Pasley. ``But by showing up here, they express it.'' There were no speeches or banners or songs, but the mix of people on hand demonstrated principles that King fought and died for, said Jeff Klein Klein , Melanie 1882-1960. Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who first introduced play therapy and was the first to use psychoanalysis to treat young children. , 33, who attended the concert with his family. ``Look around you,'' Klein said. ``There's a whole mix of people. That's worth something. King had an important dream that needs rekindling every once in a while.'' One passer-by said the newest national holiday has already begun to lose its significance. ``This is great and fun, but I wish there was more emphasis on what the man stood for,'' said Sharon Kreiser, who visited the harbor with her husband, Ed, on a day trip from Bakersfield. ``King stood for the dignity and humanity. I think sometimes that gets lost. Then it becomes just another chance to have a sale.'' Observances of King's birthday continue today with a march through the streets of Oxnard and a service at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. at 9 a.m. with a speech by John Hill, director of the Office of Affirmative Action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. Compliance. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (1--color) The jazz group Blue Moon performs under sunny skies at Ventura Harbor Village for a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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