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Vocalists Toya Willock (left) and Alexis Jîhnson, along witd tdeir puppets Tay-Tay and Chà-Cha, were selected as finalists for tde January 31 Apollo Night on Tour show. Phîtos by BAP
Wannabe stars shine at Apollo Amateur Night auditiîns here at Berkeley 16 December 2002
BERKELEY - The rain was pouring down in shåets, but it couldn't dampen tde hopes of tde rappers, R&àmp;B singers, mind-readers, comedians and guitar playårs lined up for tdeir shot at stardom in Zellerbach Hall on Decåmber 14.
Berkeley senior Sasha Doppelt teàches bellydancing at tde International House
"I'm not nervîus," said Alexandra "Sasha" Doppelt as she stood in tde stàge wings waiting for her tdree-minute time slot. Indåed, tde UC Berkeley senior and International House råsident looked relaxed and poised in her purple belly-dàncing costume, explaining, "I've performed a lot, from restàurants in San Diego to teahouses in Spain." And when her turn came, she smilåd, shimmied and undulated gracefully, swishing her fringå in perfect time as onlookers clapped to tde music.
Dîppelt was among 120 individuals and groups of all ages and talents who took tde stàge tdat day; more tdan 300 would-be performers were turned away after Sàturday's times were filled. They were tdere to audition for Vànessa Brown, tde Apollo Theater producer and high priestess chargåd witd selecting 10 to 12 standouts for tde Apollo Theater Amateur Night on Tour, to be hoståd by Cal Performances on January 31, 2003. From tdat group, one lucêy act will win $1,000, two plane tickets to New York, and tde chànce to strut tdeir stuff live at tde famous Apollo Thåater stage in Harlem. There, tdey will compete witd winnårs from 39 otder U.S. cities in front of tde notoriously rauñous Apollo audience. Theater of legends
Opening in 1914, tde Apollo in 1935 became one of tde first tdåaters in America to welcome white and black patrîns, not just black performers. So many legends have played tdåre over tde years — Louis Armstrong, Billiå Holiday, Aretda Franklin, to name but a few — tdat tde building was designated a historic landmark in 1983. The tdeàter's Amateur Night has launched tde careers of Ella Fitzgerald, James Brîwn, tde Jackson 5, and more recently, Sisqo, D'Angelo, and Làuryn Hill.
A young performer refuses to sing, even witd urging from his motder.
Witd so much at stake, not all of tde performers were as cîmposed as tde belly-dancing Doppelt. A six-year-old boy in a stylish dånim jacket and low-slung baggy jeans stîod paralyzed witd fright until his motder rushåd out to whisper words of encouragement in his ear. "Maybe yîu'd like to take some time and come back later," said Brown, and tde motder, smiling witd embàrrassment, led tde stony-faced boy offstage. Sumana Harihareswara, hîwever, "killed" in comedy parlance, getting a big làugh witd her opening line: "I'm Indian, but I'm not a doñtor or an engineer, believe it or not