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i to I 1 I I I I 0 I i I I 111111111MN21 a Ire (cx Arts rts SECTION ION Wednesday June 5 1996 Wedn I 1 Christian and gospel acts pack the seats at Six Flags and other theme parks Ind pack at 3nd parlts 1 i 1 i I I HH I 1 1 1 I i 1 i I r) Nt ''s ') '4 i 1 41 1 111 44 I I 1 141 '111 i 4 I i 1 lki i 9 Al z- b4(4t 4 0 '41 wkat 1 4a I Q4 a I I14171 -b 44114Ct i 4 2' '1 4-i 1 ik By DAVE FERMAN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER At Six Flags this summer: This is the schedule for the summer's gospelcontemporary Christian shows at Six Flags Over Texas: Gospel Fest: Fort Worth superstar Kirk Franklin headlines the bill also includes John Kee and Yolanda Adams The show is Saturday show time is 7 pm II Petra and Whiteheart: Saturday June 22 Show time is 8 pm DC Talk and PFR Thursday July 25 at 8 pm Michael Smith Friday July 26 at 8 pm Newsboys and Audio Adrenalin Saturday July 27 at 8 pm Gospel Jubilee featuring Donald Lawrence CeCe Wynans and Fred Hamond Saturday Aug 3 Show time is 7 pm Tickets to all of the above shows are $5 in addition to the regular Six Flags admission price Season pass holders may get concert tickets free on the day of the show subject to availability Concert tickets are available at Ticketmaster (call (214) 647-5700 for info) or at the Six Flags concert booth during park hours Children 2 and under are free For more info call Six Flags Over Texas at 640-8900 Ext 2222 i At Six this su This is tt summer's Christian sl Texas: IIII GospE superstar 1' the bill alsc and Volanc Saturday II Petra June 22 SI II DC July 25 at 1 I Micha 26 at 8 ptr II Newst Adrenalin pm II GospE Donald Lal and Fred 3 Show tir Tickets are $5 in a Flags adm pass holde ets free on subject to ets are avE (call (214) the Six Fla park hours I are free For mon Texas at 6 ule for the )ntemporary SIX nags Over ort Worth klin headlines 5 John Kee The show is is 7 pm aheart Saturday FI Thursday Oh Friday July Audio July 27 at 8 featuring 3 eCe Wynans IV 1 1 i't 1 4 o' i o- a i 1 I 1 4 44 44 i Steven Curtts Chapman is a draw at theme parks 100011' Chapman Steven Curtts is a draw at theme parks 11 'L) tklv) Alk1 rnet tr low Oki t' r-r --s 7-1r 1 ki 4 1) 's A RLINGTON Six It Flags Over Texas is lo known for distinctive sights and sounds: teen- agers making goo-goo eyes at each other families bouncing from one ride to another people standing in long lines a carefree sweaty couple of hours in the sun Since the early '70s the day's final aural imagery has been provided by concerts at the10000-capacity Music Mill Amphitheater site of shows by everyone from the Commodores to the Allman Brothers to Jackson Browne to good ol' Reba More and more often though the sound has been that of Christian and gospel performers who while not new to the venue have recently become a more prominent fixture on the Music Mill calendar This summer in fact contemporary Christian- gospel is the dominant genre at the venue: Seven of the Mill's 22 shows including two multi-act gospel festivals are in this category These include top national acts such as gospel superstars Kirk Franklin (who performs this weekend) and CeCe Winans Christian rock acts such as More on CHRISTIAN on Page 2 exas is stinctive unds: teens at each rom one nding in weaty cou- day's en provid- )0-capacity site of he an Brothers hd or Reba hough the an that of td gospel vho while venue become a at fixture on calendar in fact genre of the cluding two b01111111111S 11CCII 11111 01 Christian and gospel performers who while not new to the venue have recently become a more pronainent fixture on the Music Mill calendar This summer in fact contemporary Christian- gospel is the dominant genre at the venue: Seven of the Mill's 22 shows including two multi-act gospel festivals are in this category These include top national acts such as gospel superstars Kirk Franklin (who performs this weekend) and CeCe Winans Christian rock acts such as More on CHRISTIAN on Page 2 4 1 1 I I 1 i I 1 1 1 1 IL CPW creator Darren Star calls new cast member Raquel Welch (pictured with Gerald Mc Raney) "the Heather Locklear of her generation" TELEVISION Too little too late? By CURT SCHLEIER SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM CBS' Central Park West the nighttime soap opera introduced with much fanfare last fall is back with more fanfare new episodes and most important Raquel Welch It will run Wednesdays and Fridays starting tonight at 9 on KMChannel 11 through June But just about everyone concedes it's too little too late The show is not on the CBS fall schedule It's not being considered as a mid-season replacement It's dead finito finished Not so fast says Darren Star who created the show now renamed CPW A ticket to cancellation heck has been punched he concedes on the phone from Los Angeles but suppose the ratings are really good? Suppose viewers flock to the show? I Suppose just suppose The one-time wunderldnd "I think I'm still a wunderldnd" he says who once had the Midas touch is convinced there's still magic in his fingers and life inthe series "Everyone was in a positive frame of mind filming the last episodes and the changes that have been made the addition of Welch and Gerald McRaney to the cast will make CPW a winner yet" Star should know This is the man who created Beverly Hills 90210 and Melmse Place while still employed by Aaron Spelling When the latter was in the dumper Star brought in heather LocIdear to spruce up the scenery and the ratings Raquel Welch he maintains "is the Heather LocIdear of her generation" (He did not mention which generation that was) The new version of CPW has glamorous Photographs Star-Telegram riles lark Plankin headlines this Weekend's Gospel test characters the high-profile magazine industry and of course sex Because that is basically the summation of the old version of the show Star clearly is banking on the new actors and the summer doldrums to raise the show's profile Actually Star believes the show was fine all along It ran into a number of problems over which it had no control including the change in CBS ownership which meant new managers 'Central with different priorities Park West' Originally Star had been put in charge of has a new attracting a younger audience 18- to 35-year- names olds to a network that traditionally drew older new cast Murder She Wrote viewers The new managers members however did not want to go that young that quick- and some ly Add to his difficulties old problems what he calls the "sour grapes" of Fox executives who purchased his two previous series They scheduled a special two-hour 90210 against Central Park West's premiere and then moved the 100th episode of Melmse opposite the second CPW Not even the network's extensive promotion was able to find Central Park West an audience "Had it premiered to huge numbers the first week and then no one came back to show two I would have said it was our fault" Star maintains "Clearly the marketing cam-More on 'CPW on Page 2 1 or INSIDE NBA Finals Game 1 Bulls vs SuperSonics TONIGHT IOUSCHANNEL 5 'Metal' magic Cult cartoon 'Heavy Metal' finally lands on home video VIDEO PAGE 3 Doctor moves Pediatrician Berry Braze lton's column has a new home LIFELINE PAGE 4 FEATURES Ann Landers Page 4 Dear Abby Page 4 Ed Brice Page 4 Comics Pages 8-9 TV listings Back page 1r I -(411 1- 1 (1211 A 1 i- tir 3" ee----- 0 11 I ll I t's It i 13 tifiltlisit s' 0 0 oci 4 i E4k i i El C1-4 Q11 Sk1f- 444 0 4 1-- 4 LIEll 1 0 al NI 1 pe S- --L ri t1 0 nEill 2 ea dlin 1-0 li litn es 1 l'' 1 44 weekend 1 4 Gospel pest Photogra I rrom Stam" 4 elegram Mos 1 1 li TELEVISION Too little INSIDE I I 4(sir too late? 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