European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine  a club l Emmett Wiser John w. Do note Alt Home Tecc pert he. Pearl Bailey s message of Lovei m into humanity. Byju Sarasohn staff writer he Idle hour Heater slags was set up simply Drums piano stools and music stands a Small wrinkled defense department Uso Banner was pinned up above. Lighting was modest thai was the scene As Pearl Bailey Sang strutted and vamped a message of love and patriotism during a free concert for me Frankfurt military Community last weekend. I m so glad i came. I should stay a week " Bailey told the crowd of Sou Afler a jazz rendition of memories from the musical cars. Shortly afterwards she resumed to England to meet Wilh u .3.cemembers there. She had taken Lime off from other concerts in London with her husband the great jazz drummer Low Bells to Fly into Frankfurt sunday afternoon ust for a 90 minute How at the Idle hour. Sponsors were the Uso and he defense department. Bailey Sang favourites Halo. Dolly bit Bailey and once in my life. When she led of the show Wuh a Medley of homesick songs on the Road again Moon Over Miami Oklahoma the audience erupted Mlo applause and Happy shouts. But Bailey does it her Way Only her Way she immediately slopped singing applause at the beginning of a song apparently distracts her. You Don t have to hoop and Honor just sit Back and relax she said hooping and hollering is not going to make me holler than i  baby crying also graded on her. At one Point she said general this baby is singing in what key picture faking Evert without Flash also gets in her Way and was forbidden she warned thai she would Stop singing if she heard a Click. But near the end o he show she opened up to Tiff photographer fans climbing Down from he stage she was mobbed. Bailey posed with her lans. She Shook hands she chatted. A Large part of Bailey s show is wisecracks and leasing a ran can become part of he show very quickly. When 68-year-old Bailey Hoard a particular laugh trom a Young woman during her vamping of aretha Franklin s Highway of love she called her up to the Stags to show her Soufl Jacquelyn a face wife of sgt. Timothy Price. I7lti signal in. Was game and kept up Wilh Bailey s dancing and shimmying on stage. Honey Are you a sergeant Bailey asked i m a wife Price answered that s army Bailey said you Lake the orders or give Themi Bailey later presented a bouquet to Price. She s the greatest she looks like my Mother. She s so warm Price gushed afterwards. I was trying to gel backstage then i was on  Bailey worked the crowd throughout her show. Stie asked people where they came from and then talked about her memories of those places when one fan said he was from Atlanta Bailey said. I a been to Atiyota. I m one of the glorious  when one fan called Oul Elpa so. Texas. Of Lily had All the the ans in the crowd up on then acct singing the byes of Toas fans also get a message from Baicy sic Otle Rod a get of an inspirational song she wrote Ato Oody can do ii for you hut you the Massage of the song she said would help them Wilh problems Wilh the army marriage and drugs after Reching Flowers and thanks trom Iho fat Murt military Community. Baitey Lod the audience on its Teot and crowded around the Slage in i of us Bicak Scad to Golhof Afler the show. Beltson talked Wilh a Small group at jazz Oniu Siats about drumming wih buddy Rich and being on the Road with Duke Ellington and count Basic despite tiring i Ravel. Musicians just pick up when Hoy re on stage. Billson said Ellington would got of the tour he Haggard and Benl Over with fatigue  if you Tell him isl do this Lor 20  Bellson said he s on fhe stage that 20 minutes and 20 minutes later we re doing something to really love to said that snot work we re blessed  Bailey sat and talked after Iho Spriow about Why she came and the state of the world Belofi flying Back to England. We Haven t seen our Fellows u s. Service members in a Long time particularly with trips situation  she said. Our Fellows Are penned in i know whal u is to be penned in somewhere. You can t gel Oul you can t get i. Not trom tear but because of Security going on she said thai the fear of terrorism that kept other amen cans Home this summer May have Otjen a Blessing in  because now they re learning More about the Stales. Bailey said she was t afraid of visiting Europe although she does t like to Fly. Normally she Hies Amtrak in the Stales i be spent a lot of time in the Middle East. It s very sad not Only in the Middle Easl but the Ecsi the East and All the world. Everything they do they i terrorists say in the name of god what a pity they did l read him Well. He never said to do what they re doing today she said men Don t reach out and try to understand each other she said. They re lighting  the biggest trouble Bailey said that s going to destroy the whole world is drugs. If we Don t Stop that we re in dreadful rouble. I m into humanity. I think humanity has been mistreated and i think humanity is mistreating Itsell. We Don t Cate about each other. The biggest answer that will Stop every bomb every terrorist is called l.o-v-e.1 and everybody says in the name of there s Only one thing he said love one another having made a Lew trips we Vegol a Heck of a country. Everybody All Over the world can put us Down but everyone wants to come there. We re the Only country win in 3 sense every door open. Now All we be got to do since we opened the door and everybody s in let s gel  ,july2,19b6 the e stars an d stripes Page 13