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Appearing in concert this Friday will be Morning Song, a har
monious band from State College. See story below.
Barry Drake review
By Mary Jo Sandal
Collegian Staff Writer
Basic, uncomplicated guitar
coupled with an easy vocal style
characterizes Barry Drake, last
Friday's Coffee House per
former. His opening number
Sugar Baby, an energetic rocker
that was definitely one of the best
tunes, started off the set on a
lively note.
His ballads were an outstanding
feature, sweet and tuneful;
Drake's guitar and voice were a
perfect setting for his bittersweet
love songs. Sometimes, though,
his melodies tended to be
mediocre and indistinctive; it
wasn't until the second set that
things started to pick up, his
tunes got better, as his stage
manner relaxed.
On stage, Drake has an im
mediate rapport with his
audience. In between numbers he
talked with them, telling jokes,
stories, and taking requests.
Drake related with the audience
very well.
Some of his outstanding tunes
Rainbow Round My Shoulder a_
joyous, rhythmic tune, Days of
49. which was beautifully done ac
capella, and The Saint of South
Lars - Eric Larson -
Concerto for Saxophone
and Strings
Mozart - Serenade
from Eine Kleine
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A discussion will
follow the concert
Poughkeepsie were all original
tunes, as most were, but he also
did a touching version of the old
standard Somewhere Over the
Rainbow. This was especially
nice. He introduced it as a song he
found on a Ray Charles album, as
was a Jackson Browne number
Late for the Sky.
Unfortunately, Drake only
shines on his fast-paced,
energetic tunes or on his softer
love ballads. All too many times
the music fell to sounding banal
and unoriginal. His lyrics also
suffered at times from lack of
originality. Many songs were
interesting lyrically, like Rain
bow Round My Shoulders and a
Civil War ballad that depicted a
rebel's point of view, but others
come off as sounding trite and
repetitious.
What Drake lacks mostly is a
distinctive style. He needs to
develop a uniqueness and once he
achieves this, he'll be a fine ar
tist. Anyway, Barry Drake's
performance was, on the whole,
enjoyable. One thing he has that
many performers don't is a love
of what he's doing. It shows up in
his music and that alone can
overcome some of the greatest
shortcomings.
THE BEHREND COLLEGE
ARTIST AND LECTURE COMMITTEE
In cooperation with the National Endowment Of the Arts
and The Pennsylvania Arts Council
Behrend Collegian
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Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Reed
Lecture Hall, Jerry Lewis' The
Bellboy will be shown. The second
Lewis film to *be shown at
Behrend as part of the Jerry
Lewis film series, it is a plotless
series of Lewis-oriented. gags
about the misadventures of a
bungling bellboy at a posh
Florida hotel. As with Cinderfella
in December, the movie is
strictly for hard-core Lewis fans.
Sunday the lath, the SUB will
show a most controversial film
entitled McCabe and. Mrs. Miller.
Greeted with good' and , bad
reviews when it first appeared in
1972, the film boasts a beautiful
performance by Julie Christie as
the hooker who joins forces with a
con-man (Warren Beatty) .in a
remote Northwest village.
Director Robert Altman's choice
of cinematographer Vilmos
Szigmond makes for an
exquisitely visualized work. Mr.
Szigmond was also responsible
for Altman Images; as well as
Deliverance and Scarecrow.
McCabe and Mrs. Miller will be
shown at 7 and 9r p.m. in the Reed
Lecture Hall. Admission for SUB
Sunday night movies is 5.50 for
students with activity cards and
$1.25 for students without. For the
Music Fest
By Janet Mawr
Collegian Staff Writer
Morning Song, a five member
band from State College, will
perform in concert Friday
evening at 9 p.m. in Erie Hall.
Their style, noted especially for
its harmonies, has frequently
been compared to that of Crosby,
Stills, Nash and Young, and other
soft, folksy musicians. They've
performed at Clarion, Edinboro,
Penn State M.P.), and Villanova
University, as well as the Roxy
Theatre, and Barney Goggles of
New York. This Student Union
Board sponsored concert seems
proinising. Admission is $l.OO
with an activity card, $2.00
without.
presents in concert
frederick L Hemke, Saxophonist
The Erie Philharmonic Orchestra
Harold Baur, Conductor
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Jerry Lewis" Film Series and
Alfred Hitchcock admission is
$.35 with activity cards and• $.75
without.
Distinguished saxophone
virtuoso Frederick Hernke will be
the guest soloist featured along
with the Erie Philharmonic
String Quartet in a concert to be
presented the 21st by the Arts and
Lecture Committee. Scheduled
for 8 p.m. in the Lecture Hall,
admission is free.
- Several excellent :motion
pictures are -showing-in the Erie
area at the moment. •Dog Day
Afternoon is directed by Sidney
Lumet, who Is re-teamed with Al
Pacino as they were in Serpico.
This film contains a superb
performance by Pacino• who
plays a man whose attempt at
robbing a bank entails more than -
he had expected. His portrayal of
Sonny is one of the most con
trolled and consistent acting I've
seen in some time. There are also
many other fine performances.
The talent of film editor Dede
Allen is obvious throughout the
film, especially when Sonny
shoots at the window above the
bank's back door, and we witness
the almost simultaneous reaction'
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Saxophonist Frederick Hemke
will be performing Mozart's
Serenade from Eine Kleine
Nachtmusic and the Concerto for
Saxophone and Strings by Eric
Larson with the Erie Philhar
monic String Orchestra. Brought
to Behrend by the Arts and
Lecture Committee, Mr. Hemke
is quite renowned and has per
formed with the Grant Park
Symphony in Chicago, The
Rochester Civic Orchestra and
Seoul (Korea) Philharmonic. He
made his debut at the. New York
Town Hall and has performed at
major universities throughout the
United States. A review of Hemke
which appeared in the Chicago
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By Ron Wayne
Entertainment Editor
REED LECTURE
Reed Student Union
Wed., Jan. 21
Admission Free
of the different people involved
(police, crowd, etc.). Ms. Allen
was also . responsible for the
excellent sequences in Bonnie and
Clyde. Dog Day Afternoon is both
humorous and dramatic and is
probably one of the best films this
year.
Also in town,. being re-released,
is Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles.
All I'll say about the film is that it
remains Brooks' funniest, but not
his best. Cleavon Little, Harvey
Korman and Gene Wilder are
extremely good but I was most
impressed with Madeline Kahn's
Lily VonShtupp. Ms. Kahn is the
outstanding screen comedienne of
our day, comparable (as others
have said) to the late Judy
Holliday.
The third "film worth men
tioning is Lucky Lady although I
have mixed feelings about it. I
found some interesting per
formances by Liza Minnelli and
Gene Hackman and some unique
cinematography. My reser
vations stem from the plot, which
seems to bog down at certain
points and the editing, which
changes the view of the audience
at most rapid speeds throughout
the film.
performs
Tribune included this comment,
"Frederick Hemke, saxophonist
with the Chicago Symphony,
impressed us with his artistry.
and clearness of tone." In ad
dition to public appearances as
recitalist and guest soloist, Mr.
Hemke is also a lecturer and
instructor, as well as an author of
several books on the artistry of
the saxophone. Mr. Hemke is
professor of Music and Chairman
of Department of Wind and
Percussion Instruments at North
western University. The per
formance will . begin at 8 pm. in
the Reed Lecture Hall on Wed
nesday, January 21. Admission is
free.
HALL
Building
8:00 p.m.
January 15, 1976