Page Four
Record
Review
By Joe Hohman
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Melissa Manchester's new
album, Don't Cry Out Loud, is
certainly welcome. Miss Man
chester is an excellent en
tertainer, if you're ever lucky
enought to see her in concert; but
if this isn't possible, then I would
recommend any of her albums.
I, of course, am personally
biased; I've been in love with
Melissa ever since "Midnight
Blue" and her superb rendition of
Michael Franks' underground
classic, "Monkey See, Monkey
Do." The fact that Melissa is also
extremely beautiful does not
detract in the least in my en
thusiasm over her abilities. Ah,
but on with the review.
"Shine Like You Should" and
"Caravan" are the opening two
tracks on the album, and they're
happy in different ways. "Shine
Like You Should" is an up-beat
number that falls somewhere
between disco and jazz.
"Caravan" is a laid back, soft,
and extremely mellow piece of
music; the listener just sits back,
sighs, and (if he has a competent
set of speakers) imagines that
Melissa is singing directly to him.
All, almost Heaven!
"Don't Cry Out Loud" is that
one that everybody has heard by
now, and if you're not sick of it
yet (Erie stations do have a habit
of indulging in overplay), you
have to admit that it's a pretty
lovely piece, even if you disagree
with the lyrics. "Through the
Eyes of Grace" is one of my
favorites, telling the story of a
couple growing old together.
"Yesterday the kids came by to
see them-Celebrating thirty
years of holding on-Lift a loving
cup for couple number one-Look
across the table Johnny-Look
across the table to me-There's
still a young girl in the old girl's
face-Look across the table honey-
So the day begins-Through the
eyes of Grace."
Of course, my brother is
always singing "Almost
Everything" around the house,
but I think I perfer "Bad
Weather", a remake of an old
Stevie Wonder tune. It features
an excellent brass arrangement
by Tom Saviano, and is the type
of song that almost anybody can
dance to. Well, maybe not
anybody.
Walker Award
Nominations for the Eric A.
and Josephine Walker Award are
currently being accepted by the
Office of Student Affairs.
The award, established and
funded by Eric A. Walker, past
president of the University, is
presented annually to the
Commonwealth Campus- student
whose "outstanding qualities of
character, scholarship,
leadership and citizenship have
been directed into programs and
services that have positively
influenced fellow students and
have contributed to the prestige
and well-being of their campus ,
and, hence, to the reputation of
the University as a whole."
Nominees for the Walker
Award must be students who are
completing two full years of
freshman-sophomore study at the
Behrend College. Students with
Seventh term standing or higher
will not be considered for this
award.
The Behrend College Walker
Award recipient will be selected
by a committee composed of the
Dean of Faculty, Dean of Student
Affairs, and the Behrend College
Director. Presentation of the
award will take place at the
Honors and Awards banquet.
The Behrend College recipient
will also have the opportunity
along with the recipients from
each of the other commonwealth
campuses, to compete for the
statewide Walker Award honors.
Anyone wishing to nominate a
student for the Walker Award
must complete a form available
in the Office of Student Affairs.
The student nominated should be
sth or 6th term. Students who are
Coffee
By Joe Hohman
It's unfortunate, but a lot of
good entertainment is going
unnoticed at Behrend.
Take, for example, the coffee
house last week, featuring Bob
Doyle and Tad Marks. The duo
performed old ballads and
traditional bluegrass songs on
guitar, banjo, and violin; Marks
is about the best damn fiddler in
Pennsylvania, and Doyle is a
walking warehouse full of ancient
Irish and Australian folk ballads.
The audience present at this
event thoroughly enjoyed the
evening (particularly some of the
bawdier Australian rugby
songs), but the audience was a
disappointingly small group of
about eight people.
GREASE Another View
By Mark Porterfield
In the event you missed the
"Broadway production" of
Grease, you were lucky. To pay
10 bucks for a great play which
could not be heard was totally
horrid.
Sitting in the first row of the
balcony, we heard very little of
the show, and when we did hear
something, it was so mumbled
that it was once again inaudible.
The profanity in the beginning
was at first humorous, but at the
end of the show it went un-noticed
and became boring.
To top off a perfect evening we
paid 2 more bucks for show
programs which contained 6
pages: 4 of which were song
lyrics of the fifties, 1 of which
listed the real names of the
"actors" but not their parts,
beyond their 6th term will not be
considered.
The completed nomination
form should be returned to the
Office of Student Affairs no later
than Tuesday, April 3.
opportunities
await you. For further information
call. Toll Free 800-462-1589 or write:
Name -
Address
College
Major
Peace Corps/VISTA
320 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19106
Behrend Collegian
House
The SUB committee says that
students should take the time to
look at their calendars, but they
also admit that the publicity for
the coffee houses could be better.
In the past, some. of the coffee
houses have been attended by . as
few as two people.
Coffee houses are held every
other Wednesday night at 8:00
p.m. in the RUB cafeteria
(faculty side). They provide a
relaxed and laid back evening,
unless you drink too much coffee!
Admission is 75 cents without an
activity card, 35 cents with ac
tivity card. For any further in
formation, students are advised
to talk to any SUB committee
member.
and the other was an ad for Zippo
Zippers. Now here is the clin
cher: after the "show" I found
out from the actors that for most
it was their first time for the
show. Boy, did the advertisers
get us all on that line!
If this was to be a true.taste of
Broadway, I am certainly going
to take plenty of Alka Seltzer with
me to New York City.
Dance and
Party
The Warren Behrend Athletic
Association Dance will be held on
April 20, 1979, at Rainbow Gar
dens. The cost per couple will be
$lO.OO.
We would like to emphasize
that this is not just for faculty,
Staff, and administration. We
want you, the student body!
Come and get to know your
faculty and administrators
better. Dance and party with
them. If you need transportation,
it -will be provided.
Sandy Edwards
Peace Corps
or
VISTA
GREASE Reviewed
by Mike Callaghan
Last Tuesday I was on hand at
the Warner Theater on State
Street in Erie when the curtain
opened for the one-night only
production of the Broadway
musical hit, "Grease" with an
original Broadway cast and
musical score
After buying a program and
popcorn and soda (usual movie
theater fare, for sure!), I had
sunk, including the ticket, 25
dollars into this night and hadn't
even had dinner yet! Taking this
into account, my initial thoughts,
as the lights dimmed, were on the
order of, "This damned thing
better be excellent, or Tuesday
night would see one mad Irish
man!" -
Now I know that skepticism is
no way to greet the very begin
ning of the show,. but I equated
Grease with John Travolta and
Olivia Newton-John, neither of
whom are high on my list of
favorite show-biz personalities.
But I was to be pleasantly
surprised as the play progressed.
My attitude rapidly changed
from skepticism to surprise to
enjoyment. This old (sorry
faculty) time stuff was good!
The time period was middle to
late fifties, when the birth of a
new music, rock and roll,
spawned a whole new generation
of kids with new attitudes
towards life and a new culture
complete with language,
customs, and social standards.
This was the time of the ducktail
haircut, the leather jacket and
chino pants, the bobby soxers,
pony-tails, and the jukebox at the
corner malt shop.
The play accurately depicted
the joys and sorrows of first
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THURSDAY - MARCH 29
4:00 PM & 10:00 PM
RUB Lecture Hall
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March 29, 1979
lovers, hot-rod cars, slumber
parties, and being one of the
gang. The prinicpal character
remarkably resembled Elvis,
and the leading actress was an
excellent imitation of Sandra
Dee.
The acting as well as the
singing was professional and
entertaining, although, as usual,
the audio quality of the Warner
Theater was very poor. The
-natural talent and vivacity
exhibited by the cast shone
through this difficulty, and the
play went off quite well and was
received warmly by a packed
house, most - of whom were of the
over 35 age group. Ah, memory
lane beckons, eh faculty! Young
folks like myself were duly
represented, however, and
seemed to enjoy it as much as the
reminiscing older set.
Developed during the peak of
the current nostalgia craze,
Grease was produced by Kenneth
Waissman and Maxine Fox,
Broadway's youngest producers,
and directed by Tom lYloore, one
of the youngest directors on
Broadway, so the format of the
music was decidedly different
from the run-of-the-mill
Broadway musicals. The
language is frank and fairly
explicit, and the music is rock
and roll. (No Glen Miller or
George Gershwin here!).
When I left the theater that
night, I had a better insight into
the fifties mentally and the roots
of rock and roll, as well as having
enjoyed myself immensely in the
process. Say . . . if we could get
a few courses like that around
here, I think attendance could be
guaranteed!