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By Bob Buckingham
by Bob Buckingham
As the 1977-78 academic
year draws to a close we were
fortunate enough to witness
what is becoming a school
tradition. Some call it a rock
concert, but more to the point it
might be called the SPRING
BROIL. Sauteed in brew,
sizzled to a bright red, students
and locals alike brave an over
done of solor energy in the
name of a good time.
Its bluegrass festival season
and soon there will be plenty of
camping, sizzling, sauteeing
and music. The unreliable Jim
Clark is sponsoring a monu
mental event at Shade Gap
June 9, 10, and 11. Perhaps a
viable alternative to graduation
exercises, it may not be all the
ads claim. The following week
at Eagle's Peak near Reading
there will be a brand new
festival put on by some reliable
folks. Watch for ads as this is a
good one. That's Eagle's Peak
on June 16, 17 and 18.
Out of state, Indiana
Springs MD at the KOA on
June 2, 3 and 4 is the annual
Spring Bluegrass Unlimited
festival. Its usually a real ,
dandy, though lately bikers
have found some fun there.
Later this summer is
Brandywine Mountain Music
Festival. Usually the last
weekend in July, this event
features the musical traditions
of an area or specific groups.
Last year's theme was French
American with Canadian and
Cajun music. Also two fine
festivals to look for are Halifax
Bluegrass festival and Moun
tain Springs, in Shartlesville
(Roadside America).
Listings of all the major
festivals are available in the
April issues of Pkkin' or
Bluegrass Unlimited maga
zines. These magazines also
serve as a point of dispersal of
information on care and feeding
of instruments, how to use
sound equipment, and bio
graphical information on many
May 31, Wednesday 8 p.m. Auditorium
2 p.m. Student Center •-f p FREE
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ARTS and CULTURE
performers
As record prices soar, we all
become hesitant to shell out
hard earned bucks for them.
May I suggest tho someone
with a strong love of music and
records the possibility of
opening an on or off campus
record exchange. This could be
a real alternative to working
for IBM or Bethlehem Steel
(especially in the furnaces).
Maybe make a sign; RECORDS
OLD AND NEW. WE BUY,
SELL, RENT AND TRADE
RECORDS.
Prosperous? Look in the
Unicorn Times. DC is home to
such places. Why not Middle
town? If you are wondering,
yes the whole world is about to
go fishing. So grab a line and a
cool shady spot, this is the last
you'll hear of me.
REVIEWS
Country Records has re
leased two new LPs worth
mentioning.
Clawhammer Banjo Vol 111
This 3rd volume might be
the best yet. Wade Ward,
Oscar Wright, and George
Stoneman are present along
with Tommy Janel playing 6/8
time with a frailing lick. Charlie
Lowe is present playing "Tater
Patch" and Wade Ward's
"Johnson Boys" is a fine piece
of understatement.
Georgia Fiddle Bands Vol II
Vol. I is called Hell Broke
Loose in Georgia and it's done it
again. Anyone who likes the
Highwood's rough and ready
style will appreciate this
Georgia band music from the
late 20's and early 30's. Gid
Tanner, Lowe Stokes and many
more like the Georgia Yellow
Hammers provide spirited
performances. These bands
have an energy not found in all
regions. Some fine fiddles came
from Atlanta during this period
and this LP captures the feeling
of an exciting era.
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SATURDAY ( PG)
NIGHT FEVER
Shows 7:10 & 9:30
The nationally-famous Kool
Jazz Festival will appear in
Philadelphia at the Spectrum
on Thursday, June 22 at 8 p.m.
Produced by festival im
pressario George Wein, the
show will feature jazz and soul
artists Teddy Pendergrass,
LTD, George Duke and the
Duke Ellington Orchestra
conducted by Mercer Ellington.
Tickets at $6.50, $7.50
and $8.50 are on sale now at
The Spectrum box office;
Electric Factory Concerts, 18th
and Lombard Sts.; and all
Ticketron locations.
Last year, 13 Kool Jazz
Festivals attracted over
650,000 patrons, and the 21
Kool Festivals this summer
should draw almost a million
fans.
By Linda Lingle
If you had occasion to pass
the vicinity of the auditorium
Monday and Wednesday nights
for the last six weeks, or if you
have sat in Vendorville and
observed a steady stream of
peculiarly dressed characters
parading through on their way
to class, you have probably
wondered just what the hell
was going on. Well, wonder no
more!
The American Studies (491)
Players have been preparing
for their presentation of two
turn-of-the-century melo
dramas, scheduled to hit the
stage at 8:15 p.m., Monday,
June 5.
While it may seem a bit
unorthodox for an American
Studies class to be dabbling in
the performing arts, Dr. John
Patterson, who teaches the
course, feels that the prepara
tion for the plays provides
perfect opportunities for stu
dents to investigate the culture
of the nineteenth century.
Some of these opportunities
came by way of research
projects, designed to produce
reasonable facsimiles of pro
grams, sets, costumes, and
even sound effects character
istic of the period. Other
opportunities came by way of
class discussions which focused
on turn-of-the-century life
styles.
The results of all this
research will be evidenced
Monday night, when the class
presents their versions of The
Book Agent and The
Emigrant's Daughter, plays
'typical of the kind of
entertainment available during
the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
MIDDLETOWN—Ihe final
movie of the forgeign film
festival at Penn State--Capitol
Campus will be Ingmar
Bergman's "Face to Face." The
movie will be shown on
Jazz Festival
For the fourth consecutive
year the festivals will be
affiliated with Kool cigarettes.
Wein said that this type of
corporate sponsorship assures
that the Festival will bring the
best quality entertainment to
each city at reasonable ticket
prices.
Jazz festivals have been
extremely popular and well
attended during the past
decade at The Spectrum. The
first event at The Spectrum on
Sept. 30, 1967, was the Quaker
City Jazz Festival.
A free, 32-page brochure
with information about the
Kool Festival at The Spectrum
and all other 1978 Kool
Festivals is available by writing
to: The Kool Jazz Festivals,
3380 Erie Ave., Cincinnati.
Ohio 45208.
Am St Students to Perform
The Book Agent, a one act
farce which exploits the old
traveling salesman theme, will
open the evening's entertain
ment, providing a kind of
warm-up for the larger
production of The Emigrant's
Daughter, a border drama in
three acts, filled with heroes
and villains reminscent of
Dudley Doright and Snidley
Whiplash.
To help their audience
experience the mood of the era,
the American Studies students
have incorporated musical
accompaniment and a slide
show into their presentation,
and they will encourage active
participation in the form of boos
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Face to Face
Wednesday, May 31, at 2:00
p.m. in the student center and
at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium.
"Face to Face" stars Liv
Ullman as Jenny, a psychiatrist
who must deal with her own
deterioration, as well as that of
her family, marriage and
career. Ms. Ullman gives an
unparalleled performance in
her portrayal of the human
condition.
The foreign film festival is
sponsored by the International
Affairs Association. Admission
to the film is free and the
public is cordially invited.
and hisses directed at the plays'
more dastardly villains. Fur
ther, they have undertaken to
reproduce the atmosphere of a
mid-Western town where these
plays might have been per
formed.
What's more, the cast
intends to invite their audience
to remain after the plays to
enjoy refreshments and discuss
some of the issues treated by
the melodramas.
So, if you find yourself with
nothing to do on Monday night,
why not amble on over to the
auditorium and join the fun. It
promises to be an evening of
entertainment that you won't
want to miss.
BLUEGRASS
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Thurs. May 25 STILL ON THE HILL
Fri May 26 MILTON FREEWATER
Sat May 27 POSSUM BOYS
Wed May 31 REUEL RYMAN
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