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FEBRUARY 29, 1972 -- PAGE THREE
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FEBRUARY / ENTERTAINMENT music
A rose by any other
name still sounds sweet
by Charles K. Stumpf
When Bill Haley and
His Comets recorded "Rock
Around the Clock" back in
1953, it started a whole new
trend in the sound of pop
music ... ROCK 'N ROLL. It
also started a vogue for
performers to give themselves
gimmicky names. One of the
first groups with a name you
would not soon forget was,
"Dickey Doo and the Don'ts".
Soon there were other groups
celled: The Platters - The
Coasters - The Silhouettes -
The Drifters - The Royal Teens
(remember their big hit, "Short
Shorts"?) - Danny and the
Juniors (At the Hop) - The
Diamonds (The Stroll) - The
Poni Tails - The Crew Cuts
(Sh-Boom) - The Supremes -
The Temptations - The Shirells
- Dion and the Belmonts, and
Little Anthony and the
Imperials.
There were also many solo
performers with unforgettable
names: Fats Domino - Chubby
Checker - Little Richard - The
Big Bopper - Conway Twitty &
Bo Diddley.
Gimmicky names were
often imitated, Georgie Porgie
and The Cry Babies were
followed by such groups as The
Teardrops and The Cryan
Shames.
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The subject matter was
often as strange as the names
of the recording artists. Sheb
Wooley sang about "The
Purple People Eater" while
Betty Johnson told us about
"The Little Blue Man".
Thirteen year old Dodie
Stevens sang about her boy
friend who wore "Pink Shoe
Laces, a Polka-Dot Vest and a
Panama Hat with a Purple
Hat-Band" while somebody
else sang about his girl friend
who wore "An Itsy-Bitsy,
Teeny-Weeny, Yellow
Polka-Dot Bikini", and so it
went.
Jerry Lee Lewis was one
of the first to use the gimmick
of long hair (blonde).
Recordings of his hits, like "A
Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin'
On" had his fans in a frenzy. In
May 1958 he married his 13
year old cousin from Tennessee
and his popularity took a nose
dive. Today he is back on the
music scene, featuring mostly
country/western tunes.
The British Beatles
appeared on the music scene in
the early '6os. Their early hit
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
sold well over 5,000,000
copies. In 1967 they turned out
an album called, "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band",
which set a new trend in music
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styles. The LP cover was a
photomontage of a crowd
gathered round a grave. Faces
in the crowd included such
diverse personalities as Marilyn
Monroe,, Karl Marx, Edgar
Allan Poe, Albert Einstein,
La' ; wrence of Arabia, Tom Mix,
Mae West, Shirley Temple, and
Sonn'Y .:L4ton. The Beatles
were hailed as "messengers
from beyonsl/Rock 'n Roll,
creating the mpst original,
expressive and musically
interesting sounds being heard
in pop music". Other top pop
British groups have been The
Animals, The Rolling Stones,
The Kinks, Dave Clark Five,
Herman's Hermits, The
Searchers and The Bee Gees.
By the late '6os the
"psychedelic sound" entered
the scene. Psychedelic music
combined rock 'n roll and the
highly controversial
hallucinatory drug, LSD with
"music to blow your mind". It
also ushered in a whole new
trencl in strange sounding
names and sounds. San
Francisco gave us: The
Grateful Dead - Quicksilver
Messenger Service - Big Brother
& the Holding Company - 13th
Floor Elevator, and The
Loading Zone. Los Angeles
produced The Knack - The
New Generation - Gentle Soul -
New Society - Ever Present
Fullness - The Mushrooms, and
The Mothers of Invention. _
Back east, in Greenwich
Village, The Fugs emerged!'
One of the first groups to
make use of psychedelic lights
was a quartet billed as "Dr.
West's Medicine Show and
Junk Band": Their flkst single
r ordi ng v titled, "The
Eggplant That Ate Chicago".
They were followed by The
Nitty Gritty. Dirt Band - The
Incredible String Band - The
New Vaudeville Band - Watts
103rd Street Band - Captain
Beefheart & His Magic Band
and another group called
simply, The Band.
There was also: The
Phaetons - Orpheus - The
Velvet Underground - Beacon
Street Union - Jimi Hendrix
Experience - The Who - Pearls
Before Swine - Box Tops -
Harpers Bizarre - Procol Harum
- First Edition - Fifth
Dimension - Blood, Sweat &
Tears - The Left Banke - The
Happenings - Question Mark &
the Mysterians - The Troggs -
Mortimer - Holy Modal
Rounders - The Wizard of Iz -
The Beach Boys - Gary Puckett
& the Union Gap - Allnight
Apothecary - Cyrkle - Edison
Lighthouse - Blind Faith - Sam
the Sham & the Pharohs - Ten
Years After - Alive"n Kickin -
Badfinger - Climax - Lunar
Funk - Yes - Creedence
Clearwater Revival - Crazy
Horse - America - Jay & the
Techniques, and Brenda & the
Tabulations.
continued on page four
Showcase Players (from left) Maggie Shemansik, Greg Weiler, Cherie Cresswell, Jack Brady
and Joyce Branda are shown in their opening night performance of "Hooray for Hollywood" at
Hank's Cafe in Frackville. Weiler is a former Hazleton Campus student, currently a member of the
resident company of the Showcase Players. and four losses. The loss destroyed any hope that
Hazleton Penn Staters
part of Showcase Players
The Showcase Players of
Mahanoy City are currently
running a production entitled
"Hooray For Hollywood" at
Hank's Cafe in Frackville. The
show will be presented
Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday of this week, with
starting time set at 8:30 p.m.
Miss Joyce Branda of New
York City plays the leading
role of Hattie Heartfelt, a
ficticious Hollywood star who
starts her career as a chorus girl
at the Roxy Theatre in
Pocatello, Idaho. She works
her way to the Bijou Theatre ii
Buffalo, N.Y., and finally hits
the big time a a star in the
movie musical spectacular,
"Happiness Hacienda". Hattie's
partner Harry Houser, played
by Jack Brady,
producer-director of the
Showcase Players, pursues his
dream of opening a dance
studio in New York while
Hattie pursues her life as a
Hollywood starlet.
Two Hazleton Penn
Staters are involved in this
Showcase production , as
members of the resident
company: Gregg Weiler, a
former student, portrays the
character of Harold P. Hughes,
while John Roslevich serves as
technical director. A third
Highacres student, Marge Luca,
will be appearing with the
Players later in the season in
their productions .of Cabaret
and Sweet Charity.
Weiler is cast as Hughes, a
Texas millionaire and movie
producer, who auditions Hattie
for his latest creation,
"Happiness Hacienda". What
happens at the world premiere
of the movie is a typical - story
line of movies of the
extravagant era of the Thirties
and Forties.
Other members of the cast
include Cherie Cresswell as
Helen Hewitt, Maggie
Shemansik as Harriet Hemple,
a l nd Bob ;as Henry ,
Hugle r Musical • directoni is
Charles Bradley of New York
City.
The next Showcase
presentation is "Owl and the
Pussycat", starring Weiler and
Miss Branda. The show dates
are March 7,8, 9, 14, 15, and 16.
A ten percent discount off the
regular $2.50 admission will be
given to all Hazleton Penn
Staters presenting current
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Bucks to host Thorndike
Lee R. Yopp, Managing
Director of the Bucks Coumty
Playhouse recently returned
from a weeks visit with The
Thorndike Theatre Company
in Leatherhead, England.
Located 15 miles outside of
London, The Thorndike
Company is one of the
outstanding repertory theatres
in England and in April 1973
will exchange theatre homes
with the Bucks County Theatre
Company for a period of six
weeks.
During the exchange, each
company will present works
representative of their nation's
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Rick Jackman concert
"a true experience"
by Anne McKinstry
On Thursday, Feb. 24, at
8:00 p.m. in the Classroom
Building Auditorium, Rick
Jackman, a classical guitarist,
from Main Campus, performed.
He opened his program with
Burgalesc, by Spaniard
Moreno-Torroba, followed by
Villa-Lobos' Prelude and
Etudes. The three pieces were
done with a flowing and
deftness resulting in our
immediate awareness that we
were being treated to a true
experience.
The first portion of the
program also included piec3s
by the following composers:
DeFalla, Crespo, Ravel, and
Turina. These compositions
held the audience's rapt
attention - either following the
dextrous movements of Mr.
Jackman's fingers, which were
fascinating to watch, or simply
engrossed in the nice sound of
his music.
After a short intermission,
Rick Jackman returned with
six pieces, self-composed. His
next selection was Leyenda by
Albeniz, and he closed the
program with the lovely
Bouree by Bach.
Jackman, as those who
attended the performance may
have guessed, is
Australian-born. He has spent
dramatic literature. Present
plans for the Thorndike
Company's visit to Bucks
County include productions of
"The Rivals" by R.B. Sheridan,
"Witness F OV - 11 h e
Prosecution": by 'Agatha
Christie and "Twelfth Night"
by William Shakespeare. While
the Bucks County Theatre
Company is at the Thorndike
Theatre they will present
Wilder's "Our Town", Neil
Simon's "The Odd Couple"
and a third play to be selected.
The Thorndike Theatre is
a five hundred seat house that
was completely re-built in
1969, with a tradition of
quality theatre that goes back
to 1951. The Managing
Director of the theatre is Hazel
Vincent Wallace.
Some of the outstanding
English actors who have
performed at the Thorndike
Theatre are; Sir Donald Wolfit,
Paul Rogers, Michael Allinson,
Some of the outstanding
English actors who have
performed at the Thorndike
Theatre are: Sir Donald Wolfit,
Paul Rogers, Michael Allinson,
Vanessa Redgrave, David
Hemmings, Alec McCowen and
Dame Sybil Thorndike, after
whom the theatre is named.
Mr. Yopp indicated that
this style of exchange is an
international first and if
successful could lead to yearly
visits from distinguished
theatre companies throughout
the world.
the last four years in the U.S.,
previous to which he was in
England for ten years. He
attends University Park
Campus and is a tenth term
math major. He enjoys classical
guitar and prefers t call his
playing a "past-time", which
was obviously well-developed.
The performance was well
received and enjoyed by those
in attendance. This experience
calls for many more like it in
the future.
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