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Contrary to popular
belief, Hazleton is not a
cultural graveyard. Hazleton
High School played host to
"Ciro and His Ballet Espanol"
Tuesday, October 30. It was
the opening concert for this
year of the Hazleton Commun
ity Concert Association. The
Hazleton Community Concert
Association anticipates a
promising year with such
artists as Mani-Hon and Tung
Kwong Kung, Violinist and
Pianist; Karan Armstrong and
Anastasio Vrenios, a Soprano
and Tenor; and The Welsh Choir
of Cardiff finishing the year.
"Ciro and His Ballet Espanol"
was alive with vibrantly
colored costumes and exciting
dancing. I usually don't go
for ballet, but this was
exceptional. It held my
attention completely. Among
the many talented artists in
the troup, Chuny Amayo, a
featured guest star, gave a
performance that would excell
anywhere. Ciro, by far, was
the star of the show. It is
remarkable what these people
can do. The Ensemble
consisted of Luise Escobar,
Manuel Arenas, Priscilla
Montes, and Daniel De Cordoba.
I wish I could do these people
justice, but I just don't know
enough about Flamenco Ballet to
do so. The guitarists: Bunyon
Webler, classical, and Binto
Palacios, Flamenco were
excellent. The Spanish have
guitar playing down to a
science. Flamenco singer
Carlos Gorez, "El Tano," sang
stories as they were inter
preted by the dancers. All
in all, it was a perfect blend
of talents.
Saturday, November 3, saw
the opening of the coffee
house in the SUB. The
featured artist was a gentle—
man from Jamaica by the name
of Stan Shepard, who is now
a professor at U-Park.
Unfortunately, though it should
have been a packed house, it
wasnit. Stan Shepard is in
the true sense a performer.
There is kind of a magnetism be
tween him and his audience. He
sang some old standards with a
new twist and did Jamaican folk
songs which, in my estimation,
went over well. Hopefully, Stan
will be back for another per
formance before this year is out.
If you missed this performance
by all means be sure to come to
his next one, which I hope will
be soon. Lack of participat!on
will make Highacres a cultural
graveyard. The coffee house
performers are really good. It
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For all of you on campus
who were unable to make the
ride out to U-Park for All-U
Day, you missed one of the high
lights of the school year. The
students at U-Park who put to
gether the All-U Day festivities
really deserve a hand for a
job well done, including the
Concert Committee's selection
of The Edgar Winter Group for
this year's feature attraction.
Edgar Winter. has been, in
the past, one of rock's less
consistent superstars. His
first band was White Trash,
which later came under Jerry
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by Tony Seo