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The Mad Mountal Mime Grc BY CHUCK CROMER Entertainment Writer Mad Mountain Mime Troupe, sponsored by University Players and University Union Cultural Series Committee, will perform tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 8 and 10 p.m. in the Golden Spur. At noon today the troupe will hold a lecture demonstration in Russell House Theatre, and on Wednesday, at noon in General Studies conference room D. The Spur performances as well as the lecture demonstrations are free to all USC students. Ret At 10 1000 PAIRS CUFFED 400 PAIR HIGH SI Will be put on sale hour on the hour ti aining sale items...1 10 a.m. - II a.m. 12 NOON-i PM 1 PM-2PM 1221 Main S.C.'s larges [lAIN n Mime Troupe, on c up Comin The word -mime" is derived from a (;reek word, "mimesis", meaning ''imitation"; the per former seeks to convey feelings and situations with body motions or positions and with facial ex pressions. He may appear happy or sad, or anything in between, but his slightest gesture is vital to the total effect. Unlike great mimic actors such as Chaplin in silent films,the mime works with nothing. lie performs alone before a black backdrop on a bare stage. His costume is anonymous and fuctional-leotards and a jersey. His face is a white mask with grotesque features; he 1 Sale Nc A.M. Sat. March (Saturday Only) BEGINNJ VALUES TO $ $18.00 BAGGIES AND SLACKS VALUES TO BEGINNIP S $26.00 $12. YLE DOUBLE KNITS for 7.95 and 12.95 i ~e price will be dropj he earlier you shop t bargains 7.95 & 12.95 2PM-3PM 7.45 & 12.15 31 P M - p 6i.95 & 119 I P M 53PM 6.45 & I 1.45 5 P'M- 61P.i1 St. (Next To Carolli selection of high sty 4tEN ampus this week. d To Spur has no props. The mime sits on ar invisible chair, leans against ar imaginary wall. pulls on a non existent rope, or carries on converstion with no one. And h( must persuade his audience thal it's for real. One critic states that mime is "a web demanding the audience to sec and think and apply their owr beliefs and experiences. After seeing Mad Mountair Niime Troupe's performance, you will come away with a deeper inner feeling for life. For the Troupe will have made you laugh and surely will have made you think. .11 2, 1974 NG PRICE .95 JG PRICE 95 espeetively and eat ,ed$.50 on the rem he better the 5.95 & 10.95 M 5.45 & 10.45 4.95 & 9.95 1.45 & 9.45 ~a Theatre) Tin sportsenar. Solti's Bc A Maste BY TIM WILLIAMS Entertainment Writer Since Georg Solti became con ductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, many critics and classical fans have acclaimed the Solti-Chicago combination as the greatest symphony in the world. After listening to their in terpretation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, one must conclude that Solti fans are not far off target. The first movement begins as strings drift in slowly. Solti weaves the various themes together and punctuates the movement with bursts of well timed intensity to give Beethoven's strong themes a bold shape. Here, the strings are the dominant force. Many of the instrumental high points come in the second movement. The various themes are delicately manipulated so that each is distinctly separate but still an integral part of a whole. Solti's full phrasing combines with his robust energy to give the various melodies a raw but stately force. This attitude endures throughout the recording. The third movement finds Solti developing more sombre musical ideas than those in the preceding movements. Solti slows the pace and dwells on the romantic lines. While Chicago handles this in terlude with tenderness, these ambling melodies seem not to collaborate with the other subjects of the symphony--it is a calm before the final storm. The last movement possesses the emotional force surely evoking a favorable response from the listener. It combines the dynamic forces of symphony, chorus, and vocal quartet in an electrifying finale. Martti Talvela is the standout of the quartet while the Chicago Symphony Chorus con at Pizza h BUY 0 GET 0O SPAG] Si ServedI with Ga 3 P.31 ethoven: rpiece tributes a joyous performance. Throughout the last movement, the Chicago musicians render brilliant instrumentation, ending in a dramatic climax. The choral libretto, written by German poet Schiller, is the familiar "Ode to Joy." The words express the joyous kinship of mankind and the hope that one day "all men shall live as brothers." The Ninth is a difficult symphony to perform. Solti and the Chicago Symphony and Chorus form a cohesive combination that is velvety, melancholy and joyous, but never dull. The listener is treated to richly textured music that possesses the clarity and discipline necessary to yield bold lines to a classical masterpiece. Cultural Happenings Hugh Wakefield, keeper of the department of circulation in London's Victoria and Albert Museum, will lecture at Columbia Museum of Art Monday at 8:30 p.m. His subject will be Victorian glass. Wakefield heads the department which produces traveling exhibitions and which has been largely responsible for the Victoria and Albert Museum's acquisitions of the 19th centruy. * Pianist Charles Fugo, member of the USC music faculty, will be gues sol-oist with Columbia Philharmonic Orchestra in a program Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Dreher High School. John Bauer, also a member of the music faculty, will conduct. The program will include works of Liszt and Beethoven. the H ouse E D)INNER WE FREE! FIETTI .95 irlic BreadI and1 ESD)AY . Till 3i(lrnight