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Jazz band is well receive I BY MARY HELEN YAR- f BOROUGH do other i Gamecock Staff Writer tne wee* What t Every Monday night four guys Mondav get together to play at the local dimeAf Capital Coal Company lounge. howars With Bassist John Mclver, snowersguitarist Jim Mings, drummer Jammi; Chuck Adams and trumpet player- ??rake tli vocalist Dick Goodman, blend Ellington together a unique style of en- vouthfull tertainment. Jazz, although favo growing ever more popular, is not I often heard in this area. But a spanis anyone who has ever been to a appl^ude coffee shop in New York can relate 0f go, 10 mis reiresning music. The band is informally known as The ba the Jim Furgeson Jazz Quartet. Adams, ^ Theater. The Longstreet Theatre uses a "theatre in the round" type stage. The actors and actresses enter through four side entrances. f This creates unique problems for the directors, actors and actresses. The Drayton Hall Theatre uses the arrangement with which theatre-goers are familiar. Entrance is made from each side and from the rear with this type of stage. This arrangement allows most backstage 1 ? jSStik w^Wi'ijy > *? >cUBBr ^sJS ^p ,V? ' < I ' jfejgjip i ? >lay in different groups or things during the rest of hey have to offer on night would send any V; >zen rock group to the ng to old favorites like le 'A* Train," by Duke , the band really excites a louse of college students. rite of the evening this neu looea jazz version 01 jazz band enteri h melody. The crowd d often throughout most members of the b ng relatively conserve The crowd easily nd is from Texas, except guitar the most. ( vho is a local talent. The "J sty*e> ^ please an audienc rom page 25 activity to take place very near the stage. "We want the theatre student to learn both stages," Gillespie said about the reason for the two different concepts in play presentation. The combination of the two different forms throughout the season should prove interesting. Iamac A PaHiircnn nf fko nanortmont of uuiiivti n. a uviviovii vi wiv iuiviii v/i Theatre and Speech will direct two plays, both of which will be performed at tains crowd at Capital C( and seem to be Uoodm ative. with scat r enjoyed Ming's was not Classical to rock versatile y knew how to seems th e. come by Longstreet Theatre. He wi play of the season, "Birds C *1 rnL rtUd^lCU IU1 UIC 5U1^. II] direct, and the fourth of contemporary comedy, "Vf just finishing its run on i stage. Dr. Russell Green, a member of the Departmen haulini M r ? / j V I * \ Vi any S ! bo, p" j Exp \ lilJrL fjmtifr* Hffij^r ^ScEL^, >a! Co. an turned the audience on had a const: -style vocalizing when he did not disti charming them with his band. trumpet. Although it For a cl at drummers are easv tn niflhtout. f) , this jazz percussionist well worth 11 direct the first direct the famous T which he also "Cat on a Hot Tin I e second he will specialty is to dire* the season is a The Department inities", which is has a fantastic sche in off-Broadway personnel, the frej future freshman ac the variety of the w< senior faculty undoubtedly create t of Theatre, will for the Arts. Can't "Bl g those b any Ion Let the Bearman in a book pac quallt 11-7:30M-F 940 HARDEN ST. t 10-6 Sat. COLUMBIA. S C. 29205 S.BO off A day pack or ok bag with / is coupon, t \\ /v ires Oct. 1, W5&$&j& Mj^H stent and easy beat that raci irom uie rest of the j lassy, yet inexpensive j lis rare form of music is ? the time to experience. j ennessee Williams play, iooF'. Dr. Dr. Green's zt plays of this kind, of Theatre and Speech dule this vear Thp nou> shness of some of the tors and actresses, and arks to be presented will a very enjoyable year ERR"1 oaks mp? put them k for you. i S\ I Ifcv \ Ktli ! y gear ! I W3-799-7571 *