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By BILL TINSLEY "Lord Won
Gamecock Staff Writer cedes Be
Grace."
The earthy humor and fast- Barnette
nit-Una hlnporaes clulu r\f tho Unrl OUtshfinP th
r> f->- "V ? ?- ??v.w, - -- --- White
and Blue(grass) band the band as
provided an evening of down-home Sweet Bab]
entertainment for the beer- Fat For Me
drinking crowd of students last Face."
Friday night in the Russell House Several
Ballroom. wereStepht
The five-member band from You're W
Nashville performed their own "Earle's E
style of modern bluegrass music, band's ^nc<
highlighted by good flattop guitar, nessce."
banjo and smooth country vocals. AN kspi
The Red, White and Blue<grass) selectioi7 .?s
band s performance was .> ..
brightened by the guitar work of harlnimy 'j
group leader. Grant Boatwright wri?ht Vnri
and the banjo playing of Dale Rpd Whi|
Whitcomb, who is commonly norfftr'm?H
called "Q-Tip" for his afro hair '7itl7iiVanv
s,.vle in the U.S.,
BOATWKIG1IT and Whitcomb father of bl
constantly delighted the large The band
audience with their talent during round, playi
such numbers as "VV'hitt's Logic," as well as t
Doc Watson's 'Black Mountain Red, Whit
Rag" and one of the most popular been togeth
tunes of the early evening per- Although
formance, "Dueling Banjos." hour late.
Although all five members of the indoors fi
band sang well, most of the lead planned 01
vocals were nrnviHoH hv
_ r. v ..v.-wv. i^wui pci iv;i 111 CA u
wright's wife. Ginger, and hassist, professional
Ed Barnette. a ACCORD
Her country-flavored voice Boatwright,
blended well with the band on and well ir
USC Theatre
By DAVID STEELE Theatre has
..w.Tww.b cinrr f
\iuaaiv\u\n ov?U ff I liri IOnnUIlCG.
"The Birds", by Aristophanes TIIEtheal
will be the first play of the 1977-78 stage which
season of the University of South interesting t
Carolina's Department of Theatre will be visit
and Speech. James A
The play will be presented in the Department
Longstreet Theatre October 4-9. will direct t
This will be the second time the In order
newly renovated Longstreet adapted for
Patterson
, ' Along wit
"The Birds " will oe per- as Iris, Ann
formed October 4 through h.ric Quinn
October 9 in Lonifstreet Various b
Theater. gweei Patricia Hig
ent
:es bluet
IC CA^II
't You Buy Me a Meri'
s voice, however,
ic vocals of the rest of
he sang "Rolling In My 2^^
/'s Arms," "She's Too -~r+ '
" and "I've Just Seen A wmfCr^Lm ..
other crowd pleasers P?MT H||||?|l
;n Still's "Love The One Blllpll
breakdown," and the
jre, "Rockv Ton Ton- fnilH
SCIALLY good vocal _
he's My Little Georgia HI
i sung in three part (
)y Whitcomb, Boat- \
Barnette.
e and Blue (grass) has
in almost every state
band
including the granduegrass,
Bill Monroe,
is on the road yearing
bluegrass festivals :|^S|iElgPI?H
he college circuit.
e and Blueigrass) has
er for ten years.
the band started an Red, White
because of the move based band pf
om the originally Friday night i
itdoor concert, their The band pla
ce was smooth and bluegrass almost
I. when the old-tim*
ING TO Ginger refused to adopt
bluegrass is now alive times.
1 the U S She said In an interview
i to ooen w
i been used for a per- Cathcart and Ma
The Second pi;
will be "The Im;
reuses the arena-style by Moliere. This
should produce a quite be presented No
ffect. The entire stage also a comedy.
)le by the audience. "The Imaginar
D ? ? * _ r * t
v. i um-isuii oi me directed by the
of Theatre and Spcech
he play.
for the play to be
the Longstreet stage, I V mm
had to rewrite
s' original script.
h original music and
is version should be
ly livelier than the By KKVIN I.F.W
Special to The (i
is a comedy involving The Alvin Aile
s involvement with a tober 7 and H in
?irds that live in the The show has I:
Union and throi
ltually try to organize ethnically mixed
nto a working com- sixties and sever
ie scenes range from The climate of
funny to simply growth of dance.
established show
>r the play "The Hirds"
uilt under the direction TIIK KIT.Wl I
'leveland, and are very this show to Colt
The company's
lg roles of Pisthetairos wishes. Its style,
ides are played by and jive, reflect
Icy and Scott Hampton, classics of the m
i is played by Michael On the other h
mittment as a ch<
generally and to
dors are Julie Martin town in Kast To
iviciJamci as Juno, and
as Hercules. All.KY WAS in
irds are portrayed by Kelly and the tr
Kins, Susan Britt, Hick designer of outd<
grass, hur
ont rnnrc
681 Kill \
and Blue(grass), a Nashvillejrformed
before a large crowd * bluegrass
n the Russell House Ballroom. theballro<
lyed a mixture of folk and rain.
died 15 years ago performance she said, "You c
l1 bluegrass bands keep bluegrass from growing i
to the changing will die. All types of music ha\
change and revolutionize with
,* after the band's times." She said bluegi
if h The Birds
rti Suber. ment's newest member, D
ay of the season Cohen.
aginary Invalid,"
i play, which will THK Department of Theatre
vember 15-20, is Speech seems to have come
with a winning season, startinj
y Invalid" will be with two famous comedies.
Theatre depart- Tickets for "The Birds" are 3
icers tour win
,s night club a
amecock The t ypic.
?? formal balli
y Dance I heat re will perform ()c- produced ar
Columbia Township Auditorium. and-dance
?een a hit in Asia, Africa, the vSoviet classics
jghout the States, wherever the Purist dai
company has toured during the discriminati
ities. black body 1
the past decade has favored the make.
The Ailey road show has become an
business phenomenon. FROM I)
ehoreograpl
wuiuwitiwii rt^puiisiuK* ior nringing turned in
imbia. eollaboratio
l(H>k remain Ailey's to shape as lie "Night Ci
a mixture of ballet, modern dance. elegant of tl
ts his desire to preserve certain of dancers v
iore recent modern dance canon. gala first ni|
and. his style also shows his com- on Friday
>reographer to the black experience
the validity of his roots in a small Tickets ar
(as program ha
Ailey's reso
fluenced early by the films of Gene the music ol
adition of the late Lester Morton, black exper
M>r pageants and choreographer of
r
nor
>rt
- via naa lllUVCU lO
?m from Field A because of threat of
an't musicians have come to realize the
or it need for constant change and have
'e to now put bluegrass back where it
the belongs, in the ears and hearts of
'ass everyone.
G )
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avid for students and $2.50 for USC
faculty and staff. Reservations
can be made by calling the box
and office at 777-2551.
; up With the elaborate lighting and
% off sets, the music and dancing, "The
Birds" should provide pxppllpnt
51.00 entertainment.
rldwide
tets and film musicals.
al Ailey dancer is trained rigorously in
?t Hut Ailev's stvlistic prlortirism hac
i expressive language closer to the songmusical
than to your hallowed ballet
ice critics have been quick to make this
ion, and are eager to remind Ailey that
anguage alone does not a piece of dancing
>.\N('K interludes in operas and the
iy for Ixjonard Bernstein's "Mass," he
the early seventies to a memorable
n with Duke Kllington.
reature." <>n?> of llw> nmro Hnrahln ..rwl
u, recent Kllington dances a succession
ying to out vamp the audience opens the
^ht performance at Township Auditorium
e priced higher on opening night, and the
s been chosen apparently to underscore
lve in continuing to draw sustenance from
r black culture and the vicissitudes of the y
ience.
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