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The area's newest ii
^ theater group, the Act T
One Players, premieres s
tonight with a per- tl
formance of the musical
comedy, "You're a Good
Man, Charlie Brown." C
The curtain will go up o
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Heyward Moore Fine a
Arts Center on B Avenue p
and 9th St. in West c
Columbia.
The Fine Arts Center is
% at the site of the ?
Brookland-Cayce Elem- ^
entary School that was
demolished two years
ago. The old auditorium
was left standing, and
was more recently
renovated and renamed
after the late Heyward
Moore, a former principal
of Airport High
School.
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THE ACT One Players s
was organized by Stan c
and Mary Ann Reeley, J
residents of West
Columbia who have been *
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Peanuts" comic strip
nd should be a delight to
eople of all ages, acordingto
Reeley.
Performances will be
t 8:30 p.m. tonight and
iov. 7, 9, 12 and 13 with a
:30 p.m. Sunday matinee
Jrw a Hiorp will also be
i dinner-theater perormance
at 6:30 p.m.
>Jov. 10. The dinner will
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By JANE
Slat
Carolina fans appreciate a g
the demand for Tiger humor i
game between the arch-rivals
So this season, Delta Upsil
pages of jokes slighting our n<
The Official Clemsort Joke Boi
The fraternity sponsored a
and received over 200 entries,
fraternity member Scott 5
publishing the best jokes "jusl
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What happens when a m
Texas-bred honky-tonker
tours England as the opening Ll
act for the Clash, one of the ^
world's best rock bands? In
the case of Joe Ely, the
result is a red-hot live album
that captures the spirit and ij
performing tenacity of h
country-rock's best-kept s
secret. tl
i
Ely, who hails from
Lubbock, Texas (the same T.
town that produced Buddy \
Holly), told me in a _
telephone interview last f
week that it is about time the ,
album, Live Shots, was
1 "TKo CnnlicK MPA C
IClCdSCU. X lit uiignoii i?v/<
Record Company released it s
last year, but until now it c
was only available in the r
U.S. through imports," he c
said. "I'm glad it's finally J
out, because I think it :
captures our sound really J
well. My only regret is that it s
wasn't put together to more !
closely resemble an actual j
set, but other than that it
came out fine."
Ely said the best thing ]
about touring with the Clasn ,
was "the blinding energy of ]
it all. In England the rooms ]
would fill up with steam off
of people's bodies when we
played."
THE IDEA of touring with
the Clash was initiated by
Clash guitarist Joe
St rummer. "Strummer saw
us playing a gig, and he
came up after the show and
said he thought we were
great, and why didn't we
play this song and that
one Coi
iood Ch
V W TT" Hi
;t edens
Write
;ood Clemson joke anytime, but
ncreases as the Oct. 21 football
draws near.
on fraternity has published 32
iighbor to the northwest, called
)k.
^ 1 i ? 1 A A. 1 A. II
isiemson joxe coniesi lasi iaii
The book was the brainchild of
Sllis, who said the idea of
t came to me one day."
Rocke
re She
?ng," said Ely. "One thing
d to another and we ended
. : i^ iir^
j touring lugeuier. we even
Iked them into playing in
y hometown, and we just
re it up. I don't think
Libbock was qui te ready for
le Clash."
Ely said he enjoys playing
i England; he and his band
iave performed there
everal times in the past
hree years. He drew atention
to the fact that the
Cnglish music scene is far
nore dynamic than the
American music scene:
'I'm always amazed at
English music and how it
;eeps changing. You never
;now what to expect. The
>conomy there is terrible,
ind the people there aren't
:ontent to have one thing
ammed down their throat
ill the time. In America they
)lay the same 40 people on
he radio for a few years at a
;ime, and new writers and
iingers don't really get a
chance. England seems like
it gives a better chance to
the underdog."
The soft-spoken, amiable
Ely also had some interesting
views on a pair of
his "honky-tonk" peers,
namely Willie Nelson and
Way Ion Jennings. He agreed
with the statement that they
have mellowed in the last
few years, and expressed a
longing for the days when
Willie and Waylon were
musical outlaws.
"I remember when Willie
and Waylon were first
starting to come around
Austin in the early 70s; they
were real 'had boys,' and
i Appre
tmson j
ELLIS BROUGHT his propc
and it became a fratenrftyprt
with 72 anecdotes poking fui
football team to its students' i
There is a section of mor<
yourself Clemson diploma.
Two thousand copies of th
reported that over half of
popularity of the book has spa
special Garnet edition around
The Official Clemson Joke
be purchased from any Delta
>r
f m
its'
now it seems like they have a
reputation to uphold.
Especially Willie; I've been
surprised at his 'greatest
lazy hits of the 40s' thing that
he's doine now. At one time
those guys were really
blowing doors down. I still
respect them, but I'd just
like to hear them do a little
moregutsy stuff."
ELY LISTED Boston, New
York and San Francisco as
being among his favorite
places to perform, but says
he has recently done "mindblowing"
shows in Charlotte
and bavannah. He nas Duiit a
reputation as an explosive
performer, and Live Shots
offers proof of that (you've
got to play it as loud as your
cranky neighbors will allow,
though). Ely and his band
pull no punches; they simply
rock as hard as they can on
the up-tempo numbers, and
still manage to come across
with intimacy on the ballads.
The best and most
outrageous song on the
record is the first one,
"Fingernails," which races
along at Jerry Lee Lewisstyle
breakneck speed.
Relaxing at the moment in
Austin, Texas, Ely said he
will probably be back in the
studio by late December. His
last studio album, Muata
" Notta Gotta Lotta, drew
neaps of praise from critics,
and earned the band qpough
money to do what Ely says is
his only goal: "I like taking
the music to the streets. As
long as I can keep the band
on the road and make it to
the next album, then I'm
happy."
. y
fciate
?al in front of his organizatioc
oject. The result is a book fillet
i at everything from Clemson'i
intelligence. !
e "colorful" fakes arid a do-ite
book were printed and Ellis
tlwHU> havo lu^oti onlH TW
rked consideration of offering a
Christmas.
Book costs two dollars and can
Upsilon member. ^