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] p^t w;i7i JL Wl/ ff lit JL1 For Writers' Award-winning American po -nU his work March 10 in the sec* pi Writers Series. Hall's reading, sponsored by the U English and College of Humanities **nd begin at 8 p.m. in the auditoriun. if Business Administration. It is free and o will be followed by a reception in the Gambrell Hall. The author of more than a dozen volur considered one of America's best living reader. Of his poetry, Hall writes: "The self discovery . . .The premise is th something that is deep enough inside yoi a part of other people's insides, too, and themselves." A native New Englander, Hall, 54,Iiv< Jane Kenyon, in his ancestral farm hous * li 1 iL 1 ATJC ...U/xm UA 1, He nas nveu mere suite ixtro, wiicm uc i< the University of Michigan to devote writing. Hall writes each day from 6 a.m. to poems slowly and carefully. On the a' takes two years to complete, and tf without the author knowing their meanii "In recent years,"Hall writes, "I ha\ beginning of a poem, or even a who slightest clue to the subject matter writing a poem is a process of shaping poem begins with." Th subject matter that Hall touches ir He writes about the house in which he 1 lived there before him, even the horses fields. Along with poetry, Hall also wi short stories, plays and textbooks. Among his poetry works are the vc Loud Wind and Other Poems, An I several books for children, includir Farmer and Riddle Rat. For his work, Hall has been award< Selection Award, the Edna St. Vine Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and dation Award. His visit to USC follows that of Polis! poet Czeslaw Milosz, who opened the 1? a reading in February. Other writers appear as guests of the series this spr Irving and Doris Betts, Nobel Prize Bashevis Singer, and British thea Robertson. 1^1 ?n fhilharmc To Play 'I The Columbia Philharmonic Orches Concert, Saturday, March 6 at 8 p Auditorium. The program, under the baton oi Director, Dick Goodwin, will featu Quintet together with selections fron rousing Sousa marches and a monte from the 1920s. This is the first fund raising con< presented by the Columbia Philhar according to Gail Ginsberg, Promoti audiences a chance to see the orches more relaxed atmosphere.'' Native South Carolina composers G Parrish will be recognized with a s Hutchins' "The Spirit of Transylvani; "Old is Gold. It's OK." Cabaret tables will be set up throu the auditorium. Committee co-chairi arranged for wines and snacks to proceeds directly benefiting the orch< thr> rf?t;f?rvpri tables are $8.25. General admission tickets to the D areas are available at $6.25 for adults Table reservations will be strictl vations will be filled on a first-come It further information are available by < at 771-6303. Tickets are on sale now at the Co office, 1527 Senate Street. feature omen MHBBmCHHUHnHMMMHHi i Diam UV/J. 1VU By JOHN VAUGHAN i Hall will read from Entertainment Editor 'pj 'ogram of the 1982 " n Neil Diamond is a man of SC Departement of many talents. Wednesday Social Sciences, will ni?>ht? in the packed Carolina the USC College of Coliseum, he displayed all of d pen to the public and his talents as a singer, e, third floor lobby of composer, a promoter and b; as a "star" with savvy about a nes of poetry, Hall is hype. p 5 poets and a superb Diamond and his poem is a vehicle for management seem to f( at if you discover present him unabashedly as u jrself, it s going to be a ..^g name," almost as a n reveal themselves to iegend. From the pair of n i ? J rit'c _ lUAUi y i uau uiacuuico vu ^ II es with his wife, poet difficult to describe them as s< :e in New Hampshire, mere buses) parked outside e eft a professorship at posters and t-shirts : himself entirely to an(j programs hawked inside, the message comes c noon and builds his through a little too loud and h verage, a Hall poem clear: this man, America, is C ley are often begun astar. P /e come to accept the Diamond s show is not as ^ le draft, without the lavishly presented as, say, g . . The process of Barry Manilow s but the >ha fho sense of showmanship is , , lilt W \Jt UO UIUV11 V* IV distinctly similar between J i his poetry is diverse. the Pair- The former plays ives, the families who on a simple proscenium . that once plowed the stage and avoids the ites essays, reviews, frequent costume changes of r the latter, but when . dumes Exile, To the Diamond "plays" he plays it j ilvening's Frost, and ^8- ( ig Andrew the Lion ^his js ann0ying jn several < . instances. Concertgoers with J J Poet.ry cameras were stopped at the I ent Millay Memorial door by guards who said they 1 the Longview Foun- hac| orders that Mr. i Diamond did not want any ? n^e winning cameras inside. This ruling >82 Writers Series with extended to the Gamecock who are expected to photographer and, supmg are novelists John posedly, all members of the * winning author Isaac working press ? and yet the 1 trical director Toby concert was a virtual light show of flashbulbs from the ( outset, especially in the 1 f"l 11^ choice floor seats. W ?AAV Another irksome aspect was the singer's habit of OIJS standing in silence after a J- popular number, waiting for tra will play a "Pops" increased applause (which >.m. at the Township he received) and then shaking his head and saying, f this season's Music "This is ridiculous. You re the Dick Goodwin shouldn't do this to me." i Broadway musicals, ige of nostalgic music .. e re^son the word "annoying applies 10 mese instances is because cert of this type ever rnonic Orchestra, and A _ . ion Chairman, it gives -wj If g fll J C tra's "lighter side in a ?? ? luyHutchins and Julian ~ BY KERRY HUMPHREY jpecial performance of 5taH Wfiter * March" and Parrish's t 4 ? .. Students started off the ghout the arena area of ^on^h and the week right at nan Sally Marshall has . Golden Spur Monday t-_ ?:i?u. ?i,n during Amateur Night. Ut' UVUIlitUlt' wiui uic ? ?stra. Cabaret tickets at Judges Hock Stevens, a WUSC d.j., J.R. Felts, ress Circle and Balcony Assistant Director at the and $3.25 for students. Township and University Union Vice-President y limited and reser- Carolyn Johnson had a hard jasis. Reservations and time deciding who would win calling the CM FA office the $f>0 first prize. Guitarist/vocalist Pete Ballou landed first place ilumbia Music Festival with his three original songs: "Slip Away," a Ick^WQM^ithi ona Fiayj iamond is a superb lusician; he doesn't need, r shouldn't need, self- ?T erving gimmicks and hype. T , Sf iamond's gravelly, s -.V- ;; * jphonious voice is enjoyed y millions ? and millions of j _ - X 11 ages ? and his reputation recedes him. A Neil Diamond per>rmance should be meant t - - ' ltimately to be listened to, ot witnessed. And Wedesday night, his finest moments began when each j . ^ ong began and ended when ach song ended. A handful of special effects ? \ an be pleasing, and the jp uge, diverse crowd in the |||||iS^9p Jr 'oliseum roared its apiroval when the performer onto the stage with his lit, "America" ? red, white ind blue lights and a few explosions served as punc- W&aHHHjH&HHgs uation as a large American lag was lowered behind the E ^p| -v, itage. Diamond held his ^ nomentum, moving right If nto hits like "Love on the iocks" and "Desiree." ^i?i/>lr1?t nr\rvot*nnf IIIOC f ho I V- - rt - ----- ' appaitia v y uo u IV jxcellence of the sound V system; Diamond's exensive back-up resounded Neil Diamoni with a full-bodied clarity night in the C that marked . ery number , [)f his 2 1/2 hour show. Holy and I Am During every Diamond was never Diamond's voice lesitant to croon even his powerfully and me slowest easy-listening tunes, in his more such as "Hello Again" from moments, he ol The Jazz Singer. It seemed soothing to the early on, in fact, that the entire body, makir crowd was a relatively quiet he or she was in and respectful one. He recliner. sagely "made his move" Again, he puj though, rousing the audience "sale" a little too on several occasions by "Forever In Blue J having the lights switched on sang reprise aftei and exhorting everybody to which was nice at get up and dance or clap got to ^ rather t< along. those not seated u him. He egged the He played all of his into cheering enou favorites, including "Sweet reprises of the sam Caroline," "September Mwn " "FYirovpr in Rltie What is inei Jeans," "Song Sung Blue," however, is the i "Cracklin' Rosie," "Holly joyable voice. H< tsTakeAmo reggae tune called Winner of the $ "Struggling Man," and the prize was Dav religious "Whisper in the derthal, guitarist Night." His originality, cellent vocalist. r\ stage presence and talent theatre major's impressed the receptive stage presence 1 audience as well as the been aided by hi judges. background. Le The Joe Jackson-inspired has appeared International Studies Columbia BalletT sophomore explains his was in the play Pij creative, lyric style in his After Peter F belief that music, like "Baby 1 Love Yi rw?trv trv to ronvev and a sweetlv-sur K"vv* J i ? --j - * ? a message, he added that too of Dan Fogelberg' many popular songs Leanderthal "prostitute" words that have audience rocking lost all meaning through Doobie Brother; overuse. Grove." r 5 It Big d played to the hilt Wednesday olisuem. , I Said." his finest moments on song, "September Morn," "Holly rang out Holy" and especially on his lodiously; closing number, "I Am, I mellow Said." He performed the iten was ?]atter with more feeling than listener's he possibly could on any of ig one feel his albums ? a truly out ? ? - * _ Xl A. a rocner- standing periormance inai tempered some of my >hed the harsher impressions about much on the ego-stroking: when he eans."He finished, he quietly and r reprise, humbly said, "Thank you. ; first but You've been very wonderful edious for tome tonight." p close to audience By that time, the crowd gh for six was rather boisterous, and e verse. Diamond returned for long medley encores and finally scapable, for a second version of man's en- "America"?complete with 2 reached connons and confetti. iteurNight or <.pronfi The audience reacted id Lean- enthusiastically to the third and ex- P'ace- $15 winners, David S. rhe senior Howey and Martin. stunning ^he journalism junior and r the business senior teamed s dancing up to drawl several goodanderthal |i,nc country-and-wcstcrn with the tunes Tequila Sunrise heatrcand w,as first- followed by their clever, improvised version Yamnton's of "Kin? of the Hoad," which i?r Wav " had the clapping, r version A humorous "Wildwood - Flower" (or should 1 say had the ^Wet?d,,) wa* aPPrecia^d r u/ith thp by the crowd, as was the ?rhi funny, sexually bold number that followed. See AMATEl'R, page 6