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Feati Stewari I - r' l, : :: -, - r- -.-.-- f==~ BbHB^ tv;~1 || I I'll |'| Wniywh Rod Stewart sang most of h with much energy and 'pass 4 Marceau'} H kptfe B Reknowned pantomimist IV1 was superb at the Township i ireFrid ^rtMeCCO NT?R1 t Struts Hk BY JOHN VAUGHAN Entertainment Editor i i i "Tonight I'm yours!" Rod | Stewart sang as he leaped out onto the stage. "(I'll) do anyining mai you want me lilllffiiSSSPSPffl to!" ! Actually, Stewart did what he wanted to, but Saturday v0'^ | night in the ... Carolina Coliseum, what he wanted to I do seemed to be exactly what the crowd wanted. The British performer delivered the kind of ^at ^as ^een mar^: hopping, twirling and pogoIjlflBMi^MI across the flat, open ' < I stage, he sang most of his biggest hits for about two hours. . , . - IV/TT . r ^ - The ''running room" sum pf?oto by chip iowai extends even to the big kite cn?..wjn., amplifiers on both front , urday Stage corners, and Stewart is lon* never hesitant to use the tops 5 Pantomime \ By UOSA SUH W I Mime is, perhaps, an acquire) In the case of pantominist acquire that taste after just oi bians were able to experience t Sunday night at the Township A Marceau, acknowledged as tl craft, appeared as part of the U The first part of his progi tomimes; sketches such as Creation of the World illustr flowing movement and emotion The sketch of the Seven Dead audience response. This set c (the painter and his model) and The second half of the prog Clown ? Marceau's most famo brought the audience into his Comic sketches, such as Bip tl David and Goliath and Bip as tivated the Township crowd. Marceau best demonstrated and Goliath sketch. Using a wi behind it as he alternated frc Goliath. Marceau actually < separate characters on the stafc Bip as a Soldier artfully ( comedy and drama. This supei the experiences of a soldier: h seeing a fellow soldier die and \ ; The program was demanding || audience. The artist had only rivet the audience's attention; certainly captured his audienc [arcel Marceau tears. The program was a rare Sunday night. experience the art of the rekno t?5C Wjh6 MINhOiT f&iujj HH as more of his domain. When 1 he rolled into "Hot Legs," he ^ raced from one amp to the t ^ other, posing and mugging for his shrieking fans. Stewart followed "Hot Legs" with back-to-back biggies, stripping off his f jacket for "Tonight's the Night" and sliding into r "Passion." The latter was, [ 3^ z* J<~s3 2 predictably, an audience g| ' favorite, as the raspy-voiced singer exhorted everyone to ( / repeat the title in several ' refrains. Stewart easily alternated between the subdued vocals of tunes like "You're In My Heart" and the energy he injected into numbers like "Young Turks." [ : He was impressive on his [ version of "How Long," H ' ' displaying a soulful feeling M for the lyrics? though he saiH it was thp first timn h#> ' and the band had attempted it in concert. He knelt in the middle of the stage with the Hod Stewart pages of music in front of crowd over w him. Stewart fouowed this with drum beat, echo another re-done version, this series of raps with one of "If Lovin' You Is clapping. The Wrong." Again, he did a cheered when Stew good job, with some good "Maggie Mae" ant vocal and saxophone in- too eager to an; flection. "Maggie I wishe< A drum solo and a lengthy "never seen your f; rendition of "Maggie Mae" Stewart then jui drew the audience into the "Do Ya Think I'l act. The Coliseum crowd racing between I was quick to pick up on the again for this hit sii V ins Audienci ritcr I : :r' " he art of the great performer uditoriurn. WbMm&W :M . I his versatility in the David ill as his only prop, he slipped in David to the intimidating created the illusion of two {e simultaneously. ' lisplayed Marceau's skill in *b final pantomime illustrated lis training, fighting in a war, I vrithing in the pain of the war. i *, both for Marceau and for his 1 tho lirfhtc anH hie mnlinn tn HflH v..*-. M..V. ...v, ^ mBmnramSKi as the program developed, he e, evoking laughter and some IIHHHHIIHL opportunity for Columbians to Marcel Marc wncd Frenchman. from his audit \ T r. ._ I Stafl Photo by CHIP tOWltl won the Carolina Coliseum ith tunes like 'Maggie Mae.' >ing each One of the highlights of the rhythmic concert came at the end, as audience Stewart returned for an 'art began encore of "Tear It Up" and i was only "Stay With Me." Several swer his, soccer balls were tossed onto i I" with the stage by one, and the ace." singer earned loud applause mped into as he dribbled and kicked m Sexy?" and headed the balls back the amps into the crovvd, often in time ngle. with the music. e Response i ' JBr t jji f? i mgm : SBsfBfl _ j ?- -T - ~ "? ----,- S- - , ~ . _. < t eau evoked many emotions ;nce as Bip, the Clown.