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Kresfo By BEVERLY SIMMONS Staff Writer "It goes without saying ? I know what you're thinking," Kreskin said as he began his performance. Sponsored by the RHUU Ideas and Issues Committee, Kreskin, the world's y?A . At Kreskin's suggc volunteer points out w Bras By JOHN VAUGHAN Entertainment Editor The crowd grew as students paused during their walk between classes; those with some free time took seats in the chairs provided or on the walls around the 1VU93CU I1UUSC UilCA (JdllU. 11 lasted only an hour or so, but the open air performance by the Chicago Chamber Brass Thursday afternoon was doubtlessly enjoyed as much as the featured concert last night at the Township Auditorium. Perhaps it is fairer to say it was enjoyed almost as much ? the folks at the concert were treated to much more of the euphonious strains of this f rt /n n!r>f nt ICHCIUCU gunnel. The Chicago Chamber Brass appeared as the final attraction of the USC Cultural Series, and agreed to the "teaser" performance on the patio a part of the RHUU-sponsored Spring Bizarre. The latter was an idea applauded by those of us who could not attend the evening concert, especially since it was free. Richard Frazier, Steven G amble, Roger Melka, Diana Nielsen and Brian Sykora are the Chicago Chamber Brass, a group born in iir/7 wnen an uui Sykora, who joined later, went to the Windy City and began playing chamber music. After playing locally in the Chicago area, the group became a full-time Irea ;in Th foremost mentalist, performed Wednesday night in the Russell House Ballroom. II? 1 1 J ii ne lockeurmgs logemei, picked facts from the minds of members of the audience, and immobilized people in unusual positions. The entire show was incredible, but two features of ' .: -X-:' i-&$f ': :f^S m l ' ?:^M n B. A KJ| SUM Photo by MIKE FISHER sstion, an entranced 'ho J.R. ;s Perfoi ^ v vV% ^< 's?m* *|??s %* * ' i.. * lie: VylllCd^U V UailllH Russell House patio Th Diana Nielsen, Richard 1 Chamber Brass, and currently tour just about any place they're asked to. "We've received very good support from the Illnois Arts Council and from corporate foundations," Frazier says. The group has recently completed a brief 11 day tour of Europe and their Columbia concert last night was the final performance in their current swing. Over lunch yesterday at the Top of Carolina, the five seemed very personable and relaxed. None of them had ever been in the Midlands before, and they commented ture =Gmeco( rills C the show were truly amazing. Kreskin called me from the audience and asked me to chose ^>meone I did not know. The man I chose in turn chose someone else and so on until seven of us stoqd on stage. One of the other ladies and I escorted Kreskin out of the room while someone else made certain we could not see or hear what was going on. The four other people hid Kreskin's paycheck somewhere in the audience. Kreskin found his check. Separately, two of the four people responsible for hiding the check followed Kreskin about the room as he lead them with a hankerchief. After the first person sat down, Kreskin had not found his check. He told the crowd that if he did not find it, the show would be for free. As he started to give up, the audience urged him on. Finally, with the second person following him, he faund the check taped to the inside of a vent in the Ballroom. The crowd applauded, cheered, and wondered in unison how he had done it. More than that, the crowd liked it when Kreskin con'msAtl :v m?mm- ? VV r-* ^ & * * -'/z.m m , 1* >;::. Sgfe*. ;r Brass gives a 'teasel ursday. From left to rij Frazier, Steven Gamble a on the relatively warm weather (they're from Chicago, remember?) and the "pretty" campus. Frazier explained that when the group does travel, they prefer to keep the tours brief. "We still do a lot of (iHliPilHnnal m-ntfromi; iti tlin Chicago area," he said. Gamble added that the Chamber Brass' audiences "range from three to 1300." "Mostly, we play what the people are going to like," Gamble said. "People like to hear something they know, so that's a factor in the arrangements we do," he \ Frii Ik MT UTflll 'rowd trolled the bodies and minds of members of the audience. At Kreskin's request 35 or 40 people ran up to the stage to be a part of the show. By the end of this segment of the show, the group on stage had dwindled to fourteen. At Kreskin's command npnnlp wpro I- ?~ unable to open their eyes, or move their bodies. If he suggested they were cold, they began to shiver. If he suggested they were hot, they panted and fanned themselves, and when he told them it was raining they covered their heads. "How did he do it?" was the question on everyone's lips. He did not hypnotize them. "I'm not a hypnotist. I do not believe in hypnotism " KVficlrin ctiiH He controlled the people so well that he made them think that someone in the audience had shot J.R. Ewing of the TV series Dallas. Several of the people on stage pointed to different members of the audience swearing that they had seen that person shoot J.R. One man even said that he had seen the woman he had pointed to buying the ammunition for the gun. "I couldn't open my eyes. I felt kind of limp," Anthony rcr? ?* -< *8ss^ * <&$&*?$& , ,^m ' \ mmimm mmmm *m& ; *mx xm *Xt'im\ V|.'. ^ y^ v-^HL 4> ^ , *' r^,/ jBwjmjj^^ SSSfffEBjL -?y? '^"^HRESk ^ MM^jHflttk <' I , Stan Photo by CAPfRS HAMMOND r* performance on the *ht are: Roger Melka, nd Brian Sykora. noted. Gamble and Frazier do much of the arranging, and according (o Frazier, "fall back on a lot of heritages ? the great brass music written in the Baroque and Renaissance eras." Yet the group still includes such favorites as "The Stars and Stripes Forever." According to Gamble, this mix is what entices the audience to approach the musicians after the concert. "Half the people out there played in their high school band," he commented. "People like to hear something they know." lay The Amazing Kres audience Wednesday n / Ruzzuto, one of the volunteers, said later. "To those who believe in what I'm doing no explanation is necessary, and to those who don't none exists," Kreskin said. Singer \ With S By CHRIS Book < Tssflp Rashfvis Sinc#?r i ? O^' V4VX/" and spirits. In his short stor; character says: "Yourdybbuk torture me. If he lets me live torture a corpse." Not only does he write abou spirits inhabit our world. "I natural," he said. "There are n that influence our lives. Just about electricity. "We are as far from the su were 10,000years ago." Singer, who won the Nobel Pr at USC as the final guest of the reading Wednesday night dre1 Auditorium. The crowd gave hi was the first author to be accorc Singer, a native of Poland, wi are then translated into Eng translated into Japanese. "Evi translation. But I have learned translating. In fact, I would ss correct mistakes. "But what they do to me in J; commented. Singer said that e suffer in translation because he before his works began to be tr with editing." Singer is a versatile author i well as adults. "Children are tl A child will not read a book bee was advertised. If a child likes t If the child does not like the bo< ne saici. Critics consider Singer to be i Singer has said he enjoys the sli though both have advantages: ' that you can spread everythin everything. It's like having a bij and another room for that. "In a short story, you have lit ~7~ 111111^ lit* SSI i ill Staff Photo by MJKt FISHER ;kin did amaze his ight in the Ballroom. Following his performance, Kreskin signed autographs and cheerfully stood for pictures, but he was exhausted. "My hands are usually trembling at this see KRESKIN, page 7 trestles Spirits HANDAL Critic writes about the supernatural y, "One Night in Brazil," a is creative, but mine wants to , it's only because you can't it spirits but he is convinced really believe in the superlany things we have not found as at one time no one knew mmit of development as we ize for Literature in 1978, was ? 1982 Writers Series, and his w a capacity crowd to Belk im a standing ovation; Singer led that honor this year. rites in Yiddish and his works ;lish. He has recently been ery*irtist has to lose a lot in enough English to do most ly 1 get better because 1 can apanese, I'll never know," he ven his earlier works did not had been in America 15 years anslated, so he could "dabble writing books for children as le most independent readers, ause it got good reviews or it he book, it will read the book. )k, it will not read the book," \ master of short story and on story more than the novel, The advantage of the novel is ig out. You have a place for % house with one room for this :tle space and you have to get see AUTHOR, page 6