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-entertaini
Jeff Calder of the Swimming Poi
birthday tonight in concert at Rusi
Columbia PI
Bv Fletcher Johnson
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Forty-six bows struck strings a
one. The mellow brass of Frenc
horns filled the air. Tympani rolle
with thunder. At the grand pian<
the man's fingers were a blui
constantly in motion.
Anything the Columbi
Philharmonic Orchestra migfr
have done in its Tuesday seaso
premiere after its rendition (
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Piano and Orchestra in B Fk
Minor" would have seemed ant
climactic.
But though an anti-climax w?
expected, the CPO's performanc
of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in
Minor, entitled From tne Ne
World," revealed the expertis
destined to earn the orchestra tl
Sneaker re\
By Jim White
An enthusiastic crowd of ab
"Bloopers, Out-Takes and Naugl
night in Russell House Ballroom.
iierD liratt captivated tne auc
of a wide variety of film clips ai
Ronald Reagan movies, includ
commercial that was not used
tones.
The program was filled with d
film clip was of Betty Boop, a cai
the 1030s who was always gettin
take my boop-boop-a-doop away
molesters. Her constant enc<
characters were too much for ce
for the cartoon's demise.
ANOTHER FILM clip from th<
of young women were corruptee
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wild after smoking "the weed wil
Graff said it was strange that
"themunchies."
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Floyd, was aimed at American
woman peels a banana and a ca]
feel it, peel it." Unfortunately foi
by viewers to be a phallic syi
scrubbed despite the $43,000 sper
One outtake shows TV newsma
on changing morality. In the to
with his back to the camera. In i
Ballroon
By Sammy Fratv
Marshall Crens
K"THEY" AH
Swimming Ptx
musicians play
The "Q's,"
vocalist/rhytt
vocalist/keyba
Bob Elsey, bas
Burton.
The band's
, Garnett and Bi
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noa ucvciujjcu
in the Boston a
critics up and d
, 4 But while th<
k tent, according
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v said.
"The thing
' recognition in 1
and L.A. I'm n
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"A LOT OF
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tell House Bellroom. description, eil
lilharmnnin flrnh
wishw w a wbi
reputation of a major regional
" ensemble.
h THE CROWD Tuesday night at
d The Township was enthusiastic,
>, but there were many empty seats,
r, The music made for an impressive
season premiere, but the CPO's
Sept. 24 preseason special event,
a "A Science Fiction Fantasy,"
it earned a more impressive
n audience in terms of size.
>f Leading the CPO was the new
?r conductor and music director of
it the Palmetto State Orchestra
i- Association, Einar Anderson.
Anderson was selected to fill this
is position last spring from more
than 150 applicants in a nationwide
E search effort.
w Anderson has been the music
?e director of the Del Mar Symphony
ie in Corpus Christi, Texas; music
/eals funny filrr
man stands a
out 250 turned out to see laughingwhei
hty Bits on Film" Tuesday GRAFF'S s
.. ... .. . .. enjoyment ot
hence with his presentation from yj
tid bawdy outtakes from old nrnaraTn ?c
ing a $43 000 Dole banana ^JUyma!
because of its sexual over- j^no^y,
laring, off-color humor. One Keaea^heiri
rtoon character for adults in
g sexually moisted. "Don't Qther ,, sh
r! was her plaintive cry to n
Hinters with rane-minded . . . . .
- , - wnicn naa m
nsors, who were responsible professor at I
Social Resea
!'30S showed how the morals
i from smoking marijuana. might enj
rip their clothes off and run JL.
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th roots in hell." Brooklyn Fil
the women didn't even get ^ eJnlarg(
1, featuring music by Pink barns.
youth. As the band plays, a GRAFF SI
ption appears saying "if you when he part
r Dole, the banana was taken the great old
nbol. The commercial was tationwasso
it on it. the college le
in Harry Reasoner reporting He has rec<
ickground, a man is sitting called "Some
the middle of the report, the anthology cal
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fi concert set for toni
inrl rannnt
II IVC UVIIIIIUl
veil
ruggled and played and delighted crowd
r, opening for such "name" performei
thaw. Split Enz and the Police.
leased an album that has drawn solid reg
decidedly not a "pickup" band that plays
surge.
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)1 Q's, a collection of talented and ori
ing in Russell House Ballroom tonight,
as the band is known, is comprise
im guitarist/saxophonist Jeff Ca
ardist Anne Richmond Boston, lead guil
is guitarist J.E. Gamett and drummer
membership has changed several tim
irton are the newest additions ? but the f
a strong following in the Southeast as w
rea, and has drawn rave reviews from i
town the East coast.
5 Q's are happy about it all, they are not
; to Calder.
E album ("The Deep End") came ou
in Atlanta. We already had that base foll<
ust emphasize I don't tmnk we re a cult
lat, things picked up tremendously," C
is, though, we are having trouble g<
the areas that we need it most, like New
ot knocking the South, but this is like Si
t's trying to make a name for itself nation
kxI band, but we need an incredible amoi
vhere we want to go. It takes a lot of cf
lunch,'" Calder said.
3und is different, something of a cross bet
lane and the Animals, but with a new twis
ibe.
' writers liken us to the B-52's, but tl
'ight. And I don't think you could call us
aditional sense," Calder said. "We were
lelic,' but I don't think that's an acc
ther. I really don't know what we're like.'
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i clips, outtaki
nd drops his trousers. Reasoner breaks
i he sees him.
ielf-denegrating humor added to the aud
his presentation. He said he never usee
ewers of his Public Broadcasting Sysfc
lilent Comedy Film Festival." Now h
Ices mistakes in the program "because if
:ares, but if you stink you get a lot of mail
* from an old Ronald Reagan movie
ng a lady zip her dress. The zipper gets
antic efforts to free it, he tears her dr<
tow the president cussing like a sailor,
vonder how Graff obtained the clips, ir
ever been shown to the public. As an i
wth New York University and the New S<
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rcii, iie iias many siuuenis wno later a
3 filmmaking industry. Graff said his
d him bloopers and outtakes they beli
covers interesting footage as head curato
m Archives. His film clip collection h
id bv his fremient rummaging in atti
* 1 o o
rARTED collecting outtakes and old fill
icipated in a program to save Town Hall
I movie palaces in New York City. His
well received there that he decided to ta
cture circuit.
ently completed his first book on "film b
sday My Prints Will Come" and is makini
lied "Hollywood in the '70s."
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ight
be contei
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s as Tm not knockino the
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ionai like Siberia for a grou
make a name for itser
;only
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i the
ginal
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lder, very serious about what we're
tarist not because of the money or
Billy worked so hard,'' he explained
"I think we've nut out aualit
es ? of our songs are funny ("Big E
{roup don't feel you have to preach <
ell as music to be taken seriously. Tt]
nusic For now, the Q's continue
completed a demo tape that (
t con- response.
"WE PUT IT (the demo) toj
t, we really sounds different than 4
)wing rhythm section is stronger ai
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!alder companies and to a few radio s
them, so that's encouraging,"
fitting Tonight's performance, s
York Program Union's Contempoi
beria features Love Tractor, a
lally. strumental band, and Oh OK,
ant of new music dance sound.
ish to The concert begins at 8 p.n
lie and $3 for students.Thecor
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it that "I would like a lot of present
accepting them," he said wit!
just put them right there on thi
lat is "I'm interested in making tt
; 'new can't think of a better place i
5 once South Carolina is one of our ft
urate other bands have played wit!
pretty good. I can't wait," he s
exciting seasa
essor at Del Mar College and CI
)us Christi State University: mas
assistant conductor and artist the
lty member of the Aspen i%g
ic Festival. He has appeared mu?
nest conductor with orchestras Schi
ughout the United States. mm
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ied with Nicolai's overture to ?
eMerry Wives of Windsor,''an c .
a based on Shakespeare's ,
edy of the same name. After a ^
le beginning by the strings and
is, the main body of the C
ture unfolded with a display of flav
ited musicianship. exc
le pinnacle of the evening's Frc
lirief nurfnrmQti/?o uroo fho m/v
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very of Tchaikovsky's "Con- Che
o." Pawel Chechinsky, a con
ve of Lodz, Poland, was the sup
ured pianist. spl<
. ' * untnniTiiiiii
ience's ,
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you're ^
former ?
ieve he I
r of the
as also "~|j WFI
cs and
uffery" Herb Graff brought his filir
g a film House Ballroom Tuesday.
it yet
i South, but this is
^ a ^ m
d tnars trying to
f^tionall/
Swimming Pool Q's guitarist
Jeff Calder
finite about the group. "We're
i doing. I hope we make it big,
fame, but because we have
y stuff," he said. "Sure, some
i'at Tractor," "Ratbait") but I
or point a finger through your
lat'samyth.
j moving along, having just
balder said has received good
gether in our basement, and it
'The Deep End" because our
id more straightforward, and
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tations and they seemed to like
Calder said.
sponsored by the Carolina
ary Sounds Committee, also
four-man, Atlanta-based ina
trio from Athens, Ga., with a
1.1Admission is $5 for the pubicert
has more significance for
ormers; today is his birthday.
5, and I won't be bashful about
h a laugh. "Everybody should
i stage in front of me.
lis a giant birthday party, and I
to have one than in Columbia,
ivorite places to play. The two
n us Deiore ana iney are Dom
aid.
in premiere
hechinsky received his
iter's degree with honors from
Music Academy in Warsaw in
i. He received me master ot
Ac degree from The Juilliard
doI in 1973 and the loctor of
;ical arts degree in 1976. His
10 artistry has earned him
ly awards and international
)gnition. He is a member of
umbia College's music
artment faculty.
hechinsky's piano was
vless, to say the least. With the
eption of somewhat timid
inch horns in the first
vement of the concerto,
schinsky and the orchestra j
ibined to create an air of i
reme musical majesty and
mdor.
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i clips and humor to Russell