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.entertain > - ' >-< _rrr _;- I;1-^3r .^jBf ; ^pSf ' y^\ Jeff Colder of the Swimming Pi birthday tonight in concert at Rui r?_i l:. ni By Fletcher Johnson Forty-six bows struck strings one. The mellow brass of Fren horns filled the air. Tympani rolli with thitnHpr At th*? tfranH niar the man's fingers were a bli constantly in motion. Anything the Columb Philharmonic Orchestra mig have done in its Tuesday seasi premiere after its rendition Tchaikovsky's "Concerto f Piano and Orchestra in B F1 Minor" would have seemed an But though an anti-climax w expected, the CPO's performan of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in Minor, entitled "From the N< World," revealed the experti destined to earn the orchestra t A I bpeaKer rei By Jim White An enthusiastic crowd of at "Bloopers, Out-Takes and Naug night in Russell House Ballroom. Herb Graff captivated the au< of a wide variety of film clips a Ronald Reagan movies, includ commercial that was not used tones. rrrt- - - ? - ? "* * me program was tilled with c film clip was of Betty Boop, a ca the ld30s who was always gettin take my boop-boop-a-doop awaj molesters. Her constant enc< characters were too much for ce for the cartoon's demise. ANOTHER FILM eliD from thi of young women were corruptee They had the irresistible urge to wild after smoking "the weed wit Graff said it was strange that "themunchies." The Dole banana commercia Floyd, was aimed at American woman peels a banana and a caj feel it, peel it." Unfortunately foi by viewers to be a phallic syr scrubbed despite the $43,000 spen One outtake shows TV newsma on changing morality. In the bf with his back to the camera. In I ment Be bv gs . i:;//:; i , vuc voci Bob Mmmffmmi, Bur WWMUBm T1 -3, ". .; B i Gar ' ' has BillBSp$S|^ in tl BI nr-- B&MmWk' rv - - tent s. " ^ - real 8r? , q 6^>' a - t v said iif vv V*: ,. T'r'Vi rec< and for j ?M mor 'tak T1 Jeff ishj M .% ;c:-; ^:,:'v^ ; M wav tol Q's celebrates his call .sell House Ballroom. des< lilharmonic I reputation of a major re ~ ensemble. as ch THE CROWD Tuesday ni ed The Township was enthus if\ ki?f ?.??? ? i?, uui uicic wcic uitiiiy empty ir, The music made for an impr season premiere, but the Sept. 24 preseason special ia "A Science Fiction Fan ht earned a more impn on audience in terms of size, of Leading the CPO was th or conductor and music direc at the Palmetto State Ore ti- Association, Einar Anderson Anderson was selected to f as position last spring from ce than 150 applicants in a natic E search effort, iw Anderson has been the se director of the Del Mar Svrc he in Corpus Christi, Texas; ifn^ln fimmi ircaio iuimy ma: )out 250 turned out to see *aU| hty Bits on Film" Tuesday c lience with his presentation nd bawdy outtakes from old ling a $43,000 Dole banana ^ because of its sexual over- g|Jj! taring, off-color humor. One ^ rtoon character for adults in g sexually molested. "Don't '!" was her plaintive cry to ^ aunters with rape-minded nsors, who were responsible prc Soc j '30s showed how the morals i from smoking marijuana. mj. rip their clothes off and run ^ th roots in hell." gn ; the women didn't even get ^ bciit 1, featuring music by Pink youth. As the band plays, a C ation appears saying "if you wh< * Dole, the banana was taken the nbol. The commercial was tati it on it. the n Harry Reasoner reporting t ickground, a man is sitting cal Jie middle of the report, the ant ... - - ?J r* iliroom concert set f Band cam Sammy Fretwell hey have struggled and played and deli years now, opening for such "name -shall Crenshaw, Split Enz and the Polic hey have released an album that has dra xrnse. nd they are decidedly not a "pickup" bai ;n it gets the urge. rHEY" ARE the Atlanta-based rock mining Pool Q's, a collection of taler iicians playing in Russell House Ballrooi tie "Q's," as the band is known, i alist/rhythm guitarist/saxophonist alist/keyboardist Anne Richmond Bosfc > Elsey, bass guitarist J.E. Garnett an ton. lie band's membership has changed : nett and Burton are the newest addition develoned a stroncr following in thp Sni le Boston area, and has drawn rave rei ics up and down the East coast. Lit while the Q's are happy about it all, , according to Calder. WHEN OUR album ("The Deep End ily took off in Atlanta. We already had tl 1 though I must emphasize I don't think v >ut after that, things picked up treme i rhe thing is, though, we are having >gnition in the areas that we need it mo L.A. I'm not knocking the South, but ti a group that's trying to make a name for We are a good band, but we need an inci ley to get where we want to go. It take e people to lunch,' " Calder said, he band's sound is different, something c erson Airplane and the Animals, but wit ard to describe. f\ lu i writers iiKen us to the B nitely not right. And I don't think you c 'e' in the traditional sense," Calder sai( ed 'hickadelic,' but I don't think th; :ription, either. I really don't know what )rchestra deliv I sgional | , ght at | . i as tie, scats. BgBfjB 7f ess^ve HPrmr _ i M event' sssive HK^ 4?^" dm e new ^ JE . :tor of j */m hestra HH fij [. M more ^ tntiri/la [ .- "vY7.Vj;^ / : V~\v: music ?r* ^'nar Anderson directs lphony the Columbis Philharmonic music Orchestra. film clips, out n stands nnri Hrnrvu hia trnncoro Via nor ghing when he sees him. iRAFF'S self-denegrating humor addec oyment of his presentation. He said he il from viewers of his Public Broadci |Om m "SllAIlt Film Pont!../. Q. m~mmm y WAlkVVAJ A 1A1I1 i'UdUVti lefully makes mistakes in the program ' >d nobody cares, but if you stink you get; in outtake from an old Ronald Reaj agan helping a lady zip her dress. The 1 in his frantic efforts to free it, he te ler clips show the president cussing like >ne may wonder how Graff obtained tJ ich had never been shown to the publ tfessor at both New York University and :ial Research, he has many students \ yed in the filmmaking industry. Graf A 1 L! l-l * " ucnus aenu iuiii uiuopers ana ouiiaKe, ?ht enjoy. le also discovers interesting footage as \ joklyn Film Archives. His film clip c ;n enlarged by his frequent rummag tis. iRAFF STARTED collecting outtakes en he participated in a program to save great old movie palaces in New York on was so well received there that he dc college lecture circuit. le has recently completed his first book I 1 1 ?? * * leu -wmeuay my jrrinis win uome" an hology called "Hollywood in the '70s." 4 < ^ ^ w 4 ^ *4 -4 -? ' * ' * -f ^ - 4 mmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmm or tonight not be contt ghted crowds for " performers as I m HOt knocking iwn solid regional Siberia for 8 g , make a name for it: nd that plays only group called the i^a/1 n?t/l rfinnl ll^VI OilU \Jk 1511101 11 tonight. ? is comprised of Calder stressed one thinj Jeff Calder, very serious about what w on, lead guitarist not because of the mone: d drummer Billy worked so hard," he explai "I think we've put out qi several times ? of our songs are funny ("E s ? but the group don't feel you have to pra mieasi as wen us music iu ue ut&eu seriousij news from music For now, the Q's cont completed a demo tape th they are not con- response. "WE PUT IT (the demo I > \ 4 If 1_ J2/J A 1L ) cciiue uui, we icaiiy suuuus umereni in iat base following rhythm section is stronge ve're a 'cult band' the guitars stand out more ndously," Calder companies and to a few rat them, so that's encouragin ; trouble getting Tonight's performance st. like New York Program Union's fY>nf#?n his is like Siberia features Love Tractor, itself nationally, strumental band, and Oh C 'edible amount of new music dance sound. is a lot of rash to Th#? conoprt hpffins at R ? v lie and $3 for students.The ?f a cross between Calder than for the other i h a new twist that "I would like a lot of pre; accepting them," he said just put them right there oi -52's, but that is "I'm interested in makir ould call us 'new can't think of a better pla 1. "We were once South Carolina is one of oi it's an accurate other bands have played we're like." pretty good. I can't wait," 1 ers exciting seas I I professor at Del Mar College and Corpus Christi State University; i and assistant conductor and artist 1 faculty member of the Aspen ] Music Festival. He has anneared 1 I as guest conductor with orchestras J throughout the United States. i TUESDAY'S PERFORMANCE J opened with Nicolai's overture to umu. it in; _*?*? ?i n 1 Iine merry wives 01 Windsor,'" an ^ opera based on Shakespeare's comedy of the same name. After a * subtle beginning by the strings and horns, the main body of the overture unfolded with a display of I spirited musicianship. < The Dinnacle of the evening's sterling performance was the i delivery of Tchaikovsky's "Con- < certo." Pawel Chechinsky, a < native of Lodz, Poland, was the ! featured pianist. ! takes W mer breaks down |j| 1 to the audience s i " never used to get ^js t ^ isting System TV n I J^g ^ I" Now he pur ;an movie shows zipper gets stuck, jjj hp plirkG tin ohir Town Hall, one of City. His presenjcided to take it on nTTOifnMHffS^^" on "film buffery" Herb Graff brought his i d is making a film House Ballroom Tuesday. ?nt vfit I the South, but this is roup that's trying to solf nationally' -Swimming Pool Q's guitarist Jeff Calder g definite about the group. "We're e're doing. I hope we make it big, y or fame, but because we have ned. jality stuff," he said. "ib e, some lig Fat Tractor," "Ratb* it") but I ich or point a finger through your r. That's a myth." inue moving along, having just iat Calder said has received good ) together in our basement, and it an "The Deep End" because our r and more straightforward, and . We sent some copies to the record iio stations and thev seempH to liki* g,"Caldersaid. i, sponsored by the Carolina iporary Sounds Committee, also a four-man, Atlanta-based in)K, a trio from Athens, Ga., with a p.m. Admission L $5 for the pub! concert has more significance for jerformers; today is his birthday, sents, and I won't be bashful about with a laugh. "Everybody should 1% fltA MAM ? uiv. iaiagc 111 n uiu ui 1I1C. Lg this a giant birthday party, and I ice to have one than in Columbia. it favorite places to play. The two with us before and they are both he said. ton premiere Chechinsky received his master's degree with honors from 3ie Music Academy in Warsaw in i<u<n TI? :??1 ii? a.? < ne iccciveu uie master 01 music degree from The Juilliard 1 school in 1973 and the doctor of musical arts degree in 1976. His I piano artistry has earned him many awards and international | recognition. He is a member of Columbia College's music department faculty. Chechinsky's piano was Flawless, to say the least. With the exception of somewhat timid French horns in the first | movement of the concerto, 1 Chechinsky and the orchestra 1 combined to create an air of I supreme musical majesty and splendor. ilm clips and humor to Russell