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birthday tonight in concert at Rui
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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.
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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
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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;
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)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
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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
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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
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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
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leu -wmeuay my jrrinis win uome" an
hology called "Hollywood in the '70s."
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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
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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
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) 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