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'Hollv Lives.' still t a ' ? CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) ? Feb. 3, 1959, a budding rock 'n' roller died here in a plane crash on a snow-encrusted field. Now, 25 years later! 2,500 fans are coming from as far as England to prove "Buddy Holly Lives." The 2,500 tickets available for the sixth annual Buddy Holly Tribute have been sold out for nearly six weeks, said Jack Wilcox, general manager of radio station KZEU, which sponsors the memorial. Fans from the United States, Canada and England will join in the two-day tribute, which begins Friday night with a sock ? A A.% P f ?"> ? II 1 * *11 ? ? ** nop ai me ouri oaiirouin, wnere tiony gave nis last periormance the night before his death, Wilcox said. "PEOPLE COME dressed in poodle skirts, penny or dime loafers, with slicked-back hair and tight pants, and everyone gets thoroughly involved with the music, with the dancing," he said. Nickelodeon Continued from page 8 An absorbing true story of a boy found liv- The movie ing wild in the woods of late 18th century first filming France will be shown Feb 14 and 15. In "The already rema Wild Child," the boy is discovered by a local "Zulu," th farmer and delivered to Dr. Jean Itard. features Afri The formidable task of educating the This film savage youngster provides the director a soldiers who vehicle to contemplate on his ideas on against 5,00C teaching, giving and receiving and eventually This episode loving. number of \ single battle, "THE FRONT Page," directed by Lewis to character, Milestone, is a film classic about an ace IN "TH1 reporter (Pat O'Brian) and a ruthless editor directed by (Adolphe Menjou) who battle corruption Greenway, 1 and eacfi other. is sensitively fH l^^^TSgMI mi ::>v^^^^^^B|^9H^BMKL^plv'' iv;VI:1 '? ;-T*-! ;y ."-"V," he outcry of many i "People are coming here to remember Buddy Holly's music, not his death. The statement you hear all the time is 'Buddy Holly Lives."' In 1959, skinny, bespectacled Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holly was a 21-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter from Lubbock, Texas, who with his band, The Crickets, was just beginning to gain a national following. At the time of his death, he had been recording for only three years, but Holly's music, his technical innovations, his style and even his looks have been a major influence on musicians ranging from Chuck Berry and the Beatles to Linda Ronstadt and Elvis Costello, said Steve Horowitz, an American studies instructor at the University of Iowa. BUT WHAT brings his fans to Clear Lake every year is the pure happiness of songs such as "Peggy Sue," "That'll Be the Day," "Maybe Baby" and "Oh Boy," Wilcox said. , showing Feb. 19 and 20, is the This film, Greenway's of the Hecht-MacAurthur play feature, tells the story of ; de twice. decides to draw several view le true story of a battle in Natal, estate that proves to be quite can music and dance. Greenway's fascination wi tells the story of 90 British seen as he revels in the spoke hold down a remote outpost The film shows Feb. 23-25 ) Zulu warriors for three days. , which resulted in the largest THE 1946 version of 4 Victoria Crosses awarded for a Always Rings Twice" will be is recreated with great attention and 27. nlot and historical detail Director Tav Ciarnett. wor E Draughtsman's Contract," boundaries of 1940s censorsh independent filmmaker Peter include in his film the same s 7th century English rural culture evident in the 1981 version explored. Nicholson and Jessica Lange SSBJI hui Two HUGE D Hi * \A/s?lni itc Km, ELEcmoNu (1^1 fiorno - v - hz : . gpjllipjg -J offers a civil s / work with st; advanced llMitallSIHH Warner Robins enginei S^riwliW ii^ Ti irilli Imliltlffim 1 800-841 91 "Sffljf fellto^JPCSj^^in - 'W3B WARN r U.S. CITIZENSH ock V roll fans "It's not the legend of the crash that holds people to Buddy Holly," Horowitz said. "It's the music that holds them; it's the happy music that still appeals." The small-plane crash also claimed the lives of recording stars Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson. i ne iaci is mat tne music startea nere. it was tne iocus 01 the tragedy here that propelled this music onto the national scene," Wilcox said. HOLLY MERGED the many popular musical styles of the 1950s to come up with something new, Horowitz added. "Buddy Holly's music was a fusion of nany things ? it wasn't pure anything. It was a combination of Tex-Mex, country, Western, Western swing, swing, rhythm and blues. What he came up with was rock 'n' roll ? he defined a new style," he said. irst narrative The story concerns a drifter (John Garpainter who field) who stops at a roadside diner where he of a country becomes involved with the owner's wife intriguing. (Lana Turner)andeventually a murder plot, h language is The last film to be shown during the 1 word. month of February, "Fellini's Roma," is a film virtually filled with drama, comedy and fantasy. 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