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Art Clokey to visit U! By Tracy Mixton Gumby, the little clay figure who hit television's big time 30 years ago with his trusty sidekick, Pokey the horse, is coming to USC. Well not nilit/? Art rinl-nti ? m?*??* the man behind that green playdough, will visit tomorrow night, in an appearance sponsored by the Carolina Program Union. Clokey will present a lecture and film in the Russell House at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $2 for students and $3 for the general public. THE FILM will show how Gumby and other clay Clokey figures came to life and evolved over the years through cinematography. Gumby made his television debut in 1956 on NBC's "The Howdy Doody Show," and then moved to his own halfhour Saturday morning show. The program went into syndication the next year, and by 1965, Gumby could be seen on more than 95 stations. Twenty years later, Gumby is still going strong. He has become a semi-cult hero among college students, thanks in part to comedian Eddie Murphy's Struggling ai By Sharrl Mafcsin How does a struggling Colum work its way up the ladder of roc stardom? Alan Walker of Tommy Rebel Rockerfellas says it's hard work, worth the outcome of getting a cc recording contract. The band will be featured Magazine" on WIS Channel 10 tor 7:30 p.m. W Ck 1 Vat f Ha IaoH oinnar ?%r\A Art* w * * * | HIV 1VUU JlllgVl UKU VII Li 11 1 I Rockcrfellas, belts out songs that ar with energy and spice. Tommy R< guitarist, reaches new dimensions ir roll music. Cv Nashville gr By A^tociited Prw NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Tentati the old red-brick house where bud cians are learning from the masters Their teachers ? some of the cit ? can command high prices for the in a two-siory house a block from f the music is almost free. For 50 cents, a future Buddy R Isaac Stern or Count Basie can leai TO THE UNINITIATED, the so fusing as Kenneth Wendrich, execu W.O. Smith Community Music S< eager young drummer. "Roll, flam, flam, roll, flam, flar Ext <?>$14.00 On F i j Twice A Wi [ J . dt< dfc < IHr Hr 1 COLUMBIA PLi l i 1916 Tayl | I rl-oIumbia, bouth HI <i A,.,i Phone 2' |(?5| OPEN 7 "Bring this Cou y?^\ I creator oi >C audiencf "Saturday Night Live" impersonation. But it's more than that; people remember watching the animated program as children. And in each episode, there was a lesson in good manners for Clokey's young viewers. CLOKEY HAD TOTAL CONTROL over the Gumby productions, and wrote almost ' 90 of the 130 programs. "NBC gave me complete artistic freedom to write and produce the Gumby adventures without having to test them before 'committees' and executives, or special test audiences," he says. "(The network) had faith in the integrity and appeal of Gumby." "It was a joy to work under such idyllic conditions. As a result, Gumby became a true creative and artistic phenomenon." Ironically, Clokey didn't plan to continue his stop-action animation after first experimenting with cinematography in 1953, when he used clay in place of swiss cheese in a Budweiser TV commercial. rea band clim The three-man ban ibia band sounds ranging^. fron :k 'n' roll recordings to upbeat, < Their sound is neitl and The Southern rhythm and but well Their laid-back' aj jmmercial Walker and bassist J. ] The result is exemplif on "PM and "Come On," two rinrrnu; at WIISP Rr?th sre avail: that went to Number : Tier of the chart. e pumped The lively trio writ 2bel, lead music. "It's what we a 1 rock 'n' can't categorize our m For three and a h oup organize paradiddle, tap, I ve drumbeats fill plays along with ding young musi- "Listen to it o tells a wide-eyed y's best musicians then executes th< :ir craft. But here, "I've got it," amed Music Row, THAT SENS ich, Gene Krupa, W.O. Smith hai n how it's done. Nashville music j three years ago unds are a bit con- from low-incomi tive director of the lessons. :hool, instructs an The students, individual lessor n, roll, paradiddle, groups. irst Donation<3$9| sek Donation I { 4fc M B JD I? I \SMA CENTER i or Street- H Carolina 29201 54-668* . ^ :00 AM <gS! port with you.*9 (SSr I I its ^ training classes * ^^Thursday, February 28 ^ Meetings are held every Thursday Night at 8:00 in room 302 of the Russell House, terested persons are invited. _ -1.. f Gumby, >. 8 / Pi (( MJSp 6usr *. CO ibing ladder of success d is suited to produce Walker performed in a band called Ati mellow, slow-uance mosphere. After meeting Coward, they form;nergetic dance themes. ed Tommy Rebel and the Rockerfellas. ner neavy metal nor After listening to their recordings, a listener blues. goes away realizing that this group puts >peal is what Rebel, everything they've got into their music. The tiKyle Coward thrive on. tie cut on their debut tape, "Lift Off," is a ied by "Good Times" powerful illustration of their forceful, opsongs being played on timistic mood: "Ready for a liftoff, ready to able on a 45 rpm record blast off, I'm ready to go." J on the WUSC singles On Friday, the band will be performing at the Civic Auditorium in Batesburg, about rs much of their own thirty miles west of Columbia on U.S. 1. ire," Rebel ?ays. "You This up-and-coming band should not be usic." overlooked. Their music is definitely how talf years,^Lebel and rock 'n' roll sh^ld sound. s free music lessons for Flam, flam." Wendrich calls out as he Snmc r?f thp tparherc ur*? n a student on the snare drum. Nashville Symphony. Others te nee so you can get it in your ear," he University's acclaimed Blair Schc Dan Tashin. The 10-year-old does, receive hefty fees for sessions wor : series himself. But here, ir. the house near the he says proudly. they all play for free. E of accomplishment is just what THE MAN BEHIND the schot d in mind when he and a group of grew up in a poor Philadelphia n< ind civic leaders came up with the idea himself to play the viola and bass; for a music school for young people greats and symphony orchestras, e families who couldn't afford private As a child, Smith recalled, he Basie records and "drive my grar ooi>c 1 tr\ 1ft nav c?ntc fV?r mnctlii ?'I ?? *? ' II-* "DVl' ^ 'V ?VI iuv/jiij A ItfllllCU Ull Illy UWU. I 11MCIICC is; the younger children are taught in to play what they did," he said. The records and occasional trip I CAMPUS WATCH WANTS YOU P? 8 ?988 88 * 8?? 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II What you see or hear, II Address or location of incident, II ji Number of persons involved, II Description of these persons, // Details and circumstances, If License number or description II Direction of fleeing suspects, , U Your name itnd address (if yout desire to give it). j WHEN YOU OBSERVE, HEAR (OR YOU ARE IN DOUBT, CALL 777-4215 I KmmAUmtt IN AN EMERGENCY CALI^ UtC |: Thomas Richar Choreogra to educate By Merris Mann Thomas Richards got his start in ballet because of a dare from his former girlfriend. Today, Richards is principal dancer and resident choreographer with the South Carolina Ballet Theatre, and one of his ballets will be the closing performance at this year's Southeast Regional Ballet Festival in April in Charleston. Richards began his career at age 20, and eight years later his big break came in Atlanta, where he . met Anita Ashley, SCBT's artistic director. In 1981, Ashley offeredhim a position in Columbia, and he accepted. < < RICHARDS BECAME a choreographer at the ripe age of 31 t ? TTiibn a iiitiiu in i^uuisiuiia pujpuscd they make a ballet together. Since then, he has choreographed seven ballets, and he plans to start another one is April in Panama City, Fla. "I've been very lucky," Richards said. "When something bad has happened to me, something good also has happened, and it sort of led me into this direction." Richards insists the SCBT is much different from any other in the area, and thus there is no real competition. For instance, while the Columbia City Ballet does "The Nutcracker" every Christmas because of its wide appeal and popularity, the SCBT doesn't offer it because they like to pursue new ideas in the repertoire, Richards said. He says the company's uniqueness earned ot acceptance into the National Association of Regional Ballet in 1983, which he says is highly unusual for such a young company. Richards says those who attend the Charleston festival will probably see more ballet in that one week than they ^ordinarily would in a whol^ear. anderpriviiej nusicians with the Symphony, arrai :ach at Vanderbilt tion to music. >ol of Music. Some k at nearby studios. SINCE RETII Vanderbilt campus, in 1982 after 30; concentrated mil school off the gi >1 is Smith, 67, who The school c ;ighborhood, taught building and off and played with jazz Its only operatir for Wendrich ai : would play Count donations cover idmother crazy." "Having live I to records and tried taught in public! on-one instructs s to the Philadelphia Smith said. hat is Responsible Drinkii :all campus alcoho project 777-6688 JfJlB'lJI.MIMrnS ALL WEATHER SUNQLA5 $15.00 OFF RAYBAN GLASS OF ANY TYPE, SIZE OR COf> SfiKFgKHj mi'liiUWilHitiKMHailfllHIIIHl'llrtMl'i [LETTC on C?a lai fpatfiigJiE B ry WEDIEmi HI* Also Tuesday tflghts aj*d. I* 975 Knox Abbott Dr. StT 794-5469 ' M ds pher wants with ballet I RICHARDS SAYS ballet isn't as popular in South Carolina as in other areas of the country, primarily because people haven't had enough exposure to it. Richards wants to change the public's attitude and educate them more on the subject. The ballet he will be choreographing in Panama City is a jungle ballet for 12 female dancers based on legends of the Amazon tribes and using music by Brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti. "I was listening to everything I could think of," Richards said. "I knew I wanted to make something jazzy." When Ashley lent him her Gismonti albums, Richards recalled, "I found this piece and just fell in love with it; It was exactly what I needed." Three of Richards' other ballets will be presented March 8-10 at the Keenan High School i Theater and March 15 and 16 at the Kershaw County Fine Arts Center in Camden as part of SCBT's Spring Premier Performances. Two are "A Deux," a ft 1 passionate romance set around a couple who break up only to get back together again and "Rain of Diamonds," the story of a girl at j her first debutante ball. . RICHARDS ALSO participated in the choreography of "Peter and the Wolf," the classic Russian children's story. "It should be really entertaining," Richards said. "It's very ac cessible. You don t need to know anything about dancing, aor anything about music, or anything about anything because it's basically a theater piece. It's multifaceted. For ticket information, call 771-7228. geri children iged by his church, were his introducI UNG fromTennessee State University years as a music professor, Smith has ich effort on getting the community ound. >pened in October in a renovated ers lessons to more than 200 students, ig costs are maintenance and salaries id a secretary. Private and corporate those. d in poor neighborhoods, having schools ... 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