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F'age 8 ? June 12, 1985 E ntertainment THE OAMKCCX'K i Boston Pops t Lonductor Williams returns to Columbia C#aim Qtaff Pnnnrfc bW! woym % ? Fourth of July Weekend festivities will end with a musical bai g July 7 when the University of South Carolina presents The Boston Pops on l our with conductor John Williams. Arrangements for the Boston Pops on lour were finalized in ^nrlv Anril nu?r<? lh:in <?iv iiwmlln. :iffcr ncixil i:i t intn. hronn ... ^ . .. v..? . . ? " ' ^ V?DM" The Columbia performance will launch the orchestra's 100th anniversary tour, which is funded in part by the Signal Companies. USC is one of only two university stops and the only southern location chosen to host a 100th Birthday Tour Concert. Among the other cities on the tour arc New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Houston and l.os "IT IS a leather in the cap of the entire city," said Chic Dambach, executive director of the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties. "Bringing this concert to Columbia is a tremendous accomplishment. The Boston Pops has become a national symbol of July l ourth, and I expect this event will keep people home for the weekend." The Columbia Concert will attempt to replicate the lighthearted and festive atmosphere that marks the "Pops" annual spring concert season in Boston by making a limited number ol se;its at tables on the floor available. The 270 table seats may be purchased lot SK5 each, or an entire sis person table can Ik- reserved for $500. I his price includes refreshments at the concert and a gala reception afterwards John Williams is expected to attend the post-concert party. Along with the table seating, 7.500 additional tickets will be available for the concert. I he majority of these tickets will be $15 with a limited number of $10 tickets available. THE CONCERT will mark a return engagement to the Carolina Coliseum for Williams, who received an honorary degree from the University in 1981. The winner of three Oscars and more than a do/en June movie rele; n - i bummer opens wnr , , f y Chevy Chasa acts out a sports fantasy in "Retch," a newv I released this month. o celebrate bin Boston Pops conductor John Williams will bring his show on th isoum to celebrate its centennial anniversary. Academy Award nominations, Williams has composed and conducted the scores for more than 50 movies, many of them box office legends. Mis credits include "Star Wars," "Jaws," "Close E-ncounters of the Third Kind," and "Superman." ases i a dozen new movies By Tone Cantrell Entertainment Editor J11 in* is the traditional beginning ol the summer mime season. Mote than C It ........ .twin.v.i m,.( .in.. ...II K.. P.M, I I"1'"1"-' "? released iIiin suininc-i. I he month ol June will witness the ainval ol twelve new movies. Here's <i htiel svnopsisol the upcoming movies hemy teleased tins month, and look lor more tnon tlilv updates thtoti^h the sntnniei. "Perfect" I lus ( olumhia Pictures telease. starring lohn liavolta and Jamie I ee ( mils, follows a "Rolling Stone" ^EBK reportet as Ik* investigates lime dif fctcnl stories: single lite in a health spa, a businessman who's accused nl dealing cocaine and .1 ptofile ol .1 writer Ininc in \01tl1 Alrica. I his is yet another lilm t!i.it tackles the ques jSUH tion of journalistic rights ami respon | sibilitics. "Peiteal" opened in Columd Chevy Chase stars as the sarcastic 1 Investigative reporter Irwin Hetcher. \ While on an assignment, f letch is of I % , fered $50,000 by a millionaire who has m rnnfrarlrrl a terminal disease. Suicide a would deny his family life insurance 1/ benefits so 'the murder* is (he only If solution. "Fletch" opened June 7. [ "TIk (ioonies" pk i ^ This movie is a comic-adventure % 1 about a group of kids living in a Nor^ thwest coastal town who find an old j\ pirate treasure map and proceed to J Ate hunt for the lost treasure. "The / WftlHu - rinnnipikn i i vrt :ninl licr ^Ipvi'H .vi Spielberg creation and is currently playing in Columbia. "Secret Admirer" "Secret Admirer" follows t he > .-a JsUST mishaps of ?i young, lose siniiteii ^111 V who writes an anonymous love letter to the object of her adolescent desnt, llniuaraat film ....1, ... I I...,. W..l.~.,? ,i'. t.,..,. i I... See "Movies," peg* 9 thday at USC | P?Lg8B E>: * ^ e road July 7, when hit orchestra performs at Carolina Col Tickcts to the Boston Pops are currently on sale at the Carolina Coliseum and all usual Coliseum ticket outlets. For more information on the Boston Pops on Tour with John Williams, call 777-2555. New repertory series opens at Lonqstreet From Staff Reports A modern diaina, a classic l^th centur\ comcds, .1 cimtcm porat\ coineds anil a production designed especially lot child 1 on \mI1 bo pat t ot t ho P)X^ sum mot repot toi v season lime P> Aui'ust l at I S( I In shows include "l oxlue." a piosent da\ diama set 111 t lie Appalachian mount a ins o i nor 1 turn ( iooi eia; " I he < onn ti \ \n lie. a classic Kcsiorauon pia\ iclmkk'ii in manv as tne high pom I hi I ng I is h comed\ lustoi \; "( neatet I una," w Inch liisi finished a sucesslul run a( Xpolelo; and " I he f abulous I able lactoi\," a stor\ about a child who wandeis into Aesop's table lactoi\ and accidentia sets into motion a machine that churns out stones "I o\liie" will open the season lime ll> 2 V \N 1(1 I I I N in actoi Hume ( ion>ii and Ins Inglish triend ? Nusati I oopei, the play wilt lx uirccteil n\ Kussell ( iieen. I lie play tells ilie stor\ ot Annie Nations, .1 "V \eai i>kl mount.tin woman whose way ol lile is threatened l>\ a hiash r^al-csi<11 e developer ami In her son. a country singer who Conies home beset with problems. The play will run in repetory on selected dates m July. " I he Country Wife" weaves two plots together in a witty story about life in the 17th century. I)R. THOMAS COOKI-. will direct this play, which features a man wiio peipetrates a rioax on the gentlemen ol ins com munity, as well as the classic tale of an old man married to a much younger woman. The production will run in repertory between July 4 and Aug. 4. "Greater Tuna," which will be directed by James Patterson, is the hilarious send up of the intrigues, loves and feuds that make up life in the third smallest town in Texas. "Greater Tuna" will run in repertory July 10 through Aug. 2. ANN DKhllK.K will direct the children's play, "The f abulous I able f actory," wr?tt?n by Joseph Robinette and I hoinas lierney Music is an important to this story .ts words, Dreher said, and the entire lainily should enjoy n II... .. .11 I... I I I..I. ">< 1- ' ? > I 11V 1'ltIJ v-fc 11 | I ?v 1^1 MM IIKU JIM) sL* MIMMipi V A season subscription is % I 1 tor the public; Sl<> loi senioi citi/ens, military personnel ami 1 S( lacults stal I, ami *>' lot students lot moie niloiination or to make reservations call 777 2^5 I or 777 2552.