Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 14, 1979 Page: 3 of 6
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Young Choreographers
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The Young Choreographers Concert will be held
at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the University Theatre.
The concert, directed by Nancy Howe, instructor
of health and physical education, and sponsored by
the Lamar dance department, will consist of five
dances.
The first dance will be “Morning Lake,”
choreographed by Theresa Adame, Corpus Christi
senior. Next will be “Impressions,” choreogaphed
by Lou Talkington, Beaumont senior; and Dana
Heslep, Nederland freshman. The third dance will
be “Aves,” choreographed by Leslie Anderson,
Lake Charles, La., freshman.
Skip Landry, Portland freshman, choreographed
the fourth selection entitled “Gnomes”; and the
final dance will be “Evolution of the Wheel,” with
choreography by Suzanne Seay, Beaumont Senior,
and Sandy Burtzlaff, Friendswood senior.
“The choreographers took total responsibility for
the staging, production and public relations for the
dance,” Howe said.
There will be no admission charge for the per-
formance.
UPcoming
Chris Bliss: “Music for Your
Eyes,” Feb. 27, 8 p.m., in the
Ballroom. Admission is 50 cents for
Lamar students, $1 for the general
public.
Beaumont Art Museum: “Pain-
tings by Joan Steinman.” On display
through Feb. 18.
Options in Education: '‘Marijuana
and Alcohol Abuse in Junior and
Senior High Schools.” Broadcast by
KVLU-FM (91.3) at 10 a.m. each
Wednesday and Thursday, 6 p.m.,on
Saturday.
Friedrich Richard Petri: “Ger-
man Artist on the Texas Frontier.”
On display at the Lamar Spindletop
Museum through March 5.
Santana/Eddie Money/Sad Cafe:
In concert at the Houston Coliseum,
tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets available at
the box office.
Peter Tosh: Performing at the
Texas Opry House, Saturday.
Tickets available at the Texas Opry
House box office, Warehouse Recor-
ds and Tapes, and all Top Ticket
outlets.
Dave Brubeck: Performing at the
Texas Opry House, Feb. 15. Tickets
available at the Texas Opry House
box office, Warehouse Records and
Tapes, and all Top Ticket outlets.
Rush: Performing in Beaumont’s
Fairpark Coliseum, March 4, 8 p.m.
Tickets available for $7 at the
Beaumont Civic Center box office,
Sunrise Imports, Soundstage Recor-
ds and Tapes, and Salmar’s.
Thin Lizzy/Nazareth: Performing
in the Beaumont Civic Center, Mar-
ch 6, 8 p.m. Tickets available for $7
at the Civic Center box office, Soun-
dstage Records and Tapes, Sunrise
Imports, and Salmar’s.
Elvis Costello: In concert at the
University of Houston Cullen
Auditorium, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. Tickets
available at all Top Ticket outlets
for $6.50 and $7.50.
Henry Mancinl: Performing at
Jones Hall in Houston, March 9, 8
p.m. Tickets available at all Top
Ticket outlets and Jones Hall box of-
fice for $10 and $25.
Lawrence Welk: Performing at
the Houston Summit, March 9, 8
p.m. Tickets available at all Top
Ticket outlets and the Summit box
office for $6.35, $7.35 and $8.35.
Richie Havens: Performing at the
Texas Opry House, Feb. 24. Tickets
available at the Texas Opry House
box office, Warehouse Records and
Tapes and all Top Ticket outlets.
Campbell and Mitchell
will perform in Perch
Dave Campbell, Beaumont junior and
singer-guitarist, will make a return ap-
pearance in the Perch, Friday, at 9 p.m.,
as part of the Coffeehouse performers
series.
Guest soloist will be cellist Karen Mit-
chell, Beaumont freshman, who will ac-
company Campbell on several pieces.
Campbell said that the collaboration
resulted by chance.
“It’s something I’ve always wanted to
do,” Campbell said. “I like the sound of a
cello. I met Karen when I was playing at
Carlo’s, and she suggested that we play
together sometime. We did, and it
worked.”
Campbell has appeared on his own in
Houston, Austin, New Orleans, and in
spots around Beaumont. He has performed
in the Perch on several occasions.
Their performance is free to Lamar
students and their guests.
Instructor Nancy Howe (above
left) takes the dance company
through a routine. Left: Dan-
cers (left to right) Skip Lan-
dry. Katherine Johnson.
Richard Garcia, and Theresa
Adame perform “Morning
Lake.”Above right: Dancers
(left Ip right) Suzanne Seay.
Dana Heslep, Skip Landry,
Sandy Burtzlaff, and Lou
Talkington perform “Evolu-
tion of the Wheel.” Right:
The company rests at the
end of the workout.
Photo* by Dave Campbell
f* Mike Culaia
Despite powerful close
KVLU’s ‘Dark’
gets dim review
By BRETTTHACKER
a UP review
In spite of a sputtering pace better suited
for an old jalopy than for a university-level
play, KVLU-FM’s production of “Wait Un-
til Dark” came to a powerfully tuned close
in University Theatre Saturday night.
Before the final blackout, three murders
had been swiftly committed, leading
onlookers to believe that most of the ac-
tors’ energies had been conserved for the
better part of two acts, only to be expended
in one, tumultuous sequence.
Director Gary Hinson, KVLU’s produc-
tion director, had the right idea by staging
“Wait Until Dark” in thrust style, allowing
the audience to sit within a few feet of the
action, to heighten the intimacy of the
show and draw viewers deeper into the
complex plot.
But, it didn’t work.
Most of the cast, as well as the director,
were unable to grasp the subtle nuances of
the script and bring them to a reasonably
mounted climax. The show’s rollercoaster
timing and abrupt ending can be at-
tributed to this.
“Wait Until Dark” is Frederick Knott’s
story of the trials of a blind young woman
suddenly having to cope with three crooks
trying to find, in her apartment, a heroin-
filled doll brought back from Canada by
her husband.
Playing Susy Hendrix, the blind woman,
was Lamar graduate Elaine Williams-
Hinson, the director’s wife. She was one of
the few characters in the show concerned
with pacing, and her job was made all the
more difficult by her feigned blindness.
Williams-Hinson fit the role well, never
slipping out of her facade.
The main offenders in the inconsistent
timing were the three crooks, Mike
Talman (Texas City senior Bill Sansom),
Sgt. Carlino (former student Sam Orton)
and Harry Roat (Port Arthur senior Scott
Monk.)
Orton was the best of the trio, adding
some much-needed spice to the play with
an entertaining Upper Atlantic accent,
which provided a good comic foil to his
comrade Sansom.
Sansom was adequate as Talman,
though, had he been on stage less, he would
have been the better for it. Through no
fault of his, the character was unexciting,
yet essential.
As the psychotic killer Roat, Monk war-
med up slowly, letting Act I bog down
too much. Nevertheless, Monk got into the
groove by the middle of Act II, and was
especially effective during the show’s lat-
ter stages.
Rounding out the major characters were
Eric Pomeroy, a Lake Charles computer
technician, as Sam Hendrix, and Debra
Hinson (the director’s sister), Nederland
High School sophomore, as Gloria.
Pomeroy came across as too juvenile as
Susy’s husband, but Ms. Hinson, despite
her relative inexperience, was calmly ef-
ficient and exuded much potential as the
prying Gloria.
Even though the flow of “Wait Until
Dark” was ragged, Director Hinson didn’t
slip up in his blocking. He used the stage
area very efficiently. The shock ending
(though the audience wasn’t prepared for
it) was the best executed I’ve seen on the
LU stage.
Still, brilliant staging cannot rescue a
play where most of the cast is wallowing in
their own characterizations. A certain
amount of ensemble would have helped the
timing of “Wait Until Dark” and made it
honestly worth the $5 or $6 that most
people paid to get in.
Band Rehearsal—Dr. C.A. Wiley directs the symphonic band in rehearsal Monday for
the annual spring concert Feb. 25
Photo by Mike Cutaia
Lamar band to present
annual spring concert
The Lamar University Symphonic Band,
under the direction of Dr. Charles A.
Wiley, professor of music, will present its
annual spring concert at 2 p.m., Feb. 25, in
the University Theatre.
Selections for the program include An-
dante and Rondo by Ernst von Dohnanyi,
and Beguine: “Summer’s End’’ by
William Rhoades, head of the music depar-
tment at the University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque.
The next selections include three
pasodobles to be guest-conducted by three
Lamar graduates presently teaching in
area schools. Matt Brackin, Hardin-
Jefferson High School, will conduct “Diego
de los Reyes”; Diane Baker, Hull-Daisetta
High School, will conduct “Antonio
Maravilla”; and James Pelloat, Dayton
High School, will close with “Carlos Arruz-
za.”
Continuing the program will be a piece
composed by Leon Steward Jr., Baytown
sophomore.
The band will close the program with
three Armenian dances: Hov Arek
(Peasant’s Plea), Khoomar (Wedding
Dance), and Lorva Horovel (Songs from
Lori).
The symphonic band will begin a tour of
Texas and Mexico March 8. The itinerary
includes stops in Baytown, Pearland, and
three concerts in Monterrey, Mexico,
sponsored by the Instituto Mexicano Nor-
teamericano De Relaciones Culturales.
The symphonic band’s concert Feb. 25 is
open to the public, and admission is free.
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