Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 1980 Page: 3 of 6
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UNIVERSITY PRESS October 29,1980*3
Overview
Review/Mockingbird/Orchestra
6 Ordinary People
no ordinary film
A UP review
By DRORIT SZAFRAN-HEITNER
As I left the theatre in silence, one of
many-moved beyond words, I kept hearing
the sounds of “Didja like it?” echoing off
the walls and through my brain.
“Didja like it?”
“Ordinary People” is a film that you feel
personally—one that has a profound and
lingering effect upon you. It is not a film
that can be pigeon-holed, simplistically,
under a "like” or “hate” category.
The studios have “hyped” this film as
the successor to “Kramer vs Kramer,”
and for once they are indeed correct.
“Ordinary People” evokes the mood and
the tensions for which “Kramer vs
Kramer” became famous. In point of fact,
though, “Ordinary People" goes well
beyond the scope of “Kramer” and into a
realm of its own.
It is an ambitious film—one that took
enormous risks.
To begin with, its director, Robert Red-
ford, had never before directed a feature-
length film. Add to this his casting of ac-
tors against “type” and the fact that “Or-
dinary People” was virtually a four-
person film, and you begin to realize the
chances that were taken.
Redford, however, possessed a sense of
vision quite rare in seasoned directors, to
say nothing of novices. He had the
foresight to cast Mary Tyler Moore,
Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton and
Judd Hirsch.
Not one of the four actors cast was a con-
ventional or “logical” choice.
Mary Tyler Moore is primarily a
comedic actress—"little Mary Sunshine”;
everybody's sweetheart. In “Ordinary
People,” she is Beth, a beautiful, but ut-
terly cold and unfeeling mother.
Donald Sutherland is a comedic actor,
too, but is one who has not worked all that
much since his smash performance in
M*A*S*H. In “Ordinary People” he is
Calvin, a bewildered, although loving
father.
Judd Hirsch is an actor of both stage and
television. His on-screen persona of late,
however, has been identified as Alex Riga,
on the situation-comedy “Taxi”. In “Or-
dinary People,” he is Dr. Berger, an un-
conventional psychiatrist who doesn’t
adhere to the standard tenets of
psychoanalytical theory.
Finally, there is Timothy Hutton, a vir-
tual unknown.
It is he who is the unifying force in “Or-
dinary People,” portraying Conrad, the
tormented and confused son, with a
preciseness and mastery unparalleled by
most of his peers.
Herein lies the vision of Robert Redford.
Any director could have cast obvious
“acceptable” actors in the four roles. He,
however, saw beyond the labels of three
comedians and an unknown, to their poten-
tial performances.
Their performances are flawless. As in-
dividuals, they are brilliant. As a group,
they are overwhelming.
"Ordinary People” is a film that will af-
fect you most profoundly, and perhaps in
turn make you think. It is an experience
that may well be best shared, or perhaps,
even experienced alone.
It is an experience, however, that is not
to be missed.
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Tequila Mockingbird
‘Unusual” chamber music
group to play tonight—
The trio, Michael Joseph, vibraphone,
Jurgen Schwietering, violin, and Burt
Strompf, tuba will perform at 8 p.m.
tonight in the Setzer Student Center
Ballroom. Tickets are $2.50 with LU ID,
$3 for high school students and senior
citizens and $3.50 for general public. All
prices include admission to a reception
after the performance on the Eighth
Floor of Gray Library.
Lamar University Orchestra to present autumn concert
The Lamar University Orchestra, under
the direction of Dr. Joseph Carlucci,
professor of music, will present its annual
fall concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Univer-
sity Theatre.
Two music majors will be featured
soloists for the event. Wade Daniel,
Nederland senior, will perform the first
movement of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C
minor by Beethoven, and Brenda Bynum
Tanner, Beaumont junior, will play ex-
cerpts from the Suite No. 2 in B minor for
Flute and Strings by J.S. Bach.
Daniel is working on a double major in
piano performance and vocal music
education. He is a Mamie McFaddin Ward
scholarship student, a piano pupil of
Hubert Kaszynski, professor of music, and
a voice student of Joseph Truncate,
associate professor of music.
Daniel: has participated for the past six
years in the National Piano Playing
auditions. He serves as accompanist for
the Opera Workshop, Concert Choir and
Grand Choir, and has received honorable
mention three times in the annual
Beaumont Symphony Concerto Contest.
Tanner is a member of the Marching and
Symphonic Bands at Lamar, as well as the
Chamber and Opera Orchestras. She
belongs to Delta Omicron music sorority,
and is the holder of a band scholarship.
In addition to the performances by the
soloists, the orchestra will perform the
Symphony No. 8 in F major by Beethoven.
Student members of the orchestra in-
clude Mary Scott, Beaumont junior; Cindy
Culver, Beaumont sophomore; Rachel
Rodriguez, Beaumont freshman; Giselle
Tucker, Beaumont junior; Laura Johnson,
Freeport sophomore; Tim Brasfield,
Beaumont freshman; and Diedre Daven-
port, Beaumont freshman, all who play
violin.
Yvette Bean and Karen Geheb,
Beaumont sophomores, viola; Patty
Bradley, Nederland senior, cello; and
David Hazelton and Kevin Gaglianella,
Beaumont sophomores, string bass, are
also student members.
Other students in the orchestra are
Brenda Bynum Tanner, and Janet Smith,
Beaumont freshman, flute; Julie Hale,
Kirbyville freshman, oboe; Kim
Thibodeaux, Vidor senior, and Elaine
Brock, Nederland'senior, clarinet; and
Jack Martin, Nederland graduate student,
bassoon.
Reece Nagai, Vidor sophomore, and
Letitia Johnson, Beaumont freshman,
horn; Jeff Laird, Kirbyville senior, trum-
pet; and Tanya Coleman, Groves senior,
timpani.
Faculty and staff members are Dr. Ed-
ward Shmider, assistant professor of
music, violin; Ann Victor, adjunct in-
structor of music, cello; David Stanley,
assistant to the property manager, oboe;
and Raul Ornelas, instructor of music,
trumpet.
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Editor
Susan Marlow
Managing Editor
Frank Conde
Copy Editor
David Harrington
News Editor
Debi Simar
Sports Editor
Larry Going
Campus Editor
Mary Galow
Entertainment Editor
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Advertising Manager
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Paula Lagush
Composition Manager
Erett Thacker
Graphics Coordinator
Tommy Newton
Graphics Editor
Lisa Wilson
Cartoonist-Illustrator
Lance Hunter
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Kevin Lindsey
Jack Schwartz
Entertainment Assistants
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Advertising Assistant
Kristi Jordan
Graphics Assistant
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Photographers
Kurt Artman
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Radar Bell
Charles Cheek
Pascal Dinh
Shawn Prablek
Staff Writers
Ann Bond
Rose Broussard
Marvin Montgomery
John Pugh
Jack Sewell
Typesetters
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Ingrid Faulk
Circulation
Halloween Bash Friday
Magician—David Willis, pulling a skunk
out of his hat, will appear in SSC Friday.
The annual Halloween Party, scheduled
for 8 p.m., Friday in the Setzer Student
Center Ballroom, will feature a magician,
prizes, food, music and a midnight horror
movie.
The party is sponsored by SSC Council
and the Resident Hall Association.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
costumes, Monty Smith, SSCC president
and Brian Whitmore, RHA president, said.
Cash prizes of $100, first place, $50,
second place, and $25, third place, will be
awarded, Smith said. The contest is
limited to Lamar students.
David Willis, magician and comic will be
the master of ceremonies for the contest.
Willis will present a stage show at 6 p.m.,
Friday, in the SSC Perch as part of the
Halloween Week festivities, Bobbie Ap-
plegate, SSC program director said.
Sidney the Skunk, the world’s only
“skunk impressionist,” will accompany
Willis, she said.
Admission is free with LU ID, and door
prizes, snacks, beer and beverages will be
furnished by the SSCC and RHA, Smith
and Whitmore said.
The midnight movie following the party
is “Two Thousand Maniacs,” Larry King,
classic film chairman said.
“Maniacs” is a horror version of the
musical “Brigadoon.” It stars Connie
Mason, who later became a Playboy cen-
terfold, James Wood and Jeffrey Allen.
Herschell Gordon Lewis directed the
1964 film and also wrote the script and the
musical score for the movie.
Community members include Laura
Shmider, Tim Bloomer and Roma Or-
nelas, violin; Jayne Todd, viola; Robert
Davis, cello; and Mike Stelley, bassoon.
The concert is free to the public.
Other activities of the orchestra during
the year include performing for the fall
musical comedy production and the spring
opera workshop performances.
A spring orchestra concert is also plan-
ned. Anyone interested in joining the or-
chestra should contact Carlucci for an
audition.
Berthaiume
piano recital
first of series
Gerald Berthaiume, adjunct instructor
of music, will give a piano recital Sunday,
7:30 p.m., in St. Anthony’s Cathedral
(Roman Catholic), corner of Jefferson and
Wall streets.
Richard Craft, director of music for the
Diocese of Beaumont, said that Ber-
thiaume's recital will inaugurate the new
piano in the sanctuary of the cathedral.
The recital is the first in a series of
musical programs scheduled in the
cathedral. Admission is free.
Berthiaume, a Lamar faculty member
since January 1978, holds degrees in music
from the University of Puget Sound,
Tacoma, Wash., and the New England
Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.
Wurstfest: New Braunfels site of annual celebration
Fernando Prado
Wire Editor
Robbie Toran
David Crum
Production Manager
Gloria Post
Assistant Director of Student Publications
Jill Scoggins
Director of Student Publications
Howard Perkins
Publisher
The 20th annual Wurstfest, held in New
Braunfels, Texas, begins this Friday and
will continue for a total of 10 days
featuring everything from “The Wurst of
Dracula” by the Circle Arts Theatre to
some of the best beer and sausage in
Texas.
This colorful celebration is ranked first
nationally, and first in Texas, as the out-
standing special event in November.
The Wursthalle and Marktplatz, located
in Landa Park, feature food, beverages,
souvenirs, entertainment, and dancing.
The first year, it was called a Sausage
Festival; later, it became Wurst Week,
and finally, it became Wurstfest. It is still
a Sausage Festival for some as they enjoy
the Sausage Dog (dachshund) Show.
Prizes are given for the oldest, largest,
best dressed and the most sausage-like
dog.
Daily entertainment will be provided in
Der Gazebo that includes yodelers,
singers, bands, dancers and other special
features.
The old-time melodrama featured this
year at the Circle Arts Theatre will be
“The Wurst of Dracula.”
Some of the special events offered this
year will be the Wurst Sail Boat Regatta at
the Canyon Lake Yacht Club, the Wurst
Tennis Tournament with junior and adult
events, the Wurstfest Walkfest and Wurst
Soccer.
Television star Myron Floren of the
Lawrence Welk Show will make his 13th
appearance at the fest this year. There will
be a Sunday matinee followed by a nightly
show Sunday, Nov. 2, with two shows
nightly through Nov. 6.
For those interested in water sports,
there are approximately four to five places
among Old River Road that rent in-
nertubes, canoes and kayaks.
The historical sites in New Braunfels are
numerous. There are homes more than 100
years old with each having an individual
story of its own. Old churches and mills
that date back to the 1800’s can be found
here, along with the site where the first
chili powder was manufactured in 1896.
Wurstfest admission prices are $2 for en-
trance to the Wurstfest Grounds, and $3 to
enter the Wursthalle.
The Wurstfest information center will tye
opened from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily, and is
located at 380-90 Seguin Ave. Phone 512-
635-2385 for any questions concerning Wur-
stfest events.
Student Publications Board
George McLaughlin, Chairman
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Art
Beaumont Art Museum—“Masks,” an exhibit by 18
artists, today through Nov. 2. Museum hours: 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.
Film
SSCC Videotape--“Night of the Living Dead,” today
through Friday, 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. Videotape
lounge. Free.
SSCC Films--“The Changeling,” Thursday, 12:30
p.m. and 3:30 p.m., 50 cents admission; 6:30 p.m. and 9
p.m., $1.
Music
Tequllla Mockingbird-In concert 8 p.m. tonight in
the SSC Ballroom. LU ID $2.50 and General Public
$3.50.
Lou Rawls and Natalie Cole-Soul concert at the
Beaumont Civic Center, Thursday, Nov. 13. Tickets are
$11.50 and $9.50, on sale at the civic center box office.
David Berthlaume-Piano recital, 7:30 p.m. Sunday
at St. Antony's Church. Free.
Lamar University Orchestra—Annual fall concert 8
p.m. Tuesday in University Theatre. Free.
Fests
Wurstfest-German Folk Festival Friday through
Nov. 9 in New Braunfels.
Cajun Cowboy Wrangle—Heritage Festival at
Toomey Downs, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Vinton,
La.
Texas Renaissance Festival—Open every Saturday
and Sunday through Nov. 2. Located on FM 1774 bet-
ween Plantersville and Magnolia near Conroe. En-
tertainment and food for all ages. Hours are 9 a.m. - 7
p.m. Admission, adults, $7.95; children 5-12, $3.95; and
under five, free.
Theatre
Lutcher Theatre—“The Gin Game,” Saturday Nov. 8.
Tickets available at the box office or call 886-5535.
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