The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1973 Page: 4 of 12
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Camera fiends congregate at International Photo Show
by A. J. FOYT
The International Photo Op-
tical Show Association (IPOSA)
produced Houston's first Inter-
national Photo Show in the As-
trohall last weekend, November
1-4.
IPOSA is a non-profit organ-
ization dedicated to the promo-
tion of fine photography and
photographic equipment. Its
members include leading in-
ternational manufacturers and
distributors of cameras and re-
late)! equipment. The formation
<-f IPOSA almost two years
ago set a precedent within the
photographic industry, as it
marks the first time that com-
petitive manufacturers and dis-
tributors have come together in
the general interest of the med-
ium.
There were some drawbacks
in Houston's first show of this
kind.
The original idea was to have
all the member manufacturers
a n d distributors contribute
money to a show that would
transcend the ordinary com-
mercial show (where sales
a
Grease" slicks down the Fifties
by NANCY TAUBKNSLAG
Wop - bop - alula-balop-bani-
boom! Clear the way, nerds,
'cause Grease is coming! Grease
r.sed to slick down ducktails,
the greasy hamburger joint,
and. of course, Greased Light-
:the jalopy famed for high-
velocity activity in the back
•seat during drive-in movies.
Yes. Grease, "the dancinges mu-
......-a: in town," will be bopping
at the Music Hall this week-
. -.1.
7?.e musical comedy by Jim
• and Warren Casey
--nicies the hardships of Typ-
! " Teenagers in the 1950's.
■ ignores the mundane
■ "f the elite—-the square,
-*• nius, the yearbook editor,
those other outsvillc cha-
'( rs who probably ended up
HiCt-—in favor of the aver-
- - ''-ivs who roamed the hal-
■'V- i halls of Kydell High. Be-
( tales of a legendary
-unnvier fling with the top
rreaser in town, the "in crowd"
immediately accepts the new-
i. ir.-in-shool, though she is
Miss Purity incarnate. This
wnolesome "Sandra D." in a
nlannel skirt with appliqued
poodle, glides through the
i-scent experiences of lunch-
"ni gossip, pa jama parties, and
- ' -'"i dances. Drinking, pier-
ner ears, smoking, and
he:her or not to "do it" com-
; - lite her moral life: will she
Daniel Boone
Cycles
just through Hermann Park
DAN & JOY
3318 Crawford 528-7109
or won't she be besmirched and
become a normal teen ? The
moral debate coupled with hub-
cap thefts, pregnancy scares,
and miscellaneous 1950's mo-
ments pad the play to over-
flowing with totally non-serious
dialogue and song.
Though Grease's humorous
music and dances originated in
1972, their rhythmic roots are
firmly in the Fifties. Show-
stopping ditties characteristic
of the blend of comedy and
melody include: "Greased Light-
ning," "Look at Me, I'm San-
dra Dee," "Beauty School Drop-
out," and '"Raining on Prom
Night."
Grease is a nostalgic look
back to the era of pointed bras
and Chubby Checkers. The mu-
sical will run tomorrow through
Sunday, November 9-11, at the
Music Hall.
were more important than any-
thing else). One of the inten-
tions was to have a forum for
serious photographers and an
aesthetic, educational experi-
ence for all attending. Un-
fortunately, after two shows
prior to Houston's exhibition
(in New York City and Chi-
cago), the contributing com-
panies put pressure on the or-
ganizers to draw attention
through less - than - aesthetic
means. Some critics have point-
ed out possibily fraudulent ad-
vertising (for example, IPOSA
vertised a workshop with Joe
DiMaggio, and weren't too
concerned about specifying that
DiMaggio wasn't the DiMag-
gio of baseball. They did use
the apposition ' "freelance pho-
to journalist and Nikon 'tech-
rep'". Also, the introduction of
hostesses in scanty costumes
doing "cheesecake" poses for
swarming photographers seem-
ed to undermine any attempts
to make the show serious.
Nevertheless, mobs of I-Ious-
tonians showed up; an admis-
sion of ?2 .50 was charged at
the door. The show feature;!
camera and equipment dis-
plays, a vast collection of pho-
tographs, and a lecture series.
"Technical representatives''
were on hand to answer ques-
tions, but. the advertising bro-
chures covered just- everything
there was to know. Lectures
covering a variety of photo-
graphic forms, styles and tech-
niques by qualified teachers
and practitioners in the photo-
graphic fields were held in a
"back room"; the flow of people
in and out of the room indi-
cated a rather unstable interest
in the proceedings.
The size of the crowd indi-
cated that Houston has a large
number of amateur photogra-
phers willing' to pay to handle
new equipment and learn more
about their hobby. This year's
show was somewhat disappoint-
ing, but it was only the first.
Future editions may prove bet-
ter.
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From ''The Dream
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dor,'
at the
—Arthur Treer
Photo Show
★ ★
CAPSULES
* *
Chocks Cashed for
Rice Students
Jackson Lee
Exxon Service
23(51 Rice — JA 8-0148
Mechanic On Duty
DANGLO
The Comet Approaches: The
UFO Wrinkled Crab People are
preparing to take selected hu-
mans off. the earth to insure
survival of the species, as
Comet Kohoutek will collide
with this planet during late
January. Tentative departure
date will be January 1, 1974;
see your local Houston co-
ordinator for details.
Applications due by Thanks-
giving . . .
* * *
The Guru opens ft three-day
run this weekend, tonight
through Saturday, in the As-
trodome. Plans for a stage
framed with rainbows and
waterfalls — an ethereal altar
•—• and crowds of up to 100,-
000 have been made. Bob Dylan
and George Harrison are
among the notables many be-
lieve will show up for Mille-
nium '73. You'd be surprised
at some of the people who will
Tiie exciting- young American Composer
STEVE REICH & MUSICIANS
FREE CONCERTS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11, 8 P.M.
The Rothko Chapel
MONDAY NOVEMBER 12, 8 P.M.
The R.M.C., Rice Campus
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13, 8 P.M.
Contemporary Arts Museum
"In Steve Reich's 'Drumming' we find the image of
the music of the 70's. Elemental, fanatically single-
minded and possessed of a relentless driving force,
it produces in the listener a state of physical elation
for which there is no parallel in Western music."
—Michael Nyman, Vogue, 2/72
Sponsored by the Institute for the Arts, Rice University
and the Menil Foundation
Presented in cooperation with The Rothko Chapel and the
Contemporary Arts Museum
be there, a Divine Light Mis-
sion spokesman reported . . .
* ❖ *
Concert Dates: Bob Dylan
will play Houston on January
26 . . . Liberty Hall hosted
Joker Moon and Little Feat last
weekend; their current sched-
ule includes Loudon Wain-
wright III and comedian Frank-
lin Ajaye playing the Hall to-
night through Sunday. Shows
a 8pm, with 11pm late shows
on Friday and Saturday . . .
Bill Graham Productions has
announced a Grateful Dead con-
cert in the Sam Houston Coli-
seum for December 15. Another
stab will be made at obtaining
block tickets for Rice . . .
Graham Nash and David
Crosby ' play Hofheinz Novem-
ber 24 . . .
The U of H Program Coun-
cil hosts a three-way music fest
on Sunday, November 11 in
Hofheinz Pavilion. Mandrill, the
Bar-Kays and the Stories (with
their "hit" Brother Louie) all
plan to show up . . .
Beth Israel (5600 N. Braes-
wood) will host a night of
music, featuring Yince Bell,
Michael Marcoulier, B e r n i e
Smith and more. BIFTY (Beth
Israel Federation of Temple-
Youth) are sponsoring; a
minimum donation of $1.50 is
requested, and all proceeds go
to the Israeli Emergency Fund.
Concert starts at 7:30pm, ends
when the music does . . .
Wild West and Concerts
West bring their next concerts
to Houston on the same date,
November 18. Edgar Winter
and Spooky Tooth will play
Hofheinz; Sha-Na-Na will play
the Music Hall on that date ...
* * *
The American Film Theater
debuted in Houston with Harold
Pinter's brilliant (screenplayed)
The Homecoming. There was
one great performance (Paul
Rodgers as Max); unfortunate-
ly, most of the Meyerland audi-
ence could not understand it
(they took top drama scenes as
low comedy and thought that
Cyril Cusack and Paul Rodgers
were slapstick comedians. They
didn't laugh as much w h e n
Cusack (as Sam) had a heart
attack, which was to their
credit). Outside, later, they said
it all: "I couldn't make heads
or tails out of it . . . tell me
. . . was that really his wife?''
and "This sidewalk is slippery."
. . . Less optimistically, the
sets, lighting and camera angles
were bad to mediocre; frankly,
Hallmark Hall of Fame could
have done better . . .
It is debatable whether The
Iceman Cometh or A Delicate
Balance will be the next Amer-
ican Film Theater production
in Houstop. Latest reports have
it for Lee Marvin and his troupe
of outcasts in Eugene O'Neill's
famous tavern. Edward Albee
won a Pulitzer Prize for A Deli-
cate Balance; old-timers will
remember the Rice Players' ex-
cellent production of it here. In
the film, Katherine Hepburn
plays Agnes, Paul Scofield her
husband Tobias; Lee Remick
takes on the alcoholic daughter.
It's set for December, Iceman
for November 12-13. (By the
way, season s u b s c r i b e r s
shouldn't worry too much about
missing the show at their spe-
cified time. Large incoming
crowds around 15 minutes be-
fore the show preclude careful
checking of the tickets) . . .
* * *
Gourmet Weekends: There's
better Mexican food at Leo's on
Shepherd than El Patio on WT.
Gray (and larger helpings,
quantity freaks) . . . the Ravin'
Cajun is grej|<t if you want small
portions of shrimp ereole, dirty
(sic) rice and red beans. The
atmosphere is pleasant, especial-
ly when you're the only cus-
tomers (which happens often—
when everyone is back in Baton
Rouge) . . . next time you hit-
Alfred's in the Village, choose
the waitress who finally met
the most contemptible customer
ever, in Houston, of all places
(after a stint at Miami Beach,
yet). Ask for Millie . . .
s'fi * *
Short Takes: Fiddler on the
Roof gets under way this week
at Cullen Auditorium on the
U of H campus. The show will
run tonight through Saturday.
November 10 . . .
The Rice Players' Disinte-
gration of James Cherry will
open next week. A press re-
lease, about the play in Hous-
ton's newest newspaper, The
Southern Voice, was bylined
James Cherry . . . The Im-
portance of Being Earnest will
open November 28 at Baker.
Grease, the "dancingest show
in town", a satire on the 19'50's
rock 'n roll era, will come alive
at the Music Hall November 9-
11. It has survived Broadway
for about a year; nostalgia for
the era of the jitterbug has
pushed it to success. Songs in-
clude Beauty School Dropout,
Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee
and Alone at the Drive - In
Movie. Southwest Concerts sells
tickets through Foley's . . .
Theater Under the Stars will
produce Kismet with Howard
Keel later this month, and
Annie Get Your Gun next
February ...
The Alley has completed
casting for two new produc-
tions. Eugene O'Neill's Ah,
Wilderness!, a "comedy of re-
collection", will open November
29 on the large stage.
Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Anne Sexton will appear in the
Houston Room of the Univer-
sity Center, U of H, tonight.
She will present a poetry read-
ing and discussion at 8pm . . .
Come on, y'all, down The Gos-
pel Road. Johnny Cash and
wife June Carter,' will appear
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1973, newspaper, November 8, 1973; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245177/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.