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Peter, Paul, Mary
own special spell'
By CHRIS HOUGLUM
Of the Emerald
A white-thatched young witch and two war
locks-in-residence—more commonly known as the
folk trio of Peter, Paul, and Mary—wove their
own special spell in Mac Court Friday night, and
it was enough to spur an initially impatient au
dience through successive stages of enthusiasm,
adulation, and ultimately, enchantment.
What took place went beyond any conventional
concept of “stage presence,” “audience rapport,”
or something similarly mundane. It was more on
the order of a complete disintegration of the per
former-audience gap, and a subsequent “Us” trip
shared by the approximately 5,000 persons in at
tendance.
The event kicked off on a slightly ominous note,
as the trio arrived late and spent some time tuning
up before appearing on stage. This prompted a
brief clapping and stomping demonstration by a
segment of the main floor audience.
But when the three performers galloped to the
stage for a hand-in-hand first bow, the response
was cordial, even enthusiastic. And when the'
trio broke into the first strains of an accelerated
“Moments of Soft Persuasion,” contact was as
sured.
Most of the selections which the trio performed
were familiar, gleaned at random from the
group’s eight albums, four of which have been
pushed into the million-seller class.
The same professional polish so evident in the
recording studios of Warner Brothers was there
too—the earnest, impeccable blend of shifting
harmonic patterns, dominated by the clear, strid
ent voice of Mary, beautifully supplemented by
Peter’s tenor and Paul’s reserved bass; by the
fresh clusters of chords turned on the men’s gui
tars; by the nimble string bass artistry of ac
companist Dick Kniss.
There was humor, too, with Peter delivering an
acerbic monologue on the interpretive twists
given his song “Puff” in that wistful, almost pro
fessorial manner of his, and Paul following with
reminiscences flavored with folksy jocularity.
But the spiritual oneness of observers and ob
served came following intermission, when dozens
of fans clustered about the foot of the stage for
such poignant, pleading numbers “I Shall Be Re
leased” and “Blowing in the Wind.”
Then—among the clapping, cheering, and sing
ing—came the realization of the affirmative qual
ity of the trio’s love-hope message: affirmation not
only of their art, or of the possibility of salvaging
this big, sick, lonely country, but of the essential
beauty of the performers themselves—a beauty
which was. for a few wild minutes Friday, con
tagious and complete.
Senior class presents
WU S
(World University Service)
April 21-26
Monday: "1968 Olympic Film"
6:30 & 8:00 p.m. — EMU Ballroom — 75c
Wednesday: Sorority Skits
6:30 p.m. — EMU Ballroom — 50c
Thursday: Turtle Derby
3:30 p.m. — EMU Terrace — Free
Friday: WUS Dance
8:00 p.m. — EMU Ballroom — $1.00
!
Saturday:..Clackamas Youth Circus
2:00 & 7:30 p.m. — Mac Court
50c for 12 & under —$1.00 for Adults
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The Eugene police department
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A canteen coin-change box in
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a man described as six-feet tall
of medium build between the
ages of 18-20 years old.
Seventy-five stereo records
were stolen from a third floor
room in DeCou Hall, Walton.
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The records were valued at $300.
Police received reports of two
stolen musical instruments
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Wiien the students returned, the
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Some University students are
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