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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1976)
Fleeting visions • • • r \ Joffrey Ballet comes to Portland New York's celebrated Joffrey City Center Ballet will be appearing at the Port land Civic Auditorium for three performances this weekend, May 14th and 15th. This boldly experi mental troupe is one of America’s leading dance companies, exhibiting a style best described as to tally and boldly imaginative. The troupe has appeared world-wide, including a 1974 tour of the USSR which ended in Moscow, where the closing night au dience applauded for more than thirty minutes. The company is best known for such energetic works as Arpino’s ‘Confetti’, which relies on a skillful blend of psychedelics: mov ing scenery, film, lighting, and sound effects to create its euphoric effect. The sub 's ject matter ranges from so cial and political commen tary to short ballet classics, with the dancers repertory expanded to include k rock, swing, and bumps and I grinds. The works are truly V exhibitions of art, with the l dance as only one facet of the total emotional release. Friday evening's prog ram will include ‘Free Dan cers', Confetti', ‘Monotone II’, and Offenbach in the Underworld'. The Saturday matinee will include , 'Pavane on the Death of an Infanta', and Ball in Old Vienna’. Saturday evening they will perform ‘Moves’, ‘Drums, Dreams and Ban jos', and Deuce Coupe II'. Tickets for the Joffrey City Center Ballet are avail able at Celebrity Attrac k tions, 1010 S.W. Morrison, Portland, and Meier and Frank. J emu cultural forum presents neil sedaka tuesday may 25 mac court 8:00 pn tickets are $4.00 u of o students, 5.00 general, 5.50 reserved, available at sun shop, chrystalship, everybody’s records, emu main desk. a double tee event Also Turkey Run, Shinola 'Sons' highlight Sunfest It’s not often one gets to see a free concert in Eugene. Especially when it’s outdoors, on campus, and starring the Sons of Champlin flown in especially for the third annual Sunfest 76 concert, Sun day May 16 starting at 12 noon on the dormitory lawn at 15th and Agate. The Sons of Champlin, always popular favorites in Eugene, will be showcasing selections from their new Airiola Ip, "Circle Filled With Love.” Also featured in the "day in the sun," are local bands. Shinola, Turkey Run, Arroyo, the Lenny Green Quartet, and intro ducing from Portland, a fresh young rock and roll band — Thumbs. Also featured will be KZEL FM 96 s Gary Palmatier as guest emcee, and the Howard Lawson Dancers. The Sunfest concerts are de signed to present new and crea tive talents to the Eugene concert stage. The concert is being funded by residents of the Univer sity of Oregon's domitory system and the EMU Cultural Forum. It is co-sponsored in cooperation with the following merchants and agencies: Coca-Cola Distributors. Taco Time, Farrells. ASUO, Airiola Records and Columbia Records. Known for their "San Francisco Sound.” the Sons of Champlin will be assisted by their four-piece section for their two-hour set. The only band returning to Sun fest 76 is a veteran, Turkey Run, which will be performing its (pos sibly) last concert ever Sunday. Arroyo features ex-Wheatfield member Don Ross, and local guitarist Tommy Smith. Thumbs, an offshoot fo the old Sojac, is complemented by Willie Harold, ex-Sojac member As always. Sunfest is entirely free of charge Basie to hit Rose City The legendary Count Basie will bring his Orchestra to Portland's Paramount Theatre for a concert Sunday, May 16 at 8:00 p.m Billed as ‘The Most Explosive Force in Jazz,” conductor-pianist Basie has spread the exuberance of his big band sound for over four decades in Europe, Asia, South America and North America. In addition to popularizing such pieces as “One O'Clock Jump,” ‘Every Tub," "April in Paris” and “Every Day,” Basie s Band has regularly accompanied singers Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald. The Band has ap peared wun them on television specials, concert tours, records and in Las Vegas The Basie Band has won many honors through the years, includ ing the Esquire Silver Award, Downbeat Readers' Poll, Downbeat Critics' Poll and Playboy's All Stars’ All Star Award Basie, himself, has been elected a pianist to the Downbeat Hall of Fame. Tickets for the Northwest Re leasing event are now on sale at the Ticket Race at Lipman s, Ste vens & Son, First Federal in Van couver and at the Paramount Spring Spoof slated The "Rites of Spring," an an nual spoof presented by the Music Graduate Group, will be pre sented Saturday at 8 p.m. in the University School of Music Beall Concert Hall. The program will include sing ing, dancing, general mayhem and an original finale by doctoral candidate Phillip Bayles. The Music Graduate Group is an organization made up of and I representing graduate students in the music school. The Rites ol Spring' was begun in 1973, when the music faculty neglected to present its April Fool s Concert; the student version has since become an an nual event. 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