Big names, local talent join in extravaganza
By NICK GALLO
Of the Emerald
“To be realty listening to poetry
you have to be in the right place,”
explained Tomas Fuerrtes, a poet
from Santa Cruz. “And when
you're there it’s like a religious
moment, or maybe a better word
is a spritual moment, you know
what I mean?"
What Fuentes means is that the
Second Perennial Poetic Hoohaw
will be held on campus Saturday
from mid-day to midnight in a
celebration of spring, poetry,
music, fantasy, dance, magic and
well, simply.. the spirit.
The energy for this rite of spring
wiH focus itself in Hoohaw Field,
otherwise known as the area be
hind MacArthur Court. And the list
of performers is mind-boggling:
Paul Krassner, Rashaan Roland
Kirk, Dr. Timothy Leary, Gregory
Corso, Peter Orlovsy, Jack
MtcheNne, The Reverend Chum
leigh, The New Mime Circus, The
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But complying with new law
may run the entire state system $5
million, according to estimates by
Chancellor Roy Lieu alien. He re
ports that the costs will surety be
brought to the attention of the
Oregon Legislature this year.
Bob Stevenson, spokesman for
the Oregon Educational Coor
dinating Commission (OECC)
says, "we've had the same kind of
approach in Oregon as the fed
eral law warrants.
“It's the older buildings that
would come under the law," he
says. Stevenson says almost all
new buildings constructed or re
modeled within the last several
years have installed facilities for
the handicapped.
But Babcock explains, “If a
handicapped student wanted to
take a broadcasting class in Vil
lard Hall, he probably couldn't,
since there is no elevator." He
also points out that the chances of
a handicapped student getting a
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good seat in MacArthur Court are
slim.
However, he adds, "When I
came here about six years ago,
there was one wheel chair on
campus, now there are 30.1 think
we've done a tremendous job.”
Eugene Theater Company and of
course, yup, Ken Kesey. Allen
Ginsberg should be here to make
the sun go down. There’s rumors,
too, that just maybe — but only
maybe — Eldridge Cleaver and
Leary will hook up in a debate
about the future of the world.
And there’s more planned than
that. Scheduled are Damon
Knight, a leading figure in science
fiction, The Flying Karamatzoh
Brothers, The Checkered Players
and, of course, since this is a Poet
ical Hoohaw, poets. Lots of them.
Last year the First Hoohaw fea
tured a cavalcade of talent at
tracted from outside the area. This
year’s event win try to blend head
liners with a community orienta
tion.
‘The natural business of civili
zation in spring should be to bring
people together,” says Kesey,
one of many movers and shakers
in the Intrepid Trips Society for
Aesthetic Revolutionary Training
(ITS ART), which is sponsoring
the event in conjunction with
Northwest Review, a campus
literary magazine. "We want to try
sind plug everyone into this, try
and get the interflow between
community and the University
going, that’s why this is the right
place for it.”
But the idea of the Hoohaw is
more than just bringing perform
ers into Eugene, says Kesey.
It’s the event that counts. In the
future he forsees anything from in
formal wrestling matches to
statewide spelling bees to presen
tations by the Grey Panthers. In
other words, a celebration of the
human potential.
‘‘What we re doing now is firing
the vessel that we turned on the
wheel last year,” he says. “We re
starting a new form, something
which wil let everything flow to
gether in one big container,” he
says, handy with an analogy. “It
relates to the Oregon bottle bill —
people are more appreciative of
the vessel which carries every
thing."
The event will cost $5 per cou
ple (bring a blanket and a buddy, a
bongo and beverages in a ther
mos, reads a flyer), the idea being
to bring people together in a shar
ing experience. There should be
local art displayed, a 45-foot aerial
balloon in the shape of a whale, a
bell to ring-in story hour, food and
drinks and if judging by last year's
show, a myriad of surprises.
The blend of poets alone should
produce some surprises. Take
your Victorian idea of poetry,
spoken quietly and allowed to
wash over the crowd, combine it
with the entertainment of elec
tronic “people-as-poems” and
you might figure out what’s in
store.
“We’ve got a synthesis of the
new and the old,” says Ken
Babbs, one of the event’s or
ganizers. “For awhile the equip
merit in rock ’n roll took over the
person. New we've got a combina
tion of the electronic musician and
the medieval troubador."
Already $10,000 has been sunk
into the project, says Kesey, who
notes that at least 3,000 tickets
must be sold to cover expenses.
“We’ve got to get that much
back or it will turn into a philan
thropic folly that someone else will
have to do,” he says. “We’ve got
to make it this year or else it will die
on the vine like a big weird orchid.”
For more details and a program
of events, see the Emerald’s Sur
face and Symbol section Thurs
day. Tickets are available at the
EMU Main Desk, George’s Gar
age, the Oregon Film Factory and
the Springfield Creamery Health
Food and Pool Store.
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