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(The Print
“The energy is running
¡gh,” as the theater depar-
jient prepares to perform the
Iregon Premiere of “Wings” at
je College next week, says
oby Robinson,
theater
¡chnician.
This production not. only has
| distinction of being the
Oregon Premiere but, accor-
|ng to Jack Shields, has great
iocial value” as well.
The goal of the lighting,
5und crews and cast will be to
create as close as possible, the
iternal, mental, cerebral
lings that happen to a stroke
atient,” said Robinson.
Shields
once
arts
said that “Wings” was going to
be a “horrendous challenge.”
Recently, Shields exclaimed
that the cast and crew were
handling that challenge,
“magnificently.”
“Wings” is an unusual play,
because its sound, lighting and
cast each carry equal weight.
The cast does not have top
priority, as it does in most
productions, he says.
Robinson described it as a
“massive audio engineering
project.”
An audio tape is new com­
pletion . It will cover 50 minutes
of the 85-minute play. This
audio feat includes many
sound effects, including sirens,
airplanes and breathing.
“Everything is laid down,”
said Robinson. “Now it is a
matter of mixing, splicing and
putting it together. ”
This is being done by
professional Chris Hartmen, .
with
College
electronics
students, Vince Maxian and
Ron Petersen working as
technicians.
The cast, which includes
Barbara Bragg, Gayle Taylor,
Roy Osborne, Lynn Morris,
Edeena
Haffner,
Tod
Bassham,
Randy Evans
Diana Bauer, Marijo Poujade
and John Squier, is also han­
dling one-third of the produc­
tion.
“Wings” was written after
three years of medical resear­
ch. The College cast is doing its
part. They have conferred with
members of the Oregon Heart
Association in order to make th
performance as believable as
possbile.
Barbara Bragg will portray
Band still true to bluegrass
[Yes, Dr. Corn’s Electric
rass Band, billed to play at
ie College’s fourth annual
loedown, is the same group of
jnjo-twangin’ boys that per­
med the previous three
ears.
They maintain one differen-
,however. The music will be
insmitted louder with the use
amplifiers. Also, the once
lai bluegrass .group is bran-
iing into some swing and
untry “new-grass” music, as
ind member, Stu Dodge,
scribed it.
According to Dodge,’the
strictly acoustic band didn’t
have the “energy to Compare
favorably with the music
people are accustomed to
hearing.”
In spite of that change,
Dodge added that the band still
sounds the same. “There has
been no negative feedback,”
he said. “Even the real sticklers
for traditional bluegrass music
haven’t objected.”
As a whole, Dodge stresses
that it has been a lucrative
change for the band. He
estimated to have remained
acoustic and still received the
cannot read music,, but will
perform fiddling tunes that
have been handed- down
from “one fiddler to another
for many years,” she added.
Hakanson also mentioned
that Texas, Canadian,
Ozark, Bluegrass, Welsh,
and Irish are some of the
fiddling styles that will be
heard at the contest where
the musicians will compete
for cash prizes and trophies.
Along with sponsoring the
annual state fiddlers contest,
the Oregon Old-time Fid­
dlers Association donated
$300 to the College for the
purpose of creating more in­
terest in fiddling.
According to Hakanson,
who plays a little fiddle her­
self, $50 provided eight fid­
dle records for the College
library, and the remaining
$250 will be used to
produce a video tape of the
contest.
Also during the Contest’s
evening segment, an Ap­
palachian clog dancing
group called the “Stum­
ptown Cloggers” will per­
form.
Admission for the con­
test’s preliminary com­
petition at 11 a.m., will be
$3. For the finals, at 7:30
p.m., admission will be $4.
All-day tickets can be pur­
chased at $6 and all children
under 12 will be admitted for
the day at $1.
Band will play
*
Dick
Smelser
For
County Commisioner
Position No 3
the McLoughlin Hall Theater
on May 15, 16, and 17 at 8
p.m. and on May 18 at 2:30
p.m. On May 23, “Wings” will
be performed for the Oregon
Community College Theater
Festival.
Ticket prices are $2 for
students and $3 for adults. Per­
sons may make reservations by
calling the theater department,
656-2631, ext. 283.
present sound level, it would
have “required thousands of
dollars worth of P.A. equip­
ment, and someone to run it.”
Dr. Corn’s Electric Grass
Band will entertain dancers and
foot stompers at the Hoedown,
which will take place May 17
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the
Bar 88 Arena in Molalla.
Food and refreshments, in­
cluding a beer garden, will be
available. Admission will be $2
for College students and $3 for
“The Wild Geese,” starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore and
non-students.
Richard Harris, will be shown in the Fireside Lounge, Friday at
The proceeds from this event noon. This film is sponsored by Student Activities and the history
will support ASG and the department.
College Foundation.
■Fiddlers will compete—\
, After hosting a district fid­
dling contest, last February,
and a presentation by old-
|me fiddler maker, Herman
Classen, the College is now
ready to appreciate its
biggest fiddling event. The
Annual State Fiddlers con­
test this Saturday .
The all-day event will
host fiddlers of all ages from
all over Oregon, along with
their backup bass fiddles,
mandolins and guitars.
Some of the fiddlers will
be as young as 8 or 9 years,
said Helen Hakanson, who
is involved with bringing the
contest to the College.
“Some of the old-timers
are over 80,” she said.
Many of those older fiddlers
the stroke victim, Emily Stilson.
She has attended meetings,
and conferred with stroke vic­
tims.
Bragg believes, because
most people are affected per­
sonally by strokes, the play will
have greater impact if the cast
and crew acknowledge the true
circumstances surrounding a
stroke.
“Wings” will be presented in
The late jazz pianist, soloist,
composer, talent scout and
band leader, Stan Kenton, will
be paid tribute by the College
award-winning stage band at
the Portland Civic Theater,
May 18.
The stage band is directed by
LeRoy Anderson. Admission is
$3 general, $2 for students.
An in-concert video tape of the English new-wave
group, the “Boomtown Rats,” can still be viewed over the
Student Information Network, the remainder of this
week.
The Student Activities-sponsored presentation will be
shown today at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and Friday at 8
a.m. and 1 p.m.
Dance historian and Reed College modern dance instructor,
Judy Massey, will bring her modern dance class to the College on
Friday.
This group, along with the Clackamas Community College
dance repertory, directed by Jane Rickenbaugh, will film a video
tape titled “Lynch Town,” at 3 p.m. that day. This “modern dan­
ce classic,” according to Rickenbaugh, was choreographed by
Charles Weidman, “one of the three greats who started modern
dance.”
The public is invited to view the taping session, which will take
place in the McLoughlin Hall video studio.
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