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Boston is not a group of well knoiB
musicians but when you first hl
their album, "Boston", you may thil
it sounds like something you've hel
before.
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While "Boston" may not be frl
musically, there is a compelling qul
ty to the music. The melody lines!
the chord progressions beautifully. M
may seem insignificant to some, H
albums are made or broken on sul
things.
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The musicians are very "tight", I
pecially the guitarists. Some of tl
melody lines produced in tandem;
the guitarists rivals the work of tl
guitarist for Queen.
The only real shortcoming of tl
album is the vocal work. The sine;
just isn't up to par with the rest]
the band.
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Although this album is not fill'
with the most original of ideas, itB
still a good rock and roll albur
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Photo by Steve Wilkowske
Two CCC drama students, Catherine Barringer and Vicky Spellman rehearse for "Soli
taire," a play that can be viewed Dec. 2-5 in McLoughlin Theater.
CCC actors ‘happy as clams’
There's a lot happening in the drama
department this year and Jack Shields, head
of the Clackamas Community College drama
department, is as excited about it as his stu
dents.
"I'm as happy as a clam!" said Shields.
"I like my job."
Shields went on to say that the term will
start off with four, one act plays that Roby
Robinson, theater specialists aide, will be
in charge of. The plays will all be student
directed.
The first one is Samuel Beckett's one
man play, "Krapp's Last Tape", which is
tentatively set for Nov. 19, at noon in
CC 117. It will be directed by Darla Heisler
and acted by Jerry Wheeler.
The second one, Eugene Ionesco's "The
Bald Soprano", will be directed by Rick
Arnold. Auditions for it will be held some
time in late November. The other two plays
are as of yet undecided.
Shields said that the students are form
ing an improvisational acting company that
will perform programs of their own crea
tion during this term.
"They'd like to work on a regular basis
doing a play once every two weeks," Shields
said. "If it works out well they may con
tinue to produce plays the rest of the year."
Besides these productions there will be
workshops and guest speakers coming to
CCC for the benefit of the drama depart
ment.
On Nov. 3, the Antique Festival Theater
will hold a workshop at 2 p.m. and the
same night at 8 p.m. in the CC Mall they
will hold a production of "Comedy of
Errors". The play is open to everyone. For
ticket information call Student Activities at
340.
On Nov. 8, 10, and 12 the acting classes
will be having Doug Smight, a professional
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movement teacher, as their guest. He will
speak on stage movement and mime.
In addition, the Clackamas County Re
pertoire Theater will be presenting "Merton
of the Movies" for the residents of the Tri
City Chamber of Commerce and the Molalla
Chamber of Commerce. While the CCRT is
not directly involved with the CCC drama
department, Rick Arnold, a part time stu
dent here, and Joey Rose, a former student,
are both working with them.
The play will run four weekends starting
Oct. 29 on Friday and go to Nov. 20 at
8:30 p.m. For more information you can
call 656-1619 or contact Roby Robinson at
310 or Mike Aronson at 208.
Tickets are going fast and people are
urged to make reservations soon.
Memberships for the CCRT are available
anytime. Call Roby Robinson at 310.
Already it seems like the drama depart
ment is doing enough and yet this is only
the beginning. Their major project will be
two plays taht will take place Dec. 2, 3 and
4 at 8 p.m. and a matinee on Dec. 5 at
2:30 p.m.
The first one, "Solataire", is a futuristic
computerized view of marriage and the
second play "Double Solataire" is a present
day drama on marriage. Both contain serious
dramatic roles, "and the biggest technical
challenge in the last four years," said Shields.
He also advised parental discretion as the
plays deal with adult subject matter. Both
these plays will be used as a process of ex
change with Linfield College early in January.
Shields also said that all shows produced
are open to all members of the community
for auditions or crew assignments.
"It's part of the drama department's
open door policy," said Shields. "If you
have the desire, we give you the chance."
Who concert
sells out
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by Dan Ackerman
"It's only a teenage wasteland'«
from the song "Baba O'Reilly", da
scribes perfectly the scene confront»
me during the Who's sold-out perfot.
mance at the Memorial Coliseum Wee
nesday, Oct. 13.
The opening band was Mother 3
Finest (M.F.). They're a funky uni
known rock group from Atlanta, Geoil
gia. Being an unknown group raised!
few questions about the large bannil
initialed M.F. I supplied a few answer!I
The Who was next and the flool
was really getting crowded as the breall
between groups continued. Everyon;
on the floor (including myself) wa
rushing toward the stage which createtl
an effect similar to a trash-masherl
The lights went out and the Who rail
on stage
Laser lights topped the show durinl
"Won't Get Fooled Again". They hail
five, count 'em, five laser lights whid I
created some fantastic luminous efl
fects. After "Won't Get Fooled Again" I
they played one more song, and witfl
the lasers still going they left an
didn't come back for an encore.Soun
like a burn? It was, in a way, bin
compared to last year's 40 minute con
cert, they were fantastic.
Roger Daltry's singing, Peter Town
send's guitar playing, John Entwhistli
on bass, and drummer Keith Moot
were all great. "Baba O'Reilly" wasai
appropriate tune. "Behind Blue Eyes"
"Squeeze Box", "Pin-ball Wizard", anti
"My Wife" were some of the othel
songs played.
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