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"Stop The World" Friday
"STOP THE WORLD, I
WANT TO GET OFF!", a
bright, happy musical will hit
the Dana Stage Friday, at
8:15. Featuring such tunes as
"What Kind of Fool Am I?",
"Gonna Climb a Mountain",
"Once in a Lifetime", and
others, STOP THE WORLD
promises to be an evening of
laughter. The show continues
Saturday and Sunday nights.
ALL GUILFORD STU
DENTS ARE ADMITTED
FREE OF CHARGE, as are
faculty and staff members. "I
want to emphasize the
no-admission charge, since it
seems many students don't
know Revelers shows are free
to them," said Mr. Dean
Regenos, director of the
production. "The Revelers are
a student sponsored group
and through the years we have
offered free admission to the
students in return. We hope
those that can will come. It's a
fun show filled with music,
dances and fun."
Two drama seniors are
basing their thesis on the
production. Chip Hiles, who is
a graduating drama major
with an emphasis in scene
design and construction, has
created a block set which
shows a skyline as the show
progresses from London, to
New York to Moscow, etc.
Much of his time has been
centered on lighting for the
show which involves more
than 150 light cues.
Daniel Rumfelt, a senior
acting major, is using the
character of Littlechap as the
springboard for an in-depth
study of performance techni
ques and comedy in general.
The role involves growth from
birth to death, a large variety
in vocal challenge and some
speeches directly to the
audience. Daniel is a
scholarship music student
under Ed Lowe, Guilford
Music Director.
Making her first starring
appearance on the Guilford
stage is Rose Anne Pipkin in
the varied roles of Evie, Anya,
Use and Ginnie. Throughout
the show she will shift from
English accent to Russian
accent, to German accent, to
American slang. She is
Littlechap's foil and appears
in many dancing and singing
numbers.
Littlechap and Evie have
two daughters played by Lisa
Baker as Susan and Gina
Rumfelt as Jane. Others in the
cast are: Peter Riess, Nanc>
Eddy, Ruth Shaw, Bryan
Wcßanei Pahi Henry. Nancy
Van Arkel, Clint Brown,
Lanita Atkinson, Lucy Allen
and Marie Kettl.
Stop the World will be
presented Friday, Saturday
and Sunday nights at 8:15 on
the Dana Stage. For reserva
tions call 292-5511 - ext. 46
during the day or 292-5513
after five.
Co mparative
Arts Seminar
Why not enrich your life this
spring with a week in New
York. Guilford College is
offering a 'comparative arts'
seminar during Spring vaca
tion beginning March 8 and
ending March 15.
The seminar will include an
opera, a musical, a drama, art
museums and a jazz mass.
Each of these will be dealt
with on the basis of
preparation, rehearsal, total
involvement and the perfor
mance. Add to your cultural
background and enjoy yourself
at the same time. It promises
to be a rewarding time.
The cost of the seminar
would be minimal. Anyone
interested may contact Ken
Schwab or pick up an
announcement flyer in the
dining hall, fill it out and
return it to Mr. Schwab's
office. Time is at a premium,
so act now.
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The Guilfordian
Dance Theatre
Review
by Angela Lantx
Last Thursday and Friday
nights at 8:15 p.m., the
incredible Harlem Dance
Theatre appeared at the War
Memorial Auditorium. Their
performance constituted the
fifth and certainly one of the
most memorable events spon
sored by the Guilford College
Arts Series.
Unbeknownst perhaps to
most of the audience, some of
the marvelously talented and
adept dancers who performed
last week had had only a few
years of dance instruction
prior to their professional
appearance on stage. The
seven year old Dance Theatre
of Harlem recruited most of
their dancers off the streets of
Harlem who had had no
previous dancing experience.
As such and in contrast to
most professional ballet com
panies, this corps "had to
break rules-of the book" in
order to enable their crew to
dance on the stage at a time
when most dancers would still
be at the bar. Thus, the
dancers' limited background
in terms of years rendered
their performance all the more
remarkable.
The Thursday night perfor
mance consisted of three
excellently performed parts;
the first was a classical
Balanchine, the second con
temporary, and the third
primitive. An emmense
strength and beauty of
movement were superbly
synthesized to give credit to
the artistically sublime capa
bilities of the human body.
Touched in the most captiva
ting way were they imagina
tive as well as technical senses
of one's aesthetic apprecia
tion. Both
the contemporary and espe
cially the primitive dances
elicited one's releasement to
the primal roots of intuitive
understanding of nonverbal
communication.
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Coordinator and
Intern Deadline
The Housing Office has
announced that the deadline
for coordinator and intern
applications will be at 5:00
P.M. Friday February 28.
Applications may be picked up
in the Student Personnel
Office and must be returned
before the deadline.
If anyone is interested in
being an. intern next year, talk
to George Scholz.
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Juke Joint
by Jimmy Johnson
Well the Italians have
finally done it. They have put
together one of the best, most
progressive rock'n'roll bands
in the world. Their full name is
Premiata Forneria Marconi
and the album is a live one
aptly titled "COOK". This is
their third album and I believe
it was released late last year.
There are six cuts on the
album, two of them on the
mellow side and the rest are
cookers. The album opens
with a song called "Four
Holes in the Ground." This
song is held together with
several themes that are
repeated and it sounds very
Yes-like. The moog and
mellotron work stands out
here especially.
The next two cuts ori the
album are softer and definitely
laid-back. "Dove Cuande"
starts with the keyboard man
doing a jazz-blues introduc
tion. Flute and vocals are
added making the song sound
very much like early King
Crimson. The next song,
"Just Look Away," starts with
an echoing accoustic guitar
sole. Next moog and' vocals
are added. I would have to say
that this is my least favorite
cut - too slow for your average
hard rocker.
PFM packs it together with
the final song of the side.
"Celebration" starts with
scraping guitar and pounding
drums. The moog lines are
brilliant and the guitar work is
intricate. There is a short
majestic break in the song
where the mellotron is used.
This song is rock at its highest
form with all five musicians
taking off simultaneously.
Side Two opens with "Mr.
Nine Till Five." In this song
the band sounds like ELP. The
musi ca 1 •>; the Hies, a# ;v er y •
advanced. The sone pushes
February 25, 1975
hard with wah-wah guitar,
piano, and a driving bass line.
As this is a hard edged song
the musical breaks are more
abrupt.
The final cut is "Alta Loma
Nine Till Five" and
personal favorite. This is a
tightly knit jam which ends
with an incredibly swift
version of Rossini's "William
Tell Overture". The song
starts with an extended guitar
solo. This dude has more licks
than you can imagine. He
constantly double picks and
his fingers move up and down
the frets. The song slows and
then there is an equally
moving violin solo. The song
picks up again and suddenly
blasts off. Here all five
musicians cook at once. The
song ends with a heavy duty
bass line, another hard jam,
and the "William Tell
Overture."
There's not much more I
can say. I was lucky enough to
see PFM two weeks ago in the
Midwest playing backup for
Dave Mason. I liked Dave
Mason and everything but
PFM blew him off the stage.
Union News
At its last meeting the
Student Union concentrated
solely on revising certain
segments of their constitution.
These changes will be
published at a later date.
There will be an extremely
important meeting of the
Dance and Pop Arts Commit
tee on Friday night at 10:00
P.M. This meeting will decide
on the next concert to be held
at Guilford. All students
interested in helping to
.t-; .coordinate l-'thisi-.e.vent{-' are
encouraged to attend.