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Page 6 The Carolina Journal Wednesday March 6, 1968 Use Of Building Is Worth Money The matter of use of our Union Building by organizations not in the University family was brought up and discussed at a recent meeting of representatives of various major organizations on cam pus. ... , It was. astounding to us that this privilege was granted free of charge to community organizations who wished to use the facilities of our Union for meetings, banquets, or whatever. At a time when the Union program is in obvious need for addi tional funds in order to finance an exciting and worthwhile (and paid for) series of lectures and entertainment it seems quite logical to tap the resources made available to us through our ability to serve outside groups by providing suitable places for meetings. Duri^ the gathering of students which discussed this matter, the point was made that there is a difference in money si>ent for the Union prt^ram and money used to maintain and operate the building. Still, more money coming in from other sources to keep up^ the building itself means less strain on the purse strings that guide the Union program. The Policy Has Been Proposed Dean of Students Don MacKay has, in the past, proposed a policy for charging outside organizations to tie up the Union with meet ings, but the move did not get very far. Community relations are, of course, important and rightly so, to us. But, as one student leader so aptly poiiTted out, student-administration relations are “infinitely more important.” And there was some malcontent aroused in the hears of students presenting the Green Garter who were asked to hold off in starting the show until the meeting of an outside group was concluded up stairs in the Parquet Room. Now the reason for postponing the entertainment downstairs was a freak in the construction of the building. The gym and the Parquet Room are ventilated by the same system and sound from the gym is sort of piped into the Parquet Room. But one can’t help but feel that the students wouldn’t have been quite so impatient if some revenue had been made for the Union by the delay. Union Is Catchall For Criticism Dwayne Spitzer and John Lafferty, chairman and vice chairman of the Union program board seems to be held responsible for all activities (in the way of lectures) on campus! “We get blamed for and given credit for everything from the Blackfriars to the Uni versity Forum”, Mr. Lafferty pointed out. A lack of communica tion, a phrase which has been almost a watchword in the direct ing processes of student life here, seems to be the reason for this misinformation on the part of students. Perhaps a lack of Interest in the Journal is responsible in part for the situation but then if you didn’t read that the Blackfriars are a drama group on campus, or the names of the University Forum council on the front page of last week’s Journal, then you probably are not reading this. It’s sort of a self-perpetuating ignorance. Many Students Lack Interest Another student brought out the point that many students did not even visit the Union except to purchase suK>lies in the book store. Therefore, several hundred stodents on campus have failed to take advantage of the fine art exhibits which have been on dis play there as well as numerous other facilities made available for student use (cafeteria, game room, attractive lounge) To return to our original point, it would seem that now is an appropriate time to begin action to set up a table of charges for use of our excellent facilities. As our University grows, it increases in independence. And besides, we need the money. THE CAROLINA JOURNAL editor GAYLE W.ATTS Editor’s Special Consultant Jillison Clary, Jr. Feature Editor Rodney Smith Sports Editor John Lafferty Photo Editor Fred Jordan Cartoonist Geraldine Ledford News Editor Ron Foster STAFF; Patrick McNeely, Kay Watson, Rodney. Smith, Carol Haywood, Parry Bliss, Monte Zepeda, Joe Davidson, Steve Jones, .Vrthur Gentile, Linda Craven, Tommy Harmon, Sandy Griffin, Wendy Kleinfield, Frank Sasser, Sonia Mizell, John Byrd Published weeklj’ on Wednesdays by the students of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. REPRESENTED FOR NATfO.NAL ADVERTISING BY National Educational Advertising Services A DIVISION OF READER'S DIGEST SALES A SERVICES. INC. 360 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017 Jazzman Wein Says Kids Express Rebellion In Sounds BY ROD SMITH Obvious Need For Additional Funds The Charlotte Bicentennial Celebration is going to be big when it gets into full swing. Real big. And one of the biggest events will be the first annual Charlotte Jazz Festival on May 10 and 11. I know. I’ve already seen the evidence. Thomas C. Creasy, a Charlotte lawyer, and Bicentennial Jazz Fes tival chairman, presided over a small gathering in the NCNB pent house of representatives of the news media. Creasy injected a little of his well-directed energy into the entire group which met February 26 to hear plans of the coming festival. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of George Wein, originator of the famous Newport Jazz Festival. vVein is a short stocky New Yorker who is the epitome of the word dynamic. He loves his work and gives it his best, which is, apparently, enough. Wein has been in the business for eighteen years and has con ducted successful concerts and festivals in Dallas, Oakland, At lanta, Boston, Chicago, and many other cities as well as, of course, Newport. The Newport Festival has be come so big that it now travels to Europe yearly. “I love working with jazz musi cians”, said Wein. “They are real artists in the strictest sense of the word.” Wein, a jazz pianist in his own right, is married, but has no children. He remarked that the only unattractive part of promot ing is travelling. “I enjoy meeting the new people and associating with them like this,” explained Wein, “but that city-hopping gets to you after a while. Sometimes I may be in five or six cities in rapid succession, perhaps in the space of one week. I spend more time in airplanes than I do in my New York apart ment.” When asked if he ever got a chance to relax and enjoy the sound when a show was on stage, the dedicated jazzman was taken aback. He replied that he had to be on his feet at every moment. “You have to be sure that the performers stick to the schedule, because if they get to feeling right, they’ll play on and on, just to prolong the sensation.” He told of an occasion when a group was told to relax and take the second show easy. The per formance concluded at 4:00 a.m. the next morning. Mr. Wein demonstrated that he is a dedicated student of applied psychology as he articulated some of the trials and triumphs of deal ing with sensitive creative artists. On the subject of current popu lar music, Wein was more re served in his judgments. His opin ion is that the kids of today are expressing their rebellion in their sounds by rebelling against music itself. “These kids want to make the big money and gain the tame at the same time. I’m happy tor them if they get rich. I hope they all make a million, but I don’t think that they deserve the pres tige that is achieved by the truly great jazz artists.” In his address to the gathering, Wein pointed out that jazz ap peals to people who show discri mination in the type of music they enjoy. It has some intellec tual appeal. Charlotte is an area ripe for reaping as far as jazz interest is concerned. Mr. Wein compared jazz music to a museum. He explained that new rooms are constantly being added, as new things happen, but people don’t forsake the old rooms just to see the new ones. They continue to attend them. That is why most of the older jazz stars are still very popular, he said. Veterans like Monk and Brubeck do not suffer when Ramsey Lewis and Hugh Masekela begin to gain a follovring. Jazz has true vali dity as an art form, and that is why it is ageless. As for the Charlotte Festival, Wein is spending over $30,000 on talent alone’ This figure is approximately the same budget as the first Atlanta festival of two years ago, “We think we’ve put together as good a show tor Charlotte as we’ve given anywhere,” said Wein. “Of course, it will be a representative festival. All fes tivals are because there’s no one jazz artist who can till the Coli. seum, but the accumulation of aU this talent can really make h go. Each artist’s performance will run about thirty minutes. They’d play on for hours if we’d let them, but we can’t. Everybody has his own favorites, but jazz tans have a desire to hear an entire spectrum of the field. Still, we don’t want to take the chance of anyone getting bored when his particular favorite is not on stage. So we have to limit it to a half an hour apiece.” Friday night will feature the great purist “Thelonius Monk and his piano, the genius of the drums Buddy Rich, Herbie Mann, Hugh Masekela with his African style trumpet, and, handling the vocal portion, Nina Simone. The New port All-Stars, featuring Wein on the piano, will also appear. The great Dave Brubeck, for saking a short retirement, will headline the Saturday show. Gerry Mulligan, well-know saxophonis( will play with Brubeck’s new quar tet for the first time here on May 11. Everybody’s all-star gui- tarist Wes Montgomery, the Can nonball Adderly Quintet, and dy namic young vibrophonist Gary Burton round out the program for the second evening. Wein is certain that the Char lotte Festival can becomeanannual event if we can make it go the first year. In order for this year’s festival to be a success, 1,000 patrons’ tickets must be sold for each performance. The patron' tickets are $10 per seat per night and entitle the holder to the best seats in the house and a patron’s breakfast after the Saturday show, Those interested should contact Mr. Marshall Basinger at his of fice in the Law Building. Other tickets will range from $2.50 to $5.50 and, according to Creasy, are all good seats from the standpoint of both accoustics and vision. Can Charlotte’s Festival top Newport? Probably not, but if the people of Charlotte will get behind this first one this year, we can build ours to the point where the difference between the Char lotte Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival is no more than an academic question. 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