4The Daily Tar HeelFriday. March 22, 1985
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By STEVE CARR
Staff Writer
All too often in classical music,
the concertgoer is relegated to sitting
on the edge of his or her seat, waiting
uncomfortably for the inevitable
wrong note or squawk. The Stoltz
man and Douglas concert Wednes
day night in Memorial Hall, the last
installment of this year's Carolina
Concerts series sponsored by the
Carolina Union, was a pleasant
exception to this rule.
Perhaps part of the reason clari
netist Richard Stoltzman and bas
soonistpianistcomposer Bill Dou
glas put their audience at such
magical ease was because of their
long friendship, which began when
the two were graduate students at
Yale. Or perhaps it was the selection
of pieces on the program, a palette
consisting of everything from Bach
to vocal scat (written by Douglas
himself).
Or perhaps it was the sheer
mastery of Richard Stoltzman's
playing a near perfect blend of
intonation, articulation and
phrasing.
The first portion of the program
was devoted to transcriptions of
piano works for piano and clarinet.
Stoltzman gave a beautifully under
stated and sensitive performance of
impressionist composer Claude
Debussy's La Fille au cheveux de lin,
followed by his Arabesque II.
The Sonatina in D Major, Op.
137, No. 1 by Franz Schubert
followed, in marked contrast to the
ambiguity and moodiness of Debus
sy's pieces. Schubert's melodic,
expressive phrases were well-suited
to Stoltzman 's style of playing.
After accompanying Stoltzman
on the piano in previous pieces, Bill
Douglas proved his high proficiency
on the bassoon in a selection of Two
Part Inventions by J.S. Bach. This
part of the program was especially
fascinating, since Bach originally had
composed the pieces as exercises for
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his children to play on the harpsi
chord. Because the pieces were also
exercises in two-part counterpoint
the juxtaposition of two different
melodies played together in a kind
of staggered form they were
extremely well-suited to the talents
of the two instrumentalists.
Even more interesting was the next
part of the program, a selection of
jazz miniatures composed by Dou
glas which included improvisations
on popular themes such as "Some
Day My Prince Will Come" and
vocal scat, rhythmic exercises Dou
glas himself composed for his stu
dents to teach them the complexities
of rhythm. The pieces also gave
Stoltzman a chance to show off some
incredible licks in improvisation.
After intermission, Stoltzman
played Entrata. No. 2 by William
Thomas McKinley. The piece was a
little disorienting since Stoltzman
began it in the back of the audit
orium and played it as he made his
way up the aisle.
The last two pieces were both
originally composed for piano and
clarinet, and both Stoltzman and
Douglas proved they were not just
having fun. The Fantasiestucke for
Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73 by
Robert Schumann was a beautifully
rounded, Romantic work which
received every bit of the sensitivity
and understanding it demanded.
Francis Poulenc's Sonata for
Clarinet and Piano, a 20th-century
work with ample jazz influence, was
equally demanding in its structure
and call for articulation.
The variety of compositions the
duo chose and the informality with
which they could infuse even classical
works made this last installment of
the Carolina Concerts series espe
cially memorable.
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There were more than 4UU applicants
but only two positions, and when the
smoke cleared, Jim Lampley, at 25,
emerged as the youngest network sports
announcer in television history.' The
UNC alumnus, now 36, is one of the
highest-paid and most prominent
commentators in the realm of network
sports.
In 1 974, ABC Sports developed the
concept of a college-age reporter for
NCAA football games and launched a
nationwide talent search to recruit a
couple of "typical college students" for
the job. The screening process was held
on 16 campuses with 432 would-be
announcers applying.
Lampley was screened out from the
beginning. He said, "Because I was 25
years old instead of 18 to 22, in graduate
school instead of undergraduate school,
and because I had done a lot of work
on the air and they wanted someone
who didn't look like a broadcaster, I
was screened out of the process."
But ABC had seen his resume during
the screening, and ABC Sports hired
him to work in the program planning
department starting in September 1974.
His job was to negotiate for and buy
the rights to sporting events.
"I couldn't have thought of a better
opportunity," Lampley said. "For one
thing, I wasn't going to be on the air
where I felt as though your career was
going to be governed more by luck than
anything else."
ABC had difficulty filling the college
age reporter position. Lampley said he
had gotten that job out of his mind and
wanted nothing to do with it, but on
Aug. 9, 1974, the top brass asked him
to audition. He did and became a
reporter. After one season, ABC offered
Lampley a job with "Wide World of
Sports."
"At that point," he said, "I started
to progress to having full-time invol
vement here at ABC Sports."
Since his association with ABC
Sports, Lampley has: co-anchored
ABC's late-night coverage of the 1984
Winter and Summer Olympics; hosted
the College Football Scoreboard and
USFL telecasts; been a play-by-play
announcer for "Monday Night Base
ball;" and narrated an Emmy Award
winning segment for "Wide World of
Sports."
Lampley said he thought chance
helped him progress up the ladder so
quickly. "It's something that I wasn't
intelligent or wise enough to seek or
find on my own. It's more of a case
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Jim Lampley
of someone having once tapped me on
the shoulder and saying, 'We're going
to give you a job since you seem helpless
to find one on your own.'
"Rather than to start at a local station
and pay dues in the traditional ways
that 99 percent of the rest of the people
in the world do," he said, "I started at
the top with the organization that most
people would regard as the most
prestigious and revered in the business.
To imagine how fortunate I am is really
kind of scary sometimes."
Lampley was born in Hendersonville
on April 8, 1949. His family later moved
to Miami, where he graduated from
high school.
The ex-high school quarterback
chose to attend UNC for one reason.
"When I was about eight or nine years
old," Lampley recalled, "I was brought
to Chapel Hill to see a football game,
and it was in October, the leaves were
changing, and I just never forgot that
afternoon in Kenan Stadium. I thought
it was the most beautiful place I'd ever
seen. I never had any doubt where I
was going to school after that."
When Lampley entered UNC in 1966,
he began his tenure as in his words
"a bad student." As an undergrad
uate, he said, "my activities consisted
of drinking beer, eating pizza, all-night
poker games and trips to the beach.
"Before I became aware of the world
outside of fraternity row in Chapel Hill,
my greatest goal in life was to be a
bartender at the Shack (a bar, then
located on Rosemary Street)."
Lampley said he would go to bed at
8 a,m. and awaken at 4 or 5 p.m. These
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'He has enormous self
confidence. You could
even see it hack then.
Even when he was a
nobody, he thought he
was a somebody.
He's one of the most
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a big-league mind. 9
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factors, failing grades and other prob
lems prompted Lampley to drop out
of college.
The renaissance of Jim Lampley
came about a year later, when he
returned to UNC. He received his B.A.
in English in 1971 and began graduate
school in 1973 in the RTVMP
department.
"By the time I went back to school
and viewed education as an intrinsic
experience rather than worry about
grades, I made pretty much all A's,"
he said.
As a graduate student, Lampley said,
it was important to him to achieve good
grades and establish a respectable
record. "But I have touched all ends
of the academic spectrum as an
undergraduate."
Wesley Wallace, former chairman of
the RTVMP department, was Lam
pley's graduate adviser.
"He was one of our prize students,"
said Wallace, now retired. "Jim never
lacked purpose when he was with us
and at WCHL (radio station). He was
very confident but without arrogance."
Lampley said Wallace was one of the
South
said. "The history of Chase concerns
everyone because it was not feasible (to
operate there) before."
Many students became aware of the
mandatory meal plan after it became
a campaign issue in this year's student
body president elections. But most
students are not aware that South
Campus residents could have to pay full
board pHns.
James O, Cansler, associate vice
chancellor and dean of Student Affairs,
said students were not aware of the
stipulation in the BOT agreement
because the issue was never brought
before student groups.
"I think a fundamental reason (stu
dents were not aware) is that that issue
was never discussed by the FS AC (Food
Service Advisory Committee)," he said.
"That arrangement was worked out
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. three most important people in his
success story. "He taught me the
sanctity of values in everything you do,"
Lampley said.
The other two. men instrumental in
Lampley's success are Bob Holiday of
WRAL-TV Sports and Jim Heavner of
WCHL Sports Network. When Lam
pley worked at UNC-TV, Holiday
helped him get a job at WCHL. When
Lampley was at WCHL, Heavner
helped Lampley get his start at ABC.
"Everything Jim did was a cut above
anything anybody has done in that
area," Heavner said. "He's very inquis
itive and enjoys probing into areas
creating a tempest."
Wallace, Heavner and Holiday saw
star quality in Lampley even before his
association with ABC.
"He has enormous self confidence,"
Holiday said about his long-time friend.
"You could even see it back then. Even
when he was a nobody, he thought he
was a somebody. He's one of the most
self-possessed people I know.
"He al way's had a big-league mind.
His skill is so great, he could even get
into serious news."
Lampley, who is married and has one
child, seems blessed with all the tools
that it takes to make a superstar: good
looks, intelligence and the desire to be
the best. But Lampley will tell you the
reason he is at the top and making
amounts of money most people dream
about is simply an accident.
"It's a circumstance which developed
as a result of a ridiculously lucky break
that I got 1 1 years ago," Lampley said.
"If I were to sit down and think about
it and pay a lot of attention to it, I
could get giddy with excitement, or I
could begin to think that I'm a lot more
important than I really am. It's probably
better to avoid both."
Sitting back in his office, undecorated
except for a portrait of Bear Bryant on
the wall, Lampley leans back in his chair
and puts his feet on his desk and hands
behind his head as if he owns the world.
Jim Lampley is at the top because
of Jim Lampley and that's no
accident.
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between the Chancellor and the student
body president, who was Mike
Vandenbergh."
But Fordham said the agreement
about the South Campus meal plan was
not kept from students.
"I certainly do not remember any
agreement of anybody trying to keep
anything quiet . . . especially someone
like the SBP,7 Fordham said.,
Cansler said hecould not speculate
about 4f or wfeen';stu6tent7on'. ,$outfi
Campus would have to pay for full
board plans.
"IH express a hope and say never,"
he said. "It's just a conjecture, (but) it's
probably highly remote. That's just a
conjecture."
Janet Olson arid Arne Rickert con
tributed to this report.
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