Louisburg Series Will Include Art,
Dance - And All That Jazz
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LOUISBURG, N.C. 27549
The Jazz Dance Theatre of
New York opened the 1972-73
Louisbui^ Concert Series on
September 21 as part of a three
day festival en^hasizing jazz
history and authentic jazz
dance styles from the New
Orleans Parade to the aerial
lindy. The company was form
ed by Mura Dehn and the late
James Berry in the mid-fifties
and has since toured extens
ively for the state department.
Some of the major dancers,
singers and musicians are Avon
Long, Cook and Brown, Albert
Gibson, Dick Vance and his
Jazz Band, the Lou Park Dance
Company, Babe Stovall, and
the St. Louis Jazz Quartet.
Offering a wide range of
cultural art programming for
the series are Ferrante and
Teicher on October 6; the
North Carolina Symphony
Chamber Players, October 19;
Guy Lombardo and his Royal
Canadians in concert January
10 and 11, as part of the
Founders’ Day program; the
National Opera Company pres
enting Franz Lehar’s “The
Merry Widow,” March 21; Sol
Hurok’s young classical pianist,
Robert de Gaetano, April 2;
and the international repertory
dance stars, Betty Jones of the
United States, and Fritz Ludin
of Switerland in “Dances We
Dance,” April 16. The seven
concerts admissions are avail
able in advance or at the door.
All concerts are held in the
College auditorium at 8:00 p.
m.
Six concerts are open free
to the public: Four of them are
James Houlik, classical saxo
phonist, which was held Sept
ember 12; Herbert Joyner,
organist, October 30; Peter
Wolf, harpsichordist, February;
and Joel Andrews, harpist,
March 29, Also open free to
the public are three lectures by
CBS newsman on the road,
Charies Kuralt, October 17;
John McCook Roots, one of
the westers world’s foremost
authorities on Chinese affairs,
November 14; and Gordon F.
Gray of Nasa, March 14.
Numerous art exhibits, inc
luding the first exhibit in
North Carolina of the natural
sculptured ice wedges in Jan
uary, and ; four niajor drama
productions to include “Man
of La Mancha,” in April, are on
the schedule for 1972-73. For
the film patrons the Cinema
Art Series will present the
Sixth International Tournee of
Animation, which was held on
September 4 and 5,; “My Night
at Maude’s” October 2; “East
is Red,” the first feature film
from China to be released in
the United States, November 6;
A Silent International Film
Festival (1898-1914) January
22; Renoir’s “Grand Illusion”
February 6; “Genesis 4” of
new short films, February 27;
Bergman’s classic “The Seventh
Seal,” March 27; and the Russ
ian version of Cervantes’ “Don
Quixote” on April 17.
The events listed above in
this article are made possible
ALLEN de HART
by the careful planning of Mr.
Allen deHart, Director of the
Cultural Event at Louisburg
College. In a recent interview
with the Director of Cultural
events at Louisburg the reason
was brought forth why Louis
burg College each year gets
such an outstanding program.
The evidence shows in a bio
graphical sketch of Mr. Allen
deHart, that he is either a
member or chairman of five
major organization which cons
titute Cultural Event prog
ramming in the United States.
Mr. deHart has also authored
three major publications on
Cultural event programming in
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Volume XXXII
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,1972
Number 1
ROBERT DE GAETANO
BETTY JONES
CHARLES KURALT