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VOL. XXXIV
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N.C.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1974
New Orleans Heritage Hall
Jazz Band Appears Tonight
The 1974-75 Louisburg College
Concert series debuts tonight
with the performance of the New
Orleans Heritage Hall Jazz Band.
This talented group of musicians
includes many that date back to
the early days of jazz.
The Louisburg concert will
mark the debut of the Heritage
Hall Jazz Band in the Carolinas.
Under the leadership of Louis
Cottrell, the band has toured with
A1 Hirt and regularly replaces
Pete Fountain when the Fountain
group is on tour. In the past, the
Heritage Hall group has played
at the Newport-West Jazz
Festival, the Hollywood Bowl,
and the New Orleans Jazz and
Heritage Fair.
The talented men that make up
the Heritage Hall band are Louis
Cottrell, clarinet; Alvin Alcom,
trumpet; Placide Adams, bass;
Waldren “Frog” Joseph,
trombone; Walter Lewis, piano;
and Louis Barbarin, drums.
Blanche Thomas, an exciting
singer with a captivating voice,
does the vocals for the group.
Louis Cottrell, son of famed
New Orleans drummer Louis
Cottrell, Sr., has made un
countable appearances
throughout the United States with
such groups as the Golden Rule
Band, Don Albert’s band, Paul
Barbarin, and his own New
Orleans Jazz Band. Cottrell is one
of the few remaining “Albert
system” clarinet players, which
faithfully captures the New
Orleans sound. In 1967, Cottrell
received wide acclaim for his six
week tour of Vietnam.
Alvin Alcorn, a creatively
imaginative trumpet player, has
toured the U. S. extensively with
numerous groups from the Big
Band Era. His travels have also
included a European tour in 1956
and 58, and a successful tour of
Australia.
Originally a drummer, Placide
Adams now plays bass for the NO
Heritage Hall Jazz Band. Adams
has to his credit tours with Clyde
McPhatter, B. B. King and Chuck
Berry, among others. He has
toured overseas in Vietnam and
Japan. Adams is also a fine
vocalist with distinctive style.
Another veteran of numerous
tours is Walden “Frog” Joseph.
Joseph studied many in
struments, including the drums
and piano, before settling on the
trumpet. He is noted for a great
sense of. musical humor. Joseph
has played with most of the great
NO groups, including A1 Hirt,
Fats Domino, and others.
Walter Lewis started in music
playing harmonica in a band in
the red light district. He studied
music with a Frenchman who
majored in classical works. Like
the others, Lewis has worked
with many of the greats of jazz.
He has been with the Cottrell
group since the late 60’s.
Louis Barbarin, a highly ac
claimed New Orleans drummer,
comes from a family of talented
musicians including his father (a
great brass player) and his
brother Paul, a famed composer.
Barbarin has worked extensively
with many of the great bands,
and provides the distinctive beat
which is the heart of New Orleans
Jazz.
Blanche Thomas, also the
subject of wide acclaim for her
contribution to jazz, possesses a
powerful voice with strong
emotional impact. She has the
unique ability to stop the show
with her captivating style. Wide
and varied tours have highlighted
her career in music.
As will be the case for all
concerts, The New Orleans
Heritage Hall Jazz Band Concert
requires a great deal of work
from the office of Cultural
Affairs, headed by Allan DeHart,
and the Student Cultural Arts
Committee, chaired by Gary
Spell. Members of this conmiittee
are Ben Alexander, John Hill,
John King, Ellen Pernell, Frank
Williams, Mike Mins, Mike
O’Brien, Bruce Murray, Brian
Morris, Ken Tyson, Kay Stan
field, Sandra Thompson. Betty
Tucker, Marilee Matthews, Lynn
Laughinghouse, Jane Beasley,
Adrian Blake, Sterling Smyth,
Susan Hight and Debbie Lewis.
SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS (Above left to
right): John King, Pres,; Ginny Gwaltney, Sec,;
Andy Parson, V,P,; and Betty Jo Boykin, Treas.
FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS (Below left to
right): Jeff Edmonds, V,P,; Pam Britt, Treas,;
Shelley Forrest, Sec,; and Dana Costin, Pres,
Class Officers Elected
The Folks Are Here For Parents^Day 1974
Sophomore John King and
Freshman Dana Costin will serve
their respective classes as
presidents as a result of voting on
September 30 and October 1. The
balloting climaxed nearly a
month of controversial election
procedures by the SGA which
included intervention by the
Administrative Council and the
total reorganization of the
nominating procedure.
King, a native of Louisburg,
defeated Peggy Carawan, David
Coleman and George McLeod for
the post. Costin, of Richmond,
Virginia, led a seven man field
consisting of Clark Altman, John
Gillie, Jim Green, Sam Moore,
Joe Price and Eddie Wilkes.
Andy Parson of Jarratt, Va.,
beat Ada Sipfle for the
Sophomore Veep spot. Ginny
Gwaltney of Manteo won the
secretarial duties from Jackie
Overman. Wilson native Betty Jo
Boykin won the treasurer’s
chores by defeating Marsha
Person and Pam Taylor.
Other freshman officers in
elude Jeff Edmonds, vice
president from Norfolk, who rar;
unopposed; Shelly Forrest,
secretary from Wilmington, whc
defeated Marty Fulghum; arid
Pam Britt, who defeated Clem
Sturdivant for the treasurer’s
job. Britt hails from Plymouth,
N. C.
The sophomore class had a fair
turnout with 208 (64 percent)
going to the polls. The freshman
class was able to manage only a
turnout of just over 49 percent,
with 170 voting.