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THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal of News and Events At St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Volume 18 No
Laurinburg, North Carolina
SEA LEVEL To Appear On Campus Nov. 11
A Look At
SEA LEVEL
Randall Bramblett -
Keyboards, saxophone,
vocals, percussion; Davis
Causey, Electric guitar; Joe
English, Drums, percussion;
Chuck Leavell, Keyboards,
vocals, percussion; Jimmy
Nalls, Guitar, sharing vocals;
Lamar Williams, Bass,
sharing vocals.
Sea Level is a first-rate rock
and roll band whose abilities
far outstrip the limitations of
most groups today. They have
the distinction of being able to
dazzle thousands of European
fans at the prestigious Mon-
treux Jazz Festival, and then
the same group will go on
stage in concert halls and
clubs all over the U.S. and
burn it up with the likes of The
Marshall Tucker Band,
Atlanta Rhythm Section,
Kansas, and George Benson.
In other words, beyond the
formidable rocking talents of
Sea Level, the members can
stretch out at will, touching a
wide range of styles. Like
Wayne Shorter, one of the
greatest players in American
music said, “Man, any time
you have improvisation on a
given theme, you got jazz”.
There lies the secret of Sea
Level’s success. The music is
tasty, brilliantly executed,
and accessible to a wide
variety of listeners’ tastes.
By now, the band’s origin is
well documented. The first
album in early 1977, Sea
Level, was an experimental
beginning in the long
establishment of a definitive
sound.
Late that year, the already-
stellar lineup of musicians-
Williams, bass; Leavell,
keyboards; Nalls, guilar; and
Weaver, drums—was im
mensely expanded. Multi-
strumentalist-songwriter-perfo-
tt (who already had two solo
LP‘s to his credit) and t his
close friend, longtime session
guitarist and veteran road
man Davis Causey, came into
the band. This brought an
infusion of dozens of different
musical styles and influences
together: all kinds of rock,
jazz, classical, rhyuthm ’n
blues, baroque, evern
Concert Committee Statement
In answer to a number of questions which have arisen con
cerning the Concert Committee, w*o would be coming to
campus, who might be coming to campus and who won’t be
coming to campus. And how much they’ll cost when they get
here chairman Robert L. McWorter has made available the
following statement:
A LOOK AT SEA LEVEL, both photographically and on either
side, provided by Capricorn Records and the St. Andrews Con
cert Committee.
Eastern.
With so many facets in Sea
Level, and all of them highly
creative, one might have
expected musical
schizophrenia. The exact
opposite was true with the
explosive second LP, Cats on
The Coast. With its release in
early 19788 came a flood of
sales and further critical
acclaim. Riding on the creat.
Sea Level played to an ever-
widening span of audiences all
over the ‘States, peaking with
a Europena tour that included
London and the historic
Montreux Jaxx Festival in
Switzerland. A chart single,
“That’s Your Secret,” also
came from the Ip, bringing
Sea Level even more at
tention.
The critical accolades kept
coming in : Chuck Leavell
scored in “Down Beat’s
critic’s poll in the Talent
Deserving of Wider
Recognition column for
acoustiC*piano; he also placed
very well in “Contemporary
Keyboard’s list for Best
Electric Piano Player (in both
cases, all those ahead of
Chuch were strict jazzmen);
in “Performance ”
magazine’s awards, he was
Most Promising Keyboardist;
Randall also made it in “Down
Beat’s ’ critic’s poll. Talent
Deserving’—in both soprano
sax and organ categories.
After the grueling 19788
concetseason
After the grueling 1978
season, George Weaver left
the band. As the sessions for
the new album, “On The
Edge; ” got underway the vital
replacement proved to be o
none other than Joe English.
Renowned as drummer for
Paul McCartney & Wings, Joe
had been featured on “Venus
and Mars,” Wings At The
Speed of Sound,” the W
“Wings Over American” LP
and tour , and the clebrated
“London Town.”
The result of all this com
bined afrtistry is Sea Level’s
new album, “On The Edge,”
and the performance is just
what you’d expect form
musicians of this calibre.
Finally, here is that long-
sought-after Sea Level sound-
-a culmination of the in
dividual members’ wide
experience, and the sum if as
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Students:
I would like to explain what
the Concert Committee has
done and what it is trying to
accomplish. First, I would like
to thank those students who
supported the CHOICE con
cert by working as ushers,
ticket takers, concessions,
etc., and also those students
who bought tickets for the
concert. It might be in
teresting to note that 56
percent of the student body
bought tickets.
Many people have asked the
question, “If you’re going to
have a concert, why not go all
the way and have a big name
performer?” There are many
reasons as to why not, but
these are the main reasons.
In order to have any type of
public function on a large
scale, you need to learn wht
the requirements are in
putting one on, and when you
put on a function such as a
concert, you don’t try to outdo
Woodstock the first go. The
CHOICE concert fulfilled two
purposes, the primary one
being that it created en
tertainment for the St. An
drews community and second,
it provided the Concert
Committee with an in-depth
idea as to the running of a
concert (preconcert ad
vertisement, crowd control,
parking, legal regulations
during concerts such as fire
safety, maintaining contract
requirements, etc.), and what
Lank Comments On
Financial Policy
By Ann Caimi
Richard A. Lank recently
became St. Andrews’ vice-
president in charge of
business affairs. In this
position, he is in charge of
such non-academic financial
matters as the annual budget,
maintenance of the physical
plant, and tuition. He is also
responsible for the internal
organization of the business
office.
When asked about St.
Did you ever wonder why you couldn’t find maintenance on
either side of the lake? Hiat’s because they’ve been working in
the middle on Chapel Island, beautifying the Bell Tower.
(Rioto by Kim Leland)
Andrews’ financial situation.
Lank says that it is similar to
that of other small colleges,
except that the problems
seem more sharply focused
here. Like other small
colleges, St. Andrews lacks
the money that it needs for
further expansion, such as the
hiring of more faculty
members or security guards.
Yet, according to Lank the
situation is improving. The
increase in enrolhnent and
the success of the fund raising
campaigns have added
considerably to St. Andrews’
annual income.
Lank feels some changes
are needed in the college’s
economic policy, but he is not
yet sure what these changes
will be. He says that he has so
far encountered complete
cooperation from other
members of the am-
dinistration in his endeavors.
With their help. Lank hopes to
ease St. Andrews out of its
financial difficulties. He feels
that the college has already
begun to approach this goal
and can “see the hole through
which the light comes in at
the end of the tunnel.”
This
Week
TODAY: Episcopal Worship: The HOly Eucharist, 6:30,
Meditation Room; Writer’s Forum: Steve Allgood and others,
6:30, Granville.
FRIDAY: Soccer: St. Andrews vs Greensboro College, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY: Cross Country: St. Andrews Invitational Tourna
ment, 11 a.m. Farrago: Chicago’s own Erin Isaac, 8:30 p.m.,
50 cents admission.
SUNDAY- Open Cycle Club Outing: 1:30 p.m., Belk Center
steps; Chamber Singers: perform at FayetteviUe First Pres
byterian Oiurch; CUB Movie: Double feature with
“Tales of Terror” and “Masque of Death”; 7 p.m., Avinger,
25 cents admission.
MONDAY: Soccer: St. Andrews at UNC-Greensboro; Monday
Happenings in the Arts presents: Joel Carter performs Enoch
Arden (dramatic monologue), 6:30 p.m., Vardell.
TUESDAY: Volleyball: St. Andrews vs Shaw University,
North Carolina A&T University, 7 p.m.; Granville: All campus
Halloween party.
WEDNEISDAY: No classes; Winter term registration.