November 17,1977
Pendulum
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The Drifters enlertained a packed house last Thursday
night. (Photo by Roscoe Turlington)
Drifters termed success
The original Drifters played
to a packed house at the Ala
mance Country Club last
Thursday night. Dressed in
florescent green tuxedoes dur
ing the first set, the crooners
delighted the dancing, clapping
crowd.
The Drifters played all their
greatest hits, including “Under
the Boardwalk” and “Sand in
My Shoes” as well as selected
hits by Stevie Wonder and
Elvin Bishop.
The fall dance was spon
sored by the SGA and was
termed a success by SGA
Presidnet Tim Moore. “The
turnout proved that there is a
considerable amount of in
terest among the students in
having dances of this type,”
Moore said.
“Although the dance did not
break even monetarily, the
more than 300 tickets sold
showed enough return to justi
fy future dances,” according
to SGA Treasurer Todd Id-
dings. “The SGA did not ex
pect to make money on the
dance, but our losses were
reasonable for this one,” Todd
smd. The SGA lost a con
siderable amount of money on
the pre-homecoming dance be
cause of poor student turnout.
The band played four sets of
dance music with the Drifters
doing two performances. The
ballroom dance floor at the
Alamance Country was filled
to capacity for most of the
evening. The students enjoyed
free mixers and 25 cent cups of
beer.
According to Tim Moore,
with this type of student par
ticipation, the future looks
bright for quality entertain
ment in the spring.
by Dan Doby
I remember a night in 1970.1
was sitting with my friends in a
house in Burlington, an old
rpnshackle Victorian monstro
sity of a house that has since
been torn down. And the uni
que thing about this night, that
I remember is that every one of
my friends seemed to have a
purpose that evening. That is,
every one of us seemed to have
a point of view concerning the
world that night. There was
talk of the “new conscious
ness,” “Second America,”
and the “Third Worid.” A
very heavy night. And the
music that turned and spun
and wove itself into the con-
versations was a new group
called Crosby, Stills, and
Nash.
A friend of mine (Will?
Jeff?) was telling us that this
group was a perfect reflection
of the new waves of thought
that were rushing over Ameri
ca at that time. Like the
hippies themselves, this group
had come from different coun
tries and cultures (Crosby from
the Byrds, Stills from Buffa lo
Springfield, and Nash from the
Hollies in England) and had
come together to try to pro
mote unity and spirtual essence
among the youth of the ‘Sixties
and ‘Seventies). Songs like
“Wooden Ships,” “Teach
Your Children Well,” “Al
most Cut My Hair Today,”
And so, I entered the
Greensboro Coliseum last Sa
turday night with a certain
amount of misgiving. It was
nearly a decade later; and my
ideas and outlook had changed
considerably. Would Crosby,
Stills, and Nash still hold that
magic? Or would they be as
faded as so many of my other
guiding lights had become?
Would they be yesterday’s
heroes? 1 didn’t want to watch
them if this were true. They
had meant too much to me.
1 needn’t have worried.
From the first note of “Love
the One You’re With” till the
last bow, the show was a joy
and the musicians were superb.
Those rising, joyous, incre
dible harmonies were still
there. Still’s guitar had never
sounded better, and their
back-up band was as in tune
with their music as the old
days.
“Just A Song Before I Go”
followed, slowing the tempo of
the crowd a bit. “Shadow cont.top.4
Captain” followed, a powerful
piece of music written by the
keyboardist. The music was
driving ahd intricate, and the
lyrics by Stephen Stills comple
mented the statacco pace set by
the band. (By this time, the
audience was in a frenzy,
needless to say(.
Graham Nash took the lead
on the following number. His
piercing vocals and the guitar
duet between Crosby and Stills
took us all soaring. Nash
looked a shade burnt-out, as
usual, but vibrant as a live
wire, and Crosby was immed
iately likable with his animated
face. Stills, of course, was the
consummate guitarist and the
focal point for the band.
They ended the first part of
the show with Still’s “Turn
Back the Pages.” Crosby and
Nash and the rest of the band
held down the fort while Stills
rampaged the stage, playing a
pulsating guitar lead. He was
A movie review
^Heroes’
by Becky Sharpe
Hey, guess what! Henry
Winkler can do more than
and “Long Time Coming” J^^t say “He-e-e-e-y!” Co-
were becoming anthems to starring with Sally Field in the
these mutant children—the funny and touching movie,
Hippies. And 1 took this new “Heroes,” Winkler is excellent
group to be the spokesman and playing the role of an
guiding lights for my journey energetic, slightly unbalanced
into adulthood. Vietnam veteran.
Opera set for Nov. 21,22
by Becky Sharpe
On Nov. 21 and 22, the
opera “The Bartered Bride”
will be presented in Whitley
Auditorium, Elon College, by
a cast of almost all students.
Showtime is 8:00 p.m., and
there will be no charge. In
volving close to 50 production
and cast members, this will be
a full-scale opera, with the
Elon College Community Or
chestra providing the instru
mental music.
THe three-act opera takes
place in a Bohemian village,
where we see a love conflict
build and then resolve. Some
of the leads are Freida Matkins
(marie), Mike Taylor (Hans),
and Jim Manchester (Kezal).
Onescene features a belly-
dancer. Most participants are
voice majors.
Terrelll Cofield, voice pro
fessor at Elon, is the opera’s
producer and stage director.
Mrs. Cofield, who has just
beenelected to the executive
board of the National Opera
Association, has directed the
operas at Elon since she came
in 1969. She encourages people
to come to the comedy, as it
“should be good, musical
theater.”
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Jack Dunn (Windier) has
been in and out of the VA
hospital for four years, and in
one of the first scenes, we see
him escape again, disguised as
a doctor. En route, he hides
behind a young lady’s suitcase
on the escalator, much to her
irritation. The young lady’s
name is Carol (Sally Field),
and she encounters the lunatic
^ain when he gets the last bus
ticket on the bus she needs to
take. Jack gallantly gives up
his seat for her, and he sits in
the aisle.
Finding it impossible to
ignore the persistent show-off,
Carol finally starts talking to
him, and learns that he’s
bound for Eureaka, Californ
ia, to see one of his business
partners. His business is
>vorms; he and about four
other vets are going to sell
worms for food, as the Japa
nese do. Carol is headed' for
Kansas City in an effort to be
alone for a few days before the
wedding.
The two are momentarily
separated when one of Jack’s
worms gets flipped into the bus
driver’s dessert, and flying
cont. on p. 5
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