B12 The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, August
Ruth Laredo
set to open
fall series
Ruth Laredo, famed female pianist,
opens the Chapel Hill Concert Series'
twenty-fourth season by performing
October 30. The dynamic performances
by this diminutive artist has catapulted
her to the forefront as this generation's
first major American female pianist.
She is currently recording the complete
solo works of Rachmaninoff, and has
already made history with the world's
first performances and prize-winning
recordings of the complete Scriabin
piano sonatas. A favorite of symphony
orchestras throughout the world, Ruth
Laredo is equally impressive in recital.
Appearing next in the series will be
the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, who
will perform February 5. Twenty-four
excellent instrumentalists make up this
orchestra which performs without a
conductor. Equal reliance on the
musical judgment of each of its
members has brought stunning results.
"A crack young musical group. . . Rich,
sensuous sound. . .If an orchestra were
to follow the example of Orpheus,
conductors would become
extinct. .. The playing had the
precision, vibrant tone and stylishness
of first class music making." The New
York Times.
March 19 will mark the appearance of
the Okinawan Dancers. Presenting a
stunning display and a unique blend of
Japanese, Chinese and Korean
influences, the Okinawan Dancers
perform the traditional arts or royalty
and commoner. Dances dating back to
the 12th and 13th centuries have been
handed down through successive
generations, permeated with a rich
artistic feeling and nurtured in the
Okinawan climate. Spectacular and
exciting dancing in the many aspects of
Fan-Oriental theatre.
The final artists performing in the
series will be Tashi, appearing April 16.
Pianist Peter Serkin, violinist Ida
Kavafian, cellist Fred Sherry and
clarinettist Richard Stoltzman, soloists
in theri own right, make up this quartet
which has enthralled audiences on four
continents. Tashi (Tibetan for "good
fortune") was formed three years ago,
offering programs distinctive in scope,
joyous in performance and a fierce
emotional commitment to the music
they play.
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in the atmosphere of a New York turn-of-the century bar...
Spanky's is opening this weekend...come enjoy the music,
the mood and our domestic and imported beer and wine.
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Francine (warbling a capella: "If the
nightingales could sing like you, they'd
sing much sweeter than they do .... "
Big P (as Doyle pjcks up the beat with
his tenor sax): "Not bad. Say kid, that's
it! We make it a boy-girl act! You start
tomorrow . . . . "
The pair bob up and down on the
waves of musical success. In the end
both find wealth without happiness(this
is the 1970s, after all), face up to their
many shortcomings and go their
separate ways.
Physically the film looks and sounds
genuine. Cinematographer Laszlo
Kovacs' vision of New York has
yellowed gently at the edges, like a series
of old photographs. The score is vintage
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swing music, sweet and hot, with the
exception of five tinny Kander and Ebb
songs that might have been thrown out
of the score of "Cabaret."
The cast fails to maintain this postwar
spirit. Minnelli mimicsabig band singer
as facilely as she imitates Peggy Lee for a
demo tape, capturing the mannerisms,
but not the heart of her subject. She
follows Doyle with a bovine masochistic
patience, making their separation
inevitable and their love story
unbelievalbe.
DeNiro plays his part charmlessly.
What would have been zaniness in a
Donald O'Connor turns to boorishness
in DeNiro's .humorless countenance.
O'Connor might have skipped a hotel
Soviet-released Stem
to bring story to UNC
Soviet immigrant Dr. Mikhail Stern,
recently released from a labor camp
after being convicted in a controversial
Soviet trial, will appear October 25.
Stern, who was arrested in 1974
because he would not forbid his adult
sons to emigrate to Israel, served three
years in the labor camp before protests
and pleas from throughout the free
world forced Russia to release him.
bring class
bill because he was poor; DeNiro does it
from simple meanness.
Scorsese insists on proving Doyle has
"soul," repeatedly showing him wailing
the blues on a midnight streetcorner.
But DeNiro's every line, every
expression, bespeak a selfish, lecherous,
petty man.
Scorsese longs for the glossy
happiness of that era but can't stomach
it whole. Nor can we stomach the
modern mores with which he seasons
the dated script.
So he proves in two-and-a-half hours
what he should have known in a
moment: you can't go home again.
Especially when home never existed at
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And of course there's still Harrison's... serving
Tarheels hearty salads, robust sandwiches, our own
French onion soup and better beers and wines.
Join us for an evening in the Harrison's tradition...
lively music and great food and spirits on Franklin Street.
Student Health doctor,
using his own experience,
is helping others to win
By LAURA T. HAMMEL
DTH Contributor .
A Student H ealth physician may have
lost a few battles, but he is winning the
war on his handicaps. And in winning
his personal war, he has learned how to
help others win theirs.
Donald E. Harris has suffered from
diabetes for 26 years. In the past six
years complications from it have
seriously affected his life.
He is now legally blind. Unusually
thick lenses save what little sight he has
left. Because of poor vision, he has to
depend on others for meals,
transportation and daily insulin shots.
Damaged nerves in his hands and feet
feet have made walking difficult and
learning Braille impossible. Just this
year two of his fingers were amputated
and his meals were restricted after a
kidney failure in January.
It is not surprising that Harris looks
older than his 37 years.
Yet he does not give up. He is a health
educator at the Student Health Service
and acts as a liaison between the service
and other University agencies. He
enjoys his work most when it involves
talking with students.
Harris draws from his own
experiences to help counsel patients,
especially those with chronic illness. He
encourages handicapped persons to
adjust to their disabilities and to accept
the unknown without fear, just as he
learned to do.
Harris counsels hundreds of students
individually or in groups, wherever he
can find them. Although he promises to
address any question students' raise
from sex to sun-bathing, his underlying
message is always the need for
preventive health care.
"Good health is not just the absence
of disease," he said. "I am trying to get
students to accept responsibility for
their own health and lives. I learned the
importance of that from my own
experiences."
As a UNC alumnus and Rams Club
member, he is an avid Tar Heel fan.
Although he does not see well enough to
enjoy football he still sits in the front
row for basketball.
"I can still enjoy those games with
what vision I have left and the
excitement of Carmichael Auditorium,"
he said.
Harris is also a faculty advisor for his
old fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha. "I have
never been married and those guys are
like a family to me, like my kids," he
said.
"Anything in UNC I am interested in.
It has been a part of my life for 20 years,"
. he said.
Even his office at Student Health
shows his devotion to the University. A
ram's head frowns from a Carolina blue
wall. Awards and momento? from his
undergraduate and medical school years
at UNC decorate the room.
"I was afraid of being rejected because
of my blindness," he said. "I had to learn
to open that door and ask someone to
help me down the hall. Now if I run into
someone's feet, I just excuse myself and
sometimes ask them what their feet were
doing in the middle of the hall.
"There was a time when I thought I
would lose my leg. I started withdrawing
from people for fear of being rejected
again. My close friends finally
confronted me and asked me why I was
so arrogant as to think my leg meant
anything to them. But it is something
you have to learn yourself.
"We must not fear failure. Who has to
be perfect? The problem is we grow up in
iety that stresses perfection."
Harris has not always taken his own
advice. He never married because he
feared becoming a burden.
"I have regretted my decision at
times," he said. "There have been some
lonely times. But I made the decision
and must live with it."
He credits his many friends with
helping him through difficult periods.
"My good friends are the reason I can
still function, and the reason it is so
important for me to give back to others
what they have given to me.
"As long as I can be useful to others,
my life is worthwhile," he said.
He even finds an advantage in
blindness. "I found when I was blind my
listening was better," he said. "The
ability to hear joy, hurt or shame in
voices is invaluable in my work."
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