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Network will present "Evening at
Pops "76, a bicentennial tribute to
America and its music, featuring the
grand maestro Arthur Fiedler and the
renowned Boston Pops Orchestra.
"Evening at Pops 76" premieres
July 4 at 7 pjn. and will be aired for
13 consecutive weeks. During tL2
series, Fiedler will combine conducting
and acting talents in his portrayal of
such characters as an Indian si its
Boston Tea Party, Francs Scott Key
and Paul Revere.
. The first show features New York
City Balet star, Edward VSkSa.
Other performers joining Fiedler
for his sixth ssssoa of "Zwssms at
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Randall, Judy Collins, Ethel Murman
and ESa Fitzssrald.
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After you have finished your NETV viewing homework
in the afternoon, youcan stay tuned for several special
features during the evening hours this month.
Two new bicentennial series will examine events which
have shaped America. "Legacy Americana" begins tonight
at 6 and wSl repeat every following Monday at 1:30 pjn.
In "Legacy of Old ' Sturbridge Village, the first
episode, a broom-maker, potter, tinsmith, printer and
blacksmith help tell the story of life in a New England
village during the early 19th century. .
Other ''Legacy Americana programs examine
America's uses for water, its country folks and country
fairs, its sports and the history of its cowboys. One
"Legacy Americana program isa guided tour of the oldest
existing colonial settlement in the United States-St.
Augustine.
The second bicentennial series, The Rights of
Americans, explores the various constitutional rights
granted to all Americans.
Programs will cover the rights of hospital patients,
students and racial minorities. Rights of women, juveniles
and prisoners wiQ also be discussed.
Frank S. Haiman, professor of communication studies
at Northwestern University and a member of the board of
the American Civil Liberties Union, will serve as jiost for
the series, which began May 31st.
The programs will be shown Monday afternoons at 2.
Master actor, Alec Guinness, will be featured in "A
Guinness Festival, a program aired June 5. . , ,
The series is shown each Saturday at 8 pjn.
"The Guinness Festival is a fUni series, portraying
some of Alec Guinness's most famous characters. Films
include "Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), "A Run for
Your Money (1949), "The Lady Killers" (1956), "The
Lavendar 1121 Mob" (1951), "Last Holiday" (1950), and
To Paris With Love" (1950).
Guinness has played leading roles in the screenplays of
"Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," "King Lear, "Oliver
Twist" and "Bridge on the River Kwai."
The search for the source of the Nile Riber by 19th
century explorers is the subject of "The Search for the
Nile," beginning June 15 at 8:30 p.m. The six-week series
was timed on location" in Africa and in England. The
events chronicled are true and are vividly portrayed as
they actually happened.
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