monday, april 27, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 9
Roca's country opry flavored by old-style music
If you're looking for country music of days gone by,
including the music of such greats as I lank Snow and
Claude Aiken, Roca may be worth the short trip.
The Nebraska Country Opry, which began February
14, is the new home of the traditional country music.
Owner Ralph Lewis began this endeavor because he
said he "really likes country music,' and felt there was
nowhere for people to go who liked the "old-style count
ry music.
"Especially for people in their 40s on up, they want
older country music, not the new stuff on the radio.
This is definitely not for country rock music, said
Lewis.
Lewis remarked that they screen the bands fairly
carefully. "We don't want any rock or Western rock.
If people want to hear new country music, they can
turn on the radio.
Lewis wants to promote strictly a family show. Each
Saturday from 810:30 the show in the Morton Building
(which seats 470), features a band that plays country,
gospel, or bluegrass music.
"This is strictly a show. So there's no dancing and
no alcohol, Lewis said. "We serve only candy bars,
popcorn, pop and coffee. I have no intentions of start
ing up dancing, although there's been a request for this.
The minute you start dancing you have liquor problems,
and I want this to be a family-type place. We definitely
Musicians, singers to group talents
The UNL Symphonic Wind Ensemble and University
Singers will combine to present Edwin London's "Psalm
of These Days V" at 8 p jn., Tuesday in Kimball Recital
Hall
The concert, which will include additional pieces per
formed by the Wind Ensemble, is free and open to the
public.
Serving as guest conducter of "Psalm of These Days
V" will be its nationally known composer Edwin Lon
don. Directors of the UNL Symphonic Wind Ensemble
and University Singers are Jack Snider and G. Edward .
Bruner, respectively.
Beginning the Wind Ensemble's performance will
World of Sports. . .
Continued from Page 8
Of course, Wide World has the right to parade athletes
onto the screen to say a few words about the glories and
virtues of Wide World, but the fact of the matter is that
it doesn't need that kind of self-indulgence to get an aud
ience, and cheapens itself when it does so.
Wide World, despite its little flaws, is a good show with
a large audience; the number of Wide World imitations
the other two major networks have tried over the years
should be testimony enough to that fact.
But like so much television programming, Wide World
couldn't resist the temptation to be its own hired shill.
This was most obvious when Peggy Flemming and O.J.
Simpson stood up to speak their minds about what ABC
and Wide World have done for their respective sports.
Flemming and Simson have both served as ABC broadcast
announcers in recent years, so it probably wasn't diffi
cult for them to dream up kind things to say about ABC
Sports.
ABC does deserve a pat on the back for Wide World
as it was the first sports show of its kind to hit the mark
et. But it shouldn't rely on itself to deliver it.
UNL to hold seminar
Nebraska teachers have an opportunity to apply for
participation in one of the 198 1 Taft Seminars for Teachers.
UNL has been selected as one of 24 colleges and
universities in the United States to sponsor a Taft Seminar
in 1981.
Thirty elementary and high school teachers, adminis
trators and librarians, who have responsibility for treating
government and politics in their classrooms will be nomin
ated to spend the weeks of June 8 through 19 on the
UNL campus with Democratic and Republican elected
officials, political party leaders, and other political experts
to explore operation of the two-party system and ways
for individual citizens to carry out their political responi-bility.
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Rhoades Scholar Roger Mastalir will be featured
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The Wind Ensemble's three flute players, Michel'
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don't want a bar-type atmosphere.-
Admission is $3 and $1.50 for children under 12.
Bob Strayer is the master of ceremonies for all of the
shows. So far such bands as "the Country Nights, "the
Moonlighters, "Country Cross Section," and the
"Country Caravans" have performed at the Opry show.
"It takes a while to build up an audience, so far we
have about 150 to 200 people each weekend. It's mostly
couples, but there are usually about 15 families each
weekend. What we want to do is give people a taste of
what country music used to be like, and I feel there's
a real need for such a place as this, with this kind of
atmosphere.
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