The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 24, 1981, Page page 10, Image 10

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toily netifnskart
Neoclassic performance
emphasizes mello
wjazz
By Cydny Wilson
Vf'fy'ty evefn$. t Rui X i?ih ehw, the Wvliwic
Wrr Ocw'rj ??eief!l :ts first n t series f three en
jertv fV- ere rVfiffl t the fvvrt, rhe firs wts t
vwb? r"iff y Rex C-KiwiBsnlef , rpeflihf f the
iT'v.tt. ;roiVd f irv " Th pnd piece, Rhm
phorhyncrnw." ;s iy vly vyJef . m tsvKiaff pmres.vr
f!e yee ath :vr,vi fer v f dinosaur. w4 !be
y'v.-( t v" a !" I ound ike finosaurs Vftt
'VfU'- r err .sx p?.ver ih 'he of.-Jwstra id 'he
nr- s t W m -,t .vfiere nfv hreetivn is
.a ;,-iri-i t .-!.! " (V t!!'K ,if The number tlso cIU
.r t '( rfv 'hev're lnj bn' in r eel I is "or tlie
y'ece it's ?xrere'v liftlci-lt piece, and perhaps ditTer
.v Hn mm -f" he fhtrs that Veociassic usually per-
t'he vvfKvrt :rv!4e4 mix of mellow, funk and fast
,umfvrs. p."rh;tw villi ihi mellow Ale beini predomi
nant 'We're known for pavint iiinh. t;is and Uo . yet we'd
iike rv (funic we can come liwn. s much w n up."
'.Vnltoee i;u 'some of the pieces on Monday imthtN pro
.jnm exhibited unusual time intjiatun's is m "T.S P S '
.vhich !tnwes frnnt 4 r. '"4 m the wmp X ti Hlitionnl
riumher n !on4;ivi nvmi vis 'Tike 'he A rrnn" in
I4 D'tke Fllinnton ituviml. irrjn'l l"v Tn Vf.ti,i.
The rofiestf . consists "f iTinsici-ins tr"m I mcln,
Onh im4 rhe iirrciinhn re.. r.inyn fVm .oliie tistf
n io P.vo riemhrs ire r.i'e.irs if I -Nl . W-li;ire n
tenor n-l Iv.lhTK'ir. A-ho recnrlv joml the
ro'tp h .tnimmer. Other new mrnVfS inclKle r.iv?
paS(n1 1n ,.n4r n.l f.rry fsr 'n ;ilro ?:x. Rosfer
pl:v.'4 -v it h rhe md ev.ri! yeirs io in4 recently re
oine4 the roup
u4itions tor poKnri;il orchesfr:i rnemhers are con
iiK'tf4 when openings re iviJihle. Presently f d love is
musical- director. Steve ifenJern is personnel director
in 4 iohn Tivlin is financial director, irranging the group's
hooking'..
Sevral ihms ire omunt; up ;n the orchestra''; future,
i ho llrst heinn their performance of Christmas carols jr
ranie4 hv the Stan Kenton hand. The Kenton oarois wJl
he prl"ormi'4 it the Lincoln Community Playhouse, Dec.
t through '
The orchestra .vill complete their concert sehes in Un
oln next .emesh'r, -jvin? performances F'ib. Z and Vlay
10
Next summer the orchesi n will tour Europe m Inly
and August They will play in major European cities men
is London . P iris and Rome While they ire 'here, they
vill play inme paying jobs, in addition to members sup
plementing nme of the costs incurred on the tour. While
rnrina: thev may perform at the VIontreux hz Festival
in Switzerland, which is considered the biggest azi fes
tival in the world .
The last time the orchestra made a European tour was
during the summer of 1078.
'Life on the edge 'painted in one of fiction 's best
By David Wowt
h rhe fVhitonK Centr.4 Aerie.n coimtrv of Ocan,
rhe lives of ihree Americans an anthropologist. run
runn'T .m4 'n nnt iti the fever of fhint World re
vohoion n. circ'stantiaUv are crushed beneath rhe
rW ot' rmfory
Roberf Stone's t f7,-? fir "C?rY- isn't I r Storv . vl
t' rxre than I rroK info post Vietnam political ps h
ol.)v What it is is the best new ticti n in srne fne
Stow t eVwnH of tt. We c&n vsvia
history from ttte strands of mJivhktal fives in the fashion
(f John los Psssos The smoMrttn. ofcamv depths vf
,i t. h,rrcters and his totith-oLthc-NWct mtcn.vtx remind
one of Malcolm 1 1 rc He has l uiwn's sense of nucto
hstir tn l.tham l.recnc's knack tot political mttiuc.
H.; 'tard-dnnkms. imi; ."d .level view of wat is tetmnisccttt
of tl?mma. t sea. the dangerous mtet of close
co!rsri rvokrs t iare
sr xd'i ,Je?iVjtiv? He ust borrows the best ftom
"V Vr. thpr ;xTs it tth a thnlkr's suspense. The force
"' bP?un m the unrf4senuig hiuUhtv of the open
''i v"fs nr iff-r rflfnts until vtuel wai btins senseless
"". r , -1 t i;- . .f sutn;r u 3 n.uc' about persons and a
lmpnrd ujhnrsy
!b human iotidition i pressed to ihc isr-t r ih?
H'U l am', i onimru tal presence o? r-jericar.s -. ffcir.
KUhJ u( 0r vunu V vithness. is itrxied. FrirA Hc:
wpl thv anthtopvUvtsi. epijins
'Aettcr. pop culture t of.er U'sfc a: ? srecc-jsh
tM'ptw as r cat ihertT." HcChu. i" e frri
!Vo4ioii'. vxlliissc, iel r-trj.rercG ccisrstics :c
yuJri 4lra:n ,rt r '.:u riut: la-e iuu ;:e
KSsxHustf. cr?'rie ar p.r 11 jkutx :o .utiet .innmu .t
, 'Ciuiw ve
H ic ;i-nu:v v'iii at aueilkwica merat'.ve
a & iui?it;ac:ittU tiabre euvms i?r he :;niw
txvx mrd 'u uiuifiiuilv an;x at .111 iuiin?
Vw.iSi nissiiai .jm he fduanecan c;iast. ur.nnq n
s 'ffis.vi Vncrua, i s asKat hym aain iv a iiniv
.vkioi iecines ljut s utven u he imnij mn
:n a wi. unjiaiv twt iencs inihnmiuii.'
Ssnr hutmi ives u :h juje u aitr.ttua
xj4. Hiu -.nuaacM las ::uit-a v. tiev.ua anwuie ; m n
and wwiUQwt itukjs .uuum mnxus. t ier e'l-
Playhouie presents oner-atts
riit Caikn rieu: vrf He Lnizun XuiiuniuiiTA ,
fat sTSwad-ivi oneicr 3an ic i J j
iJa i Cc E ncoiya 1. Zidusa m $4 iit I
t, jiiyt it i.wif aa ccibrtazit 4. 1
itw, ., Miif A, a xipiKif aiJoii a.1
vrr pJSeoe caTc? ad wtf r,;tcJ.K4ri wpeexzee
it hi flh sSStta JTtf lOw? w2 ax
tHot, $boiit !tv j;:NVi friwdLk.
"t vhdn't come down here to see the world or make my
fortune or be educated." she intimates in the moments
after her symbolic loss of virgin if y . 'T came m my simple
minded was' to help people I'm not jjomg to pull out
now."
Freak makes three
The final strand in the trilateral scenario is Pablo
Labor, a benrue freak who jumped ship with the Coast
(t'lard and hires on with gunrunners. Iving the fatal
knot, his dropoff point is in the waters off' the mission.
!Vto has an uncontrollable fear of being "turned
around." of being confused h urgency. His reflexes are
fierce, hke an animal's. VnUke with the others. Stone has
swim ditVKuttv plumbing TabUA psyche, and he uses
VaWo imte&vt swwwhat as a natvualistic Cvnsttvict akin to
Frank Nonas' brute.
Much of the novel is darkened eerily with such over
tones. The silent, submerged presence of sharks at the
edge of a reef or brain coral, for instance, or the ancient
ruins of py res erected for human sacrifice are, like the
plot, crafted expertly.
4 FUt Sunrise is Stone's fust novel in the six years
since his National Book Award-winning lg Soldiers, a
novel that brought Vietnam back to America in the shape
of drags. A Fiefs' Sunrise is the third novel in a 40-vear-h?e
that includes such experiences as riding with Merry
Pranksters. The book is his best .
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Mone's prose cis be cnuc-rtc a.i overwritten at tunes.
?2i rjL-icieri ina his half-spelled
sc;re. ritj ;r.ti i i":
se--q uence o!
'.'rf it am stic end ajid
Phota by Klly Wis courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Robert Stone
reasonates with one's sense of the world at the pitch of
fine literature. A flog for Sunrise is a masterly, moving
view of history from below and within.
Capt Reagan addresses pilgrims
tr vw.ir lUjv.ru-a ev4'anc.t mcU'-a'.vt x& vtw
ir'vc- tie tsr.aiujnteit o' ym-.ntci '-'..' .n ftj.
jrmsL i inuw ynuu lorn :iuf .,. '.u.-it ti,eit
aim uitst itntti aauij vvmiliHtt t int Nev. wid,
hwt stUtrt in tm lnniite. unit :uy ;ai i'oi m s
.wunnv atvi ia umvr tV:a,MUk i Ws" lun- piigiJ,
his Viiut u tyuws ttS;atiitifv'C tvtig-f Cx-. there
n nil
dark
"Tm U4 vva vis twit ' '-..'., us fua yein always
ao Tu '..vmj'.a'-s; '..viunn rms t.hy-pt it might go a
ittte- ciw.T- tus atm- uHv ul. tnry hi kamed how to
arnnt .tarn aut tuiu ika ttar. fjoa the Indians in
'uissacttujfettu tut yea mt'o.m B.: ?tca -se of the sw ampy
aaut annua tie. 'i.uy tti aDj tre not nearly as
auuuesa'u m iuj ttcey imr ;v-t-:iei the y ear before in
?.imiuuth Lini:rrifi C;u:e forced to find other
ttituns x sirvH-al
Tiit icstnc numsc.nif Day it Congress Colony . The
ettrs uc' ttit :;::c jet il ncsii. in a'special se$$Kn to
iiiiemxu ' r-t to sunive. The acting ptesi-
:c K'ixoit f?vtrrcrser,t, Captain Ronald Reagan.
aoTswi .is r.ifitr-.j I
U .x i3r?', yeaj at this time we wne sitting
tr:iri; catr;f rutin driers with the Indians and watch
r:t tit LaceKf4r$ ire, Reagan said. "But a lot has
5iv9KKi sb th-er,. A you: acting ptesident,, I have
tales ee r.:tutiw to take the fat out of Hymouth
Cciocy, kfidr us in the trickle down fioni Hvmouth to
"1 did not pionuse that when we got here it was going
10 be easy. And even now 1 am not willing to turn back
'Ait step from the course we have taken, and 1 still think
" uu balance the colonial budget by 1984. Of course,
that's not for 360 years or so yet. But now, down to more
immediate concerns.
"As we sit in this meeting trying to decide the fate of
out colony, I think it is important to relate to you some
thing that my wife Nancy and I were talking about this
morning."
A few of the elders sighed heavily at the last statement
One, a man named O'Neill, started to feign sleep. Soon, he
wasn t feigning.
"Nancy and 1 looked out the window of our little
house, ' Reagan said wistfully, "and she sakl to me 'You
know, even though the people around us are unemployed
and some of them are starving, we have so much to he
thankful for.
"The comment took me by surprise " Reagan said. "I
didn t know anybody was unemployed or starving. And
Nancy said, 'Sure honey, that's what all of those protest
ers ate out there for.'
"So j said. Trotesfer?' And Nancy looked up at me.
and smiled in that vacant way she sfway does and said.
Til course, dear. Why. there ar some p?opfe who have be
come totally destitute since yon ffK.k over. And they're
mad.
''Ihen Nancy left to get the turkey for ou, IMnkxuiv.
lug least, and I was left to think bnnf everything she hid
said. Ami the mo,. I thought, the more lealint we
really did have 9 lot to he thful f(,
As if on cue, 9 distinguished ehl?r stood up and said.
WlwMwe we go! fo he thankful for 'ni ,v(ng to
Reag;m wiped 9 te, f,f,. Id eve ..,( " (m r,e
thanklul that we 91? not f,eM."