Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 28, 1969 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 28, 1969 N Lots of voice and7 some BY LE'ITI'IA { RU LEY 7t was a real nice evening las night in the Events Bldg. They weren't screaming in the aisles or gasping for breath every mitt- uO~ of the show, but both Sarah Vaughn and Flip Wilson helped the crowd have a one of those honest-to-goodness good times. Flip Wilson was the headliner ---the one that carne on last to deliver the final punch. But I think Sarah Vaughn and h e r amnazing. chameleon voice was the real professional of th:e evening. She is, I feel confidenit in saying, a true entetainer' who took over the Events Bldg-. as soon as she touched the stage. Backed uip by her "miafia," a piano player, bass player and drummer all of Italian descent. Sarah sang for 11 songs in an hour and unveiled her talented throat. Although there were on- ly three visible instrtunents on stage---a concert grand piano, a bass, and a drum set, there was really a fourth, fifth and sixth--Sarah's voice. Sometimnes in a song like "' Like to Write a Book'" from the musical "Pal Joey," it was like a trumpet that pierced the din created, by 2,000 people sitting around lher. Other times, like in "Alfie.'- it. resembled a delicate chime- producing the ping you get if you strike your mother's best crystal goblet with a spoon. And still other times it was a low, rtumbling baritone which r)ushed you back in your seat. Perhaps the most amazing thing, though, was when Sarah combined all of these and went from the baritone straight up to the chime and thena back down to the base. At these moments. the audi- ence responded best one or two enthusiasts shouted "all right Sarah" or "sing it, Sarah." She turned around and threw a kiss in their direction. But I think her classiest mo- mnent came at what could have been the most awkward-wh en she forgot the lyrics to a new Esong, "Don't We." She wvarned the audience that she wasn't sure of the words, and when the slip came-after the first line i --she simply sang in "I told yvou II'd forget, andi I already have didn't I .. She picked it -ip from there Iafter help from the piano play- er and wvent on as though the RS.e AI .. .ni... .. Daiy .. +.. lt ....1 an m...- miii icd line bcelonued in t h e song. I must add at this point that somne of my observations on Sarah were aided by choice coin- ments herie and there from a loel-lgg'dAnn Arbor musi- cian ---hianks IB.r Flip Wilson was g ood, too. I didn't find himl uproar-iously funny, bthle was loose and easy and did what,.lhe's famous for doing -- his high-pitched southern- manmny, voice. Fur- thermlore, a lot of the audience laughed a lot of the time. jo kes When he caine out, Wilson said he was interested in es- tablishing rapport with the aud- ience. He didn't want to be par;- tial to the audience down front, hie added, because "I have a closer r'elation to the people out back. Singling .One gentleman out, Wilson said he'd never forget his face. "I'm gonna look out for you when we win." Wilson told him. "And don't forg et what I said, if we lose," by added. Wilson's timing is a real 'asset. It enables him to go on and on and funny-ize nothing situa- tions. He spent about seven minutes doing a whole routine about -getting robbed, maybe, on a dark street' - "as dark as Godfrey Cambridge." He uses the humor of under- statement to get the points across. For example, a man with a baseball bat who said "stick 'em up" confronted Wil- son on the dark street. "To show; you how quick my mind works." Wilson told the audience, "I said to myself. 'This guy's going to rob you.'" Getting courageous, Wilson claimed he said. "You think I'm gonna let you hit me with that bat?" And the robber s a i d, "It'll be worse if you duck and I mis's the first time." And the audience laughed and laughed. It wasn't raucously funny, but nice-just like t h e whole evening. 3 W IN NE R!3 ACADEMY AWARDS' INC.LUO)NG, BEST ACTRESS KATHARINE HEPBURN YTOOLEIEg (ATHARINE Tusa -IEPBURN LION IN ITusa 5JK~ A ,ON "'V1LVINTER Il1Ti'IAO NH\ OK4 DIAL 5-6290 ~tC~Ak SHOWS AT 1 :15-3:40 6:20-8:55 "VANESSA REDGRAVE IS SIMPLY GREAT IN THDE LOVES OF ISADORA' "--LFE Magazine ' ~1 IA X11 a . "THE LOVES OF ISADORV 0 rf ed by KAREL REISZL Prodsuced L, ROBERT Bnd RAYMOND HIAKIM j SHOWS AT 1:15-3:45- 6:15 -8:4 5 lI Ow I lqow s A W..7 = F DIAL 662-6264 err r"rrr r rrwrw rr+ rrrr"wr w"r rrwir i r rnr r rr i wrrwrrrrm r Dail'- Ric'hard Lee' St~udel' tfaculty work, for succecssfl strike the min dwith MAX) power! For $3.10 we will run a 3-line classified ad for you for 3 days. Fill out the coupon below and enclose your check for $3.10. (checks payable to the Michigan Daily) jug tody to diccinpmromiise Studenl t, also!plan to pass out lealet attodysAl Capp lectun'e in H1ill Aud. 'the striike central Colee O ba~wks, ROTC 'I' Coic( 'aP I publican Club; has voted to enci(ourage the con- tinuation of vuOTC onl campus "as an optional course. jusg. as the club encourages the Univeirs-ity to offer programs in all fields in which s, tuden rts arc intelresteid.'' At therir meeting Wedinesday ,j some :3,5 members- of thec club also deplored the actions 01' anti-ROTC! -tudentson grounds i that their' actio ns are ''ime (d ttdepriving _)thelr students ofu their inherent right of indiv.idual choice and their righ,nt toa peaceful assimilation of know ledgec." ThVlub'sresolution explained tt the % ocation of military de- eseis ",;ocial defense" a Fnd not "professional killers as sonic main- Lain." coordinatin g cominttee will final- ize strategies at a 5 pin, meeting. The coordinating committee has planned a picket of the doors of 1'3 classroom buildings beginning at 3 a -in. tomorrmow and continu- ig thr'oughout. the day. Student. Government President Nlarty McLaughlin has urged ,stu~-i dents not to ci'oss picket lines and, to suppor't thle strike. Fl ip send to : Lucy Rapp Classifieds, Michigan 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, Michigan TON ITE LAST N ITE ! Law>r Chiance to Hear BOB WHITE GRADY TUCK & PAM OSTERGREN Daily 48104 At 10 a.m. tomnoi'iow small stu- aged byt students at tineUnvriyo (Icet.giroups will discuss the book- Michig