The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 7, 1978-Page49, Students keeping in tune (Continued from Page 43) recommends that student musicians prepare a piece for the fall audtions, but that it isn't absolutely necessary. The top vocal organization on campus is the Chamber Choir, according to Thomas Hilbish, director of University choirs. "It's a select group of 40 voices" which meets twice a week for an hour and a half. "About 99 percent of the Chamber choir performers are vocal majors," says Hilbish. Another group of vocalists, the University Choir is also made up of primarily Music School students. THE VOCAL equivalent of the Varsity Band is the University Arts Chorale, directed by Lawrence Marsh. About 90 non-music majors rehearse for four hours a week in Angell Hall and present at least one major performance each term. Auditions are required for the Ar- ts Chorals but it is open to almost anybody who can read music and carry a tune, or at least thinks they can. The Michigan Men's Glee Club is open to "everybody, except girls," ac- cording to Hilbish. But there is a similar activity for women, the Women's Glee Club which formed last year. The men meet six hours a week and have, in the past, performed all over the world. The group has just returned from a summer European tour. For those who are capable of singing and dancing at the same time, there is the Amaizin' Blues, a small, well- rehearsed group which once presented a command performance for former president and University gradute Gerald Ford. THE UNIVERSITY also accom- modates musical types with a leaning towards symphony. The Music School offers two highly professional groups, the University Symphony Orchestra and the University Philharmonia. Membership in these organizations is. quite restricted. But for string players, as well as wind players and percussionists of a lesser caliber, there is the All-Campus Or- chestra. This group is explicitly for non-music majors and often includes professors and the spouses of Univer t sity staff and students. Although the quality of this group is nowhere near that of the Music School's superior symphony orchestra's, the All-Campus Orchestra nevertheless performs a wide range of established symphonic works. Members practice together two and a half hours a week and earn one credit. ~CINEMA II Capra to Warhol, Bergman to Rhomer Cinema I1 shows a wide variety of films at a reason- able rate, $1.50 (cheap). In the past our schedule has included: Annie Hall, Bonnie & Clyde, Rocky, Flesh, Contempt, Murmer of the Heart, Rashomon, and many others... Cinema II is one of the three major film co-ops on campus serving the film going community. Watch for us this fall showing four nights a week. Art Fair crowds turn S. University into a sea of humanity. People, paintings, pottery and varied Art Fair fare :' - By SUE WARNER The two forces converge upon the city in late July. The first to arrive sets up camp in thestreets and awaits the other's onslaught. Although at first it may seem like a military skirmish is about to erupt, actually the buyers and the sellers who come to town for the annual Art Fair are here to cooperate-to get a bargain, make a profit and have some fun. THE ART FAIR packs more people into town than even the Ohio State foot- ball game. And the four-day event is one of the city's biggest money makers with hotels booked a year in advance and local stores and restaurants jam- med with Art Fair shoppers. During the fair over 1,000 artists display their creations in wooden booths along S. University, State St. and Main St. There are actually three separate fairs, located on the three major streets, with the one on S. University the biggest and perhaps the best. Artists come from all over the coun- try to participate in the fair which is one of the best-known in the nation. For some, selling their works in booths is a ay of life every summer but for many And now at your campus film co-o (Continued from Page 41) semester's viewing are films of less popular European directors like Rene Clair and Agnes Varda, Andy Warhol's cinema du bland, and comedies by everyone from Woody Allen to Mel Brooks, the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, and the silent classics. For those who relish the cult circuit, there are the obligatory multitudinous showings of Harold and Maude, King of Hearts, O Lucky Man!, and Night of the Living Dead. The Ann Arbor Film Co- op also manages to dig up a share of ob- scure cinematic artifacts, including such sub-standard fare as the films of auteure favorite Samuel Fuller, Norman Maile's experiments in movie machismo, Brian, De Palma's little- seen early work, and various short films made by famous directors (Scor- sese, Polanski) before they hit the big time. ROUNDING OUT the schedule is Ann Arbor's 16 Millimeter Film Festival. Films of every variety (animated, humorous, "experimental," dull) are submitted from all over the country, giving the selection committee enough leeway to guarantee this yearly event a large percentage of genuinely top-notch efforts. The festival stretches for a week in the middle of April, and is one of Ann Arbor's most celebrated artistic events. For people like myself, who spend half their waking hours in movie theatres, Ann Arbor is definitely an ideal place to be. For those not yet un- der the spell of the god Cineramus, the opportunities for film-going here may well'prove that becoming a movie buff is too much fun to avoid. local and student artists the annual event is a unique opportunity to make some money and earn some pride. BECAUSE SPACE is limited, artists must go through a screening process during which fair coordinators look for talent and originality before awarding a coveted booth. To participate in the S. University fair, sponsored by the University's Artists and Craftsmen Guild, participants must submit their applications almost a year in advance. However, many artists avoid the procedure, prefering to lay down a blanket just about anywhere in hopes of pawning off their handmade jewelry or pottery. Local merchants get into the act too by bringing clearance items out of their stores for display in sidewalk sales. In fact, the Art Fair was originally a gimmick to boost sales during the city's 'Bargain Days' almost 20 years ago. Today, of course it's vice versa. GEORGE WILD, the proprietor of Wild's Mens Shop and a veteran of some 15 Art Fairs stresses the impor- tance of the Art Fair for local merchan- ts. "Business-wise the fair is com- parable to any four days in December," he says. "It is extremely important." Wild explains that the Art Fair is not as important "as far as profits are con- cerned" but the real value lies in "liquidating all the odds and ends." Wild .points out that the values are genuine and most businesses market their goods at 50 percent off. S"They've been a lot of fun," says Wild of the Art Fairs he has participated in, "but frankly they're very tiring." Wild also notes that the weather can "make or break" Art Fair trade. "If you have good weather you have a good sale, but if it rains-catastrophe." LAST YEAR over 250,000 people flocked to the city to pursue the pottery and scan the paintings. Naturally, the influx only adds to the city's already dismal parking situation and in recent years the Ann Arbor Transit Authority (AATA) has enacted a shuttle bus system to transport shoppers into town from parking areas on the city's periphery. But despite the crowds and the usually hot, sticky weather few deny that the four days of confusion and congestion are worth it. Long after the crowds have disappeared the art, and memories of good times remain. u.-- CINEMA II' TINIVERSITY c MUSICALC8OCIETY presents Forty-two presentations during the school year! Delicious, Quality Food 8~ Cocktails- Elegantly Preppred Graciously Served At Chez t-'Crepe (SINCE 1968) 328 S. Main Tues.-Thurs.-1 1:00-3:00, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Fri. & Sat.-11:00-J:00, 5:00-9:00 p.m. Reservations Suggested-(313) 668-8300 CLOSED SUNDAYS, MONDAYS & HOLIDAYS s Poets on Poetry Donald Hall Goatfoot Milktongue Twinb ird Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry, 1970-76 paperbound $4.95 Galway Kinnell Walking Down the Stairs Selections from Interviews paperbound $4.95 William Stafford Writing the, A 1iCr ( nwI l A wide variety of music and dance is featured in this 100th season... CHORAL UNION SERIES All Series tickets are sold-out. A limited number of single tickets will go on sale September 5 at 54-$15. Vladimir Horowitz, pianist............ Oct. 8 Emil Gilels, pianist..................NOct. 12 Nathan Milstein, violinist.............Nov. 5 English Chamber Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist/conductor..... Nov. 10 Isaac Stern, violinist...............Dec. 7 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra....... Feb. 3 NDR Symphony of Hamburg......:.. Feb. 28 Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bass.............. Mar. 17 Detroit Symphony Orchestra......... Mar. 25 Cleveland Orchestra................ Apr. 17 CHOICE SERIES A vailable in series of 4 concerts at S5-$30 or 8 concerts at $30-$60. Tickets for individual concerts go on sale Sept. Sat $3.50-s10. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater..... Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Martha Graham Dance Company.. . Oct. 23-25 Viennese Gala...................... Oct. 27 Dimitri, Clown-Mime...............Nov.l The Fred Waring Show............... Nov. 9 Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" Ballet. Dec. 14-17 The Play of Daniel................... Jan. 9 Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," Canadian Opera Company (3 and 8 pm)....... Jan. 14 "Pirin," Bulgarian Folk Ensemble. ... Jan. 16 Paul Taylor Dance Company...... Jan. 26-27 Los Angeles Ballet............... Mar. 12-14 CHAMBER ARTS SERIES Tickets for the Series of 8 concerts available until Oct. 14 at $25-$45. Single tickets go on sale September 5 at .4-$7. DEBUT & ENCORE SERIES Tickets for the Series of 4 concerts available until Oct. 1? at 512-$22. Tickets for the individual concerts go on sale September 5 at $4-$7. Eugene Fodor, violinist.............. Oct. 17 Murray Perahia, pianist............ Oct. 30 Judith Blegen, soprano.............. Jan. 12 Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist........... Feb. 9 - ASIAN SERIES Tickets for the Series of 3 concerts available until Oct. 15 at 57.50-$15. Single tickets go on sale September S at $3.50-6.50. Bugaku, from Japan...............Oct. 15 Aspects of Peking Opera............. Feb. 20 Yakshagana, South India............. Apr. 9 SPECIAL CONCERTS Tickets for each oj these concerts go on sale September 5 at $5-59. Julian Bream/John Williams, guitaristsOct. 21 Andres Segovia, guitarist..........Feb. 17 Russian Festival of Dance..........Mar. 24 HANDFL'S MESSIAH Tickets go on sale September S at $246. University Choral Union, University Symphony Orchestra and soloists....... ..... Dec. 1-3 MAY FESTIVAL 1979 Ticket sales begin December 1st. The Philadelphia Orchestra........ Apr. 25-28 I