THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five 'Father of bluegrass' returns to Ann Arbor World-wide' talent search for porker By DOUG ZERNOW Playing before a packed house of excited and expectant fans, Bill Monroe made his long-await- ed return to Ann Arbor Thursday night and reaffirmed his title -is the "father of bluegrass music." In an outstanding one night stand at the Pretzel Bell, Monroe and his "Bluegrass Boys" had the crowd, which had come from all over the state, clappng and sing- ing along from the start. Following a particularly sharp set by the Pretzel Bell regulars, "The R.F.D. Boys," Monroe strode to the stage with his four- man backup group and played and sang the music he helped make famous, his - strong # tenor voice and excellent mandohn playing soothing the sell- o u t crowd. Although well into his fifties, his hair thinning and gray, Mon- roe stood tall in his greed plaid suit and cowboy hat, stepped back at the end of each num- ber and tipped his hat to r h e crowd of bluegrass afficionados. It had been ten years since he'd last played Ann Arbor, but his three sets of superb Bluegrass were well worth the wait. Monroe and the "Bluegrass Boys" had the crowd cheering after a first set which included such standards as "Nine-Pound Hammer" and "Kentucky Moun- tain" and finished with "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", with Mon- roe calling on the audience to join him. The song filled the crowded room with hand clapping a n d old-fashioned spiritual singing. Between sets Monroe signed auto- graphs, greeting old fans and well wishers with handshakes and smiles. For his second set Monroe cal- led for requests, and he paayed them all. "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms", "In the Pines" and an especially good rendition of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with young Jim Morotta on ban- jo all showed the amazing tight- ness of Monroe and his quartet which also included guitar, string bass and some excellent fiddle by Kenny Baker. On "Rawhide" the old master showed off some superb mandolin, and brought the crowd to its feet. There was a myriad of people at the Pretzel Bell Thursday night, from students in w > r k shirts and blue jeans to old c .i- ples dressed for dining out, but all had one thing in commcn: the music. They all loved it. By his third and final set, which Monroe ended with the song they'd been calling for all night, "Orange Blossom Special,' the room filled with smiles. Monroe has been in co'Jntrv music for well over forty yeers and with the "Bluegrass Boys" (which has gone through count- less personnel changes in t h e past) has played the Grand Old Opry since the late Thirties. "I started playing when I was eight or nine, my uncle on my mother's side played mandolin and he taught me," he said. "I first went on the radio in N30 and then a short whila later I invented this bluegrass music." "This bluegrass music," which Monroe also termed "the m o s t copied music in the world today," is one of the few art forms solely based in American history, its roots going as far back as some of the family lineages in the hills of Tennessee. As the band finished tie night with "Lonesome Road Blues" much of the audience moved up to the stage to shake hands or: just say hello to the man many had listened to all their lives. As. one familiar face at the bar said "it was a night to remember." And it surely was. Hologases, in classes, HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - Now there's a "world-wide" talent hunt for a pig. Producer George Pal, the self-same man who conducted an exhaustive search for an actor to play "Doc Savage" - only to end up signing ex-Tarzan Ron Ely for the role - now is beat- ing the bushes for a porker. The prospect can't be just any old slob of a pig. This particular ham must be small, photogenic and able to take direction. A spokesman for the produc- tion company, a weird individu- al often given the job of secur- ing animals for motion pictures, said no particular breed is be- ing sought for the role. "It's a matter of individual- ity and personality," said the man, chewing on a cigar with all the flair he could muster. "Let's say he should have a perky personality and a pleasant- sounding oink. But don't get me wrong when I said 'he.' Warner Bros. is not a sexist organiza- tion. We don't discriminate. This could be a female pig." Reminded that female pigs are commonly called sows, the man said the term was an affront to feminity. The pig chosen for the role will be directed by Michael An- derson in "Doc Savage ... Man of Bronze" and provide comedy relief from time to time. "The script calls for the pig to be the pampered pet of one of the starring characters in the movie," said producer Pal. "It must be small enough to be carried in a large pocket and have a melodious oink. "It can be of any breed or mixture. We are not necessarily looking for an animal with a long pedigree." It While the pig may hobnob with y the stars and almost certainly will be nomirated for a PATSY award --the prize given each year to the animal actor who turns in the best performance- Pal doubts if the swine will grow rich from its adventure in films. The man with the cigar, who exuded the casual elegance of Florenz Ziegfeld seeking anoth- er Billie Burke, said he thought the studio would buy the parker outright. "It smacks of the old salve contract days at the studios," he admitted. "But look at it this way. Suppose the pig had a smart agent. He could yank the pig out Hof the picture right in the middle of things and leave us high and dry. And with the meat shortage and all, one can't be too careful" M1ATCH. PUT THE LIFE OUT OF YOUR MATCHES BEFORE THEY PUT THE EIRE qa OUT OF YOUR FORESTS. Daily Photo by STUART HOLLANDER Bill Monroe could be used I If the combined efforts of a music professor and two electri- cal engineers at the University are successful, new educational tools using holography - com- monly known as lensless, three- dimensional photography - may soon be available to teachers and students around the country. Working together to produce the devices are music Prof. Wil- liam P. Malm, director of the project; Juris Upatnieks, adjunct associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Emmett N. Leith, professor of electrical engineering. Leith and Upatneiks began the modern revolution in practical holography when they developed a system, publicly announced in 1964, which produced holograms of extremely high quality. "Our project has two pri- mary goals," Malm notes. The first is to design and build a viewing device for hologram film strips for use in libraries. Working somewhat like a micro- film viewer, it would give three- dimensional images of the origi- nal object. The second goal is for a pro- jector which, using the same hologram film, shows two - di- mensional images of the object on a large screen in the class- room. Its images would be much like those from ordinary photo slides, but as the hologram film is mov- ed, either laterally or vertical- ly, the projected image would show the corresponding perspec- tive of the original object. The hologram film, in both cases, would allow the object to be viewed from all sides. ''I"lography is the on 1 y known method of producing per- fect and realistic three - dimen- sional images," Malm continues. "The image presented to the viewer is exactly like that of the original object in a display case." MAlm emphasizes that such realism can play as important a role in magnitude as the inven- tion of the microfilm reader for research and the use of record- ings in the teaching of music. "The unique properties of holo- graphy have been appreciated in science and industry for years," Malm says. "Now they can be applied in the educational field as well.' Can Hieronymus Merkin ever forget Mercy Humppe and find true happiness? RATED "X" Star: ANTHONY NEWLEY and CONNIE KRESKI FRI. AND SAT. 8 &10 pm. COUZENS CAFETERIA Couzens Film Coop 3rofs The project is made p by an $85,000 Exxon Edu Foundation grant. Malm says the Unive famous Stearns Collecti Musical Instruments won used to evaluate the educe usefulness of the holog tools as they are develop Leith and Upatnieks. "Like a complete hologr musical instrument is a dimensional object," the fessor explains. "But throe the history of the studyc sical instruments, teacher students have depended p report ssible ily on recordings and books. 1 ication has been impossible for ever University regardless of size, t rsity's have every instrument from a on of parts of the world." ild be Noting that conventional ph ational tographs do not convey an in raphic struments' true proportions an ied by important points of construction Malin points out that those fem am, a places able to amass rare spec total- mens dare not lend them to othe pro- institutions because of their fra uo mu- gility. Often these instrument rs and can crack or decay when sub rimar- jected to difference of climate. to 41 o- n- d n, w i- 3r a- ts b- Ann Arbor Civic Theatre presents A PULITZER PRIZE DRAMA by WILLIAM ALFRED WEDNESDAY through SATURDAY evenng MEN DELSSOH N THEATRE TICKETS: $3.00! 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