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Tuesday, October 28, 1 ?75

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Tues ay, Octo er 8, 975 HE ICHI AN AIL

Moscow offers

Tchaikovsky

Comedians enjoy
promotional afternoon,

Page Seven
Testimony continues in
Swainson bribery case

By NANCY COONS melodies were fresh and almost the high point where the tneme with a tone of pure liquid. His1
I was forewarned that the new. breaks through. I'd been an- interpretation was more than
Moscow State Symphony would Perhaps the main reason for ticipating this big moment all lush melody alternating withI
be playing nothing but Tchai- this freshness was the sensitive day, and when the time ac- flashy virtuosity. There was a
kovsky Saturday night, and I restraint exercised by the per- tually came, the English horn gutsy expression of the finale's
spent a few days cutting down formers. Gushing and swooping plodded in with a sore-thumb theme as well as searing sweet-
on sweets, expecting the sac- were held to a minimum. The sound an eight-step tlat, and ness that gave the piece real
charine saturation to be so melodies themselves provided continued to play chat way substance.
complete that I would be slightly ' the emotive power without over- through the entire melody. These men and women af the
ill by the time "Starry Night" interpretation. Just when the hair settled' Moscow State Symphony eemed
floated by in the opening move- The young conductor Alexan- down on the back of my neck, to know and love their Tcai-
ment of the Sixth Symphony. der Dimitriev was partially re- the horn came in with its sup- kovsky enough to spare his
I was wrong. Throughout the sponsible for this effective re- ; porting response to the theme: work the usual sticky senti-
University M u s i c a 1 Society's straint. Rather than milking the , it wavered spasmodically, then mental
evening of the Overture-Fantasia orchestra for every drop of pas-|settled on a wide vibrato for- mt lity that I associate with
Romeo and Juliet, the violin Sion, he avoided sensationalism I eign to the sound American it. Their performance was rich
Rome an Juiet th vilinand sensiive. Their varied in-
concerto in D major, and the and reduced his penetrating mo-' horns produce. I terpretation g a v e individual
Symphony No. 6 in B-minor tions to a few clutches at his All the low brass favored this colors to the potentially tedious
("Pathetique"), I have never i heart during emotional peaks. sound, and I would have been repetitions within he composer's,
enjoyed Tchaikovsky more. The rest of his gestures were willing to call it a debatable music. I was prepared for my
The orchest was performing intently communicative, and, matter of personal taste if, later j cavities to ache, and instead I1
works familiar to nearly every- little movement seemed wasted in the program, it had not be- came out whistling.
one. Heads were bobbing to for mere showmanship. come laughably ugly in the
well-known strains throughout The only weakness in the en- brassy muted sections of the
the audience, and I was almost tire performance was in the; symphony. People around me INSTITUTE PRESIDENT
expecting people to start hum- winds. There was some faulty were jolted into peering at the PRAISES CALIF. WINE
ming along with Romeo and intonation, a few shaky en- brass and muttering "What's SAN FRANCISCO UP-Harry
Juliet's love theme. Yet in spiteItrances, and some downright that noise?" G. Serlis, who retired recently
of their thin-worn sentimentality funny noises. Romeo and Juliet The winds were hardly all bad, as president of the Wine In-
and the hundreds of dentist's opened flawlessly, with pure however. There was a brilliant stitute, predicts a steady growth
office tango arrangements, the i string tones building slowly to clarinet solo in the symph;>ny, of the California wine industry
and several notably lovely flute!to 350 million gallons by 1980.
passages. The brass, when in Serlis said "at no other time
0 S1 unison, played relatively straight in the 6,000-year history of wine,
rtones, and blended well. and in no other area of the
The strings as a whole played world's 25 million acres of vine-
(Continued on Page 5) the g roup nt.The dear- with a unity and beauty of yards, does the consumer have
g recently.Tsound surpassing even Piila- the quality and value in wine
fornia Saga, from their Holland tures of drummer Ricky Fataar delphia in last spring's May that California offers Ameri-
LP, though all three were ex- and guitarist Blondie Chaplin Festival. I couldn't get over the cans."
ceptionally well done. From the have dimmed their vocal punch, individual precision which went Pointing out that California
stands, a bevy of hard core with Billy Hinsche serving as a behind that unity. table win shipments were up
hoppers shrieked "We want barely adequate replacement.' Valery Klimnov performed the 9.1 per cent and dessert wine
Beach Boys!" and brother, they Besides, nobody ever accused Concerto in D major for Violin sales up 6.6 per cent the first
got it. Dennis Wilson of being a great and Orchestra brilliantly. He half of 1975 over the same
Starting with a beautifullydrummer gave the composition more spirit period a year ago, Serlis said
Stin g withn a "beautifully When they filed off stage after ' and depth than I had previously that consumers' acceptance of
done rendition of "Surfer Girl," un, Fun, Fun, with the given credit to it, combining F California wines had set records
the audience as swamped in crowd jumping up and down for amazing accuracy and dexterity for every year of the past 10.
a wave of 13 Heach Boy hits, more, Mike Love plucked sev- - ---_______________
including "Wouldn't it Be Nice," eral streamers from what looked ; -_
"Little Deuce Coupe," "I Get like a po pom and tossed them
Around" and "Good Vibrations," casually into the front row. The '' ToEstablish Ju ti"e
which had everybody on theirF summer was over, and the * .To E ta lih"utie"
chairs. After all, they are the BeacheBoyswerergone, riding'
Beach Boys. out on a surf not quite as blue PETITIONS ACCEPTED NOW
Personnel changes have hurt and brilliant as it once was.
FOR 5 VACANCIES ON
HILLEL FOUNDATION CENTRAL
Tuesday, October 28-8:00 P.M.
"The Recent Sinai AgreementU
and Prospects for Peace STUDENT JUDICIARY
in the Middle East" (ALL CAMPUS SUPREME COURT)
Moderator: PROF. JACOB LASSNER PETITIONING CLOSES NOV. 6, 1975
Panel: PROF. ITAMAR RABINOVITCH Men. Women, & All Minorities of All
(Director Shiloch Institute for Middle EasternM
Studies-Tel Aviv Univ.) Colleges Are Encouraged To Apply.
PROF. CLEMENT HENRY
PROF. BRADFORD PERKINS . Stop by SGC Offices, 3rd Floor Mich-
PROF. RAYMOND TANTER igan Union to pick up a petition and
at HILLEL-1429 Hill St. sign up for an interview.
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(Continued from Page 1) "This gathering is literally
performers what they have to impossible in most countries,"
say or do and what they don't. he said, referring to the first-
It's free. Now I'm not talking amendment right of peaceable
about the six-dollar price tag assembly.
you have to pay, that's not "People are hesitant to admit
what I mean." that over the last fifty years we
"Put your money where your have been in the midst of a
mouth is," came a sneering great progressive happening,
voice from the background. said Bergman.'
"Then you won't be able to
talk." It was Proctor, purposely FOR THE most part, the
upstaging his partner. The crowd gathering was light in tone and
laughed, but Bergman continued filled with the rapid-fire humor'
to speak seriously to the recep- for which the duo is famous.
tive audience. Jokingly, Bergman mentioned
the tickets for the performance
COUNTY CUTTING later on were "selling like hot-
CYLINDERS cakes." Quick as lightning
CARSON CITY, Nev. ) Proctor quipped, "And that's noi
Washoe, Nev., county commis- j flap, Jack!"
iners have established a new The two performers left for a
policy to purchase only four- "sound check" after about 45
einder adCXfviAa n-

DETROIT (UPI) - Defense I vict, testified yesterday he paid
attorneys reopened their attack co-defendant Harvey Wish $20,-
on the credibility of a key gov- 400, mostly obtained in butgla-
ernment witness yesterday in ries. He said it was his under-
the bribery conspiracy trial of standing. Wish would use the
state Supreme Court Justice money to bribe Swainson.
John Swainson.
John Whalen, a 29-year-old DEFENSE attorneys were at-
FBI informer and former con- tempting to discredit Whalen's
_- -----' - testimony by questioning his
SAN MARTIN DE LOS AN- motives and criminal back-
DES, Argentina (UPI) - The ground. Whalen gave federal
Chapelco resort in Argentina's authorities information that led
southern Lakes District has be- to the U.S. District Court trial.
come one of the country's favor- Swainson, 50, the state's last
ite winter sports areas since the Democratic governor, is accused
installation of ski lifts in recent of taking money to help Whalen
years. appeal a 1970 burglary convic-
Abundant snowfall on the tion in Lenawee County.
slopes of Cerro Chapelco make Wish, a former Detroit bail
for good skiing through the mid- bondsman, allegedly mediated
dle of October. the transaction.
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senger vehicles and trucks ex-
cept for police vehicles and
some road department trucks.
The new policy will mean a
saving not only in use of gaso-
line but also between $1,000 and
$1,300 on each new vehicle pur-
chased, says Joyce Devine,
county purchasing director.
Plans are being formulated to
phase out the larger vehicles
now used by the county.

minutes. Following the barrage'
of non-stop talking, Bergman
was heard to say, "I've got to!
go gargle with some salt-water."
STowers

LECTURE-Tuesday, Oct. 28
DR. ITAMAR RABINOVITCH
(Director Shiloah Institute for Middle Eastern
Studies-Tel Aviv Univ.)
WILL SPEAK ON
"THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO
THE PRESENT CRISES IN LEBANON"
4:00 p.m.-Rm. 200 LANE HALL
Sponsored by Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies

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COME TO A
CHILD CARE TASK FORCE MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
7:30 P.
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2204 HILL ST. (Hill and E. University)
TO DISCUSS:
HOW TO SET UP A CENTER COST OF OPERATION
WHAT IS NEEDED WHAT KIND OF CHILDREN
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAV
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