The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, January 19, 1982---Page 7 Festive mood for Folk Festival imancial Aid- Deadline By Steve Hook HE WEATHER Saturday night, perseverant folk review readers, was just about as wicked as the weather ever gets. Ten below, the temperature was at showtime; a knifelike gale whipped an endless cloud of snow, horizontally, up Liberty Street in front of the Michigan Theater,. The walk across campus, for the desperate patrons on foot, became a life-or- death undertaking. Consequently, the atmosphere in the auditorium was conspicuously festive, as the thawing 1,600 audience members reveled like sur- vivors of a near-fatal arctic expedition., Happily, the ensuing concert proceeded as smoothly and pleasurably as any in the festival's five-year history. All of the artists gave rich, finely, crafted performances, interacting with the audien- ce--and each other-with impressive ease. This spontaneity, this graceful flow, seemed unlikely at first, given the Michigan's expansive, foreboding layout. In direct contrast to the living room setting of the Ark, to which the festival's ample profits will be going, the Michigan Theater performer stares into a massive sea of darkness and echoing, anonymous crowd noises. Confronting a few dozen admiring fans in a coffeehouse is substantially more comfortable than 1,600 faceless strangers, but each of the six acts overcame the spatial differences and managed to grab the receptive patrons. (Kudos go out to the folks at Eclipse Jazz, who brought well- coordinated sound equipment, and thus, sparkling acoustics, to the festival.) All right, reviewer, so who made up the evening bill? Right. The following artists performed Saturday night, in this order: Owen McBride, emcee, singer, and humorist; Joel Mabus, traditional singer, string instrumentalist; O.J. Anderson, mime, schizophrenic; Billy Novick and. Guy VanDusen, acoustic jazz interpreters; (intermission); Tom Pax- ton, veteran American political songwriter; David Bromberg, label-less folk-jazz-blues-country-pop in- terpreter, aspiring violin manufacturer. The previous reviewer described McBride, Novick and VanDusen, Anderson, and Bromberg, so I won't bore you with redundancy. Each of these artists suc- ceeded with slick, professional appearances, engaging the audience in each of their sets. McBride, perhaps, was less enchanting than in previous local efforts (his timing seemed awkward for some reason). The intriguing jazz compositions of Novick and VanDusen, and the outrageous mime techniques of Anderson (1982 vaudeville in a 1922 vaudeville house?) were quite entertaining. Joel Mabus, in my opinion, provided the most special moments of the festival. Joel is a. husky, bearded flatpicker, currently residing in East Lan- sing=(of all places), who unceremoniously took the stage and launched into a crisp, finely textured medley of Irish jigs. By many aspiring instrumen- talists, a session like this would come off limply, but Mabus' subtle, meticulous technique (and Eclipse's crystal-clear reproduction) gave the music an alluring substance. The audience, dead silent throughout his compositions, responded en- thusiastically at their conclusions. Tom Paxton also gave an inspired performance for the festival and the Ark. He represented the political- topical element in this billing, an element indispen- sable in any folk festival. Riding high during the Reagan years (What a glut'of material!), Paxton alternated between facetious, at times comic slams against all-things-conservative, and deadly serious tributes to ecological preservation, peace on Earth, and good old common sense. Sarcastic and silly, dark and profound: an emotional roller coaster. , Bromberg came on to play with Paxton (who was originally a student-accompanist of Bromberg) for a couple songs, including a pithy version of "Before I give You the Morning (I'll dive You the Day)." When Bromberg finally came An, for a set that was sadly abbreviated because of an insane midnight cur- few, he invited Paxton to back him up for a few, Mabus for a few others, and clarinetist Novick for the finale. Also supporting the prolific Bromberg were Jeff Wisor and Gene Johnson, on mandolin and fiddle. The question arises, despite the highly enjoyable nature of Bromberg's music: Is this folk, music? Where is the "transferral of culture" that traditionally accompanies the genre? Nowhere, that's where. But for lack.of a more adequate um- brella, Bromberg has'been dubbed a folk musician (by the folk clubs, at least), and his ambitious in- strumental diversions come across well in this con- text, as they did with the Folk Festival crowd Satur- day. Really sweet show. Three cheers for the Ark, and its (welcome and generous) new lease on life. Applications for Spring/Summer term finan- Cial aid (grants and work-study) must be re- ceived in the Office of Financial Aid by.no later than Wednesday, January 20, 1962 Office Hours 8:15-12:15 1:30-4:00 Address 2011 S.A,B. 763-6600 J WOMEN'S WESTERN BOOTS BY I CQppola toils to finish ~w ... .. NEW YORK (AP)-Francis Coppola watched his latest movie, One From the Heart at, Radio City Music Hall and loved it. A middle-aged lady called it "wonderful, charming," and an elderly man said the ending "hits you right in the heart." But some younger viewers inter- viewed after Friday night's preview used words like "terrible" and "the worst." So the burning question-will the $23 milion film save Coppola's Zoetrope Studios or be its swan song? -remained unanswered as more than 11,000 people packed the hall for two screenings to see what all the shouting was about. Joiffrey' captivates (Continued from Page 6) the performers seemed uncomfortable with the discipline of classical ballet, which is probably due to a lack of early Cecchetti training. The most disappointing choreography was Threads From a Piece of String, a * chunk of '30s "Americana" dance to a jazzy Glenn Miller orchestration. This was an extremely easy, well-performed piece, but it came across like a bad cliche. It is sad that even Joffery has followed many other dance troupes, from Piblobous to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada into a boring gim- mickry of American genre dancing. It was tolerable when Agnes De Mille, the first to popularize dance, presented us with Rodeo, but we have been inun- dated since then. The shocking thing is that people seem to enjoy this type of piece, not for its aesthetic value or message, but for its accessibility. Still, Joffrey II was well-received at its first appearance on campus. It is clear that the members of this corps of dancers-as soon as their talents fully develop,-will be snatched up by major, companies for our future enjoyment. The shouting erupted into print last week when the director of "The God- father" and "Apocalypse Now" ran newspaper advertisements to announce the previews without notifying Paramount Pictures, which had plan- ned to open the movie in various cities on Feb. 10. At a news conference between shows Friday night, Coppola denied that he had insulted the.:Paramount executives personally, but restated that he had been upset by the "sloppy way" Paramount had shown an unfinished version of the film in San Francisco to a group of West Coast exhibitors, who reportedly were not impressed. Coppola also repeated his fears that if the film isn't a commercial success, he will lose his studio. "I really have run out of gas," he said. But the plump, bearded filmmaker then turned on an optimistic mood for the more than 100 reporters gathered to question him. He said when he saw the completed film in London he "felt good about it," and after watching it at the sold out Music Hall, "I personally enjoyed' the film." "You may not think it's exciting," he told one aggressive questioner, "but Jeart' maybe somebody else thought it was exciting ... I think the audience really loved it. I felt really good when I was watching the film ... Then I came to the news conference." The film, starring Frederick Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia and Nastassia Kinski, has been described as "a new kind of old-fashioned romance." Paramount had planned to release the film Feb. 10, but delayed it because of Friday night's preview, saying it had not obtained a finished print. 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