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Guitar Player Says
Music Her Fun, Security
By Jane Larson
The small cafe was crowded and the air heavily layered with smoke. From a dim corner one could hear a soft, mellow voice, accompanied by guitar strums.
Her selections were varied—now a lively Greek folk song, then a romantic ballad, intermingled with familiar favorites.
The cafe is Monteleone's in St. Louis. The singer is Louise (L. C.) Hutcheson, a 5"8" brown-haired, blue-eyed junior from Overland Park.
Miss Hutcheson's first appearance
"I DON'T PLAY too much professionally," she said, "I would if I had the time but now it's sort of a weekend thing."
in Monteleone's was at Christmas, 1963 and she was invited back for a second appearance last summer.
At the present time Miss Hutcheson entertains at the Watchamacallit, a dance sponsored by the Association of University Residence Halls (AURH). She has also played at the Vanguard Club, a Kansas City, Mo. coffeehouse.
"I try to find good selections of world folk songs," she said, "but
I'm not too great at figuring out the pronunciation of the foreign songs.
SHE PLUCKS FOR PLEASURE-Louise (L. C.) Hutcheson enjoys playing the guitar, both for pleasure and profit.
Tuesday, March 9, 1965
"I like to sing some of the more romantic ballads and folk songs that aren't extremely popular," she added, "but when you're performing in public, there are the old stand-bys that everyone likes to hear over and over."
"I WRITE SOME of my own songs." Miss Hutcheson commented.
Miss Hutcheson has always been interested in singing. In high school she was active in choirs and solo work.
"When I got to KU," she said, "I found that with a major in art education I didn't have time to participate in such activities."
"At first I took up the ukulele, but it has too many limitations," she said. "You can only progress so far and then there's no place to go except to the guitar."
MISS HUTCHESON taught herself to play the guitar. "It's not difficult," she said, "just find a chord book and learn the chords"
"My guitar is sort of a security symbol, a security blanket," she said. "I just sit there and pick the chords."
However, during final week, Miss Hutcheson finds herself getting rusty. It takes about a week to get your hands back into shape as they become tender so fast that it hurts to play, she said.
EVEN THOUGH Miss Hutcheson describes her guitar as her security blanket, she finds that having a guitar at her fingertips does present problems.
"It gets to the point where I'd rather play the guitar than study," she said, "It takes a lot of discipline to stay away from the guitar. When I hear a new song I can't wait to get home and try it. And that's bad when you know you should study."
WHEN MISS HUTCHESON graduates with her degree in art education, she hopes to teach art in a high school and perhaps be able to work in some singing.
Did you ever watch coffee drinkers in action?
Coffee Drinkers' Contortions
Someday when you have a spare minute, grab a seat in Strong Hall basement and enjoy the sport of "coffee drinker watching."
There's the girl who tries to carry three cups of coffee from the snack bar to a table at the end of the hall. Everything is fine at first, but about halfway along the route, heat from the coffee starts penetrating through the paper cups and she gets that "how to be burned gracefully" look on her face.
OR AN ANXIOUS young freshman rushes in from the cold up to the snack bar, buys a cup of coffee and starts gulping it down. The first
swallow produces some words which cannot be reproduced here.
How about the person who spills a cup of coffee on himself? Ever watch him squirm, look around to see how many people saw him, then paste a blase, "oh-well, it doesn't-make any-difference" look on his face?
SECRETARIES ALSO get into the act. A secretary in one of the offices is carrying her seventh cup of coffee. Her feet were firmly planted on the floor, suddenly her feet land somewhere across the hall, along with the cup of coffee. No real harm done to her, but oh if she could get her hands on the person who dropped that banana peel.
Aerohawk Flying Club Meeting
Sunflower Room, Union Building 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 10
Aviation Films and Glider Flying Slides by Prof. C. J. Choliasmenos, Asst. Prof. of Mech. & Aerospace (Former European Soaring Champion)
All Aviation Enthusiasts Welcome! Bring Your Wives and Dates Refreshments Will Be Served
Compliments of Earhart Flying Service
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