CROWN HEADS OF CAMPUS COURT
Max McCaw and Ginger Graf are the 1967 Midwestern Art and Music Camp's King and Queen. Over 2,400 campers voted for their favorite candidates.
Ballet Campers To Dance Tonight
By KATHY CUSHINERY
Over 100 ballet campers will present four original ballets at the University Theatre tonight and Saturday night which will represent six weeks of lessons, rehearsals and preparations.
Marguerite Reed, camp director, said, "It continues to amaze us every year that these dancers come from all over the United States, from a variety of backgrounds, and due to their dedication and hard work, they become a fine performing group."
ALL FOUR BALLETS were choreographed by the camp instructors. The first ballet is entitled "Soiree Musical," with music by Britten. It was choreographed by Miss Reed, co-director Alexandra Zaharias, and Larry Long. "The Spider's Feast," with music by Roussel and choreography by Miss Zaharias, will also be presented.
Miss Reed and John Landovsky will be featured in "Tribute." The music is by Shostovitch, with choreography by Miss Reed.
The final number is based on Russian character dances. This is the first year the ballet concert has featured a character dance. It is called "Moiseyev Suite," with music from traditional Russian folk dances. Landovsky choreographed the dance.
SCENERY FOR the concert was designed by art campers. Costumes were designed and made by the University Costume Shop.
Ballet campers have had a full schedule for the past six weeks with one hour and fifteen minute
classes twice daily, plus rehearsals for the concert. There were ballet, toe, and character classes.
With the exception of Landovsky, all the ballet instructors have taught at the camp in previous years. Miss Reed comes from Tulsa, Okla., where she is the director of Dance Showcase. Miss Zaharias, from St. Louis, is the director of the St. Louis Dance Theater. Long is Ballet Master and choreographer of Ruth Page's International Ballet Company in Chicago. Landovsky is a soloist with the same company.
All campers are asked to withdraw their money by that time.
The camp bank branches in Murphy Hall and the basement of Strong Hall will close at 4 p.m. today.
Vol. 5, Issue 4
Camp Bank Closes Today
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday. Julv 28.1967
Royalty is Chosen
By SHELLE HOOK
Max McCaw and Ginger Graf were crowned King and Queen of the 1967 Midwestern Music and Art Camp Saturday night in the Kansas Union.
"It was unreal," Ginger said. "I felt like I was going through a dream."
This is the first time Ginger has been crowned as royalty. As a junior at Kirkwood High School, St. Louis, Mo., she is active in student council and music. She is also an officer of her Tri-Y group.
"Camp has been a great experience for me. I've gained a sense of responsibility along with enriching my music background."
"Personal contact with people was part of my campaign." Max said, "I think that is very important."
GINGER CAME to KU to study vocal music. Flaming to become a music major, she is interested in coming back to KU for college.
He came to KU to study cello. He participated in the Advanced Student Recital here. At home he plays with the Des Moines All-City Youth Symphony. He also took part in All-State Orchestra.
Both Ginger and Max agree that getting to know so many persons has made their stay worthwhile.
MAX WILL BE a senior at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Ia.
Max is also kept busy with school activities. He is treasurer of the Des Moines All-City Student Council, is a swimmer and participates in madrigal groups.
Prior to coming to KU, Max attended Iowa Boys State and is a member of Teenage Republicans.
THE KING AND QUEEN share at least one common interest—swimming. Ginger also likes tennis and she "loves to dance."
and "girls" are prime interests with Max.
Although neither of them had definite campaign themes, each had his own technique.
Hunting, fishing, playing golf
Ginger simply wrote her first name on her signs. "I was the only Ginger candidate."
"I went to Oliver and met all the girls." Max laughed.
WHEN ASKED her opinion of the dance, Ginger felt that it was fun. "All the suspense that had built up inside of me had a marvelous climax."
30th Edition of Tempo Distributed This Week
The book has more pages of candid shots, giving a wider coverage of student life as well as the academic side of camp. Whenever possible the names of campers have been included in the captions.
In answer to the same question, Max had a simple answer. "I was just too flabbergasted to think about it."
Tempo is now in its 30th year of publication. This year's book contains 84 pages and has 16 more pages than the '66 book. There are also twice as many photos than last year's publication.
Much of the copy for this year's book has been written by journalism students and reflects the student's point of view.
Students who ordered Tempos received circulation notices. Receipts were to be presented at the book distribution station.
The 1967 Tempo, camp yearbook, was distributed Thursday in the main lobby of Templin Hall accompanied by an autograph party for campers.
Campers Express Views
Dollars Come and Go
In a recent survey of 70 campers from all nine divisions, 59 per cent enjoyed the past six weeks and expressed few complaints.
One Latin student felt the class work was challenging enough not to be busy work. Her classes gave a good background in Roman history, she said. She also was impressed with the careful planning of the camp beforehand.
A Spanish student said the work was hard; however, he said he was now equipped with a good background for next year.
One camper complained that he has not kept busy enough. In the future, suggested another camper, the upperclassmen should be
Twenty-one per cent of the interviewees liked the camp in general, but felt that a few changes should be made in the future. An art student felt that the instruction tended to be of little help, but she did add that the camp gave her the impetus to do work that she may not have done on her own.
A music camper noted that working with guest conductors was helpful and enlightening.
separated from the underclassmen.
One boy feels the camp should include architecture next year.
One girl noted the overwhelming majority of girls this year and stressed the need for more boys next year, while one boy commented, "Girls—come one and all."
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Six weeks ago, about $120.000 in spending money arrived at the University of Kansas, according to the results of a recent survey taken by Journalism Division students.
The majority of campers brought $50, with $200 being listed as the highest amount by two campers.
Campers indicated that they spent about $30 on "life supplies" such as cokes, lipstick, hair cream, and KU sweatshirts.
Except for the dollar they will receive when they return their keys, most campers will go home empty-handed.
However, less than $5 was the average spent by each camper on educational supplies. Nearly all campers, however, had to buy notebook paper, pens, and other usable items. Art students as a
group spent the most on educational supplies averaging $60 each on special crayons, paper and paints.
Wiley Sees Camp as Adventure
These active six weeks have been exciting to most KU campers, but what about the man at the head of it all?
"To me, the camp has been a big adventure. I really enjoy doing something with and for young people," Russell L. Wiley said. He has been the head of the camp since it began in 1936, when the band camp had 20 participants.
Now the camp has over 2,400 attending and has expanded into several areas other than music. "It's the only camp in the country that offers so much in so many fields," Wiley said. "Each division is colorful in its own way."
"We hope to expand even more next year," he continued. "The number enrolled will probably hit 3,000 by then. It is likely we'll add a French Division, and perhaps even an engineering camp. If we can afford it, we'll get more well known personalities to help instruct the various divisions. I want to make camp more exciting and beneficial to the students."
Departing Campers Given Final Checkout Information
Following their last class this weekend all campers will be homeward-bound.
Each camper will be given a checkout sheet which must be turned in before he leaves. The sheet will request information such as destination, means of transportation, and day of departure.
All rooms will be given a final check by counselors, and when keys are returned to the desk, the camper's one dollar deposit will be refunded.
Wooden luggage carts will be
available to the campers, and buses will leave for Kansas City and downtown Lawrence every hour or two. There will also be taxis available to accommodate the heavy load of travelers.
Campers are advised to leave as soon as possible. Those music campers who must perform in the concert on Sunday evening should be packed and ready to leave before the concert, but if necessary because of flight scheduling, they will be permitted to remain in the dorms until 8 a.m. Monday morning.