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Theater Meet Planned
Imagination '62, a national conference of college theater faculty and students, will hold its fifth annual meeting at KU Friday through Sunday.
Paul Baker of Baylor University and the Dallas Theater Center, and William Glover, drama critic of the Associated Press, are among those who will attend.
Others scheduled to attend include Jules Irving, director and founder of the Actor's Workshop of the San Francisco Drama Guild; Norris
Frock's Recital Has Changes
Monday's recital in Swarthout Recital Hall by George Frock, assistant instructor of wind and percussion, offered the lure of the unusual in at least three divisions:
1. An evening devoted especially to musical literature for percussion.
2. A man of heart-heard but delightful "T.Historie in Soldat," or, "The Tale of a Soldier."
3. A composition for the utterly improbable combination of viola and four drums.
The music itself was not all as interesting as it was unusual. The most interesting, Stravinsky's "Tale," featured Mr. Frock on percussion, Kenneth Bloomquist, trumpet, Don Scheid, clarinet, Austin Ledwith, bassoon, John Hill, trombone, Raymond Cerf, violin, Stanley Ricker, string bass, and Robert Baustian, director of the KU Symphony, conductor.
Stravinsky wrote this music in 1916 during World War I. Orchestraes were decimated and so were ballet troupes. Ballet, for which Stravinsky was then famous ("Rite of Spring", "Firebird", "Petruchka"), was not being performed. So he wrote "Tale," which was "to be read, danced, and acted." The story related a dusty soldier's adventures with the devil.
"TALE" IS MORE often given in its purely musical format, as it was last night. The music is witty and satirical. Each of last night's performers played very well. All but Stanley Ricker, Lawrence senior, are music faculty members.
Next most interesting was "Variations for Four Drums and Viola" by Michael Colgrass, in which Karel Blaas, associate professor of strings, joined Mr. Frock.
THE OTHER TWO PIECES were "Mood for Percussion" by John Rodman and "Three Asiatic Dances" by George Frock. The "Mood" featured Mr. Frock on marimba and Jim Tamer, Norton, Va., sophomore, on five toms and suspended cymbal.
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The addresses will include "The Theater in Europe" by Norris Houghton, author of the book "Moscow Rehearsals," "The Musician as a Dramatist" by Prof. Strickland; "Repertory Theater and the Training of the Talented Young Professional" by Prof. Baker, and "New Trends in Theater Architecture" by Mr. Risser and Mr. Miller.
Houghton, author and co-founder of The Phoenix Theatre in New York; F. Cowles Strickland, formerly resident director of the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and currently visiting professor at KU: Arthur Risser and James Hill Miller, theater consultants and architects; William Reardon, associate professor of speech and drama; and Marvin Rosenburg, playwright from the University of California.
WATERLOO, Iowa —(UPI) - Two 12-year-old boys confessed to police yesterday that since they had "nothing else to do" they "got up out extra early" Tuesday and let the air out of the tires of 70 parked cars.
More than 200 people representing 20 states are expected to attend. Highlights of the conference will include addresses by guests of the conference, scenes and one-act plays presented by visiting schools, and the KU Children's Theatre production of Rosemary Musil's "The Ghost of Mr. Penny."
Thursday, May 3. 1962
Mr. Glover will direct a panel discussion on "The Permanent Company in America" Sunday afternoon.
Early Birds Get Air
Canadian Dollar Now Stabalized
OTTAWA — (UPI) — The Canadian dollar stood today at the fixed international exchange rate of $92-1\%$ cents in relation to the United States dollar after more than 11 years of a "floating" rate.
The government announced shortly before midnight last night the rate was being pegged at "a definite rate" to bring stability to international transactions.
Finance Minister Donald Fleming said stabilization of the Canadian dollar at 92-1/2 cents in terms of U.S. currency would be "of great advantage to the Canadian economy," which has been plagued in recent years by heavy international payments deficits.
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