Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Summcr- Timc Summer is a fine time no matter where you are. Even lU slows down to a comfort- able pace. The classes are smaller, people friendlier, and the tests seem a little less important. Somehow, summer makes it eas- ier to forget about school long enough to have a little fun. You can swim in the quar- ries, take a free sail on Lake Lemon, or sky- dive at Mooresville. And when excitement isn ' t what you ' re looking for, there ' s still enough time to laze around. 24

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Bean Blossom Last summer, as it has been for m any sum- mers, the tiny town of Bean Blossom was trans- formed by its fairy godfather. Bill Monroe, from a sleepy wide spot in the road into the center of American bluegrass music. For one week in June, amateur and professional bluegrass musicians gather with banjos, zithers, guitars, and fiddles into several acres of fields and woods, and make music. The pros play on stage in a wooded glen which forms a natural amphitheater; freaks, red- necks and grandmothers overflow the wooden benches onto the damp leafy ground. Back in the adjoining field, which is filled with tents and trailers, amateur musicians gather in groups un- der the hot June sun and improvise together. The song heard most from trailers and stage alike was Dueling Banjos, made popular by the movie, Deliverance. But many of the songs were older and more familiar American folk songs played by American folk in cornfields in Bean Blossom, U.S.A.