Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Softly—softly. Gently, aahh, perfect! The Maestro himself—calm, cool and supremely self assured. The program presented by Mantovani and his orchestra included such popular favorites as Seventy- Six Trombones’’. “More’, Fascination , Deai Heait , and “I Could Have Danced All Night combined with such serious offerings as The Waltz Fiom Swan Lake”, Blue Danube”, and Piccolo Bolero . The orchestra ran the entire sound gamut from soft, gentle, almost ethereal haunting melodies to the bold, brassiness of “Seventy-Six 1 rombones . The audience was alternately lulled and stirred as the maestro manipulated the orchestra as if it were a single finelv-tuned instrument. Reception of the program was enthusiastic and the orchestra played several encores. 19

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MANTOVANI I October 20, Lorasmen were treated to the special musical arrangements of England’s Mantovani at a concert in the Fieldhouse. Mantovani, noted for his concentration on unusual melodic effects and his unique style, is not only a well-known conductor, but has also achieved fame as a concert violinist and composer. He also does all the arranging for his 45 member orchestra. Mantovani’s fame rests chiefly on his well-known arrangements of popular songs, arrangements which not only involve his own special style, hot plnmh musical depths ignored or slighted by other arrangers without his unique touch. This touch involves an emphasis on strings (32 out of the 45 instruments are strings) which produces arrangements bordering on the symphonic in sound and rhythm. 18

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Hark! All is not well at the KK. The vigilantes are on the go-go. KARNIVAL The success of the Karnival was undoubtedly due in no small way to the general enthusiasm of the campus organizations. When booth assignments were made October 14, the junior class representative waited outside the Student Senate office eight hours in order to be first in line! (He got the ducking booth, which proved quite successful— with the added inducement of some ' brave Clarkites who olunt(( ud to risk pneumonia by perching above the tankini ol rather cold water.) KAMPUS Despite cold, gusty winds and a temperature which refused to rise above fifty, the October 23 Kampus Karnival was the most successful one ever held on the Loras campus. As usual, the noon-to- midnight festivities took place in the fieldhouse. Bob Bodensteiner, a junior from Waucoma, Iowa, was general chairman of the ICC-sponsored event. Stacyville, Iowa, junior Chuck Pitzen handled the financial duties of accountant. 20