Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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 Culture . . . by Laura Straub 'We try to give the students an opportunity to be exposed to different parts of our culture so that they may continue to enjoy the performing arts after they graduate. Purdue Convocations Assistant Director Don Seybold said Those opportunities were presented in the form of five different catagories or series. The series were: Lively Art Series. Patron s Choice Series, Loeb Music Series. American Music Album, and Specials and Celebrity Shows. The Lively Arts Series was comprised of four events that covered a wide variety of cultural themes. Included in the series this year were concerts by classical violinist. Itzak Perlman, and jazz great Dave Brubeck who was in company with the Murray Louis modern dance group. The comic opera, The Barber of Seville. was presented by the New York City Opera. The Broadway show brought in was the smash-hit. sold-out, Cats. The Patron's Choice Series consisted of five shows and offered the largest variance of performances. The Acting Company presented Five by Tenn which was a performance of five one-act plays by Tennessee Williams. The Alchemedians were two. new-age vaudevillians who created their act in a fanciful stage laboratory. Classical guitarist. Christopher Parkening. filled Loeb Playhouse with pieces ranging (continue) 12 Convocations

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. . . Convos . . . from Renaissance to the present. The Peking Acrobats leaped on stage in March after travelling all the way from the People's Republic of China. Then in a enchanting matinee, the Joffrey II Dancers presented the ever-contemporary ballet, Beauty and the Beast. The Loeb Music Series was comprised of the recitalists and chamber music performers. Included in the series were the Borodin Trio, a trio of Soviet emigres and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Octet. Great Britain's greatest chamber music ensemble. There were also three groups of duets. There was Carol Wincene and Heidi Lekwalder, playing flute and harp respecively. On the cello and harpsicord were Lynn Harrell and Igor Kipnis; then, the Paratore Brothers, who thrilled the audience with their piano wizardry. The American Music Album presented the best in jazz and blues in America Three of the giants in the business performed here last year. Those three were: Jimmy Witherspoon who brought the meaning of rhythm and blues to life; Me-Cory Tyner who is a jack of all-trades as an arranger, bandleader and pianist; Johnny Griffin gave an excellent tenor saxophone performance after Out of the Blue opened for him. Out of the Blue was composed of six young jazz players — trumpeteer Mike Mossman, saxophonist Ralph Bowen, pianist Harry Pickens, bassist Bob Hurst and drummer Ralph Peterson. (continue) 1 14 Convocations