Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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(Continued from page 14) evident throughout their performance. Their program included many selec- tions from their most recent album Turn of the Cards. Renaissance opened with Running Hard , depict- ing the movement of a racer, with the piano echoing the female vocalist, and the beautiful Mother Russia, which is dedicated to Alexander Solzhenit- syn, the Russian poet. Ocean Gypsy, which has not yet been recorded, me- lodically and sadfully expressed the moods of the sea. All of the group members partici- pate in writing their material. It ' s very difficult to find the time to write when you ' re touring, and during the past year we ' ve been on the road quite a lot, Dunford explained. What we try to do is to put together a basic melody, then Bettey Thatcher, our lyricist, pro- vides the words. Recording and performing are two different things. Performing on stage is a physical experience, and record- ing is more of a mental satisfaction, Camp said. Many people prefer our live performances to our records. Our recordings have become in- creasingly complex, Camp continued, and although we ' ve got some marvel- ous new equipment we can ' t really hope to reproduce the recorded ar- rangment exactly on stage. We don ' t even want to, because it ' s such a dif- ferent experience. In the midst of the classic Ashes Are Burning, Tout and Camp provided an improvisational interlude which aroused frenetic audience response. Since ' Ashes Are Burning ' , which was recorded with an orchestra, we find ourselves wanting strings and such in our arrangements, explained Camp. The sophisticated silence which pre- sided over the lounge indicated the audience ' s reverence for beauty of the music and the people that are Renais- sance.

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DAVID FROST DAZZLES AUDIENCE WITH BRITISH WIT by Patrick Longhi David Frost, one of America ' s best known talk show hosts, lectured at Seton Hall on the evening of October 24. Mr. Frost immediately put his audience, in the main lounge of the Student Center, at ease. It was as if he was still hosting The David Frost Show, his hit-run television talk show series. Frost, a major figure in the world ' s communications and entertainment business, described television as an instrument which can entertain you in your homes by people you wouldn ' t want to have in your living room. Present throughout his lecture was this type of humor, which characterizes his popularity. He then went on to talk about commercials, his own show, and his experiences interviewing people. Politi- cians, he declared, were his favorite people to interview. Eugene McCarthy was one politician who could tell all the truth, but not the whole truth, quipped Frost. Me- moralizing the late Robert F. Kennedy, he said, With his passing, the great sayings in quotes are not here today. In his desire to show his television audience the horror of a man ' s mind. Frost once interviewed a close Hitler associate from Germany ' s Third Reich. What do you think today ' s new generation of Germans should remember Hitler most by? asked Frost. By the wonderful way, he (Hitler) dealt with un- employment in the 30 ' s, the former Nazi leader re- sponded. Even when his material went a little dry. Frost in- jected a short, witty anecdote to bring another round of chuckles from the audience. During the question-and- answer session. Frost ' s dexterity to get from a question to a joke answer was impressive. In reponse to questions from the audience. Frost described American television as excellent in its own fields. It can ' t experiment with other types of programs, he said, because of the immense financial cost in mak- ing a mistake. On the other hand, British television is publicly owned and, therefore, can experiment. Concluding his hour-and-ten-minute long exposition of his doctrine that people are interesting. Frost told his audience, God bless you all. With that, David Frost hopped off the stage to do some more of the talent which made him famous . . . talking.