University of Wisconsin Superior - Gitche Gumee Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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Followed By Myra Hunter Beans. Appearing as part of the Coffee House Circuit here at SSU this year, was the Myra Hunter duo — consisting of course of Myra and her husband, Charles Hunter. They have been performing together for the last year and a half — she as the lead singer and he as her piano accompanist on an electric piano an occasional singer. The Hunters use a powerfully unique technique of reading poetry — which often pertains to war or the black-white conflict which then leads them into a song expressing the same idea or feeling. They describe their music as not falling into any particular category but covering such varied types of music as blues — old and new — gospels and spirituals, rock, jazz and whatever expresses something we believe in and is rhythmic with loads of feeling. The Hunters have performed successfully at many college coffee houses and various night clubs throughout the country. The Coffee House, under the supervision of Gael Anderson, brought the unusual group, the Beans to WSU-Superior as an important sidelight in our Homecoming activities. The Beans consists of Courtney Colletti, Paul Levine, Luis Molina, and Skip Roberts. The name of the group grew as a reaction to boredom with what they felt was rock's status quo. The main body of their music is made up of two or three acoustic guitars, congas, harmonicas, mar-acas, and one, two or three-part vocals. They also play blues and occasionally a sitar, melodica, kazoo, or other strange percussion instruments which find their way into the repertoire. They write and arrange all of their material, and most of their songs are about love, current events, refrigerators and life in general. They have no lead or back up instrument but instead work together as four equal parts which form a well-liked sound so different it could only be described as Above and to the right Myra Hunter, her husband Charles and accompanist perform for Spectrum Coffee House.

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a Beans Kick Off Spectrum Season For six nights as a part of Homecoming Week activities. The Beans performed in their own distinctive style. The four members of the group have developed both a repertoire and a means of presenting it which depicts their reaction to boredom. 28

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SSU Campus Enlightened by Both Renowned The Program Board, aside from giving the campus movies, also brought WSU-S speakers and demonstrators. The lecture committee and the recreational committees, subcommittees of the Program Board were responsible for this. Joe Killen, a former drug addict was the first to speak. Several other noted speakers followed him: Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Burke and Jorden Scher. The topics they spoke on varied from the business world to that of what the future will be like. Other features which were brought to the campus included demonstrations in the sports of bowling, judo, weightlifting and pool. ABOVE: Mi hjd Burke, former vice-president of the Yankees. poke to the faculty jrul student . LEFT: Jimmy Carras and Mike Hodell pose before their pool demonstration 30