Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 27 Oct 1977, p. 11

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kl And the show goes on Marilyn Faith Hickey of Chattanooga Tenn Patricia Alexander of New York City and Regina Rodwell of Bran son Mo Ito members of the cast of Oh alcuta are shown in their dressing room before the first performance at the Birmingham Theatre Tuesday night federal court rul ing Monday cleared the way for the nude musical AP Photo Musical limericks popular in days of rhyme and posies By DONALD DIERKS Copley News Service There was time around music schools and conser vatories and among musicians in general when musical limericks were traded back and forth The practice for musical insiders was something of an innocent equivalent to the Polish jokes that had more re cent and wider vogue Have you heard this one the pianist would say to the soprano showbiz MCCOMB Mississippi Heu ter Leon Wilkinson one of four members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd rock group serioust injured in plane crash near here last Thursday has been taken off the critical list and now is reported in stable condi tion hospital spokesman said here Tuesday The other three surviving members of the group also have been taken off the critical list and are also listed in stable con dition They are guitarist Gary Rossington keyboard player Billy Powell and singer Leslie Hawkins They were aboard char tered twinengine Convair 240 that crashed killing six people including two crew members and three members of the rack group The dead band members were identified as lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines Jazz fest NEW YORK tAPi The Newport Jazz Festival which had been scheduled to move to Saratoga Springs next summer will remain here Mayor Abra ham Beame announced Tues day The jazz festival moved here from Newport RI five years ago and has since attracted 150000 to 200000 fans No one can leave this town once youre here said George Wein the festivals producer at city hall ceremony Wein said that an increased stipend from the Schlitz Brew ery Co which has sponsored the jazz concerts for 15 years would enable the jazz festival to remain here despite increased operating costs He said however that two of the 10 concerts scheduled for next July would be held in Saratoga Springs Hutch testifies SHREVEPORT La AP David Soul who plays Hutch in the TV scrim Starsky and Hut ch ttstified Tuesday that his old song recordings should not be released because my per formance on those songs stinks Soul whose real name is Da CHINESE FOOD WANT QUICK SERVICE Try our hot fast delivery Free on orders over $800 in Barrie 10 Discount on PickUp Orders over $800 Phone 72888ll 405 BAYFIELD ST BARRIE vid Salberg testified during hearing in which he is seeking to prevent Sound ity Record ing Studios Inc from selling recordings of songs he made in the 19605 Soul claims that release of the old recordings which he said haye poor arrangements and musical backup would hurt his career Sound Studios however claims that its 1969 contract allows it full owner ship and rights to the old recor dings which lay forgotten until Soul became TV celebrity Asked by attorneys in the district court hearing why Sound Studios would want to re lease the songs now Soul said When youre hot youre hot and when youre hot everyone wants little piece of you Judge Tom Stagg gave the lawyers 45 days to file briefs and then another 15 days to re spond to each others briefs ruling is expected in late De cember Bound over ATLANTA AP 77 Larry Flynt publisher of Hustler and Chic magazines was bound over Tuesday for trial on charges of disseminating obs scene materials State Court Judge William Alexander ruled that there was probable cause to find the Octo ber 1977 issue of Hustler and the October and November 1977 issues of Chic contained obscene material Hc ruled that the September issue of mi and the October is sue of Playgirl contained no such material 0n the beautiful slopes of Lugano Dwelt girl with gorgeous soprano But the tragical thing Was she never could sing In the key that was played on the piano This of course was intended as mild putdown from an in strumentalist to singer singers were often the butt of rhymers since it was the popular notion that beyond possessing pretty voices perhaps they had small musical knowledge and status It was taken for matter of fact that singers all singers could not count and that they had to be taught their songs by rote It may have been singers who made up the limericks about in strumentalists Take this one ho ut th poo clarinetist fellow once played clarinet In manner which made people fret Till some suffering souls Poured glue in the holes And said Stop it and dont you forget So far as know no one ever attempted to compile lexicon of musical limericks but if there were such volume sure ly no performing medium or composer would escape knocks This one about the bassoon is worthy of the finest limerick writing tradition although it must be admitted that this jolly instrument has inspired other limericks that are little too earthy for the pages of family newspaper There was young man from Rangoon Who thought he could play the bassoon There was always hitch When he fell pitch from the DONT SIT AROUND THE HOUSE THIS HALLOWEEN be at the this Saturday evening For more details wotch tomorrows Exornlnor For he never would keep to thetune Generally no one knew just who made up these harmless little affronts to the great art of poetry By the time they had been passed around several times authorship was lost to posterity The social historian should know though that years ago at the gatherings of the in tellectually elite in the world of music limericks were compos ed on the spot kind of parlor game At these times composers were always fair game as this little gem so aptly illustrates There was composer named Liszt Who from writing could never dcsilst He made lolonttiscs Quite worthy of piillStS And now that hes gono he is miszt If the truth were known there is probably limerick for every composer famous and obscure from Bach to Items tein and from ianacck to Janitsch Bach was always loving target for limerick writers even if they could not always spell very well There was young lady named llatch Who was fond of the music of Batch It isnt as fussy As that of Debussy Sit down and Ill play you snatch 148 BURTON AVE BARRIE 7372962 Enjoys writing more than acting the examiner Thursday Oct 27 1977 Ustinov is irumpeting his book LOS ANGELES AP have been talking around the clock and am dying for si lence said Peter Ustinov Ustinov is one of the worlds great conversationalists as he has demonstrated on the TV talk showsall the big ones anyway The reasonto pro mote his autobiography Dear Me Now mtst rush to England to continue the trumpeting be cause the book is being pub lished there simultaneously he remarked Its easier to promote book there you can practically walk from one place to another Its doubtful Ustinov would do the same hustling for one of his movies But then there is something about the printed word that attracts actors espe cially those as literate as Usti nov He has earned just about every honor an actor can en joytwo Oscars three Em mios Grammy Golden Globe Still he enjoys writing more PETER USTINOV silence please It is the most mysterious of occupations he observed There is something fascmating about starting with Liz Torres guest Liz Torres known to many for her regular appearances on Phyllis and All In The Family shows the studio and athome viewers why she is one of Americas top female en tertainers as she sings dances and carries on with Bobby and the cast on The Bobby Vinton Show Monday October 31 at 700730 pm ET In spectacular solo number Thurs Mon Contact ixt Price Sale 87 Snack Pack pcs Delicious Chicken and Golden Brown French Fries Regl75 Friday oturdoy Oct 28th 29th Mon Oct 3i CHICAGO JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Fri Nov ICE CAPADES QUEEN Showbuc Attraction Bu Show Pockogoo Eoch Show $25 Poroon my 14M I24 Liz sings But The World Goes Hound Along with this she does her own comedy produc tion number about making it in showbiz Titled Way Liz reigns supreme as queen of slapstick as she bumbles her way through number of routines that clearly point out that not everyone can make it in show business Nov Nov 21 Vr BARRIE PLAZA WELLINGTON ST BARRIE 7370848 nothing on the page find writing much more exciting than my other endeavors Yes there is not the immediate ap plause that you get in the theatre But as you grow older you are willing to wait for response Ustinov is 56 with no obser vable diminution of his im mense capacities Why then would he undertake an auto biography at this point in his life ASKED FOB BOOK Because was asked Both my American and my English publishers thought it would be good idea so why not worked with both editors at the same time ho ing could use the same galeys Alas that was impossible The Americans cant bear to have honor spelled with liked the idea of stock taking at this point in my life Shops do it And after all come from nation of 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