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ENTERTAINMENT.
McDonalds sponsors iazzband
By Cut ROM
. Among the crony diversified talenb
that reside at Lowell 'in one Out goes
basically unrccognixed *j*e Tor foot*
tall garrcx uxl occasional competitions.
This reservoir o/ talent U the
Lowell uxatcuu. Ihe unreccgnUcd
performer w"to practice* bacrrtively
day after day. only to be placed
harmlessly in the hack?nwnJ of foolball
games. U there life t r tct the
Lowell Band, or bthat the end of the
line?
In 19*3, McDonalds nJaurant
owners throughout the Bay Atea
formed the All-City Jazz Band to interested
high vhoci students would
not have to settle for playing only in
their school bands and could go on
lo brnaUer horiiom. (It also male a
pretty neat promotional gimmick.)
The All City Jazz Bwtd (ACJ1)
consists of 19 high schcol snidcnts
Lowell. Lowell metaben ioJude
sophomores NIcL vYlngftcId
(trumpet) and Fnocisco Catas (&uoybooe)
aaJjunior Stephen Retuker
(also trumpet). In addition, on »
branch of the ACJB. called the Dixieland
Band, is junior Eric
Verboogen. who recHes in the tuba
. "iV ACJB plays mostly the big
band jazz of the 40's made popular
by such ertaU as Glen Milier and
Beam Goodman. Besidca bif band
Uieyal.-o,cxldlyen«nli.jliyaliBle
ofcpM. Thebandcoosueofu.ophone,tnm,c..«dlnxnbooeKC-
Some previous gigs that the band
has played include the Today Show.
when it covered ;hc Democratic Nation*!
Convention, the'Sacramento
Dixieland Jazz Festival, a NFL football
parry, and a slew of private parlies.
The McDonalds owners spent
$30,000 a year to fund the bind, of
which the ba,-vl members get many
fringe benefits. For instance, after
each performance, they are ushered
off to the nearest McDonalds where
they partake in a ritualbtic feeding
frenzy, devouring as nuch fow* as
In addition to the McDoiaWland
buffet, they also get bight rol v-neck
band sweaters (100 po cent pttcsicr.
of course, in 'JJC gran . trad tion of
McDonalds* employe.; un forms)
w^ the inevitable golda arc*.* logo
embedded in the upper-kA hat d corner
of the sweater.
'A'iBgficld. lead trump. I p Iyer.
conwientcd. "In the pbt t*w «ars
we have had some rediy {tx *\ t *us
***Anino honored***
By May Won.*
What cJaiirooin ruou'kied with
music, laughter, and af^utc on
Novembct 157
The amwcT is room A> wixa
Robert Aninu presented "MiuJc is
My}lobby" at the noon conce.1 during
mods 12-13. Anino is a firmer
Lowell teacher, win retired *c\rral
years ago ind now occasionally c'nei
»utelh.itc teaching.
Srudcnu ami (acuity applaud.'d
I* *dly upon hit cntrxtc**. Anint,
however, teemed not to hc*r l!*c audience
fnd look ho place at the piano
tVTK'h.
"1 doVt careabnt you guys.. .1
play ptaio for my owu amazement—
amuseine.-«,..if I tV.n'1 like the
puno, 1 R.i home—" he began.
One '••ml that in hii music, u in
his jokes. Alino never failed to exude
a Knv of light-heart 4vets.
Every one of hit pieces **as melod'c
and had aa >iptvat rhythm.
Songs such as "WbJung-Huping"
and "It's a Oreat life in the Army"
both reflected his joy and optimism.
Aniro modestly tvcntfeMed about
hit life in ihe army, "I woi the war
(World War It) with tht help of a guy
named Eucfl-fcvncthing."
Per.-ap* UK JVM* interesting piece
Anino shared with his atK'tence was
"Mes Quatr: Anuwn." a -*altt also
known u * I j -Co-Mo-Jo,"
felt r
Robert M hk Noon Concert.
For this enntribuoon aw lor hts
v; .ice to LimeU as a bA*ctball
coirh. a Spanish teacher, a
covfuclor, and now a tubttirutc.
Sicila Mkhadian, noon concert (pootor,
presented to Aniuo a ccnifcatc
asd LI medal.
"Hc'h (Anino) given so much of
hirmcf to so many people ...\c
dcsrrvii much more recognition truo
we're giving him." Michael'n
noted
Michatltan was referring lo hit
cootributk-as lo Lowell as well as to
his song writing for Boy &x*a
Camps, Ciy College or San H'WJ.
cbco, Aptos luakr High, and » arious
other ion) sthools a-xl eolKtei
J Caniack, a former student
and have graduated. WcU ! S^vSKSS^f**" of Anino at h^
oU Lowd, in 1959.
observed, "He (Anrno) rrtwi't chang-
In the early 5O'». Anino wrot; six ed ... he's till as avttve, witty,
ton|» for Lowell. "The Peo Socg" cr.-alivc ...he«vi /ood teacher,
and the "IiRhl .^ong" can still be
an inte.rsting p:no.*. a friend ...
heard tud*v.
he'i a Krcat nu> "
start from scratch »jain,**
'After Hours'fuses NewYork's abnormal with the norm
By Drrd. JOJKS
Have you ever \jd * nightmare
where y»« are sunoundctl by irrational.
'txMir J ?eopb, ard you are
being chased down cndlcs urcets and
your only goal is to get home ufely?
Well, mild-mrnnercd word proccuor
Paul riackett ed, ptnjt,
u> le intrigues and fascir>tes the at •
dience to find out what it going 01
in the mind of thii socriingt) lot
waif.
Garr. in her utual duty way. delivers
a very funny performance Ji
the insecure Julie. Her pKtrayal is J *
Ibw less a» her carefuiiy spra.iv-d bee -
hive hairdo without being cither Mil t
or sticky.
The wrcenplay by ntwconicr Joseph
Mil Jon it frevh an.1 real. Scot •
cesc has bora quoted as uyin/. th.M
the reawn he was Tuu attr acted ti mi •
work w». "People rcaLy talk that
way."
Minion*j humor b not fotoxJ in on:
liners or ih pstick utuatiom. but r»i •
er in the paradox between the "uv. •
mal" Paul ind the "abnormil" chai •
acters he meets Mirjoo alto re»fnizes
the potential ir everyone to te
eccentric. We laugh at Minioi's it!beat
characters, but without a feeling
of complete aicJuuon from their bizarre
pcnorcJity traits.
*" .feese hits done a masterful ji'b
ui hb comic cumination of a city -j
night. His situster and wnex'iri:
camerawork of late nijht scttii|i.
(overlit all-nijt^t diners, sleazy hus.
PARENTS
OFUTTUKDS
Heard,«t Tom the Bartender, and Griffin Dunne, as an uptown
wo rd ;iroc AOT named Paul, strike 11
deal in the comedy After Houn.
and un let fumuhed aniu apan- dicnecs leave :he theater with smiles
menii) w jttriguinj and artistic. on their faces without alto aikins
Set id* x, who also directed such some quetiiom as to the goodncu o(
pcrvriv; ind cynical films as Taxi his fellow man. Getting a gcod
Drivtt in.' Aijftiy But!, seems to be night's sfeep is quUe a chore after itrs
at his • at vith grin., claustrophobic film as well.
tiles. Ben tt^rr/foun.acomudy,
Sct>rcc»t~*s disturbing visions of a
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After Houn, functioning on t\n
levels, as a comedy and ai a skepbc.il
social cHnmenury. is socccsftful rt
porated.
Scorces,- b not about to let his au«
both.
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