The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • 46

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Saturday, August 10, 1968 6 Teen-Ager Soundings Always watch your speech, teens! A man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's 1 the most' exciting form of communication mankind has evolved. Oren Arnold i Groups Show Excellence lUavid MeHvin? SaturdayVTSunday 9:00 P. II. P.

llA YWCA Day Campers On Flight Kick A flight from Cincinnati to Indianapolis aboard a new American Airlines Astro et Tuesday, was the high point of this summer's day camp program for 44 boys and girls, six through 12 years of age, and their eight adult leaders at the Powel Crosley Jr. Branch YMCA. The group left Greater Cincinnati Airport at 8:29 a. landed at Indianapolis, toured the airport there, visited Holiday Park, lunched and swam at the Jordan Family Branch YMCA and returned to Cincinnati at 4:30 p. m.

The purpose of the trip was To further the campers' study of flying and to visit the Jordan the original family branch after which the Crosley in Cincinnati was patterned Another group of Crosley day campers went by bus to Indianapolis, where they joined the first group for the activities there. A third group spent the day touring the Greater Cincinnati Airport and visiting Big Bone State Park. A fourth group remained at the Crosley Day Camp. Great Society were just there. They left tneir imaginations at home and imitated a few songs from the "fab 40" and left.

BUT WHAT THE whole thing adds up to is an exciting new vista for local musical fans. Four out of six groups got together and on the same day came off with originality, imagination and technical excellence. That's an unbeatable combination, and it's reassuring to know that there are Cincinnati groups who possess it. It Is also reassuring to know that the Cincinnati Park Board and the Musicians Associations have finally rolled around to the opinion that there just might be something worth listening to In the rock field. This loosening up of the Park Board is indeed a good sign for rock fans.

Even more encouraging than the fact that there was a concert, was the fact that there was an audience. Not only an audience, but one made up of much more than just "teeny-boopers." EVERY AGE GROUP was represented in the orderly crowd. There was even a 72-year-old woman sitting there on the hillside, who gleefully told me that she thought she was going to have "some kind of Local Rock Originality, By JIM KNIFPENBERG "Man, the only way to really turn on In Cincinnati, musically speaking that is, Is to spend three bucks for a good stereo record, go home and play it, and then flip out." Such Is the trite old complaint that has been circulating locally for as long as I can remember. The time has finally come, fellow Cincinnatians, to cease casting scurrilous remarks from the corner of your mouths about the "profound lack of talent" in the local musical groups. I was at a concert in Eden park Sunday which proved the converse to be true.

The cream of the crop was featured, and even though they were local groups, these musicians deserve praise. The Glass Wall, a fairly new group, opened the show, and came up with fabulously electronic versions of "Elanor Rigby" and "Day Tripper." Their interpretation was shockingly original, their arrangement extremely progressive and the execution technically perfect. It was much more than a duplication of the original Beatle hits. THE US TOO GROUP went on to demonstrate further marvels of the musical world. Blending wierd electronic sounds with tra ditional techniques, they were akin to innovators, delving into a new musical world.

The highlight of the day was the appearance of the Sacred Mushroom. Their rendition of a song done by most of the major blues groups across the country, easily rivaled anything I have heard lately even the Cream's version. As usual, the Mushroom was superb. The Heywoods were their usual selves. They sounded good and were fairly professional Dick Clark would have been proud The Dnvin' Winds and mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Jim Knippenberg But take all these points together the originality, imagination and real talent of the groups, the park board's step forward and the Interest shown by people of all ages and it adds up to a pretty exciting picture.

There are a few pro-found signs contained therein. First, the concert demonstrated that more and more Cincinnati adults are laying aside their "Readers Digest" and beginning to show an interest in rock music. This is definitely a profound step forward. And second, the ultimate, most exciting revelation to come out of the concert, is the fact that Cincinnati is indeed no "talent The Mushroom, Glass Wall, Us Too, and Heywoods proved that most conclu sively. It is time now that this talent be supported more than it has been in the past On 53-Mile Hike Patti Bowman, vice presi dent in charge of co-ordi nation Ray Rom, and the route planners, Judi Brock-man, Gerry Hatley and Davey Maloney, Daily preliminary hikes over the last two weeks (p-t) the 25 hikers in top physical con dition for their journey.

Transportation will be at the dam to take the walk ers back to Mt. Adams, ac cording to Dave. mmmmmmmmmmmmm Groovy! actors they told them who to go to parties with, what to eat, etc. but all that is changing. "I love to watch people.

Some things on the screen aren't real To be effective they have to spring from real people and real incidents," she said As for her image, she wants to be known as an actress, not a personality. "I like the kind of role I played in this movie deep, rather than something like Gidget or the Flying Nun. She admires Geraldine Page, Bette Davis, Rod Sti-ger, and Allan Bates, As for aspiring actresses, Sondra recommends, "Believe in yourself. People try to discourage you about the cold world outside, but it's cold everywhere. Go after what you believe in.

You nave to try. If you fail, you will probably end up with something better than if you never tried." i Meeting Sondra Locke Was Club Members Hardy members of the Mt. Adams Physical Fitness' Club will walk 53 miles to Anthony Meldahl Dam, today. The walk is sponsored by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission and led by playleader Dave Worley. The group left the playground at 4 a.

m. and were to arrive at the dam around 6 p.m. Program planning start-, ed in June with president When auditioning for the role of Mick Kelley, a 14-year-old tom-boy in the movie, Sondra fibbed about her age (she was 21), painted a weather-beaten look on her face, and pulled her long hair into a pony taiL Over 2000 girls tried for the part in a nationwide search. A native of Shelbyville, Sondra admitted she was relieved and delighted about winning the coveted part. Besides acting she has a good deal of modeling to her credit.

Her layouts have appeared in both Vogue and Harper's. Her main Interest is still acting, although reading, walking and listening to music rate high on her list. "Acting is becoming more like any other profession. You come and work and then go home to your private life. An actor doesn't really have any less leisure time than anyone else.

When the studio owned the fMiflMfJ: BY LINDA LOFTUS What's it like, meeting a lovely young movie star, who will soon appear in her first major role opposite dynamic Alan Arkin? Let me tell you, it's groovy! Blond-haired, mini-skirted Sondra Locke) co-star in Warner Brothers upcoming "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," curled up on the hotel sofa and began an Interview that was more like a gab session between friends. "When we were kids in Shelbyville, Tennessee, Gordon (Gordon Anderson, her husband of 11 months) used to dress up In his grandma's old clothes and we would have our own theatre," she started out. She credits Gordon as the person who helped her decide to become an actress. A little later she was valedictorian of her class and was named best high school actress in a itate-wide contest. i (Jo i ,1 1 1..