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Schlaebitz said he apologizes if the group and its admirers are unhappy, adding he wants no verbal snooting match over the incident. Museum buys landscape MADISON, Wis. (AP) The 18th-century French painting "Sunrise" by Claude-Joseph Vernet is one of the recent acquisitions of the Elvehjem Art Center here. Vernet, a master of marine landscape painting, completed, "Sunrise" in 1759. It was one of four works commissioned by the third Duke of Bridgewater in 1753.

provises, not a large ensemble, and that group appearing "was much larger than I expected." He recalled that the entire festival was moved into the auditorium because of bad weather outside and speculated that the ensemble's music played outdoors would have made no problem because those who didn't like it could bave moved on and still been in the festival area. "A lot of persons had to make concessions when it (the festival) was in the auditorium," Heckman added. As for an assertion by the letter writers that the festival officials were, in effect, stifling innovative performing artists. Arts Council Director Sam Davidson said in response to a question that the festival never has been described as a haven for unconventional art. LOW COn PACKAC2 TOUH 3 a a oo $175 A PmSOtl A FULL VlECf musicians on stage; Schlaebitz says he asked them to turn down the sound amplification, hut this request did not get results "so I returned and I did ask them to leave." He said this was to protect a "captive audience" in the auditorium from sound that was annoying many rather than entertaining.

Chairman Keith Heckman of the festival's performing arts program, said the invitation was for a quartet of im This price includes all accommodations, daily sight-seeing excursions, recreational facilities, and much more. In addition, at no extra cost, transportation is provided from Lircoln to Estes Park, Cot orado and back again. For more information and brochure, write: Colorado Vacation P.O. box 610 csres ram, voioraao ouj I'ij, or toll 303) 586-3737 rfj An incident of April 22 at the Festival of the Arts sponsored by the Lincoln Community Arts Council seems to have been blown out of proportion as the result of letters to editors of Lincoln newspapers. The incident centered on the volume of music made by the Lincoln Improvisation Ensemble at the festival, and the circumstances surrounding the group's departure from Pershing Auditorium during the festival.

The letter writers claimed that a festival official told the musicians they were "scaring away customers, asked them to play "real music" and to lower the volume." The letter writers quoted the official as asking. "Who wants to listen to this?" The letter writers asserted that 25 to. 30 people had gathered to listen to the ensemble but that the official finally asked all of the musicians to leave after two of them departed, feeling that they had been insulted although the ensemble was there by invitation of those who arranged the festival. Arts Council President William Schlaebitz responded to a request for another side of the incident, saying that he went to the musicians with certain requests after noticing people "streaming out" of the auditorium and approached by several artists who had displays in the arena. Several asked: "Can't you do something about all that noise?" Schlaebitz said he found that source of the "noise" was the Improvisation Ensemble, a group he described as 8 to 12 Roam free in wA IB).

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