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isSoarfo ST. PETERSBURG TIMES FEBRUARY 2, 1980 5B FGCS guest pianist brings audience to its feet 'J Van by the terrific ensemble of basses and cellos in the unison, "walking" bass accompaniment figures. Solo spots in Prokofiev's whimsical movie music of the Lieutenant Kije Suite featured superb control by trumpet, tenor saxophone, piccolo and snare drum. Most impressive were strings and bells in the Troika and the juxtaposition of various melodies and rhythms in the closing movement. This is a busy time for the orchestra, with repeat performances of this concert tonight in St.

Petersburg (no expected parking conflict at the Bay-front) and Sunday in Dunedin. Then on Tuesday, the orchestra flies to Miami for a concert again featuring Janis in the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto plus the Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5., FlerM OuH CoMt tymphonv whh ouMt plwiM yron Jwd. Irwin HstfmM aonduotint works by Prokoflov, MindiUiohn. tUohmonkwff.

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today or ehook at teoi offloo after 7 p.m. For Dunodln ttokotaooN 442-1700. By MARY NIC SHENK t. Potoroburo, Tlmoo Muole CrrHa TAMPA It was nearly a repeat performance of the winning combination of Janis, Rachmaninoff and Chopin here Thursday night when the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony, under conductor and musical director Irwin Hoffman, presented the first of several weekend concerts. Just as he had in 1979, guest pianist Byron Janis received a standing over piano and low string accompaniment.

Balance and ensemble were stunning. In fact, throughout the three movements of the concerto the interchange and dialogue between piano and orchestra were outstanding. THE RACHMANINOFF was undoubtedly the climax of this concert, although orchestra also was impressive before intermission. The Vivace sections of the Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian, were especially exciting, tempos upbeat and orchestral ensemble superb.

Orchestral sound was full-bodied, clean and polished, with its own impressive range of dynamic contrasts. And strings were brilliant highlighted ovation for his expressive interpretation of a Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto. This year it is the familiar and ever-popular No. 2. Last year it was the First.

And again he responded to the warmth and enthusiasm of 1,700 audience members plus the insistent applause and foot-stomping of the area orchestra with Chopin's sensitive Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34, No .2, the encore he played last year. JAMS MAY be small physically, but he commands a large sound from a concert grand. Often he would rise from his seat as a result of the sheer force and power he exerted for the massive chords, demanding runs and arpeggios of the Rachmaninoff masterwork. Feet and body move SHENK ON MUSIC opinion almost constantly in response to the musical challenges.

His agile Angers and sensitive face work harmoniously as he renders the soaring melodies and romanticism of the emotion-filled concerto. Thursday night for the opening measures of the concerto, Janis explored at least 10 dynamic levels, volume growing steadily to an exciting fortissimo. In total contrast, but equally gorgeous, were the closing measures of the lovely second movement, with violins singing the solo BYRON JANIS mnruEs rjEnnow Miss America feels title represents call to ministry 1 "1v I 3 ipp By JEANNE PUQH St. Potorohuro, Tlmoi Boligjon Wrhor LARGO Cheryl Prewitt of Acker-man, Miss, has never made a secret of being a born-again Christian. But Miss Prewitt, who now wears the crown of Miss America, went further than mere recitation of her faith on Thursday night: She announced here that she is using her prominence as a "ministry." "God put me where I am today so that I can do what I am doing," Miss Prewitt told several hundred other committed, Christians witnessing dedication ceremonies at the studios of Channel 22 (WCLF Where Christ's Love Flows).

She explained that, at age 11, a traffic accident left her with a crushed leg and other serious injuries that doctors said would prevent her from walking again. "Not only did God put my leg back together again, but I won the swim suit (competition) in Atlantic City," she said. (She has reported previously that she was healed miraculously six years after the accident when her crippled leg "grew two inches instantaneously" during a revival meeting) "I AM HAPPY to be a child of the Lord," she said Thursday night. "I can go to Him and crawl up into His lap and He will wrap His arms around me and I know that everything will be all right" A gospel singer at revival meetings since the age of 12, Miss Prewitt demonstrated her ability as a minister Thursday by sprinkling her remarks with rapid recitation of scripture. She ended her last recitation by declaring, "That's why I lived; that's why I am walking; and that's why you don't see scars on my face or scars on my life." Bob D'Andrea, president of followed her remarks by saying, "I believe that when her reign is over she will go into the ministry." To which, Miss Prewitt quickly replied, "I'm in the ministry already." The outdoor ceremonies, conducted on a platform in front of the station's new building at 6900 142nd Ave.

were threatened throughout the evening by an oncoming cold front. An hour before the 6:30 p.m. telecast, a sudden downpour doused the area and 'caused a temporary power failure. But, by broadcast time, power had been restored and the program went on as scheduled. The rain and cold winds, however, cut the on-site audience from an expected 1,000 to a shivering few hundred.

THE 22-YEAR-OLD Miss Prewitt, garbed in a full-length, black fur coat, had been scheduled to sing but bowed out of that because of the cold winds. She did remain on the scene long enough to take part in the ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the door of the huge, partially completed new building. Earlier, D'Andrea told reporters that the station's quarters will represent an investment of when work is completed in about six months. The station's facilities currently are housed in four large trailers on the site. The dedication telecast was followed by a $100-a-plate dinner served in the bar ren confines of the new building, where studding and drywall partitions now outline the eventual layout of studios, offices, counseling rooms and a chapel.

The ceremonies kicked off a six-day telethon that, D'Andrea said, will help to St. Petersburg Timet RICAROO FERRO Reigning Miss America Cheryl Prewitt with evangelist John Wesley Fletcher; a vice president of WCLF-Channel 22, at dedication ceremonies of the station's new facilities. cover "outstanding bills" of the station. He said the new studios are being built on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, without a mortgage, as donations are received. But, two months ago, when the station first went on the air, he reported that the corporation owed about $600,000 for preliminary electronic equipment.

Arts commission: a need for change or brand new start By CHARLES BENBOW St. Pf rburg Timl Art Wrltor To return to square one appears to be the solution to the problems that render the St. Petersburg Arts Commission (SPAC) ineffective. And this seems to be the right time for such a move, what with the arrival of a new city manager and the expiration of the city's federally funded arts programs. About the timing, the members of City Council and SPAC were in agreement, at council's workshop session Thursday afternoon.

Otherwise, the discussion was cross-talk, resulting in postponement of decisions. Although each group seemed to believe the other understood what was being said, City Council and SPAC members have differing concepts, differing definitions, about the SPAC's job. AT LEAST that is the basis for the stalemate as I see it, and I have been an observer of the SPAC since its conception in 1973 as a mayor-appointed, advisory body on aesthetic matters. In 1974, the SPAC was born officially as a creature of state legislation, and in 1976 the commission was changed, by city ordinance, from a state-chartered body to a foster-child of city government. At each step in this history, the SPAC's purposes were slightly altered, sometimes as a result of its own doing in its search for an identity.

After, and as a legal result of, falling under the mantle of city management, the commission's position gradually deteriorated from being a direct consultant to (and responsive to the will of) City Council to its present situation as a voiceless entity buried in layers of bureaucracy. To me, the present situation seemed inevitable because of various conflicts. The city employee who is also SPAC executive director is in an untenable position. To cite an example: SPAC deemed it necessary to send to City Council a reminder that St. Petersburg's hexagon-block sidewalks and brick streets have a historic importance.

Thereby the SPAC executive director a city employee was charged with telling his bosses to cease replacing those sidewalks and streets with more economical materials. THE ARTS COMMISSION was removed from being a direct instrument of City Council (as originally conceived in 1973) by the last city charter revision, which states that no administrative employee (including the city-paid SPAC executive director) may speak directly to City Council. (Thursday, City Attorney Carl Linn reminded SPAC Executive Director Glenn Anderson that Anderson had violated the charter by having participated in the workshop discussion). And so it goes. Several City Council members indicated Thursday that they thought the SPAC should solicit funds from the public for arts projects.

I cannot find, among the various objectives set forth over the years, any enabling mandate for the SPAC to raise money. And the present arts commissioners have avoided competing with cultural organizations for contributions. SO THE ONLY solution appears to be to go back to square one: Remove the SPAC from the government organizational chart and re-establish its direct channel to City Council as a purely advisory body that may suggest arts projects, but not initiate further action. Any city employee who sits with the SPAC would do so strictly as a nonvoting liaison. Arts fund-raising should be done outside city government.

An unheralded byproduct of the SPAC has been to prove that representatives of cultural organizations can sit down together and discuss things of mutual benefit. Surely they are ready to cooperate in an independent "United Fund for the Arts" without the previous divisive-ness. Such chores as coordinating cultural activities, publishing a cultural calendar and encouraging nongovernmental cultural development could be gradually assumed by the Pinellas County Arts Council (PCAC), which does those sorts of things already. The PCAC came into being after the SPAC, maintains more autonomy from government and is "healthier" than the SPAC. A modest annual contribution (less than the present SPAC budget) frdm the City of St.

Petersburg, would make PCAC even healthier than it is now. Answers jejs po6 jiesinoA saiB 'sjolu jo euju leujs po8 jouiiu speui noA 'juBfe oi xjs po6 eqi jjo 0je noA 'sss jo jnoj jo eioos peq noA i oi 9 Uosjjoo 9JB -O A gold quiz to test your mettle AMocieted Proaa NEW YORK It's one of the hottest headlines in today's news. It's up, it's down. And it has always intrigued and fascinated mankind. It is gold.

The lure of gold and the luxuries and power it promised helped colonize the New World, enslaved the Aztec nation, and sent frantic '49era to California to strike it rich, notes the Jewelry Industry Council, pointing out that gold is a mainstay of dentistry, the very heart of jewelry manufacturing and important in exploration of outer space. BUT WHAT else do you know about this fabulous yellow metal that is virtually indestructible, yet is the most malleable of all metals? The council offers this quiz: 1. It is believed gold was first discovered: (a) by Aztec tribesmen digging the foundations for the step pyramid that glorified Montezuma; (b) when alchemists of Queen Aniri of Egypt were commissioned to find a suitable met-, al for fashioning personal ornaments; (c) when gold nuggets, glitteringHn river beds, caught the eye of primitive man, who collected them for their beauty. 2. The earliest known single piece of jewelry, discovered by archeologists in 1922, is: (a) an elaborate neckplate worn by young King Tut in the 14th century B.C.; (b) a gold nugget the size of an egg, pierced at the top where a leather thong passed through it so it could be cover how to make gold.

Today, it is possible through nuclear fission, but a bit of gold large enough to fit on a pin-head would cost a fortune to produce. It could be made from: (a) lead; (b) coal; (c) radium. 8. The phrase "rich as Croesus" comes from the Lydian king of the fifth century who was incredibly wealthy. He was also noted because: (a) he constructed a gilded bridge with twin towers of gold on the island of Mikonos; (b) his ship of state, the Golden Swan, was richly encrusted with gold; (c) he was the first to issue paper money, backed by his gold treasury; (d) he issued the first gold coins ever.

9. If all the gold ever mined was put into one lump; it would: (a) be the exact size of the Cheops pyramid; (b) stack as high as the Empire State Building, with a 10-foot-square base; (c) completely fill to the ceiling every room in the White House; (d) fit within the confines of a baseball diamond, and weigh about 100,000 tons. 10. Early Egyptians used gold signet rings: (a) to denote their rank; (b) to seal important documents so that they could not be opened and read by curious messengers; (c) as one way to carry their wealth in a safe place; (d) as a means of identification when they presented themselves to guards at the royal palace. worn around the neck, found in the grave of an unknown Aztec chieftain in Peru, dated about the 16th century; (c) an arm bracelet set with gemstones unearthed in the tomb of Queen Shubad, who reigned in 2000 B.C.; (d) a man's gold signet ring, dating back to the rule of Charlemagne.

3. Gold is important to America's space program because: (a) the life cord astronaut Edward White used when he stepped into cosmic Space was gold; (b) gold is indestructible and resists chemical decompositon; (c) gold is used in the heat shields worn by space-walking astronauts. 4. One ounce of gold could be hammered so thin it would cover: (a) 10 square feet; (b) 100 square feet; (c) 1,000 square feet. 5.

The same ounce of gold could be stretched in a wire long enough to: (a) reach to the top of a regular telephone pole; (b) circle a city block four times; (c) go halfway to Philadelphia from New York. 6. Twenty-four karat gold means: (a) 24 parts of gold to 24 parts of a base metal; (b) pure gold; (c) one 24th of an ounce. 7. Throughout history, alchemists have sought to dis WEDU shows off new facilities to public ON TELEVISION i nOQERT DOUIDEn New WEDU, Channel 3 communications center in Tampa.

WEDU-Channel 3 will hold an open house at its new communications center, 1300 North Tampa, between 10 a.m. and noon today. Present for the morning open house will be Mr. McFeely and the Purple Panda from Mister Rogers Neighborhood. The duo will entertain children and their parents with hows at 10:10, 10:50 and 11:30 a.m.

in Studio One. Also present will be the Tampa Bay Rowdies and their cheerleaders, the Wowdies. Performing at the open house will be the Mystic Shieka of Morocco Band from Busch Gardens and Plant High School's band. Peter Schmidt of Three by 3 will take visitors to his production set in Studio Two, while Ruth Ann Fowler will offer a cooking and home-craft demonstration in Studio Three. An invitation-only dedication will be held The station said most callers just express thanks for a chance to see the classic Western once more.

Many remark on seeing a youthful Dennis Weaver, now star of Stone, and Burt Reynolds, who appears in some episodes as a blacksmith. The show went on the air Sept. 10, 1955. It ksted almost 20 years, leaving network television Sept. 1, 1975.

Challenger gets new title Rod Challenger, WFLA-Channel 8's assignment editor, has been named assistant news director of the station. Challenger has the unusual distinction of working at all three Tampa Bay commercial television stations. He was an anchorman at both WTVT-Channel 13 and WTSP-Channel 10. Olympics battle shaping up CBS and NBC are preparing to throw at 3:30 p.m., with former governor LeRoy Collins giving the main address. Tampa Mayor Bob Martinez and former mayor William Poe will cut a ribbon.

'Gunsmoke' is still popular Can a 25-year-old show start telephones ringing at a television station? Absolutely. It happened the first day WTSP-Channel 10 began afternoon reruns of Gunsmoke, now entitled Marshall Dillon. And the phones art till ringing. same night The Winter Olympics fall in an opportune time for ABC, since February is a ratings "sweep" period. During this time, ratings assume increased importance, since commercial rates for the following year are based on network performances during the sweeps.

A ratings victory is money in the bank. their biggest artillery at ABC's opening Winter Olympics coverage. While ABC plans to devote its 9 to 11 p.m. prime time on Feb. 12 to opening ceremonies, CBS will counter with the television premiere of The Exorcist, the fourth highest grossing movie ever made.

NBC will depend on Burt Reynolds' popularity when it airs The End at 9 p.m. that 0.