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ii THE HARTFORD COURANT: Saturday. January 3. WO 12 Stffleitts Conservatory Adopticoi at the Hartford Conservatory. Every Wednesday afternoon the 15 to 20- students in the performance 'x at 6W around. As Halpin said, it is a shame boys who want to learn music badly enough to practice don't have the instruments at home.

But with all the problems facing them the Scouts maintain they will soon have their own rock and toll band. After all, the have teachers and they have wanted to learn music for a long time. Halpin said Gonzalez has a natural sense of needs to learn how to use his wrists and strengthen them by practicing on a -drum pad. The scouts now have one between them and no 'Other instruments. Some of the teachers bring ther own 'instruments for the boys to work with during the lesson, but it just isn't enough to go wenties TT peak English.

Micco said il is easier to teach the scouts in a because "they don't know how to speak English, so, I tell one of them who does understand and. he translates it to. the others." ''This is a great opportun- ity for them," said Brook Halpin, the drum teacher helps two of the scouts. "They're very interested in 9 and they will practice not'like some kids who only practice at the lesson. They don't, have the $3 or $4 for a lesson if I don't help them who.

will? I like to help the Scouts, ranging in age 18, have wanted to learn some kind of instrij-X mept for some time. When they 1 a rn some songs, one of the scouts asserted, they were going to form a rock group called J.R. and JACKIE ROSS TNT Editor In a matter of minutes students into teachers v. r- if City TV Show Features -Young Black Host-Produced the conservatory finish their lessons and turn to the back of the music room to iace their students: Puerto Ri- can Explorer Scouts whot want to learn music. "Coming early this way they get to see us play," said Jim Miccio, a 20-year-old conservatory student, teaching six of the scouts to play the guitar.

"They're very interested and look jat us with big eyes." The performance class adopted the scout? after, their scoutmaster Jefferson Rocca called the director of the conservatory and, asked if some of his would be "willing to help the scouts learn to play soma instruments. Robert Brawley put the question- to his class and they agreed to stay 30 to minutes after class to: divide ap inta groups and teach the scouts. Some of the scouts are learning trumpet, some guitar, some drums and others piano and organ; "The first problem we-quickly discovered was the lack of Brawley. "They have no: money to buy them. We have been asking people who have guitars in their attics or old up-right, pianos they could donate, to these, If it is hard to learn to play an instrument you don't have, it is harder to teaich a pupil who doesn't 1 1 1 --The Guitar Lesson Every Wednesday Carlos Rivera, right, amies to Conservatory for his guitar lesson and every Wednesday Jim Miccio, left," is there with his guitar.

The Scouts are someone will donate instruments to them so they can outside their lesson days (Couranf Photo by Arman Hatsian). 1 'i ryr I V'; tTTrfti By DICK BEHN "How's our superstar today?" quipped a television crewman to the host of "Operation Unabridged'' who was fl i i through his cue cards. "Nervous," replied Larry Woods, shaking his hand in pretended terror. A moment later, wandering about the WHCT-TV studio giving last minute instructions for his show, Wroods told a guest pianist, "don't worry about the Nervous or not, at 23, Woods is a He is a black television host and producer. His half-hour show is also probably the only one in Hartford featuring local black views and talent.

It is taped each Monday afternoon for Saturday television airing. Although the show usually has a variety format with both discussion and musical portions, show was devoted exclusively to talk The topic was the role of community centers- within the Geater a ord area and Woods' guests were Arthur Community Renewal Team fieldworker in the Clay Hill area, and the Rev. Joseph Zezzo, director cf the Christian Activities Council. The Rev. Mr.

Zezzo and Long agreed on the urgent need for community centers in the Hartford's North End "All you have to do is open the. door and you have a problem accommodating all the kids who want to come in," said the Rev. Mr. Zezzo. Both jie and Long are active in community center programs since the CAC supports the In- ner.City (ICE)' a civic center now located at Horace Bushnell Church, and- the CRT is trying to open another community center ic the Clay Hill area.

In addition to the lack of facilities in the North End, both Woods "and Long complained of lack jof cooperation between community centers as a major problem 'They're not- working together at all," said Long. Oil Wheels Hartford Host the after thejr scoutmaster''' "They can do it," one of their, teachers, said. "They4 want to badly enough." Es timates on how long it will take them to learn enough music to have a group run "ah optimistic three months to two years. 4 Fernando "Gonzalez, 16, 'Is" one of Halpin's drum "Ever, since I was jtoung wanted to play ah instrument. My mother got "me a guitar, but I didn't it and gave it to my un- like the drums.

When I buy a. record that's what I like to listen to," he said. 1) 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 See 1 i- wmmmmi host of "Operation Unabridged," television guests. Some of tha show include newspaperwomen, End and heads of community i -r of both communities cao io used to accomplish this task Woods feels that contact with! the community is essential -for the show's success. VAs-a black youth, I think Channel 18 shows that the potential is there in the black Contact with the black community, which Woods gains through his ICE jobs, is alsc-es-H Woods guided the conversation easily between his black and white guests, seeking a dialogue and stressing important points.

All the men underlined the need for community support, both financially and physically, for the centers. "Our problem now is establishing a base of community support which will say, 'This is said Long. Usually, Woods breaks up his roundtable discussions with a musical interlude most often, featuring youth from Hartford's North End. "I like to make the program a variety, program -not just people sitting around the table, "Wood? says. Black youth are also featured on the talk portions of the show.

"We want to have more young blacks on the program because for so long black youth has gone unheard," says Woods. According to WHCT program director, Gregory Stoner, the purpose of the program is "to give an opportunity to the Negro community to voice their feelings, whatever they may be." He hopes that North End residents will take advantage of the show as a forum for their opinions1 and the opportunities which Hartford offers. "We want to get the common man who faces these problems in his daily life. Thes? are the people we want to reach," says Woods, referring to both his television audience and guests. He points out the show's participants have run the gamut of the Hartford community including housewives, city officials, businessmen ministers, and musicians; s.iw, A typical recent show included two newspaperwomen, a Weaver 'High School student, and two musicians from Greater Hartford Community College, where Woods himself is a full-time sophomore The Vietnam veteran and 1965 Hartford Public- High School graduate had no television experience before tte and the Rev.

of borderline risks. These subsidiaries insure almost anvone with a decent driving record. There no set forniula, but if you've gotten more than one moving violation within a year's time, even most of these companies won't insure you. And if they will, their rates run as much as 40 per cent higher than mainline national With lots of violations plus an accident or two, most likely you'll be shoved off into an "assigned risk pool." This is where all insurance companies get together all charging the safne high rates, and accept the very poorest risks. And by "poor risk," I mean you might not necessarily be a bad driver, but if you're a certain age, unmarried, live in certain cities, and are on your own, you sometimes automatically get shoved off into one of fhese pools.

Verv un- fair, but that's how it is. -1 he very worst thing on your record, at least as far as insurance rates so, is a ticket for "exhibitionist speeding." This means burning from a stop light or at a drive-in. Yes. they can ticket you for And it never leaves vour driving record. JNext worst blot is crunk 0 dnvmg.

I I I I 1 1 "'I' 1 Ml I I 1 1' 1 Larry Woods, 23-year-old makes a point to one of his people who have been on his entertainers, from the North improvement programs. Herbert Smith helped organize the program eight months ago. "I was determined to do this because I knew I could help my people," said Woods. The Rev. Mr.

Smith, who was. then director of the Inner City Exchange, became the show's first host and Woods was a regular guest sort of the Ed Mc-Mahon of "0 a i Woods, who was then and still is program director for ICE, took over the television show four months ago when the Rev. Mr. Smith became director of Project Equality. The title of the program is significant, according to Woods, because the show's purpose is to bridge the gap between white and black communities and to demonstrate that the resources nrnTTiTnTrr vision host.

"I oon't ever wapt to lose my identity as a black; man. What goes up must come down." Although the 2:30 p.m. Satr-. day show is now a public affairs program, Woods would Iiketo see the half -hour time slot panded with commercial baqk-j ing. As Woods says, "Youuge people have a lo to say." Family Insurance Gives Best Coverage Exploring the Music of Strings Explorer Sc6ut Angelo Solario, center, is one of.

several Explorer Scouts learning to play string instruments-s'taiiin with the piano. His teachers from the Hartford Conservatory, themselves, are Nancy Curran and Richard Bed-, narczyk (Courant Photo by Arman Hatsian), k. i Sebastian Makes It i ation's With 'My Fat Guitar College Students 1 terviews is the Decade of Hope for 1970s I ii '''mriti By MICHAEL LAMM Great numbers of you have written asking about auto insurance for teenagers. Most often you5 ask, "Will my rates go up if I get a ticket or have an accident?" The answer is yes. But actually It's not quite that The bigger, more reputable national insurance companies all -work their plans pretty much alike.

Their statistics show unmarried males under age 21 are the poorest risks. Boys in this age group pay the highest premiums. Next prize goes-to unmarried males, under age. 25. Girls in the same age brackets aren't nearly so risky arid don't have to 'pay those very high premiums.

Now, within each age breakdown, insurance companies also rate young drivers as "occasional operator" and "principal You're "principal" if yoi drive the. car most of the time to school of to work. Even if you register it in your dad's name, the insurance company isn't likely to be fooled And as "principal," you pay more than if you're just "occa sional. Uccasional means you borrow your dad's car for dates, running around, and like that, but it's still your dad's car. Okay.

Either way it's cheaper if you can get your coverage added to your parents' policy. Any insurance company will ac cept its own policyholders' kids, but they're not looking for teenagers and young adults out on their own. Be sure to explore family insuring first. Hardest hit, of course, are young people away from home. If you're alone and have collected some tickets and dented fenders, you're in that much tougher shape.

Borderline Risks. tcci-i Most big insurers have subsidiary companies that take care. By MARY CAMPBELL AP Newsfeatures Writer There are so many good contemporary song writer-performers today that a1 list of the best ones compiled by a dozen different people probably would not contain the same performers. One we saw recently was: Len-non and McCartney, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, and John Sebastian. Sebastian was the major song writing member of the Lovin' Spoonful and now at 25 is going it alone, as he says, performing with "just me and my fat guitar." He has performed at both Fillmores; on the bill with Cros by, and Nash, at the Woodstock and Big Sur festivals, recently was four weeks at New York's Bitter End and one week at Washington's Cellar Door.

As he works, he's getting rid of certain hangups. He doing without a prearranged! set, "trying find out what people want to hear or what 1 A. A A I 1 mood I want to put them into. I want to be totally flexible rather than depending on a set written on the side of the guitar." He's also willing now to sing his old songs. "There was a time I was reluctant about doing old songs.

People don't have the associations a writer. does with his old songs. They! love it and want to hear you sing it because they know you wrote it "I have virtually no use for, JOHN SEBASTIAN "Summer the City" was the Lovin Spoonful's bieeest single hit. The group's "best of" LP became a gold record. Sebastian says in his gentle voice, "I'm really turned on to working by myself.

With four people, any person in the audi- that the Vietnam war. omnipresent nd overriding problem for the next decade with iafll college 'students: The course of: the '70s will, to sta-, dents, be largely guided, by the timetable set and executed by President Nixon- in ending American participation in "Southeast Asia. "This could be a great era in our nation's history," said a Norwalk sophomore. "We are now facing our -a he squarely and there is a desire by tfte younger generation' to bring about a better world. But nothing can really be done until thewar is over." "There win be a lot done especially after Vietnam.

Then we can concentrate on the important domestic issues," agreed many students Fight Pollution The student eoncern about their environment will be a project of major proportions in the 1970's, the College Foil study Student concern about air andiwater 'pollution and the danger to our natural resources is growing. Since it has broad campus support in theory, student activists 1 are preparing a drive for action which equal or surpass the peace movements the '60s. Awaiting the cessation of hostilities, or at' least the end of American campus feel this issue may the college generation on a new "crusade." GREENWICH (Special) The nation's seven milhon college students view the 1970's with cautious optimism after com- -pleting a decade of confront j.tipn and disillusionment, the College Poll reports. But stu-, dents also see several key turning which, to them, will determine the course of the 70s. In a survey based on personal interviews with students on over 100 campuses, the College Poll revealed these collegiate atti-tudes toward the coming Students believe the nam war will continue to as far as.

American participation is concerned. But American forces will not leave Southeast Asia until 1972. President Nixon will be a "good" if not "great" president, his popularity and campus acceptance will continue to be judged largely by his Vietnam war performance. It is felt that President Nixon will probably be re-elected in 2972, provided the war is over. There will be no "Vietnam" -in the Middle East.

But we must Egypt, and that we will not fight or send troops to that area. The settlement should come from the United Nations. -Students do not expect a depression in the 1970's. They do think there will be a recession nation changes from a wrMojpeacetime economy. There will continue to be civil rights progress with black nowiehce has the chore of relating to and other minorities gaining greateridentity.

Yet students reflect a growing concern about black militancy both on and off campus. The nation will mobilize to fight poverty and urban decay, with a strong, and active prod; from students" themselves. On the campus there will be a reduction of violence, except, in the area of black students where it might get worse before it -gets, better. College and uni-' versity life will continue to change, as both students and faculty re-evaluate the role of 'the university in society! The scientific explosion will continue, with a parade of new discoveries and Students expect a wider use of atomic energy. Space explora-' tioh will cbntinue, but no Marti-' an trip this era.

Air water pollutiop will be' the main area of new stu-, dant-led drives, replacing the demonstrations? of the but if studentshad one. 'I ingle goal lor the 1970's r-: -matehing the on the moon" drive started by President Kennedy for the 1960's it would be to "cure cancer by It is obvious from student in them simultaneously." When it's one person, it's much easier, be- 'cause a person the audience I 1 A has only that one person" to get to know during the concert. Some of the best known of Sebastian's songs are "Summer-in the I. "Daydream," You Believe in "Did You Ever Make Up Your "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice." "Darline Bs Hnm He writes both the melody and lyrics and has had about 100 songs published. He has some 100 more lyrics written on 'music.

'Summer in the City' these shirt cardboards and backs of except that a lot of people really 'cigarette packages. lyrics iuvc h. ou uiu i wiuie i wasemina mm oi ine tune, sebas-working on it. But I'll sing it tian neither reads nor writes now if they want to hear it".