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pago IB--The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C.. Sunday, December 5.1976 Dance, Music, Poetry Poetry Society Will Explore Relationship Of Three Arts Entertaining fourth graders with Christmas songs is Joan Miller, RTTs artist in residence. Mrs. Miller conducted a music class with Mrs. Davis' class at the Rowland-Norment school.

She also performs for local hospitals, churches and civic clubs. (Mickley Photo) RALEIGH, N.C. Three dramatic explorations of the correlation between poetry, dance and music, will be presented to the members and guests of the North Carolina Poetry Society during its Saturday, December 4, Culture Week meeting. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Inn, 1707 Hillsborough Raleigh, and opens with registration and coffee at 9:30 a.m., followed by a brief business session. Offering unusual insight into the music of poetry and the poetry of music, Mrs.

Barbara Taylor of Clinton, and her accompanist, Mrs. Kathryn V. Smith, open the programming with a segment called "Poetry and Mrs. Taylor originated the highly successful music education program, "Our Musical Heritage" last year for the Sampson Arts Council and Duplin County schools. She regularly appears as soloist in oratorios and with chamber music groups.

Her selection for the Saturday meeting will consist of poems by great poets from Shakespeare to Sandburg and set to music by great composers such as Handel, Mallotte and Arts Part Of Marketing Campaign The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources has hired an experienced marketing and sales professional to direct a unique experiment in North Carolina culture marketing the arts like other consumer products. Ted L. Cramer, who has directed nationwide marketing and promotional campaigns for Lark cigarettes and the soft Mountain Dew, has been named Director of Marketing for the department's Division of the Arts, cultural resources secretary Grace J. Rohrer announced Tuesday (11-16).

"The arts are blooming all across the state," Mrs. Rohrer said, "and many more people have access to art experiences today than ever before. But the arts cost money, and arts agencies need help in a sound business and development program. Mr. Cramer brings a knowledge of markting techniques and planning processes which is badly needed." Cramer was hired for the position with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, matched by money from the N.C.

Department of Administration. An Oklahoma native, he has spent most of his business career in North Carolina and New York, working with some of the largest corporations in America. He worked with former Gov. Terry Sanford on Sanford's highly successful travel and i i a programs. Among these, Cramer conceived and executed a "New York City Taxi Drivers' Tour of North Carolina," a promotional group trip that attracted the attention of nationwide media to influence prospective tourists.

He also directed advertising and publicity for the 1961 and 1963 North Carolina Trade Fairs, and produced a 30- minute color film about North Carolina that was shown at no charge on 110 television stations in this and other states. For that film, he co-authored the song "North Carolina" that has since been adopted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a pep song and has been recorded by the UNC band. Most recently, Cramer worked with Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, where from 1973 to 1976 he developed and executed the marketing plans for Lark cigarettes, including the nationwide tour of the Lark Balloon. Other positions he has held incude vice president for marketing and sales, for the Andy Griffith Food Products Company and executive director of the creative a i a a division of Litton Industries. At Litton, his clients included American Airlines, Borden's and Royal Typewriter.

Cramer says he took the position with the Division of the Arts because he loves North Carolina and he enjoys the arts. "I have long had a very close affinity for the arts," he said. "I've done acting in radio dramas and on stage. I formerly directed choirs in Oklahoma and Raleigh, and I played the French horn in a symphony. All these have been avocations Now I can take some of the techniques I've learned in years of marketing and, I hope, put them to good use on behalf of the arts." Lovely Little Book Is Warm And Human A SEASON OF BIRDS.

By Dion Henderson. Illustrated by Ripper. Tamarack Press. 87 Pages. $5.95.

This lovely little book is an evocation of the seasons and of nature. While basically a book about birds, it is not a guidebook nor, indeed, very descriptive in telling what they look like. But that is one of the beauties of it. Dion Henderson has observed the birds as they corne and go throughout the year to the acre around his suburban home. Chuck Ripper is a wildlife illus- trator, whose beautiful line drawings are juxtaposed with Henderson's page-length essays.

The book is not only about robins, bluejays, shrikes, owls, juncos, warblers, crows, starlings, sparrows and other birds, it also has essays about the mouse and the rabbit and especially delightful essays about the spider and the grasshopper. It is philosophical and personal, warm and human, as Henderson records his observations and his thoughts about predators and their prey and the interdependence of the various forms of life. The book is gentle and leisurely and should appeal not only to gentle adults but to older children as well. It also should be noted the publishers have selected a clear, open type which adds to the over-all attractiveness of this volume. In one of his essays, Henderson writes, "When a flicker spreads his wings, he puts a flash of sunshine in a gray November day." So, too, when the "A Season of Birds" are spread, sunshine emerges; C.G.McDaniel Associated Press inroads karen vela a weekly discussion of the arts Samuel Barber.

The moods range from the light and whimsical to the powerful and dramatic. For the traditional- minded, she will sing poems by John Milton, Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Housman, and Sara Teasdale. Mrs. Taylor's accompanist, Kathryn W. Smith, is a fine talent in her own right, organist, piano teacher and performer (mezzo soprano).

Ms. Smith studied at Salem College and Campbell College and performs regularly as alto soloist for area oratorios. She is New Crosby Novel About Terrorists NIGHTFALL. By John Crosby. Stein Day.

240 Pages. $8.95. John Crosby, who made himself a name some years ago as a radio-television critic, seems to be well launched on a second career as a novelist. Crosby's latest, "Nightfall," is a thriller about two young American women from affluent backgrounds who wind up as terrorists. The two, who started as lovers but then become enemies, both espouse a revolutionary cause.

But the similarity ends there. Geraldine Colt, who pursued her career of crime under the name is the daughter of wealthy parents with liberal leanings. An atheist who has turned to God she finally becomes a somewhat confused religious mystic. Elf James, the foster daughter of a noted movie actress, is a hard-core revolutionary and a murderess. As Theresa puts it, "rage was her vocation." Crosby sums up the basic difference in the attitude of the two girls toward the social struggle.

Elf hates the oppressor with a fury that has made her kill seven people. Theresa loves the oppressed and has killed no one but is wanted by the.police on.22 other charges, from bank robbery to bombing. The action centers on an international Chase. Theresa flees from the United States seeking refuge in the island of Majorca with Elf in hot pursuit. Chasing both of them is an FBI man named Hawkins.

Tom Hoge Associated Press also accompanist in the school performances of "Our Musical The program takes a highly visual turn as dancer, Lynn Friede and poet Sallie Nixon, bring the audience another merging of the arts in a segment called "Poetry and Lynn Friede has performed with musical theatre on Broadway, and has a B.A. and Bachelor of Creative Arts Degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. She has worked with Merce Cunningham Dance Troupe and with the Twyla Tharp Dance Company, "Project and with the South Carolina Arts Commission Visiting Artists Program, Ms. Friede is currently on the faculty of Central Piedmont Community College. Sallie Nixon is well-known in North Carolina both as writer and teacher of poetry.

She works with poetry-in-the- schools programs for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area and is a poetry reader for the N.C. Arts Council circuit. Guest speaker for the meeting, pianist Steve Hunter, with his own unique interpolation of the correlation between "Music and brings an international air to the program. After traveling with the UNC-College Choir to Rumania, her pursued his musical interests abroad, playing in Sweden and Norway. Steve's working title is "Visiting Artist to Wayne He began music lessons at the age of six and after high school enrolled at UNC at Greensboro.

In 1974 he graduated with a bachelors degree in piano performance. He is now working under the joint auspices of the N.C. Arts Council and the Department of Community Colleges. Currently teaching at Wayne Community. College, Steve recently conducted a music seminar for classroom teachers at Goldsboro High School East.

The December 4 meeting of the N.C. Poetry Society is open to the public. For reservations send to Rebecca Rust, 2342 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, N.C. 27610. Bradbury Weaves A Special Magic Lovecraft-Styled Collection Adds To Cthulhu Mythology THE DISCIPLES OF CTHULHU.

A compendium of short stories after H.P. Lovecraft by various authors and edited by Edward P. Berglund. Published by Daw Books, New York, N.Y. Copyright October, 1976.288 Pages.

By LEE HAMILTON Entertainment Editor "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die." This singular (and "unexplainable" couplet is the heart and soul of what has become commonly known in certain literary circles as the Lovecraftian style of shuddersome tales of utter horror and cosmic fright. Those readers, and they are legion, who dote on the particular brand of cosmic fantasy that was engendered by the late author H.P. Lovecraft, will be both fascinated and enthralled by the tribute to that master by some nine well-known modern authors who have composed as many tales based on Lovecraft's "Cthulhu Mythos" under the collective title THE DISCIPLES OF CTHULHU. With such names high in the science fiction field as Robert Bloch, who wrote the introduction, and contributors Brian Lumley, Lin Carter and Fritz Ueber to name a few this volume of literary output holds true to the line of Lovecraft's world of interstellar- interdimensional entities, and adds new and up-to-date life to thoseoft-read tales by the master himself. One story, "The Terror from the Depths" actually uses characters from one of Lovecraft's own stories Whisperer in and makes HPL a personality (albeit a dying one) within the narrative.

The uninitiated may well wonder just what is this virtually unpronounceable and the explanation is far from simple. This being and his loathsome kin, invented by Lovecraft, and utilized as the basis of so many of his writings in during the '20s and '30s, are described as members of a race known as The Great Old Ones who came to this earth countless aeons ago, the earth itself being a planet alien to this present space-time universe. This malevolent group of entities were condemned by their practice of evil and dark technologies, although immortal, were cast into cosmic imprisonment by another cycle of benign beings known as the Elder Gods, where they await resurrection and vengeance on their tormentors and -as happenstance has it the human race as well. Cthulhu was first introduced into the Lovecraftian stories in a tale called "The Cc'l nf and stage was set for an interminable series of stories to follow. Lovecraft's fellow writers and devotees succeeded him in perpetuating the mythos, and this volume is another in that continuing saga.

All the primary characters are there: Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, Shub- Niggurath, Nyarlathotep, Hastur, etc. as well as the mythical locales (mostly set in New England) such as Arkham and Innsmouth, Mass. Likewise that most nefarious of books the NECRONOMICON of the "mad arab" Abdul Alhazred, and other tomes relating to elder horror and catastrophe to numerous to mention. Naturally, a background on Lovecraft is paramount to a thorough enjoyment of the book, but not an absolute necessity. Each story is a singular curiosity into itself, and as such make for fascinating reading.

Other authors than those previously noted who contributed to this volume are James Wade, Bob Van Laerhoven, Ramsey Campbell, Walter DeBill Joseph Payne Brennan and Eddy C. Berlin. Suffice it to admit that each story in the collection adds its bit to the evergrowing Cthulhu mythology in a well-told and credible manner. Lovecraft's style of innuendo, hint and inference are maintained throughout to project a sense of ultimate hcrvor and abomination. We cerr.ilnly recommend this one to all Lovecraft fans as well as to the casual science-fantasy reader GREAT CTHULHU LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT.

By Ray Bradbury. Knopf. 271 Pages. $7.95. Welcome back Ray Bradbury.

It's so nice to have you back where you belong publishing stories. "Long After Midnight" is Bradbury's first collection in seven years and most of the 22 stories in it were well worth the waiting, although it's to be hoped that another seven years won't have to pass before another collection is published. Those who know Bradbury's work don't have to be told of the very special kind of magic to be found in his work the lovely way in which he uses words, the unique plots that spin to satisfying endings. Those who aren't familiar with Bradbury couldn't do better than to read "Long After Midnight," although they should be warned that two of these 22 tales "The Better Part Of Wisdom" and "Darling Adolf" are not Bradbury at his best. Even so, the two are better than a lot of short stories being hailed these days.

As for the rest, the remaining 20, they are good things, all. To pick at random, there's "One Timeless Spring," for example, a wonderfully sad-happy tale about a young boy who didn't want to grow up but did, and found the experience he dreaded quite joyful. Or, again at random, there's "The Utterly Perfect Murder." Forget'the unfortunate title, there is no murder, no violence. Just a well-woven tale about a man returning to the scene of his boyhood and finding that you can go home again, but that the experience is bittersweet. Bradbury largely is known as a writer of fine science-fiction and fantasy and there are a few stories of that type here.

But there also are others stories of love and childhood and death all filled with the sense of wonder that marks so much of Bradbury's work. Phil Thomas AP Books Editor PM, German University Form Partnership PEMBROKE "Pembroke Magazine," the highly acclaimed literary publication of Pembroke State University which has seven issues in print, has now formed a working relationship with Goettingen University in West Germany, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe. Beginning this academic year, a "Goettingen-Pembroke Magazine" will be published in which a part of translated material from the various issues of "Pembroke Magazine" will be included. This will continue for future i Magazines, announced PSU professor Norman Macleod, founder and editor of "Pembroke Magazine." "I think it is very significant that we have established this working relationship on an equal partnership basis with one of the oldest and best universities in Germany," said Macleod, who is author of two novels and six books of poetry. "It is a tribute to our magazine.

You can't say that about any other magazine published in this country." Goettingen University has subscribed to "Pembroke Magazine" from the beginning and has a complete file of the PSU publications. Located in lower Saxony in the eastern part of West Germany, Goettingen University has produced some of the world's great scholars, including Max Planck, famed scientist and author of the "Quantum Theory." Editing the "Goettingen- Pembroke Magazine" will be H.O. Dittmer. The publisher will be Luke Verlag Publishing House. The first issue of the i Magazine" will include art work by Kris Hotvedt, former art instructor at PSU and art editor of "Pembroke Magazine," and Bob Hazous, Navajo Indian painter.

It will also include a poem, by Ken Pauli, former PSU professor, entitled, "Something Is Lost In The Translation: Watergate." Macleod contributes a poem, "Message Attempted By Long Distance." Included, too, are poems by Joseph Bruchac, an Iroquois Indian, and Diana Chang, a Chinese-American writer. Contributing a Mexican short story is Maruxa Valalta. Macleod also revealed that "Pembroke Magazine" is now a required textbook at. the University of New Mexico and has been used for the same purpose by, the University of California at Santa Cruz..