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Hope Fiedler help Lowell "thank LOWELL Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra performing on the banks of the Merrimack RLver, a Jour hour long parade and the Bob Hope show will highlight a week of festivities lo say "Thank You, America." With the exception of the BOB HOPE you America Bob Hope Show on the night Of Oct. 9, which is being conducted as a turd raising program to aid local charities, all the events are free. "We have many surprises In store for this year's eejebralion stated Zenny Speronls, chairman of the Regatta Foundation. Wi th one weekend of events already concluded, this next weekend promises to be bigger and better. Some of the malar events taking place from Oct.

8 through Oct. 11 are a3 follows: ULOWELL FOOTBALL GAME Will be held at Cawley Stadium on Rogers Street beginning at on Friday night. The free football game will pit Ihe ULowell football team against St. Michael's of Vermont. GRAND TORCIILIGHT TATTOO The New England Army Band and the lOlh Special Forces (Green Berets) of Furl Uevens will demonstrate (he entry of all 52 states and the military uniforms worn during each period of our history In the (irand Tattoo at Cawley Stadium on Hie night of Oct.

beginning at 8 p.m. ft Is one of the most beautiful pageants conducted and is performed with torch lights. OCTOBERS PARADE The major daytime event of the entire week. A giant parade, slated to last four hours and march nearly four miles from downtown Lowell to the Pawtuckcl Boulevard, will begin at 1 p.m. on Merrimack Street.

Numerous floats, marching hands and more than 1500 troops will participate. The parade will form at East Merrimack Street and proceed up Merrimack to Pawluckel Street, turn left and cross the O'Donnell Bridge, then another left onto the Pawlucket Boulevard, The parade will then pass a reviewing stand in front of the Speare House. The parade will, then disperse and the floats will become part of the festivities on the boulevard. CLYDESDALE HORSES The famed Clydesdale horses owned and raised by Anheuser Busch will be at the boulevard on both Sunday and Monday from noon to 5 p.m. INBOARD SPEED CLASSIC Ad ali day event, featuring some of the most powerful inboard speed boals in New England, All classes wili be featured and some LOWELL Massaehuselts Iwus the sulh state admitted into Lhe union but how many know which was the 14th.

Do you know how many stars and stripes were In the flag when Francis Scott Key composed the Star Spangled Banner or when the 48th state joined the others. Thai's what the Grand Tattoo is all about and' all its splendor will be displayed at Cawley Stadium at p.m. cn Oct. 8. "It's one of the most beautiful sights you will ever see," stated Richard Taffe, publicity chairman for the Regatta Festival Committee.

The New England Army hand, under the direction of Warrant Officer John S. Dunlap and the 10th special forces (green berets) of Fort Devens, 139 strong, will demonstrate the entry of all 50 states and Ihe military uniforms worn during each period of the country in the Grand Tattoo. This demonstration is done LOWELL Arthur Fiedler be very similar to the 4th of win repeal in ioweu uei: July concert, wmcn ne enn weekend the performance that Drought about 700 .000 people lo their feet in a standing ovation on the 4th of July in Buslon. In (act, they were not just standing: they danced, sang and parted their way through a free concert that became ne of the biggest celebrations in the nation's history. As in the Esplanade concert, Fiedler will bring die 1812 Overture, the spec.

ally made fireworks from Monaco, and what he refers lo as "the whole gang" about 95 musicians from the Boston Pops lo Lowell on Oct. II for a free outdoor concert. Fiedler came to Lowell last week for a meeting with organiiers of the Regatta and Ihe local press during a dinner reception in his honor. THE YEAR OLD CONDUCTOR arrived in a small sporls car with his manager, William Schisler. With an easy grace, he quickly dispelled the awed silence that fell when he entered the room at the Speare House.

He said he had come with no structured program for the concert but asked for preferences. These were referred to his manager who took notes dutifully throughout dinner. Fiedler had just returned from a lour of Southern cities, including Dallas, Memphis, Tenn. and Tupelo, Miss. The last, he pointed out, is "the hometown what was his yes, Elvis He, appeared interested in every detail of the upcoming concert, including haw the fiTeworks are to be transported here, who is to precede him (young musicians from the University of Lowell I and what will be done if It rains (the concert will be moved from the new Charles G.

Sampas outdoor stage into the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.) However, he refused la accept the idea that it may rain, a (ear expressed by Regatta Foundation officials who remember last year downpour. "I always have very good luck with the weather," he reassured them. OVER DINNER, HE decided to add his "Thanksgiving Prayer" to the already planned performance or the 1812 Overture and his "patriotic sing a long." Otherwise, the concert will siders a success because "the people enjoyed I think they were able to enter into the music." Music clearly is not Fiedler's only obsession. An avid boxing fan, he has attended the annual Golden Gloves event in Lowell so often that, he says, "I am amazed they don't tire of me." He led the dozen foundation directors inlo a conversation about last week's world championship fight, which he annually in the nation's Capitol and was dene for (he first lime in New England in a salute to the citv of lowell in July 1976. It's a star studded formation and performed at night with torches which illuminate the area.

The 05 pieee hand will have added fanfare with the addition of several trumpets. MADE FAMOUS by the 3d Infantry (The Old Guard) and the U.S. Army Band watrhed on closed circuit television at the Boston Garden. He also has collected dozens of honorary memberships in fire departments as a lifelong fire chaser whose car is equipped with a police scanner to keep him in touch. With a unique enthusiasm for every subject, it soon became evident that Fiedler would have been the center of attention at the table if he were an unknown.

He laughed at the jokes and told a (Pershing's Own) in Washington, D.C., the torchlight flag ceremony has been seen by millions during the past several years. It is being produced by the Fort Devens units as part of a four day Columbus Day weekend program which will include a massive parade on Saturday morning, the Bob Hope Show on Saturday night and the spectacular Boston Pops concert and ensuing fireworks display on Monday J5 few of his own, complimented spectacular racing is predicted. OCT. 10 ETHNIC FESTIVAL TENT Will be open for 12 hours beginning at noon on both Sunday and Monday and will feature costumes, food and music of all major ethnic AUTOCROSS SPECTACULAR More than ICO cars, many race prepared, will compete in an autocross race on a 1.6 mile course on the industrial roads on the boulevard. The event is sponsored jointly by the Otto Kross racing team and Spindle City Corvettes of Greater Lowell.

Cars will compete in various classes and will race on part of the same course thai was used in the first road races in the United States. ITALIAN CULTURAL SHOW A mlnute show beginning at 7:30 p.m. featuring the talented Angela Picardi and his troupe who will perform on the performing arts stage. Picardi brings his Las Vegas show to Lowell for the celebration and Regatta officials say it's a show that shouldn't be missed, display evening on the Pawluckel Boulevard. The Tattoo program will introduce each state and territorial flag, plus the national colors of each period in the nation's history and explain with flags, music torches the growth of the country from 13 colonies to 50 states.

The display will last approximately 40 minutes and admission to the stadium is free. The Grand Tattoo Is an old military tradition going back to the mercenary troops of the Thirty Years 17th century England, at curfew time, the officer of the day tapped in" the bungs of beer kegs in taverns near military camps. A sergeant and a the city and pronounced the drummer beating a "call" to lamb chops "gorgeous." signal that it was time to By the cud of the evening, return to their billets. the conductor was leading the usually dignified committee in a mercifully short comic rendition of "God Bless Albania." He finally raised his glass In a toast to the success of the festival in Lowell. When told it would be "at least as good as Boston's," Fiedler replied gently, "you know, you don't have to try to compete with Boston." ULowell involved since beginning LOWELL Officials at the University of Lowell have been involved with Lowell regatta from its inception.

But the emphasis at the school this year is more on the increasing participation of the young "We're excited this year because (here's so much in volvemenl by the students," said University Director of Development Herman V. LaMark. LaMark and Executive Vice President Everett Otsen play down their own substantial contributions to the regatta. Each perceived the potential for using the river for large scale recreation years before Regatta Festival was born. Regatta was first organized by Lowell Technical institute ten years ago for the school's crew team.

Using (he boat races as a base, Regatta planners cmbclished the concept and evolved the current extravaganza. Olsen believes the University fits into the Regatta activities "in a perfect sort of nay." With the concerts, athletic events and sailing races arranged at UlAWell, residents will begin "to see a pari of the University that they haven't seen before." He is particularly pleased that the community will be able to view students as responsible participants in the Regalia activities. Board of Trustees student representative Patricia Sullivan agrees that student participation has obviously increased this year. She said there are many athletic events organized by sophomore Thomas Flemm ing and many students are expressing interest in them. "THERE WILL be a 13 mile road race, a tug of war with fraternity and sorority members and a karate club exhibition al the school during the first weekend," Sullivan the Arthur Fiedler and the Angclo Picardi shows," added said, LaMark.

"It is good ei "And people are looking perience for them and they forward to Sunday night at the can put it on their resumes river, with performaces by when they are job hunting." school musicians." "It took only eight years Students will he ushering at from the time we wondered Ihe Bab Hope show and, of what we could do with the course, expect to consume a river out there," concluded good deal of the beer for sale Olsen. "We just needed to get during the festival. people excited about it." "Students will be managing BUDDY GRECO perform In Bob Hope ihovy DURING THE Napoleonic Wars, the musical curfew became a kind of ceremony in the Prussian Army. In 1B13, King Wllhelm IU of Prussia, in the company of Czar Alexander of Russia, witnessed Ihe Russian Tattoo where the soldiers sang a hymn at its conclusion. The king was so deeply Impressed by the performance that he gave orders to his own troops to add a hymn of prayer to their own Tattoo.

It was from this day that (he grand military Tattoo of today has evolved; with a flag ceremony hymn, and the national anthem becoming (he final conclusion of the ceremony. In the United States, "Tattoo" is primarily performed by the Third Infantry Regiment In Washington, D.C. THE SUN, LOWELL, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 1976 A3 FIREWORKS TWO fireworks displays are planned. A minor one on Sunday night at the conclusion of the Italian cultural show and an extravaganza never seen before but copied from the July 4 display in Boston will provide the climax for the Arthur Fiedler concert on the Merrimack River on the night o( Oct.

11. EXPLODINGSHELLS from five different countries will be flown Into the air over the river in continuous action for SO minutes will provide an outstanding New England attraction. OKTOBKRFEST BEER TENT Will be erected on the festival field on the boulevard on Oct. 9, 10, and 11 from noon to midnight. The tent will light and dark beer, German style knockwurst and sauerkraut.

Also, traditional German dancing and music will be provided. Admission is U.00. OCT. 11 ALEPPO TEMPLE SURLNERS PARADE The marching units from the Aleppo Temple Shrine of Boston, 600 will provide the prelude to the Boston Pops concert on Monday evening. The parade will begin at the ULowell north campus at 6 p.m.

and make its way to the boulevard. The units will include, the motor patrol, oriental hand, mounted patrol, band, clowns and bicentennial unit. ARTHUR FIEDLER CONCERT The highlight of the festivities. The grand maestro and his Pops orchestra will begin a concert at 8 p.m. at the performing arts stage and will be similar to the one staged on July 4 at the Esplanade in Boston.

Officials predict that hundreds of thousands of persons will be in attendance ECUMENICAL SERV America'9 ICE A service to performed by Most Rev. Joseph' J. Ruocco, Lowell regional bishop In full ecclesiastical regalia at 5 p.m. on Monday. Other events oeeiiring in the festival area during the weekend of Oct, and 11 and which specific times hive not been assigned Include: The lirsl Dracut Lowell Militia demonstrations comprised of a Fife Drum Unit and a musket unit; civil air patrol demonstrations with mjlitary color guard and Scot tish sword dancers; kuyak and canoe demonstrations at the community boating docks; wine tasting to benefit the Shriners activities and an antique and classic boat society exhibition on the Merrimack River featuring old fashioned steam boats and the Middlesex Barge.

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