Southtown Star from Tinley Park, Illinois • 24

THE STAR: "Sunday, July 31, 1983 Bob Gibson ro headline Folkfesr VI 1 "Bob Gibson, recognized as one of the major influences in the folk music surge of the 50s and '60s, will headline a triple bill at the Outdoor Folkfest VI at Governors State university's lakeside amphitheatre on August 11 Dave Rudolf, Park Forest showman, will emcee the event starting at 7 p.m. He will be joined by Ed Tossing to entertain the early arrivals, who are encouraged to bring picnic lunches to enjoy the outdoor campus. Rudolf will bring on Kim and Reggis Harris and their sideman, Conrad Krider, as warm-up for the feature attraction. The event, sponsored by Student Activities office, will be topped off with a fireworks display over the lake in front the GSU building. Gibson is a businessman turned banjo picker, guitarist, folk singer and songwriter.

He came on the scene about 1954, and is credited by many as leading the way in innovative instrumental techniques and developing a citified, sophisticated way of presenting the music. He showed that folk music could be rousing entertainment for urban audiences. HIS RECORDS were high on the charts, but many have since nearly disappeared to become collectors items. More recent discs still available are local clubs, on campus colleges and on more than 20 radio and TV commercials which he has written and performed. He has two albums "Tunesmythe" in 1974 and "Folks" in 1976.

Rudolf has appeared with such well-known entertainers as Cheech and Chong, Ramsey Lewis, Steve Goodman and Megan McDonough. OUTDOOR FOLKFEST, an annual event begun in-1979, has been gaining attendance year-by-year. Last August, more than 700 persons gathered on the lawn in the amphitheatre. Student Activities officials anticipate more than. 1,000 on August 12, with room to spare.

Advance tickets for Folkfest VI are priced at $3 for the general public; $2 for GSU faculty and staff, members of the GSU Alumni association and senior citizens; $1 for children under 12. They may be purchased at the cashiers office at GSU or, by mail by August 8, addressed to Cashier, Governors State university, Park Forest South, 60466. Tickets at the door will be $4, S3, and $2, respectively. GSU students with valid. ID cards are admitted free to Student Activities sponsored events.

Governors State is On Stuenkel road east of Governors highway in Park Forest South. There is a fee of 75 cents for use of the university's parking lots. After Mac (Robert DavtU) has agreed to record one of ait tongs with a heal band, tbe groep's leader Robert (Lenny Von Qoblen) proudly bands Mac and bis wife Rosa (Tess Harper) one of tbe first copies. "Funky in the Country and "Homemade Music," made with his partner of the '60s Hamilton Camp. When Gibson returned to the folk circuit in 1978, Richard Harrington, of the Washington Post, asserted that it was "a much more important event than the reunion of Peter, Paul and Mary." Following a 1979 concert in California, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat said, "Listening to this warm, humorous, thoughtful singer and writer is an affirmation of humanity and sanity for the audience, too." Kim and Reggis Harris are making their second appearance at GSU.

The Philadelphia couple have" opened shows for such artists as Henny Youngman, Gene Cotton, David Brenner, Jay Leno, Bruce Mahler and Rich Hall. They also have written music for radio and TV commercials in which they have appeared. In 1981, they released their first single record, called "Stranger." The addition of Krider, a graduate of Indiana university, has expanded their sound with keyboards, horns, vocals and light percussion. Rudolf, a native of Kankakee now working out of Park Forest, has appeared often on the GSU campus as both master of ceremonies and a head-liner. He is a familiar entertainer at Swanson and his wife, the former KATHY WOGNUM of South Holland, have three children: SUSAN, 20, ERIC, 18, and CAROL, 13.

SMOKEY ROBINSON, who was one of the celebrity runners in the TOM DREESEN multiple sclerosis fun run through the southsouthwest suburbs By MARLENE COOK earlier this month, will appear on "EbonyJet Celebrity Showcase" at midnight Friday. He will discuss his dedication to Motown. SHIRLEY JONES, who appeared at the Glenwood theater for a special screening of "Oklahoma!" to benefit Mercy Health Care and Rehabilitation center, Homewood, will join her husband MARTY INGELS on "Tattletales" the week of August 8 on WBBM-CHAN-NEL 2. Back to Chicago for Dennis Swanson Movies 'Continued from Page 5' cations can sometimes be slow, leisurely retreats from the fast paced world that often drags-as down or wears us out For many of us. Tender Mercies" may be a mini-vacation from the hard sell, multihyped films that assault our senses and corrode our taste btids during tbe rest of the summer months.

If one didn't know that "Class" was directed by a previously-capable director (Lewis John Carlino, noted for Rovert Duvall's sensitive military portrayal of "The Great one would feel that "Class" had been created by a no-class fast buck artist who hadn't the slightest idea about the proper blending of laughs, sei and sensitivity in the typical campus frolics film. "Class" had plenty of laughs. During its opening half, it blends practical jokes and youthful humor in much the manner of so many "Porky's" clones, but with a touch more sensitivity. It portrays quite clearly the relationship mate is seduced by Mrs. Burrows (Bis-set's character), "Class" runs off course.

It emits slight signs that it had attempted to show the effects of the illicit relationship on the young man, the adulterous mother and on the son who is bound to find out about the relationship before the film's conclusion. "CLASS" BLUNDERS from sex (portrayed in a ratherTlme manner, considering the number of couplings the film includes) to violence (with the two roommates fighting it out in bloody extremes) to so-called satire (given the investigation of a state's attorney officer who mysteriously skulks about the boys' school). And "Class even has the gall to tell us that Mrs. Burrows, unlike Mrs. Robinson of bygone days, has been sent to a mental institution, as if she's being punished for the error of her ways.

Bisset has been reported as saying that much of the motivation of her portrayal was edited out, leaving "Class" merely as a comedy, robbing it of its meaningful character development. The editing and directing have certainly resulted in a hodgepodge film that is unlikely to satisfy even those hoping to see a silly little sex comedy. "Class is certainly not sexy. And, by its conclusion, it has lost its sense of humor. It's a thoroughly unsatisfactory mess.

DENNIS SWANSON has been named vice-president and general manager of WLS-CHANNEL 7, the ABC owned television station in Chicago, and took his new post on Monday. Swanson replaces PETER DES-NOES, who resigned to form his own Chicago-based broadcasting firm, BURNHAM BROADCASTING company. In making the announcement, MARK MANDALE, president of WLS, said, "Dennis has established a strong track record of excellent managerial experience, and I'm confident Dennis' return to Chicago signals market domination by WLS-Channel Swanson has received a number of prestigious journalism awards, among them the GEORGE FOSTER PEA-BODY award in 1977 for coverage of tbe Los Angeles police department and the RTNDA (Radio and Television News Directors association) national award in 1967 for coverage of a Chicago area tornado. and area spouse Several celebrities who have ap- noared at area clubs and theaters will participate on "The Great American tnHu nn WM AO-CHAN- NEL5. STEVE ALLEN will host the DICK CLARK production from the Lonestar saloon in Pomona and The Cannery in Nashville, with guests FOSTER BROOKS, DONNA FARGO, JOHNNY LEE, LOUIS NYE, T.

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