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1 i I' 10 1 rl The large bohemian declares he does not even like applause, at least not polite applause, "because it is distracting and phony." In enlarging on the difference Bv Wallace Wood Sentinel Staff Writer Eric Nord, the "Big Daddy" of them all during the Beatnik heydays, is coming to town for good this weekend. He's opening a "cultural center" called the "Loft" in "The Barn" in Scotts Valley Saturday noon. It will be a weekend affair If! I I 1 fk fcA -v In 1 V-. 1 --i 'SO I in fWff UJ 8 framr? A are, seated, Lois Carhart, far Ieftf and Lisa Moody, far right. Standing in the back, left to right, are Alma Rehn, Jane Blake, Kristine Wilmott, Sharon Thomas, Donna Hoi- lingsworth and Jamie Frost.

The queen will be crowned Friday night at the Queen's ball at Masonic hall in Capi-tola. She will rign over the SoquelO Rama parades and exhibits this weekend. no liquor will be served and emphasizes his operation "will abide by the law." He says it will be open weekends and will develop talent of local artists, poets and musicians. not cause the hoodlum type of beatnik to settle in, "because there is nothing available for them here." "But I do hope to attract the artist and musicians who have settled in this area already. Jazz musicians, for instance, have a hard time finding a non-commercial place where they can blow, where they don't have to make music for money." center" to be called "The Loft" in the former Barn antique shop off Granite Creek road in Scotts Valley Saturday noon.

Nord, who stands 6-7 and weighs 350 pounds, says fines as "trying to fit in where they do not belong; a group that has nothing to offer to art or anything else." Despite the controversy he has weathered, Nord's clean-shaven face is open and frank. As he talks, a tiny kitten wriggles happily into his oversize shirt and goes to sleep. "I have never been convicted of any crime, and I don't intend to do anything illegal, he emphasizes. Though he was once arrested for operating the Gas House without an entertainment license, Nord says there was no conviction. Santa Cruz was chosen as the location for his latest effort "because The Barn was available and because I like the area.

I spent the last few years In Hawaii and the Virgin Islands in search of a location for an art colony a living group which unfortunately is not possible here." He says there is no connection between his operation and the Hip Pocket bookstore in Santa Oruz which also has gained an "avant garde" reputation. Nord declares The Loft will The Soquol O-Rama queen contestants watch as last gear's queen, Dixie Kreig, i(second from left, seated) presents the Miss Congenial trophy to Kathy Roades. the presentation jit's Soquel Birthday Time Again Clobber a car, eat a hot dog, Watch a parade, (or even two), ride in a bicycle race. These are just a few of the activities planned for which opens at 6 p.m. to- Sorrow when last year's queen, ixie Krieg, cuts the ribbon and declares the first booth official ly open.

i Headquarters far the festivities is at the corner of Soquel five and Daubenbiss avenue. The schedule for the three-Jday carnival includes the frowning of the queen at Ma-. sonic hall tomorrow night at 8 p.m. The coronation will be' followed by the queen's ball. Saturday, children through tjie age of 12 will parade on Soquel drive from Main street to Daubenbiss avenue at 11 a.m.

will be competing for the prize, a Shetland pony. The children will also have a Chance to ride in the bicycle tace Saturday at 2 p.m. Ji The exhibits, games and con-cession booths will be open all day Saturday. i Sunday, the grand parade will move down Soquel drive at 1 jpm. Awards and trophies for 4he entries in the parade will given on the Soquel-O-Rama Stage at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday after-noon. Exhibits will be open all 'day. RECTANGULAR NEW 24-INCH from here on out, Nord says, designed to develop local talent. Nord and Kathy Jurcich, owner of The Barn, are refurbishing the former antique shop into an art gallery and meeting place. It is located just south of Santa's Village off Granite Creek road.

"I'm only more or less a coordinator," Nord says. "I feel there's enough interest in the community to have a place for people to express themselves in any art form they practice." This means music recitals, poetry readings, playt and art shows in the avant garde style, according to Nord. "But it is open to anyone at all." Though his coming has been a well-kept secret the past few weeks, the huge, soft-spoken man says he has been told there is considerable opposition to the Loft. "I want to make it plain I intend to abide by the law and don't want to annoy anyone," he insists. Nord's projects have never- All Breed Dog Show, Obedience Trial Scheduled The Santa Oruz Kennel club will present its 38th annual All Breed Dog show and Obedience trial, August 21 at Harvey West Municipal park.

All entries must be in by Monday, according to B. H. Markey, president. Entry fees are as follows: first class in which a dog is entered, each additional class, specials only, obedience only, obedience as an extra class, $3. The show will open at 8 a.m.

and judging will be concluded around 9 p.m. Club officers, besides Markey are Maureen Segarini, first vice president; Frank Long, second vice president; Mrs. B. H. Markey, secretary-treasurer; Mary Long, assistant.

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The condor can easily go from sea level to an altitude of 16,000 feet. Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, whose night clubs and coffee houses have become famous as havens for avant garde and members of the beat generation, will open a "cultural theless made news by being controversial wherever they are. He was the founder of the Hungry an off-beat night club in San Francisco in the early 1950s, and still noted for developing popular singers and comic talent. The club is now operated by Enrico Banducci. Nord led an exodus of the beat generation from San Francisco to Venice West near Los Angeles in 1959, after his "Party Pad" was closed during an urban redevelopment program.

He helped open and operate the "Gas House," another controversial "cultural center" in Venice. That, too, was razed in a redevelopment project in 1961 that climaxed a determined opposition movement. He has invited all local artists to bring their works to the opening and says "poets and preachers are welcome." The operation will not involve the sale of alcoholic beverages and will be run strictly on a donation basis, he declares. "Later, we may open a small coffee shop downstairs, if things go well." If it were not for his size-six feet seven inches tall and 350 pounds heavy Nord would not attract unusual attention among strangers. He uses "hip" terms sparingly and says he has no patience with "beatniks," a group he de- JOHN IATTISTINI 0i between the beatniks and artistic bohemians, Nord says bo-hemians are simply persons that like to live their own type of life.

A lot of them happen to dress alike, but not deliberately." The beatniks, on the other hand, "feel very much left out of something. So they wear beards and sandals like the bohemians, and try to write poetry but they are just lazy bums. Everybody should contribute something even if it's not the best. Eventually, Nord says he hopes some "friends," like comedian Woody Allen, will appear at the Loft for recitals. "I don't know just yet how things will go.

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