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The satire of 'Spinal Tap'. D-2 'Adam' repeats on NBC. D-7 Sunday, April 29, 1901 I) Section Talent mix on tap for new season SAN BERNARDINO The Ballot Folclorlro National de Mexico, linger John Raltt. organist Carlo Curley and the Pacific Soloists will be featured during the San Bernardino Valley Community Concert 1845 ea-ton. Season tickets will cost the tame as last year, according to association president Robert McKlm.

The cost for four concerts Is $10. $12. $18. $21 or $23. depending upon seat location.

A ticket brochure may be obtained by calling (714) 8WW742 or writing to the association. P.O. Box 377, San Bernardino 92402. All concern will begin at 8 15 p.m. In the California Theatre for the Performing Arts, 562 W.

Fourth St. As usual, this season contains a mix of well-known and lesser-known performers, according to McKlm. He said such a package Is nec essary because of the association's limited budget. The season ill begin Nov, 20 1th a concert by the Pacific Soloists, a group consisting of three young musicians based at the University of Southern California'! Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts. They are violinist Endre Ba-logh.

who has performed with many of the world's foremost orchestras; pianist Edith Or-loff: and cellist John Walz. The Ballet Folklorico follows Jan. 28. Mexico's official folk dance troupe, consisting of around 40 performers, will perform dances from many Mexican provinces. Organist Carlo Curley.

who travels with his own digital organ, will perform March 20. He plays a repertory of more than 100 works. Kaitt will conclude the season April 10. McKim noted that the singer, who first gained national prominence as Billy Bigelow in "Carousel," graduated from the University of Red-lands, and has a large local folllowing. McKim said that no tickets to individual concerts will be sold.

However, season tickets will be available the night of any concert. Meanwhile, the Fontana-Rialto Community Concert Association has set April 30 through May 5 as its Membership Campaign Week. Its 1984-85 season will consist of concerts by the McFarlane Singers in October; Noble-Wol-zien, a flute-guitar duo, in January; and pianist Nina Tichman in April. Dates will be announced. Tickets are $15 for an adult, $7 for a student or $40 for a family.

$50 patron tickets are also available. Concert Association headquarters during the campaign will be at Redlands Savings and Loan at Sierra and Arrow in Fontana. Is somebody trying to get our attention? Concerts, 'paint-outs? and more part of Arts Awareness Week Ud partment and president of the Arrowhead Allied Arts Council. Baffrey, who has put together the Arts Awareness Week schedule for the City of San Bernardino, said the level of arts awareness in this community is "probably pretty low. For years, we've heard people say there's no culture in this town.

That's simply not true. There are a whole variety of cultural events happening if people want to look for them." Arts Awareness Week has been programmed to give people who don't normally attend cultural events or prefer to attend them out of town a sample of the variety that is available locally. It will include movies, art shows, "paint-outs," and concerts featuring opera, bluegrass and jazz. The week is also an attempt to get local businesses more involved with the arts. Baffrey, using donated funds (there are practically no tax dollars (Please see Arts, D-4) people didn't try to get the message across.

The coordinators of Arts Awareness Week are the first to admit that the entire effort is being done on a shoestring budget. Only a couple of events that could honestly be called "special" have been scheduled; there just wasn't the money to do any more. On the other hand, it may not be inappropriate that Arts Awareness Week should consist primarily of events featuring local talent, and largely of programs that are part of the normal cultural happenings of San Bernardino County. After all, the primary goal is to make people more aware of what's happening here, not just this week, but most every week. "The point of this is to make people aware there are a lot of cultural events going on right here in this area, and there are people here working to constantly upgrade the arts," said Norm Baffrey, supervisor of cultural affairs for the San Bernardino Parks, Recreation and Community Services De By TOM JACOBS Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO Since Arts Awareness Week begins next Sunday, perhaps the next seven days should be declared Arts Awareness Week Awareness Week.

Last November, the County Board of Supervisors declared that the second week in May shall henceforth be used to promote and celebrate the cultural resources of the area. Though most of the public undoubtedly ignored or has forgotten that declaration, arts coordinating groups on both a city and a county level have been scrambling to arrange events that would raise the level of arts awareness in San Bernardino County. The success of their efforts can only be judged once Arts Awareness Week ends May 13. But a number of diverse events have been planned, and a public relations blitz is set to begin. If the public still doesn't realize there is an arts scene in this county two weeks from today, it won't be because John Raitt, a University of Redlands grad, will be part of concert series II Sha Na Na finds there a new life after Bowser r.9 'M'A vST" i i.

I ft 'I XT i -V" NBC's "Match GameHollywood Squares Hour." "Bowser said he couldn't work weekends anymore," Lennie remarked off-handedly as he squeezed his hand firmly around a 6-ounce bottle of Perrier water minutes after he had finished a can of beer and an Orange Show cinnamon roll. For Sha Na Na, Saturday's two performances at the Orange Show were part of a new tour designed to give the band a chance to "prove ourselves again," Lennie said. "Bowser was kind of the focal point for us. We now kind of spread (leading roles) out a little more." The result was a quick-moving "15th Anniversary Show" that did not disappoint a standing-room-only crowd that filed into the newly-remodeled Orange Pavilion for a revue of skits, dance steps and old-time rock 'n' roll. Jocko, the leader of Sha Na Na, quickly broke the news to the crowd that there are some new faces in the group and that Bowser is no longer a member.

There were a few groans but more laughs (Please see Life, D-8) By MARK LUNDAHL Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO After 15 years as the premier rock 'n' roll revival band, Sha Na Na still owes its allegience to the grease-slicked world of the '50s. "We've changed our act some, but we really haven't changed," said Lennie Baker, the burly and bearded saxophonist of the group as he waited to step onstage Saturday afternoon for the first of two performances at the National Orange Show. "We've got a girl in the show now. It's the first time in 15 years that we've had a girl And, well, Bowser's gone." Bowser, he of the big mouth and the deep voice, has been the focal point of Sha Na Na from its national debut in 1969 at the Woodstock music festival through hundreds of stage shows, four years of a network television variety program and seven years of reruns. But the amiable greaser left the band last January and is now, of all things, a game-show host.

He's Jon Bauman, co-host with Gene Rayburn of (T Sha Na Na's rock and roll nostalgia came to the National Orange Show Saturday.