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SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN 111 'StrtLgoTn) FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1985 Page Seven t4 IhfiW7 I Benefit show set next week STnU 1 ill i xs 7 xV.f 0. xx ix i XXS yVftEk-ttt xxs Cardboard regatta coming The thrill of victory, as in this moment from the 1983 race, and plenty of dunkings are expected in the 12th annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta scheduled for noon Saturday, April 27, at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's Campus Lake. Several area high schools will compete, along with at least eight Chicago-area entries. Added this year will be a high school "grudge race" in which each school will choose its fast est boat, after the first round of heats, to compete in a winner-take-all race. A trophy will be awarded.

The regatta will enjoy its second year of national sponsorship with 7-Up heading the bill, along with WTAO radio in Murphysboro and Centralia Container, Centralia. Richard Archer, assistant professor in comprehensive planning and design at SIU-C, expects about 200 boats to enter this year's event. tFop -r V- m-r- it i fX- Cs I In 1 'v-- SSI ft Hi, Is I 1 1 -a-gt- "-TSfx --'-l JxM sv--i, Xxxx -x" v.f -x xV XXS.X 1, XX Gramm, Mick Jones, Rick a mainstay for the band, which originally included six members. The low profile kept by the band collectively and individually was not conscious, but more an indication of the personalities involved, Jones said. Although low key means they are not always in the news, even in music publications, Jones said it's preferable not to permeate the market too much.

"I don't think we've oversaturated ourselves," he said. and is made up of originally composed music. Admission is $2. MUSICALE: Pierre Menard Home Historic Site will hold a free afternoon of music from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Folktunes will be played on the dulcimer, violin and the piano. Costumed volunteers will guide visitors through the mansion and refreshments will be prepared and served in the adjoining kitchen. The home is five miles north of Chester on Illinois 3 at Fort Kaskaskia Road. SPC FILMS: The Student Programming Council at SIU-C will present the film Places in the Heart at 7 and 9: 15 p.m. today and Saturday as well as Diva at 8 p.m.

Sunday and Monday, Night Moves at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Metropolis at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. All films are presented in the Student Center Auditorium. Admission is $2 today, Saturday and Sunday, and $1.50 Monday through Thursday.

SPC videos this week include The Meaning of Life at 7 and 9 p.m. today. Neighbors at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Bachelor Party at 7 and 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and Roadie at 7 and 9 p.m.

Thursday in the 4th floor video lounge (Student Center). Admission is $1. By Donald J. McQuarrie Southern lllinoisan Correspondent "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." With these words, Mark Twain summed up the meaning of his life and works: a divine laughter fighting against the dark forces that plague the human race. Next week, Mark Twain himself, played by Loren Taylor, will be appearing at the Senior Citizens Center in Carbondale to read from his own works.

Taylor, 69, is retired from the Theater Department at SIU. Educated at Southern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, Boston University, and Columbia University, he has been an English teacher, an actor in summer stock, a professor of recreation and outdoor education, and a director of children's theaters in California, Connecticut and Illinois. He is also the author of several books, including An Introduction to Dramatics for Children, Formal Drama and Children's Theater, and Storytelling and Dramatization. Taylor began his new career as Mark Twain three years ago, when he presented "Mark Twain Presents Tom Sawyer," at the Cape Girardeau River Fest. He auditioned children for this children's drama and finally chose 10 to play the roles in the play.

Taylor himself acted the part of Mark Twain, the narrator, and the children acted out the story. Since then, Taylor has converted his presentation to a one-man show. Now he has two scripts, one with children and one without. Since then, Taylor has put on his show at the Cape Girardeau Retirement Center, the Jewish Retirement Center, the Elderhostel for Southeast Missouri, and the Scott City Recreation Department. Now Taylor will be bringing his show to the Senior Citizens Center in Carbondale.

A Carbondale resident, Taylor volunteered to help the center. "He has been part of our fund-raising committee, and he offered his services," said Carol Johnson, executive director of the Senior Citizens Center. Proceeds from the show will go into the center's roof fund. Taylor feels that now is an especially appropriate time for a renewed interest in Mark Twain. "Mark Twain was born in 1835, the year of Halley's comet.

He died in 1910, the year of Haley's comet. How it's 1985, the year of Halley's comet, and it marks a renewal of interest in Mark Twain," he said. Taylor is also working on a one-man show about Abraham Lincoln. This and his Mark Twain show will form the material upon which he is building his new, post-retirement career. This base rests squarely on Taylor's deep feelings about both Twain and Lincoln.

"I love both of these characters. They were such good, DOGWOOD CELEBRATION: The Lighted Dogwood Trail, celebrating the blossoming Dogwood trees in Paducah, continues through Arpil 27. For more information, call 502-443-8783. EXECUTIVE INN: The Vandells will perform1 at the Executive Inn Riverfront, Paducah, through April 20. Tickets are $5 Monday through Thursday $7.50 Friday and Saturday.

For more information, call toll free 1-800-626-3398. THE CURIOUS SAVAGE: The Jackson County Stage Company concludes its presentations of John Patrick's The Curious Savage this weekend. Performances will be at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets ($5) are available at the box office, open from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before each performance at 101 N. Washington St. in Carbondale.

More information: call 549-5466. HAGLERHEARNS: Marvelous Marvin Hagler will defend his undisputed world middleweight title Monday against WBC super welterweight champion Thomas earns at Cae- 4 Lyiss Photo by DON McQUARRIE Loren Taylor as Twain: One-man show will benefit Carbondale Senior Citizens beautiful people, who lived humanity so much that they stood out from the rest of mankind," he said. "They both used their money to advance humanity, and not just stop it up," he continued. Taylor is one of 62 "Mark Twains" who are now traveling the country. He feels, however, that there is room for everybody, because Twain's large body of material and enormous scope gives every actor a chance to show something unique about the author.

"I use different material that related to me; they use material that relates to them," said Taylor. No matter who plays Twain, the material is as fresh and as timely as it was a century ago. "Mark Twain's comments on life then can be said as well today," said Taylor. Taylor has drawn up a list of selections from Mark Twain's writings, from which the upcoming one-man show will be formed. These include "How to be Seventy," "The Interview," readings from Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, "What Color is "On the Human Race," "Dangers of Abstinence," "On Smoking," "My Advice to Children," "My Ancestor Satan," "What Ship is and "The Golden Arm." The selections used and the length of the show will depend upon the audience.

Taylor as Mark Twain will appear at the Senior Citizens Center on Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20, at 8 p.m., and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21. Since the selections used will depend on the audience, the show does not have a definite length, although there will be an intermission. Tickets for the show are available at the Senior Citizens Center, 409 N. Springer in Carbondale.

Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children. You may write to the center for tickets or reservations, specifying which performance you wish to attend, or you may call for reservations at 457-4151. Taylor makes a very credible Mark Twain and the show should prove to be an interesting and memorable experience for the whole family. ser's Palace in Las Vegas. The 15-round fight will be telecast on closed circuit television at the SIU Arena.

Tickets, $20. Call the Arena Special Events Ticket office at 453-5341. AEROBICS COMPETITION: AKE Aerobics, Murphysboro, will sponsor a competition at 7 p.m. Thursday at Carruthers Middle School with competition among AKE students and a performance by Kathy Brown, owner of AKE, that combines dance and exercise. Other events will include performances by the Applette Twir-lers, Murphysboro Junior High School Band and Tumbletown gymnastics Team.

Tickets are $1 at the door. Proceeds will be donated to the Pool Committee. WHEELIE B-BALL Wheelchair basketball, featuring the SIU Rolling Sa-lukis, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Harrisburg High School. Other teams appearing will include the Harrisburg Bulldogs, Eldorado Eagles and members of Channel 3 TV.

The event is a benefit for abused families. Halftime entertainment will include break dancing by the Rosiclare Job Corps, clowns and other surprises. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children. I xt v. Before the tour began, a decision was made that the band would ask local choirs along the way to perform with them.

Jones said it was not just a question of the logistics involved in taking a choir along on the tour to sing just one song. "We were going to have a choir no matter how we did it," Jones said. "It's been quite an experience" performing with the local groups, he added. A taste of that effect can be seen on the band's video of the song on Music Television. That video and one for That Was Yesterday are live performances of the songs rather than theatrical endeavors, which Jones said Foreigner wants to avoid.

During Foreigner's last album tour, MTV was not around, Jones said, and the band had reservations about jumping on the video bandwagon now. "We were the only major band that had not done (MTV). We had the reputation as being the holdouts," Jones said. When the decision was made to make videos, Foreigner went into the venture with an equally important decision they would do "nothing too flashy." Despite some "trepidations" the group had about before getting into the video business, Jones said he is pleased that the Foreigner videos now on MTV convey the "warmth" of the tunes, particularly That Was Yesterday. "I'm happy with the way we've done it," Jones said.

Foreigner fans will have the chance to see both the video performances as well as an ample selection of previous material that Jones said is being performed "slightly chronologically" this tour with a section of the show devoted to past work, a section for the new al- CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS: The Coello Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a chicken and dumpling dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the city hall. The all-you-can-eat meal is $3 for adults and $2 for children under 12. FREE PLAY: Love.

Sex and the IRS. a play by Jane Millmore and William Van Zandt, will be performed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the John A. Logan College Humanities Center Theater. It's a situation comedy concerning the efforts of two people trying to save money on their taxes.

ANTIQUES: An antique show and sale will be held from 10 a.m to 9:30 p.m. today and Saturday and from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Kentucky Oaks Mall, Paducah. A glass clinic will be available to repair chips in glassware and fine crystal. SQUARE DANCE: Mates and Dates Square Dance Club of Mount Vernon will hold a square dance from 8 to 11 p.m.

Saturday at the Community Building in the city park. Vern Seddon will call. For more information, call 244-3820. FRENCH SOLDIERS: Fort de Chart res in Prairie du Rocher will host members of the First King's Rangers in a By Nancy Weil Of The Southern lllinoisan Mick Jones was a little confused when he called Carbondale from New York City Wednesday, during a break in Foreigner's current national tour that will bring the rock group to the SIU Arena, Friday April 26. Jones thought he was talking to someone in South Bend, another tour stop.

When you've been recording and touring, the dates and places often get scrambled, Jones explained, admitting a blank spot of the Arena and Carbondale in his memory. Foreigner last played in Carbondale three years ago. The guiding force of Foreigner, Jones, a former Spooky Tooth member who formed Foreigner in 1976, meant no insult to the region. He and band members Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliott and Rick Wills are getting their concert-feet again, having toured last three years ago. That's the longest break to date between Foreigner tours, and it's taking some time to become acclimated to the mad rush.

Jones might not remember the place, but that does not mean the Carbondale performance will be any less than expected by Foreigner fans, who have put the group on the top of the charts with their sixth album, "Agent Provocateur, an artistic departure from the past for the band. The album produced Foreigner's first No. 1 hit, Want To Know What Love Is, the performance of which promises to be a show-stopper. On the album, Jennifer Holiday and The New Jersey Mass Choir with Donnie Harper are featured singing with Foreigner. At the SIU Arena, the Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Vocal Jazz Ensemble from the School of Music, will perform with the band.

Weekend CLEANING UP: SIU-C students will go in search of 10 tons of trash Saturday in the fifth annual Carbondale Clean Up Day crews will meet at 9 a.m. at Turley Park. A Clean Up Day Festival is planned for 1 p.m. with rock band Dr. Bombay.

Food and refreshments will be provide and prizes will be awarded to those collecting the most trash. For more information, call 536-3381. MISS LIBERTY BARBECUE: The Du Quoin Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, will hold a chicken barbecue today at the of Hall. Dinners are tickets will be available at the door. All proceeds will be donated to the Statue of Liberty Restoration Fund.

TALENT SHOW: De Soto Grade School will present a talent show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the school gymnasium. Admission is 50 cents for children, $1 for adults. EAGLE FILM: We Can Save the Eagle, a movie produced by the National Wildlife Federation, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rend Lake Visitor Center near Ina.

The film portrays the life story of the bald eagle. Foreigner: (From left) Lou Wills, Dennis Elliott bum and a section that is mixed. What fans won't see is the performance of anything not previously recorded. Although Jones said the band writes and works on new material during tours, "at this point, early on in the tour it's preferable" to stick with already recorded songs. The current tour will take Foreigner to Europe and Japan, covering all of this year, Jones said.

As always, Foreigners musicians will take with them a low-key profile that has been continuing living history weekend Saturday and Sunday. An 18th century re-enactment by the unit of English troops that fought the French Colonial soldiers will be seen, along with women in costumes of the period. Everyday items of the 18th century, made by craftsmen at the fort, will be on sale. BENEFIT DANCE: The 10th annual Spring Benefit Dance for John A. Logan College will be held from 8 p.m.

to midnight Saturday at the Egyptian Sports Center in Carbondale. Music will be provided by Vince Huffman's Allstars. Tickets are $40 per couple; call Blanche C. Sloan at the college at 985-3741, 549-7335. 542-8612 or 932-3438, ext.

355. BENEFIT: Arnold Air Society will hold a benefit dancecasino night from 7 to 11 p.m. Sunday at the Carbondale Ramada Inn. Tickets are $3 per person. The event will benefit the family of Jonathan Rider of Dongola, who died of leukemia.

For more information, call 453-2481. C0NR0Y COMPOSITIONS: Dennis Con-roy, the composer who can't read music but plays it beautifully, will appear at 8 p.m. today in Ballroom of the SIU-C Student Center. The piano recital is entitled "Spring".