European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 compiled by Marty Davis the stars and stripes Page 19 Ted Ross in the movie the the Augsburg music theater offers it As a the Pir Masens performing arts Center presents Neil is Mons come blow your Horn 1921 at 8 and the Belle of based on the life of Emily Dickin 27 28 and March 6 7 at 8 Call the Center at 22116510 for Augsburg theater group will present the musical the Wiz 2628 and March 57 in the theater bldg 33 at Reese for begin Ning Call Augsburg military the music and theater Center in Wiesbaden will present life is not an easy Row to Hoe 13 14 and 20 21 at the Community curtain time is 8 the cafe an English speaking theater in is presenting an evening of Short plays by George Bernard Shaw through included in the production Are some of the King of British wits Best Village How he lied to her husband and the bolshevik the doors open at 7 with an 8 an Art exhibit by Thomas Diegelmann is in the Call 0611 636464 for reservations and More Worms performing arts Center will present Lone Star and Coal two Short 20 21 at 8 admission is free reservations can be made by Call ing Worms military 7209 Between 1 and 9 London British museum will feature a showing of their most recent acquisitions through april British figure draw american German expressionism and part of the museums old master collection including a Mantegna and some studies by Call the museums press and information office at 01 636 1555 extensions 583 or 661 for More inform Pii with february dubbed Parade of american y music Many music and theater Cen ters Are planning musical celebrations of one kind or an the Kaiserslautern program will feature performances by the Sweet Adeline and the 76th army band Dixieland combo american music Barbershop 8 19 and area soloists the american at the Theodor Zink managed to catch american Singer Joan Faulkner at Darmstadt Halb Neun theater last weekend when she appeared with the a Dixieland jazz the band was hot and Joan cooked her Way through sever Al of her especially liked her the Light keep an Eye out in the greater Frankfurt area for More Faulkner appearances Shes Worth looking around Kominicki Erik officer Poncherell b Refco i 14 3 in on has signed a con tract with Abc for his own company to produce to movies and a he will Star in and produce a series Pilot after his current series leaves the air Ted Cloris Leachman and Levar Burton Star in the Acorn a Story about the relationship Between severely handicapped children and their Counselor at a summer the Abc movie is based on the Book by Ron and the title refers to the playful children who called themselves nuts and wore Acorn Joan who wrote wrote the a big bands Are ready to fill the Boogie vacuum by Yardena Arar associated press where have All the dancers now that discos Bubble has burst a group of big band left out in the cold by two solid decades of Rock is seeking to fill the Boogie vacuum and getting unexpected support from Young the following films come to the Safe Europe movie circuit this week the Hunter pm Steve Mcqueen As a modern Day Bounty the movie is based on the actual exploits of Ralph papa Thorson Over a Span of 30 brought in More than Dracula r stars Frank Langella and Laurence head Over heels pm an offbeat com Edy about John heards obsession for a woman who s not too interested in his crazy acquaint ances keep things from getting also stars Mary Beth Friday the 13th r Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for 20 years because of some unsolved the Camp reopens and the death curse is still stars Betsy Walt Disney unidentified flying Odd Ball g stars Dennis Dugan and Jim rerun disco music is but it created a whole group of says Veteran trumpet player and bandleader Ray and dancers want to keep dancing once they get going its the Ideal time to come up with something so Anthony founded big band whose members include such big big band figures As Harry Les Alvino Rey and buddy originally the groups efforts were aimed at promoting members record Ings on radio stations Treyve set up a mail order record club to sell directly to their records Are by no Means on the verge of the multimillion sales commanded by a Fleetwood Mac or eagles Anthony but there Are in twist Keable signs of a Renaissance More radio stations playing the More demand for live big bands at nightclubs and and for the first time in quite a few Frank Sina tra that most enduring of big band singers came up with half a dozen grammy nominations for his trilogy album and its Jaunty new new York sensing that something was afoot when he started getting enough jobs to reassemble his band after almost 20 decided to do something to nourish big band so i called a group of local bandleader who were he we started out with we eventually got it up to around the first thing the bandleader did was to Pool their mailing they came up with names of about 300 radio station contacts and sent out letters offering to Supply them with including an anthology up put out by the organization and featuring new tunes by each of half a dozen the stations ranging from a few dozen with a 100 percent big band to those who feature the music once or twice a week responded and others began writing in at a Gratifying that list is now up to Anthony the thousand came within the last few there Are More stations every the newer big band converts were particularly delighted at big band 80s offer of which were not always easy for them to come a dark haired trumpet player band Leader who looks far younger than his 59 says he got the idea for the newly created consumer mail order service after talking to record whose promo Tion people have Given Short shrift to big bands in favor of More lucrative pop the problem the adult buyer wont go into the record because its run by kids and the kids Are the patrons and its All the beards and they never Felt com he Anthony is in the process of arranging to buy big band recordings from record companies at wholesale prices and in turn offer them through a Catalon which will initially go to about fans on a mailing list Assem bled by the band new recordings will be Anthony because the bands want to Foster an up Odate it May take a while to build up Anthony but the bandleader who have waited so Long for some promising signs Are ready to wait a bit Well have to crawl before we can he even if we sell that a big Deal for and times is that not to be sneezed