European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 b the stars and stripes faces n paces tuesday february 2,1993 . Stars gather to raise funds for War victims in sex Yugoslavia w from wire report Sas the Geneva peace talks on Yugoslavia collapsed american performers filled a Manhattan theater to raise Minev for starving victims of the civil War in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Actor Martin Sheen read poetry to an audience of about 2,000 at Madison Square Garden on saturday. Also onstage were Rick Danko of the band Singer actress Betty Buckley Liz Galloway of the musical cats and other performers. Richie havens appeared in Avideo presentation As did actors John Malkovich Ellen _ Burstyn and Michael York. Audience members including new York s Cardina John o Connor paid about $45 each to the Call for bread fund organized by the croatian Council of Newyork. Proceeds will go to buy food for War victims through the croatian franciscan emergency Relief. A Post performance dinner at the new Vork Hilton Drew about 500 people paying $150 each including the Benefit concert ticket. Organizers estimated Sunda that the event raised $15,000 to $20,000. The croatian ambassador to the United nations Mario Nobilo said before the dinner that he hoped the United states will finally provide leadership in this conflict. And that the United nations will put muscle behind its  Tinseltown tailgaters scores of celebrities shunned the Rose bowl an went to a super bowl tailgate party Hollywood style munching hot dogs and hamburgers sunday at the trendy restaurant Chasens. It s More fun Here actress Angle Dickinson said. It s too hard to get parking in  than 100 actors agents and entertainment executives turned out for the 15th annual super Bow party thrown by producer Pierre Cossette at the famous eatery. Passing by a Wall of photographers and autograph hounds were Ernest Borgnine John Denver Peter Falk Susan Anton Liza Minnelli Eva Gabor Michele Lee Tony Curtis William Shatner Bob Newhart Dick Van Patten Dick Van Dyke and Cyd Charissy. To get into the spirit of the game Chasens prepared Only food available at the Rose bowl where the game was played. Guests also had to go into the Kitchen and serve themselves. The super bowl was shown on a big screen to. Gorilla stays undercover where docs a Gorilla sit apparently not on the to night show Couch next to Jay Leno. The talk show Host called the . Attorney s office asking to interview the undercover fish and wildlife service officer who posed As a Gorilla in a sting of alleged animal smuggling. At Firsti the . Attorney s staff thought the Call was a prank said spokesman Dan Golber Gelber said he finally got on the phone with Leno who thought the Gorilla Story was a Hoot. He was very Nice and pretty funny Gelber said Friday. But that did t help him get his guest. Gelber told Leno court rules and department of jus Tice policy prevent them from allowing the interview. The agent who has not been identified helped Nab mexican zoo officials who allegedly were attempting to smuggle primates including a Gorilla to their Home land. Left handed compliment when pianist Gary Graffman developed a strange malady in his right hand that threatened his 30-year Ca reer his close Friend acclaimed composer Ned Rorum did More than sympathize. He wrote a left hand concerto for him. On thursday Andre Previn will conduct the world premiere of Rorem s piano concerto no. 4 for lefthand at the Academy of music in Philadelphia with Graffman at the piano. They la present it again Friday night at new York Scarnegie Hall. ". It s a pleasure to work on and i like it the More play it Graffman said. And the better i know it the More excited i am by the piece which does t  Graffman began playing piano As a child. He entered Philadelphia s renowned Curtis Institute in1936, at age 7. He toured almost constantly from 1949 to 1979,thrilling millions with his playing. He performed with the orchestras of new York Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago and Boston. Then in 1979, the malady struck Graffman no longer could play freely with two Fin Gers on his right hand. Nobody really knows what it is he said. We know what happens. When i Start to play in an extended position my fourth Finger wants to close up and my Han sort of closes  Graffman has performed Many piano works for lefthand including those commissioned Early in the Cen Tury by Paul Wittgenstein who lost his right Arm i world War i. Maurice Ravel s concerto May be the Best know work for left hand. But major works also were written by Serge Prokofiev Benjamin Britten Richard Strauss and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Thousands of casual right handed piano students i it think of the left hand As banging out chords while the Superior right hand executes the Melody. Not super show Michael Jackson performs at the Rose bowl in Pasadena calif., during the super bowl half time extravaganza sunday surrounded by Doz ens of children. The game itself was no thriller As Dallas routed Buffalo 52-17. See sports. Necessarily Rorum said. The Bottom half of the piano is the source of the music. Music grows from below he said. The two hands Are symmetrical not identical. The left thumb can play a tune while the weaker fingers accompany  j Rorem in a Telephone interview from his Home inner York also rejected the notion that the work is an oddity. You could just As Well ask How you write for four hands he said. There Are also pieces for eight hands. There Are two concerti for right hand alone. This i simply another  j Rorem will have Graffman chasing All Over the key Board and some passages require playing forcefully in the upper octaves. Graffman twisted and leaning far this right will use his right hand As a Brace to keep from catapulting off the Bench. Rorem predicted the piece will be no problem to the audience. They re going to love it he said. The most comprehensive up to Date tax guide on the Market Lasser s is chock full of tax tips and year round financial planning advice. Special Bonus features free update supplement for late breaking tax news tax forms for filing sent with the supplement 24-hour Telephone hotline. $2 rebate offer now available almost stars and stripes bookstores