European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes faces n places monday. November 28,1994 from the associated press the pageantry and splendor of ancient Egypt mixed with cold modern reality As the opera aids opened saturday in Luxor a Southern egyptian town famous for towering temples along the Nile. The government had hoped an extravagant staging of Giuseppe Verdi s pharaoh a love Story would help tourism recover from a terror Campaign by Muslim militants. But while five Star hotels were booked for the weekend some hotels have More Security men than paying guests and ticket sales were so sluggish that the planned six night run was Cut to three. We Don t think of covering our costs at this time admitted Hassan Kamy artistic director of the Cairo opera House sponsor of the $3.5 million  will amortize in the future perhaps in More tourists and More cultural events of this  attendance was held Down not Only by fears of extremism but by tickets priced Between $150 and $350 each far out of reach for most egyptians whose incomes average just $550 a year. To make matters worse an unusual cold spell put nighttime temperatures at 54 degrees fahrenheit forcing opera tans to Don jackets and huddle under blankets at the 4,000-seat outdoor Amphitheater. The opera which made its debut at the Cairo opera House nearly 123 years ago tells the Story of an ethiopian slave girl named Aida and her Lover radames an egyptian military commander in the pharaoh s court. Ai Cha was staged at the Temple of Luxor in 1987.this year its setting is across the Nile on the West Bank amid the temples of the Valley of the Queens. Maoris beat of Uff nos once were warriors made movie history Friday by becoming the highest grossing film in new zealand edging out Jurassic Park. In 28 weeks the new zealand made feature directed by Lee Tamayori grossed $3.6 million to pass the old record set by Steven Spielberg s Dinosaur thriller. The film based on a controversial novel by Alan Duff and produced by Robin Scholes is still screening in 17 Heaters in new zealand. It is the Story of violence in native Maori family and stars tempera Morrison and run Owen. Once were warriors has been sold to 43  opens in Britain and the United states in february. Baseball s Vincent mum Fay Vincent has decided not to take a swing at the big leagues. The former baseball commissioner has decided Iff misses actors rehearse the triumphal March from Verdi s opera Aida in Luxor Egypt on Friday. Against writing his memoirs and will return a $150,000 Advance. I guess i decided i d been very quiet about baseball and All that was going on and i decided to keep it that Way Vincent said last week. He had agreed in March to write the Book for$300,000. A proposal obtained by the new York times quoted Vincent As calling his successor Milwaukee Brewers president Bud Selig a Small town schlepper who is the Emblem of baseball s decline.". The proposal also quoted Vincent As calling Losangeles dodgers owner Peter o Malley a nitwit and a bigot and the California Angels executive Vic president Jackie Autry mean spirited and not Bright new go go s get Tough the go go s Are Back and this time they re serious. Members of one of the first All female bands to hit i big say the Public seems ready now to accept their Darker Side. The group disbanded in 1984 after the commercial failure of their dark troubled album talk show. .,.society was going Here s a successful girl band " bassist Kathy Valentine said in a recent interview. It almost like we could t be accepted and  unless we were nonthreatening interjected guitarist Jane Wiedlin the band members said the Public s desire for the to continue in the cute Frothy vein that propelled 1981 s Beauty and the beat to the top of the Chart seems to have faded. Now women rockers Are accepted As being sexual angry crude All the things it was acceptable for Guys to be All along Valentine said. The group is mounting a Short tour and has released return to the Valley of the go go a a double cd retrospective with three new songs. T choose one or More of the following to color Sant Claus snowman Angel Rudolph the Reindeer Gingerbread Man Christmas tree the top prize a bicycle will be awarded to the first place Winner in each of two age categories. Second and third place prizes Wili be awarded too. 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