r... Eight SCARLET AND ILACK Friday. October I7. "59 Actor 'n-Residence Hos lead Role in Folkslllger Pele Seeger Slated for Concert Tuesday Six Characters in Search of an Author William Late, who plays a leading role ill the Grinnell Col- lege Theatre production of Luigi Pirandello's “Six Char- acters in Search of an Author," was a member of the U.S. Diplomatic Corps before begin- ning a career in the theatre. “Six Characters in Search of an Author" will be presented at 3 pm, tonight and tomorrow in ARH Auditorium as part of Homecoming—Parents' Weekend activities. William Ball’s off-Broadway revival in 1963 sparked renew- ed interest in “Six Characters in Search of an Author," Con- sidered a classic work from one of the most influential of the early voices of modem theatre, the always witty and sometimes protound play simultaneously tells a story and asks what is meant by theatre. Laie, a member of the Mile waukee Repertory Theatre company who is an actor-in— residence here this semester, holds a BA. degree trom Juni- ata College, an MA. from the University oi Pittsburgh, and an M.F.A, from the New York University School of Drama. Among the Milwaukee Reper- tory Theatre productions he has appeared in are “The Skin of Our Teeth,” ”Dulcy,” “The Imaginary Invalid,” “The Three Sisters," and “Marat/Sade." He has also appeared at the Theatre L’Homme Dieu in Alexandria, Minn, and the Charles Playhouse in Boston, “Six Characters in Search of an Author," which also in- cludes a cast of 11 students, is being directed by Porter St Woods of the theatre faculty. James E. Reeder Iii, also or the theatre iaculty, designed and constructed the set. Mineral Pail-er: Souled Out By L. Angelo Mysterlnso Skip .Tones; Son House; The Marvelettes: The Three Souls; Walter Jackson; Otis Rush Blues Band; Muddy Waters; Hmvlin’ Wolf; The Cecil Tay- lor Unit; Louis Armstrong; Booby “Blue" Bland; Duke El- lington; The Pazant Brothers; Booker T and the M05; Can- nonball Adderley; Ted Lewis; and Danny Coxt The above is but a partial listing or black popular music performers who appeared at Grinnell during the four aca< demic years previous to this one, They run the gamut from traditional country blues to modern urban blues, from the big band to avantgai-de jazz, With some tasteless soul thrown in, This year, aiter perhaps reaching a new peak with Jessie Fuller and B. E. King, black music here has reached a new low with the T.S,U. Tor— oiisdos periorming at Home- coming. I, ior one, resent com- ing home to (among other things) a collegiate soul band. Due to alleged pressure trom local blacks, especially CofHP President Ernest Weston. for more black artists, the Torona- dos were chosen as a worthy successor to the Louis and the , Pazants. But think hard, Em- est. How many white pertorm- ers do you remember here? Not nearly as many of my brothers as yours, 1'11 wager. And we've seen the great names of black blues While set< tling for iowa white trash sing- ing Motown. Which is fine. but where are the good white groups? And I know that they're more expensive be cause this is a slutty country run by white racist pigs who see to it that talented blacks muke less for the most part, than equally talented whites. But come on, how about Just a little good white music some. time? CBL hip, Gi’illliell blacks, and see that Mes (periorrning at such 1-. isssive institutions as Nalilivieol. Missouri at Maryvilie) have more soul than a hundred darkie soul bands. Except for one blissful month in 1966 when we saw the Blues Project and the Jefferson Air plane, black music has ieigned supreme (at least music per- formed by black artists). Only the integrated Eutteriield Blues Band has provided some rock relief. (Sweetwater, a compe- tent but second-rate saccharine- rock group from LA, may on here November 15 — i guess a piece of the pie is better than none, to coin a cliche). So, whoever so arbitrarily chooses the music Grinnell stu< dents get to hear, try to get a sense of the campus and see what your people want to listen to. Maybe I'm in a small, freaked-out. minority. But at least try. And students, lei: yourselves he heard from. if the Tampa- dos turn you on. be you black or white, do something, Tell your social coordinator (Jon Stein, ext. 309) or your concert: chairman (P e t e r Keepnews, ext. 392) or Ernest Weston (645228) or Georgia Dental (592 or 645487) or anybody that you think they suck — smash their heads it you dig that scene — and get some rock music here tor a change. And black students especial. ly, get off your middle-class asses, leave tile cultural racism to the Ron Karengas and LeRoi Joneses, and get hip to the fact that some white music isn't half bad either. Black is beautiful, sometimes, but while can be too. Parehis, ‘ while you’re here, matte a farewell visiiio lilo lilotiso ol ollls By Alice Rogoif Next Tuesday night, a tall, lanky banjo player who goes hy the name or Pete Seeger will step into Darby Gynlna< 5mm and start to strum. Dur- ing the past few years, Pete Seeger’s strong but gentle voice, and his 5-string banjo, have been heard everywhere from folk concerts to peace crusades to conservation cam- paigns. He started singing in tho Movie Previews: early forties, plucking and hitching his way through Ap- palachia — picking up friends and times all along the way. The people he learned banjo item were mostly old tarm— ers, miners, or working people who played songs that they had learned from their fathers to pass away the time or evening Seeger began to sing at union meetings and at political con< ventions. For a time he ram- bled around with lolksinger Woody Guthrie and for awhile Films by Gosleau, Resnais, Welles By Jon Stein This weekend’s films are “The Golden Fish." “Night and Fog," and ”Macbeth.” They will be shown as a block all 9:45 pm. tonight and at. 10100 poms tomorrow in the South Lounge, The program will be shown again on Sunday evening at 8:00 pm in ARH. “The Golden Fish" is in twenty-minute iilm produced by Jacques costesu and directed by Edward Sechan, It Won the Critics International Prize of the Cannes Film Festival in 1963. The film is an intriguing fantasy about the affection between a young boy and his pet goldfish. An imaginative musical score and photography tell the story without narration or dialogue, “Night and Fog" is Alain Resnais’ powerful iilm on the concentration camp universe. Granting great force to the enormity and relentless horror of the subject matter itself. Resnais nevertheless manages to create even greater power through his remarkable technical Skill, The film con- tains almost constant coun- terpoint: between voice and music. living and dead, still and motion picture, past and present. “Macbeth" was the first film Orson Welles made after ”Citi- zen Kane." in 1948, alter “Citizen Kane" failed at the box office, Welles undertook a scandalous enterprise: under the auspices oi Republic Pic- tures, a studio devoted to producing lDWrbudget westerns, Welles filmed this outrageous version of ”Macbeth" in s span of twenty-three days—including a day of retakest The final product was an imaginative and exciting piece of cinema; however, it bore very little re- semblance to anything Shake- speare had ever written with Welles' own role as a thane be- ing unintelligible in Scottish burr. Though “Macbeth" was Wells' first real disaster at the box oilice, it has genuine merit and is well worth seeing if only to gain further insight into the greatest ”identity crisis tiitn" of the year. ,R‘AVE‘LCENLTER 3808 Fiith'Avenue'Couit Mill’s color Wit el GRINNELL. IOWA hills —- Ari Supplies Pic-lure ironing trial Board wound up singing with tho Weavers. What's Sccger’s style? Well, it's basically his own 7 some times gay; sometimes sad, high-pitched and lonely; one moment whimsical; the next moment ironic. He draws from a variety of songs, traditions and backgrounds. He knows and respects both the musical tra< ditlons and life patterns behind the songs # songs ranging from “Oh, What a Beautiful City," to “I Can See a New Day," songs that ask that sol- diers and cement be replaced by sentiments expressing life and love. This past summer. Seeger sailed the cleorwater, a rep- lica of a typical old cargo sloop. down his “dirty stream," the Hudson kiver, strumming up concem for conservation Con- trol. He feels that people who won’t read pamphlets or lis- ten to speeches may learn things through music they wouldn‘t learn any other way, “Everything in the world is tied together — you try to clean up a river, and soon you have to work on cleaning up the society," he says. Folksinger J e a n Ritchie summed up Pete Seeger pretty well when she said: “Not a soul but what would say right out — ‘He is a good man’ Not a soul but what love: him~ —Pe[et" Memorial Concerts Concerts to be presented to- day and tomorrow by the choir. orchestra, and the Grinneil Singers will be dedicated to the late Don Jones, a member or the college's music lacnlty tor 13 years who died Oct. 3. EEYME R’S King's Food Host U.S.A.