Thurs. March 28, 1974 — Vol. 56, No. 21
Variety is the keynote of
the Sixth Annual Folk
Music Festival which
starts Friday, March 29, at
8:00 p.m. in the Morrison
Commons.
According to Marc E.
Helgesen, organizer of the
event, "What we are trying
to do is get away from the
idea that all folk music in-cludes
is the Peter, Paul &
Mary kind of thing
That's one part, but there
are a lot of other parts, all
of which are important.
The acts this year include
the contemporary folk, but
also include traditional
Irish/Scot folk, bluegrass,
country . . . everything."
There are ten acts in this
year's festival, two more
than in past years.
Anni Long as Saint Joan receives the verdict of the Inquisition; "perpetual im-prisonment,"
in the NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S production of George
Bernard Shaw's classic drama.
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THE ACTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
Moebeck & Hanson — Mark Moebeck and Reid
Hanson are a duo which does contempory folk, in-cluding
that of Michael Johnson.
Steve Dawdy — Steve is a Sioux Falls artist who
concentrates on blues.
Jim Jorgenson — Jim, of Vermillion, is always a
popular singer when he appears at Augustana as he
has twice this year. Jim sings contemporary folk
music, including many John Denver numbers. He
won second place in last year's festival.
One for the Road — Dale Pommer and Ingrid
Arlton make up this country act appearing in the
folk festival for the second time.
The Rocky Mt. Oysters — This 5-man act plays
bluegrass. The instrumentation of this unique
group includes guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, fiddle,
and harmonica. Nat'l Shakespeare Company Presents
Shaw's Classic Drama "Saint Joan"
THE ACTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
Ira's Leg — This two-man act from Brookings
does contemporary folk music of Jerry Garcia and
others.
Peggy Ross — Traveling from St. Joseph,
Minn., to be in the festival, Peggy sings traditional
Irish and Scotch folk ballads.
Nancy Pickett — Nancy is a versatile artist from
Grand Forks, N. D. She ranges in style from that of
Joan Baez to Melanie.
Dains/Casteel — Tom Dains and Barb Casteel,
both formerly of Sioux Falls and presently from
Vermillion, are always popular at Augie. The folk
singers entered last year's festival.
Second Wind — A folk group from the Twin
Cities, Second Wind is composed of former
members of Absolutely Nothing and You, Caryl,
and Me, two acts that were very popular at
Augustana a few years ago.
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Tickets, which may be mented, "This really
purchased at the Com- sounds obvious, but the
mons Desk, cost $1.00 and whole thing is just so
may be used both nights. everyone has a good time,
As to the purpose of the and I really think they
festival, Helgesen corn- will.
The National Shake-speare
Company will pre-sent
George Bernard
Shaw's classic, "Saint
Joan," at Augustana on
April 5, at 8:30 p.m.
This drama of religious
faith amidst political cor-ruption
is probably the
greatest of Shaw's works,
and combines dramatic
conflict with highly
successful comic elements.
It is a treatise on the
conflicts of power and the
problems of one caught in
those conflicts.
Joan - is represented as a
creature crushed by two
mighty forces represented
by the Church and the law,
yet Shaw is not content
with the simplicity of that
interpretation.
He cannot accept the
religious view of Joan as a
young peasant girl
miraculously directed by
divine voices, and his por-trait
of Joan is one of an in-dividual
who appears at
rate intervals among
humanity, and who
emphasizes the endless
potential of man.
Each season, Philip
Meister, the Artistic
Director and Company co-founder,
holds nationwide
interviews and auditions
hundreds of experienced
actors before selecting his
players.
Meister is a theatre
veteran of 25 years. Before
he became an independent
producer, he worked as an
assistant to Serge
Koussevitsky at
Tanglewood, and was a
directing fellow at the
American Shakespeare
Academy.
He has had directing ex-perience
both on and off-
Broadway, and says that
the primary purpose of his
Company is two-fold: to
bring the beauty and truth
of Shakespeare to young
people who otherwise
would never see these
plays done professionally,
and to give American ac-tors
an opportunity to per-form
the classics.
The National Shake-speare
Company was
founded in 1963, and is a
New York State nonprofit
organization. The Com-pany
was performed for
audiences of 250,000 each
season in colleges, univer-sities,
and an occasional
high school across the na-tion.
The Play is sponsored by
the Concert-Lecture Corn-mittee,
and tickets for the
production are $1.50 for
adults, $1.00 for students,
or an activity ticket.