Summer music week at Saratoga center features Shankar Supremes
This week at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and Canfield Casino in Congress Park offers a packed schedule. Ravi Shankar leads a concert from India at the amphitheater, while Philadelphia Wood Wind Quintet performs chamber music. The Philadelphia Orchestra opens its second summer week with a French Spanish program conducted by Julius Rudel. Eugene Ormandy returns with Van Cliburn for Liszt and Grieg concertos, and Bizet’s Carmen is staged with New York City Opera soloists and chorus. The Spa Summer Theater Film Festival continues with Hitchcock classics The Lady Vanishes and Notorious, plus Spellbound. Two shows nightly at 7:30.
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The
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Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Canfield Casino
Congress Park
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Performing Arts Center
Julius Rudel
New York City Opera Company
Rudel
Bizet
Carmen
Shirley Verrett
Anne Elgar
Micaela
Placido Domingo
Don Jose
Robert Hale
Escamillo
New York City Opera
Film Festival of the Spa Summer Theater
Alfred Hitchcock
Dame May Whitty
Michael Redgrave
Cary Grant
Ingrid Bergman
Gregory Peck
District 32 Republicans Meet Tuesday
The District 32 Republican Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wilmington High School. Republicans from Bennington and Windham counties including Pownal Stamford Searsburg Readsboro Whitingham Jacksonville and Wilmington are invited. Major candidates for District 32 legislative seats are expected to speak and field questions.
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District
Wilmington High School
Republican Committee
Bennington
Windham
Pownal
Stamford
Searsburg
Readsboro
Whitingham
Jacksonville
Head Start Outings Across Area Highlight Weekend Activities
Head Start families from Danby Pawlet and Manchester shared a picnic at Emerald Lake State Park with about 150 attendees. Earlier 120 parents and children from Bennington and Molly Stark units enjoyed Lake Paran outing. Families from St Helens Lincoln Center Maine Cranford Ridgewood Ticonderoga Ludlow Arlington joined others at Hapgood Pond.
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Manchester
Head Start
Danby, Pawlet
Emerald Lake State Park
Dorset
Bennington
Molly Stark
Lake Paran
Miner C. Clark
Hapgood Pond
St. Helens
Ore
Lincoln Center
Maine
Cranford
Ridgewood
N.J
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Ludlow
Arlington
Martin Hirsch
Guenther Mahler
Arlington Community Events and New Library Additions
Arlington hosts Thursday and Saturday gatherings at Community House and Grange Hall. July additions to Martha Cam field Library include many adult and juvenile titles such as The Wrecking of Offshore Five and Better Soccer for Boys alongside gardening and mystery works.
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Lions
Community House
Kiwanis
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Community House Grounds
Martha Camfield
Johnston
Ogilvie
Happy Valley
Taft
Arms
Esquire
O’hara
Rupert carnival showcases The Society and Sen Aiken weekend
Rupert Volunteer Fire Company hosts its 18th annual carnival with Granville band The Society and psychedelic lighting Thursday Recognition Night honors local residents. Al Bain and Country Kings perform Friday, Rutland barbershop Saturday, Granville Band jam with Cambridge Band. Old Home Day features lumberjack events at 10 a.m. Sen George D Aiken speaks at 2 p.m. A chicken barbecue at 11:30 a.m. and a twilight parade at 6 p.m. Float entries invited.
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Rupert
Rupert Volunteer Fire Company
Granville
Society
al Bain
Schaghticoke “Mavericks
Ted Shawn to lecture on pantomime at Jacob's Pillow
Ted Shawn, founder director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, will give a public lecture titled Pantomime and Dramatic Dance on Aug. 11 at 8:30 p.m. in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob's Pillow. He will illustrate movement as expression without words and discuss pantomime used in dance, then begin a three week course in pantomime and dramatic dance.
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Jacob’s Pillow
Lotte Goslar
P.O. Box
Lee
Mass
Arlington GOP Women Form New Arlington Club
Mrs Donald S Kendall Jr and Mrs Martin Hirsch were elected co chairmen of Arlington’s newly formed Republican Women’s Club at a Community House meeting. Mrs Nils E Green was named secretary and Mrs Thomas Coleman treasurer. Mrs Robert Treat of Manchester spurred enthusiasm and outlined ventures for the group. Mrs Joseph Caracciola of Bennington County Women’s Club attended as advisor.
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Arlington
Donald S. Kendall Jr
Martin Hirsch
Republican Women’s Club
Nils E. Green
Thomas Coleman
Robert Treat
Manchester
Young Republican Club
Arlington Group
Joseph Caracciola
Bennington
Bennington County Women’s Club
North Bennington Family Reunion and Travel Notes
Harriette Lyon and Mr and Mrs Joseph Ceccio left for Miami after two weeks with her mother Mrs Peter Panos. Their children Phillip and Steven joined the trip for the annual family reunion. William Hurley Jr spent the weekend at home. his sister Margaret vacationed with the James Moore family on Cape Cod. Miss Mary Meagher returned from a week in West Brookfield. Mrs Cathryn Miles, McCullough Library librarian, will be on August vacation with library directed by Mrs Maurice Ball.
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Joseph Ceccio
Miami
Fla
Peter Panos
Phillip
Steven
Ceccio
Antonia Panos
William Hurley Jr
Boston
Mass
Margaret
James Moore
Cape Cod
Mary Meagher
West Brookfield
Cathryn Miles
McCullough Library
Maurice Ball
Miles
St Laurent debuts bold trouser suit in mourning black
Paris reports Yves St Laurent unveiled a revealing trouser suit built with a black feather loincloth amid a collection mourning the Vietnam War. Buyers note the line emphasizes slacks for day wear while delivering a political protest against war through symbolic headbands and antiwar motifs.
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Paris
Yves St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Philadelphia man sells house on Franklin and William to Korzuns
Manchester Pierre Richards sold his Philadelphia home at the corner of Franklin Avenue and William Street to Arthur and Francis Korzun who came from California. Korzun plans to start a construction business in the area with Mrs. George Breen of Real Estate Associates handling the transaction. Proceeds from the United Women's Group annual summer sale of the First Congregational Church will go toward furnishings.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Avenue
Willam Street
Arthur
Francis Korzun
California
Korzun
George Breen
Real Estate Associates
United Women’s Group
First Congregational Church
Streetcar Named Desire at Weston Playhouse
Weston Playhouse presents William’s American classic A Streetcar Named Desire this week. Performances run Thursday to Sunday at 8:30 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 3 p.m. directed by Harlan Grant. Cast features Glenne Grant as Blanche, Joan Kirby as Stella, Edward LeClair as Stanley, and William Lacey as Mitch. Tickets may be reserved by calling 824-5288.
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Weston
Tennessee William
Weston Playhouse
Mattre
Playhouse
Harlan Grant
Glenne Grant
Blanche du Bois
Miss Grant
Dave Murray
William Lacey
Galileo Rehearsals Underway For Brecht Play
Williamstown Massachusetts. Actor Louis Zorich leads the title role in Bertolt Brecht Galileo opening Tuesday after two months of intensive rehearsals. Director Tom Brennan and the full cast, eight hours daily, explore Galileo Galilei’s life from 1609 to 1642 amid clashes with the Church. Zorich returns to Williamstown for his first season since 1963, with a career including Lincoln Center Repertory and appearances on N.Y.P.D. and East Side West Side.
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Mass
Bertolt Brecht
Galileo
Louis Zorich
Zorich
Tom Brennan
Brecht
Galileo Galilei
Lincoln Center Repertory Company
Prisoners escape punishment for moonshine drunk durin film promo
Punished Enough in Dartmoor reports eight inmates faced no disciplinary action after drunken antics tied to a brand of moonshine made from molasses and yeast. An official quipped their hangovers have to be seen to be believed as the film The Swimmer, starring Burt Lancaster and Galileo, will be staged at Williamstown August 6 to 10 with box office tickets on sale now.
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Dartmoor
England
UPI
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