KISS Rocks Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center Show
The KISS concert at Five Seasons Center drew about 9 000 fans with a dramatic stage show including fire and levitation. Gene Simmons frets and prowls while Ace Frehley performs a spacey solo as the audience cheers. Opening act John Cougar Mellencamp sparks mixed reactions with New Wave flair and aggressive stage antics.
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KISS
Five Seasons Center
Gene Simmons
Ace Frehley
Paul Stanley
Peter Criss
Pussycat
Stanley
John Cougar
Zane
Cougar
John Mellencamp
Seymour
Ind
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Larrocha in Hancher delivers peak level piano recital
Alicia de Larrocha, famed Spanish pianist, performed at Hancher Auditorium to a studious audience of musicians and lovers. Her program opened with Beethovens Bagatelles and included Bach English Suite No. 2, Busoni arrangements, Schumann passages, and Ravels Gaspard de la Nuit. The veteran artist displayed superb technique and a wide repertoire. ON THIS DATE in 1978, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a scaled-down substitute for a vetoed public works bill.
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Iowa City
Alicia de Larrocha
Hancher Auditorium
Gina Bachauer
Larrocha
Spain
Albeniz
DeFalla
Bach
Ravel
Beethoven
Bourree
Swingle
Benvenuto Busoni
Robert Schumann
Schumann
Gaspard de la Nuit
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter
Brazil drought devastates crops across northeast states
A prolonged drought hits Pernambuco Ceara Piaui Alagoas and Rio Grande do Norte prompting an emergency relief plan in over 250 cities. Some Piaui areas report up to 40 percent of this year’s harvest lost as the government provides special credits and food aid to farmers and hungry peasants.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Pernambuco
Ceara
Piaui
Alagoas
Rio Grande Do Norte
Teen reviews KISS live show in Gazette notes
A 13 year old writes about the KISS concert he finally attended. He recalls waiting for the band, Gene Simmons suspended above the arena, a 40 foot fire display and exploding flash pots, and a curtain of confetti as the finale. He labels the show as the best stage show he has seen.
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Simmons
Rick Hogan
Gazette
Dick Hogan
KISS
Gene Simmons
Gene
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