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I Osmond Brothers To Appear With Andy Williams MondayIIS-mheni.;r' The Osmond Brothers, who will appear with their lt;Bri th- friend Andy Williams in a bigre- show at the HemisFair Arena.at 8:8(1 p.m. Monday only,have a long history — consider ' j . ,i/j. lt;?nng t/iat iheir ages rangein- downward from the teens,p- Tickets for the show, set forIty Ihe HemisFair Arena, areA priced from 54.75 to $7.50.1S During the nth show of thefirst season of Williams’ series the youngsters came ip, into national prominence. Or-r- igmalJy in 1961, there werery 3ust four brothers. They werej s Alan, li, Wayne, 9, Merrill, 7,and Jay, 5. TV was a new m«-• diun? for the young boys fromif. Salt Lake City.U Little Jay was so impressed by the three cameras that whenever the red light showed ,r_ on a particular camera, hewould immediately turn to face that camera. Although the other brothers performed to the audience, Jay played lo the camera. The results were . novel camera angles and a greater show value for the quarto!.Internationally, they are one of the world’s top drawing acts. In Sweden last year as a solo act jn a concert program, they performed for crowds exceeding 20,000.p In the meantime the family has grown and diversified, in iy both number and talent. Fromm* their beginning as a barberri shop quartet, they now sing,dance, act and play numerous j* instruments both as soloists..g, and as a group. They evenmastered a skating choreogra-phy for the Williams Christmas Show in December, Td and Uie response has beenen that the Ice Capaties andfni other international icc showsn(I have offered starring spots in' their shows to the boys.There are nine children in ity the Osmond family, and in na-an t u r a 1 progression, eachRelated Story, TV Preview Coveryoungster nl his own behest, and with parents' permission, has joined Ihe act. Donnie joined Hie act as a regular last season and now littleSymphonic Band from. The University of Texas goes on tour of seven Texas cities Wednesday through Sunday concluding with a concert at Kemisfair ’6S a! 5 p.m. Sunday,Performing classics for band as well as works by modern, composers, the Symphonic Band will appear in Temple, Ennis, Sherman, Dallas, Greenville, Paris and San Antonia.The tour has been arranged by the liT Music. Department in cooperation with the Texas Fine Arts Commission.Dr. William J. Moody, UT music professor and director of bands, is conductor of the Symphonic Band. Appearing as a soloist with the student band on tour will be Assistant Professor John Leisenring, trombonist.The UT Symphonic Band will play selections from a repertoire which includes the Verdi - Mollenliauer “Manzoni Requiem,” Jan Meyerowila’s “Three Comments it.n w a r,” Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy,” Clifton Williams’ “The Ramparts,” Rimsky-Korsakov's “Concerto for Trombone and P.anri Tfoniing at !be door while fraciur-i n g audiences everywhere with his “dulcet” tones.The only sister, Marie, g, works with her brothers but does not aspire lo become an active member of the act.The brothers were regular cast members on the ABC-TV series, “The Travels ot Jamie McP heelers.”Bernard Green’s “Pentagon.”Student members of the Symphonic Band include these San Antonians: lion aid Larry English, 135 Honeysuckle; Carle ton Ramon Hoffman, 12(1 Ave Marta, and Linda Mc-Davitt, llgift Ini cigue. Also playing in the band are Emery Eugene Alford, Bruce Paulus Hoffman and Scoll Lee Taylor of Alice and Nicholas Gonzalez, Jorge Alberto Madrigal and Beatrice Eugenia Perez of Laredo.Things LookUp for IngridNEW YORK — A portion of the new Madison Square Garden had to be remodeled because it was literally giving a pain in the neck lo one of the performers in Ihe Ringling Bros, and Barnum Bailey Circus.The performer, a gentle giraffe named Ingrid, was finding it difficult adjusting lo the low ceiling in the arena’s animal housing area, and the Circus’ veterinarian. Dr. J.Y.1-Jpniiprcrv»i ciiniYnilt;fnr) ikrtJamie, who is four, is knock-UT Symphonic Band To Tour This Week70 If «™» ^ rounds’ “Latin and Lace” and AUSTIN — The Ei-member
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San Antonio Express and News
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 28, 1968
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