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Snappy Band For Saturday A. M. Red Norvo Brings Swingy,Politics Subject Of Nu Pi PaperLindsey VanVlissingen read a paper on politics at the meeting of Nu Pi Kappa literary society, Sunday night, November 3, at 7:00 in the Peirce Hall lounge.Mr. VanVlissingen proposed that, since Wendell Willkie is a successful business man, he be supported in his candidacy for president of the United States, which is a huge business. Furthermore, business trusts and supports Wendell Willkie. On the other hand, business has not cooperated with the New Deal, Mr. VanVlissingen asserted, because business leaders disagree with the President’s theories on depression. And the business leaders must be more intelligent than the President and his professors of the “Brain-trust”: so business will support Wendell Willkie.After the paper, there was an interesting discussion, which later adjourned to the coffee-shop.(Exclusive to the Collegian)Following its semi-annual custom of dropping exclusive news in the minds of the students like bomb-shells, the Collegia)i announces that Red Norvo, “the world’s greatest xylophonist” and his band will play for the Kenyon dance to be held November 15.The usually reliable source, Mr. Chuck Small of the Delta Kappa Epsilon House, who is chairman of the dance weekend committee, further stated that Tommy Van will play for the Saturday night dance on the 16th. ’ v, t • , VNorvo is one of the older names in swing and will be best remembered as the guy who used to furnish the background for Mildred Bailey’s vocals. Norvo was a feature soloist on the woodpile with Paul Whitman before he organized his own group. When he opened at the Famous Door in New York in 1935, he was billed as Red Norvo and his Swing Septet, and was a-mong the first to use the word swing in a title for a band.The whole band is built a-round Norvo’s xylophone. He calls his style “relapsed rhythm” and it features solos by Red on the woodpile with the rest of the band providing a subdued melody background. Red can and does bang away fast and furiously on the hot numbers. In fact, for one night stands he uses a,special seL pf ~wh7_ -—^loud sticks?r'~~*’**Featured with Norvo is Linda Keene who sings the sweet ones and all the other ones which Red doesn’t choose to handle.The music for the Saturday night dance will be provided by Tommy Van and his 12 piece orchestra. This group is heard frequently on the radioI (Continued on Page 4)
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Gambier Kenyon Collegian
Gambier, Ohio, US
Fri, Nov 08, 1940
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