Kilgore College Ranger Band to Feature Trombonist Urchie Green
Kilgore College Ranger Band under Wallace Read performs a spring concert on April 5 in Dodson Auditorium at 8 00 p m Tickets cost 150 for adults and 100 for students The program highlights Urchie Green a premier trombonist and jazz star praised as one of the greats with a history in Tommy Reynolds Jan Savitt Frankie Carle Gene Krupa Woody Herman Benny Goodman and the Benny Goodman Story film The event draws crowds from Nacogdoches Texarkana and Shreveport and has been standing room only in recent years
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Jan Savitt
Frankie Carle
Gene Krupa
New York
Woody Herman
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Benny Goodman
Area Men in Service and Musician News from Wichita Falls
U S Air Force Colonel Francis L Jones arrives for duty at Sheppard AFB Tex as deputy commander of the 3250th Technical Training School Air Training Command He previously served in Bangkok and is a WW II veteran with aeronautical rating of command pilot He was commissioned in 1943 and is a 1931 Denton High School graduate holding an M S in school administration from North Texas State College Phi Delta Kappa member Archie Green a former band leader with Tommy Dorsey and a prolific recording artist is slated to entertain East Texas audiences with a high profile tour Read predicts Green will be very popular after appearances on Ed Sullivan Arthur Godfrey Steve Allen Les Crane Gary Moore and Mike Douglas shows and new volumes 21 Trombones with Enoch Light.
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Sy Oliver
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Perry Como
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Percy Faith
Count Basie
Leonard Bernstein
Tony Bennett
Peggy Lee
Frank Sinatra
Van Cliburn to Play With ET Symphony in Fall
World renowned pianist Van Cliburn from Kilgore Texas will return to East Texas for a benefit recital for the East Texas Symphony Orchestra on September 30 1971 at Caldwell Auditorium Tyler. Tickets go first to 1971 72 season ticket holders then to the public Caldwell Auditorium has sold out previously for his performances.
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Van Cliburn Recital Tickets On Sale In Late Summer
Tickets for the Van Cliburn Recital will go on sale in the late summer with prices from 3.00 to 10.00. Symphony season ticket holders will be notified early. The East Texas Symphony season ticket campaign starts the second week in April with workers contacting current holders. others may contact Mrs John Hudnall 3506 Fry Tyler for tickets.
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Baritone William Walker to Perform in Kilgore Concert
Metropolitan Opera Association baritone William Walker will give a recital at Dodson Auditorium Kilgore at 8 p.m. on Tuesday March 30 as the season finale. Kilgore association memberships for 1971 72 may be purchased now or at the door. Walker a Texas native and TCU graduate offers a versatile program including arias songs and show tunes in a rich baritone voice.
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Minister's Wife Finds Joy In Rally Driving
Dottie Rogers a minister's wife mother of six and grandmother of two drifted into sports car rallying ten years ago. She oversees timing and scoring while rallying described as precision cross country driving with checks and navigators. She recalls a freak snowstorm and a night rally aided by a spotlight but sheriff concerns ended that run.
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