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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday april 30, 1973 a la View Casimir Carter ethnic groups calibre the Folk arts Council of Manitoba presented the third of ils series of monthly ethnic con certs being Given in Hie auditorium of the Winnipeg Art Gal Lery sunday afternoons. On Sun Day it was the turn of ensembles from the portuguese polish italian and israeli ethnic communities. The portuguese association of Manitoba Folk group directed by Manuel Mota proved to be an agreeable Surprise. First of All it had an ensemble of 10 couples and third included 10 males which is remarkable in deed and it performed with zest and . Costumes were Atli Acline and i would As sume authentic. The girls wore Black Pill Box hats with red Satin Mantilla hanging behind while blouses checked skirts and red embroidered aprons while the boys wore White shirts Black pants reaching below the Knees and red sashes. They performed in Barefoot three dances from the fishing Village of Nazare. The first was Gay and sprightly with intricate footwork danced in various formations with hand clapping at intervals the second a twirling dance in fast polka rhythm with the dancers linking arms and the Tempo growing faster and faster ending at a dizzy Pace and finally a Beach dance Wilh a caller calling Oul the different formations. Accompaniment was provided by accordionist Garcia Matias and two Harmonicas played by Jose Vieira and Filipe Fonseca. Sang iwo portuguese songs the first in Praise of Lisbon and the second a love song. Miss Pires sings expressively and her voice projects Well but its intimacy was lost by Over amplification. She was nicely accompanied by Joao Santos on the accordian. Henryk Lorene s polish youth dancers Skry have never been in better form. Their colourful costumes made up for Lack of decor. They performed four dances the first the Krako Wiak in two four time orig nates from the City of Krakow and is danced at weddings religious holidays and festivals. In was Given a spirited and Lively performances by eight couples. The second the Lowicz Waltz was. Gracefully danced by 10 charming girls. Then came a Medley of dances from the Rzeszot Region. This include the Cebulka or onion dance in three eight time the Krzyzak or Cross dance in slow three four time the Zacok a fiery flirtatious dance with stamping o feet and finally ended with return to the onion dance they ended with the Trojak a dance performed by High groups with iwo girls and a boy in each group. The italian Canadian league Folk dancers directed by Angl la Lake gave a Fine perform Ance of their Tarantella variations. These Are Lively dances which Are said to Ward off the effects of the Poison of a Tartu la spider. Costumes worn by the girls consisted of White dresses with Black bodices am Deco rated Wilh coloured band along the Bottom. Their firs dance performed by eight Cou pies with gaily coloured handkerchiefs was danced Wilh Procci Sion and deft footwork. In the second the three girls use their tambourines with Good Al feet and their portion of the program ended with five Cou pies weaving various formations of ground patterns and again using their tambourines effectively. The Sarah sommors Chai Folk ensemble is one of the most polished groups in the Folk arts Council of Manitoba and can always be counted on to give a performance of close o professional standards. They Are to be complimented in the accompaniment they provide Vith their nine piece band con i s t i n g of electric guitars brass winds accordian and Drums under the direction of Miriam Breitman. The dancers directed by Nenad and Jill Jirotka reflect their Balletic background in the dances which hey have created for the dancers which Are basically israeli Steps but May have lost some of their original flavor l heir first number taste o manna danced by eight girls received its first performance and was beautifully executed and with perfect precision. Cos Umes of White and yellow were attractive. This was followed by a vocal duet my Lovely Apple y a Good looking couple who Sang with sincerity. Their pro ram ended with the sephardic suite a group of songs and dances reflecting the influence of the Spanish on the jewish population of Spain. Costumes consisted of open skirts will ruffles. Castanets were used with the musical accompaniment and stamping and clicking of heels predominated. This was indeed a perform Ance of High calibre and the overflow audience respondent Vith enthusiastic applause. The next performance sponsored by the Folk arts Council of Mani Oba will take place on sunday May 13th, featuring scottish English Irish and hungarian groups. Alleged swindlers arrested Cairo a Egypt s to sector general announce saturday the indictment of 108 persons including 23 americans and four canadians in connect Ion with an alleged illegal currency Transfer opera Tion the Cairo press said Sun Day. Fifty eight egyptians and 50 foreigners were reported indicted. The foreigners include in addition to the americans Anc canadians six germans five italians five lebanese 2 greeks one briton a belgian a Frenchman a dutchman Anc a South african their names were not Dis closed. The indictment charged tha he alleged plot exposed ii March was designed to wreck Egypt s Post War Economy by cheating the state out of larg amounts of hard currency an manipulation of imports Anc prices. The prosecutor announce that of the 103 defendants seven Are in custody 13 a outside Egypt and the res were released earlier on bail to tailing egyptian foreign experts Jewelen travel agents doctors lawyer and private sector executive were charged with Manipula Tion of imports and illegal cur Rency transactions. Many of the americans in dieted were listed As employee of . Oil firms working Egypt. The trial is expected to begin next month. Watergate at a glance these arc the five winners of the Manitoba division of the Canadian music Competition held thursday to saturday at the University of Winnipeg. They Are Victor and Erica Schultx and Back Row left to right ick Choo Moon John Nelion and Judith Kehler. The winners will participate in the National finals june 6 to 10, in Rouyn Noranda que. A review Fly Lyonald Gibson five artists gain berths for three Days last week the convocation Hall of the univer sity of Winnipeg has been the scene performances in the first of the Canadian music competitions. This festival has brought together a Large number of talented students in oth vocal and instrumental music. They have performed Tor four u d g e s who have assessed hem independently and tie net results has been the winning by Ive competitors of a berth in he National final to be held in Rouyn Noranda Quebec Start ing on june 6th till june 9th. The four judges who have listened in Winnipeg were. Guido Agosti of Italy a pianist and educator Joseph Rouleau of Lovent Garden opera London a distinguished Basso who has Jeen hailed As a new Chaliapin James Sample of Minneapolis Well known conductor and Raymond trouard of France a distinguished pianist and teacher. As the Canadian music com petitions extend from Quebec to Alberta each province has a committee whose responsibility it is to provide the local management and the Manitoba committee was headed by its chairman prof. Leonard Isaacs. In a Brief ceremony at the end of the competitions on sat urday evening the National vice president Helene Stevens introduced prof. Isaacs who announced the local committee was Able to guarantee the expenses of the five competitors who had been picked for the finals. Or. Harry Duckworth pres ident of the University of Winnipeg welcomed All the competitors As Well As the judges and then turned the evening Over to the director general Claude Deschamps who announced the results. The five competitors who achieved the final in june were piano ick Choo Moon in. The 18 years and under class piano Judy Kehler in the 19 years and under class vocal John Nelson in the 28 years and under class violin Victor Schultze in the 23 years and under class and in the ensemble class Victor and Erica Schultz. Only one competitor tried the highest Competition that of the International stepping Stone Section. Judith Pringle of bran Don survived the first Elimina lion achieved a second place showing in the second Elimina Tion concert and made a Fine certificate. The general director speaking of the violins Victor Schultz said that in 10 years they had not heard such extraordinary perfection in Vio Lin playing. To qualify for a first place certificate and become a finalist a competitor must achieve 90 or More Marks. As each j u d g independently their average was taken. Of the four performances we heard on saturday All were very worthy although Only two achieved firs place certificates. This is some indication of the High Standard which this Competition maintains. The judges now travel to Calgary and Edmonton for fur ther competitions. Accident death toll 46 saudi Oil sales triple Jidida saudi Arabia . Oil imports from saudi Arabia in the first half of 1972 More than tripled reaching Mil lion compared with Mil lion in the first half of 1971. Call Reserve a Tilden car. By the Canadian press two separate traffic accidents claimed the lives of five servicemen pushing the accidental death count in Canada to at least 46 during the week end. Three servicemen were killed in Kingston ont., when their car hit a Bridge Span. Two were killed in Dartmouth n.s., when their Canvas topped truck overturned on a Highway during a driving exercise. A Survey by the Canadian Ress from 6 . Local times r i d a y to Midnight sunday night showed that 38 persons led in traffic mishaps six drowned and two died in fires. Ontario had 10 traffic deaths jul one drowning while British Columbia was next hardest hit with six dead in traffic two drownings and a fire fatality. Alberta had seven traffic i cats and Quebec and Nova Scotia had five each. New Brunswick had three traffic deaths and one drowning Mani Fly in. Drive out. Have a Beautiful new Chevrolet Impala or other car waiting for you at any Airport town or City in in . And world wide through our friends National car rental. Tilden we want to show you what a Canadian company can do. Thl ooux1465 set toy St Mattel Toba two Road deaths and of killed in a fire and Saskatchewan two drownings. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island were fatality free. The 38 Road deaths along wit 28 during the week brought til unofficial count to 828 killed i traffic this year. The Survey does not include known suicides Industrial accidents or slayings. Grant loan Cairo a Japan agree saturday to lend Egypt i lion to import steel Machiner and chemicals a japanese in Bassy spokesman reported. The loan is repayable Over 20 year at 4vz per cent interest the spokesman said. Washington a Here in Brief Are the latest developments in the water Gate Case Washington Post and time Magazine say Job Magruder former no. 2 Man in the Nixon re election Campaign has told Federal prosecutors that Charles col son urged that the bugging of democrats be expedited. Col son a former White House aide has said a lie Detector indicates he knew nothing about the watergate plans. A g n c w vice president Spiro t. Agnew said republicans will suffer in the 1974 elections unless the watergate Case is resolved. N i x o Nixon spent the night at his Camp 3avid, md., Retreat. He sum nonce his personal Secretary indicating he May be pre paring to make a major speech and is reported to Lave met sunday with actor icy general Richard Klein Dienst. White House sources mean while said presidential aides Are urging Nixon to fire h. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlich Man. A l i o n a 1 chairman Robert the con buy Strauss suggested to democratic governors Ference that the party television time to Promise americans they will push for full disclosure on watergate. But few governors indicated approval of the plan saying it might come across As a parti san attempt to take advantage of Nixon administration problems. Republicans senators Charles Percy of Illinois and Lowell Weicker or. Of Connecticut urged decisive presidential actions in the Case. Percy said he will offer a Resolution to have an Independent prosecutor investigate watergate. Pentagon papers time says it has Learned that watergate conspirators e. How Ard Hunt and g. Gordon Liddy burgled the office of or. Lewis Fielding a los an Geles psychiatrist after being told he had refused to release to the Fri information on Daniel Elsberg. The Justice department last week linked Liddy and Hunt to the Fielding burglary. Ellsberg is on trial for leaking the Pentagon papers to the press. Brezhnev surprises a circus would t1 be a without clowns. This Zany character with the crazy Collar and bulbous note will to among the clowns entertaining at the shrine circus which will run from May 5 to 12 in the Winnipeg Arena. By Robert Kaiser Moscow special to sour years ago Kreml nolo its speculated about How Long e could last. Two years ago Ley wrote him off As a bum Ling mediocrity. But Leonid i. Brezhnev overcame both and Erse prognostications and real we tical adversaries. Today he s the undisputed Leader of the Piet Union and his reputation improves almost weekly. Or. Brezhnev s transformation rom cautious apparently slow fitted apparatchiks to i Nova Ive statesman and Tough party fighter no doubt will Puzzle historians for years to come. On the morning after important changes in the ruling soviet politburo confirmed his Ascendancy it can Only be recorded hat the transformation seems entirely real. Obviously those who wrote him off underestimated the political skills of this portly Man with the distinctive heavy brows. But just As obviously or. Brezhnev has grown in of ice. He now shows a self con Tidence almost a panache which was nowhere to evidence few years ago. Moreover he has led the so Ciet Union in radically new directions especially in its rela ions with the Western Powers these changes All seem Basc n the principal achievement o he Brezhnev Era the attain ment of real strategic parity Vith the West. Under or. Brezhnev Leader ship the soviet image of Wes Germany has turned upside Down from dangerous Mcvan c h i s t Power to co operative Western partner. Confrontation with the West has been superseded by a creative policy o detente. The leading imperialist the United states Aas lost its fangs and taken on a whole series of appealing attributes in official Sovie perceptions. The soviet military a agreed to limitations on a Mac with the . In con Junction with this the politicians have accepted the Ide that the soviet Union Wil always be vulnerable by the terms of the first Salt treaty to foreign attack. They hav also begun to accept substantial dependence on Capitalis sources of Supply for food an technology. Everyone of these change represents it seems an important alteration of traditional so Viet attitudes. And or. Brezhnev apparently deserves Prin Cipal credit for them All. But the image of or. Brezhnev triumphant is flawed. Spite his evident resourcefulness and unexpected Capa lilies he appears to have Don nothing significant to improve the efficiency of soviet social though the country is vast Richer than when or. Brezhnev and his colleagues seized Powe in october it remains a poorer than ils resources an its ambitions would suggest. The soviet Economy is simple non competitive by Wester standards. Soviet technology at least in the applied Field outside of military production is second rate according foreign experts. Soviet Agri culture has failed to feed the country. It seems significant least symbolically that to politburo changes announce Friday which strengthen m Brezhnev s position followed plenum of the communist Par Central committee devoted c Tiroly to foreign policy. Til has been or. Brezhnev s Stron suit. The innovation hat has Lyp tied his diplomacy is not Dent in any Domestic Reform the reasons for this arc a my try. Perhaps or. Brezhnev and his colleagues Are inca ble of making c f f c c t i v Langes. Perhaps or. Brezhnev s been struggling with do Estic opponents who have locked any attempts at Ange. Perhaps the system it if is so fundamentally flawed at it cannot work efficiently. Whatever the explanation r. Brezhnev and his allies a ear to have agreed on a series Long Range schemes which by May Hope will put things get. They want to buy the est technology in the West to acc up for their failure to reduce it Here. They want to Opu Crize the Economy am reorganize it. They want to mechanize the farms and give ice modern chemical fertilize whether any of these scheme an work is open to question util May be thai they Are suf client for or. Brezhnev am s allies to overcome the com saints of others in the Leader lip if there Are any we by the domes i tuition. Or. Brezhnev s new strength so does not resolve the ques on about the next generation soviet leaders. At go with Story of heart trouble or Brezhnev can t be expected t t a y in Power indefinitely Here May be a real gun ratio Lap Between the senior Leader lip and the men just Beta Liem who will decide ultimate i the future course of Sovie society. Nevertheless the important act for the moment seems t c that Leonid i. Brezhnev Haaken firm control of the Sovie crime. Shoe pitchers had club Meadville a. Thirst organized american horse Hoe pitching group on Recor Vas formed in Meadville 892. By the turn of the cent a play in clubs and organize compel Lions were common Ansas and Missouri. A Leview ily la Oriald Gibson cello Ite Cital "memorable9 it is a rare occasion who Nihon seems to become part of lairs have to be brought in to eat an overflow audience but my is what happened on Sun a afternoon in the Eva Clare All of the University of Mani Oba when the japanese cellist Tsuyoshi Tsi Itsumi appeared in Eitai. He was assisted at the Ano by Ada Bronstein. Or. Tsutsumi is a most exiting player. In a Fine program e showed his prodigious tech ique and his amazing Lone. He tarted Wilh Cassado s arrange ment of a toccata by the 16th entry organist Fresco Bakli. The Broad opening tune had a pacious nobility and the Allera a which followed it built up excitement As it proceeded till be phrases that piled up on the Ong pedal Point reached Ilc did Climax. Beethoven s sonata in c opus 02 no. 1 is a Lovely work full phrases. The opening Ello phrase which was trans erred to the piano was a thing f loveliness As both artists stroked it so gently. The Alle to Vivace bubbled Wilh life and the adagio like the same movement in the piano sonata pus 101, had a meditative ref rence to earlier themes. The Inal Allegro put a real Crown n the whole sonata. The Bach suite no. 2 in d minor for Solo cello was most in dutifully phrased. Each note Jot its due and the whole suite unfolded As a supreme example f what the cello ought to do. O Many students try these works hut we Seldom hear a real artist showing us the Nusic not just the technical demands that Bach makes. After intermission or. Tuut Umi and mrs. Bronstein gave a most vivid account of the do Pussy sonata. This perhaps the East satisfactory of Debussy s essays in sonata form is fragmentary in the extreme but on sunday it became a extremes and very work o exciting one rarely hears such color such variety in plucked strings this May not have been very Trench in style but in was exciting and musical. Finally from two Spanish composers we had the into eating rhythms of that country in f a 11 a s Spanish Popula songs. These were Beautiful in their variety and were player with the utmost sensitivity am Cassado s los Roqu Zebros be had a real tour de Force. Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi has a impeccable left hand and i Bow Arm is so flexible that the 10 string. It was a most Mem Rable recital and Ada Bron twin gave such admirable sup Wal at the piano that the Sona As were rare duets. Knowles defends support Ottawa up Stanley snowiest new democratic party House Leader in the com Mons has denied an allegation that his party is afraid of the possible outcome another ederal election. He was replying to a panellist m the ctr program question cried taped Friday for Broad ast sunday. It was suggested that the do support for the minority Liberal government was be cause the nip still is afraid if an election now or at any Ime in the reasonably near fun or. Knowles Winnipeg North Centre said his party had rated with the government be. Cause the Public likes a Parlia ment that tries to do some Hing. The increase in our strength Over the conservatives suggests that the Public does t like a arty in a minority parliament Liat s playing games to try to bring Down the government and. Does like the party that s trying o make things he admitted the new democrats had some trepidation in january but that a Public opinion poll had encouraged the party by showing it had gained some support. Maybe it would be a Good idea to have the election now while we re 20 per cent rather than run the risk of los ing some. But i suspect that if we can see the Day when or. Lalonde gets some of his proposals moving that things might go up even or. Knowles replying to fur ther questioning said it is conceivable that How the govern ment acts on food prices could be More important than the outcome of proposed tax cuts. What has Sheraton done for you lately Sheraton is building lots of exciting new hotels and motor inns for to coast in the .a., Hawaii Canada and All Over the world. You can enjoy x Squash court i Toronto a Barber shop that s a har in Cleveland and a 30-Story Glass elevator in Honolulu. 942-0881 in Winnipeg or have your travel agent Call Fryou. 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