Show g J vy t n ar tv K TJ Y wb lP YA rn A 7 s1 V. V 2 1 i A J. r fir rf s 1 f. f rJ 4 t Y Jr f j l r f r a h hh h N J rJ y y C JA y r L ry r h f fY Y 1 r Jrr h k i i J o 0 0 v 0 0 j f i y r i f- f V s S nt Y yr i yn Ys r r. r Y r Y Ja s n. n J ro- ro 4 St S Z N 4 JJ t J Y Z F ix J ti r U Ua a vt a f 4 y rr JJ J i if f ir irU irs U s r r yr Z i JH Joyce Vander Tander watches Robert Perez keep time to the twist music with his hands which are clicking pair of spoons Stirs Up Rhythm He Makes Males Music With Silverware Robert Perez a year old welding welding welding wel wel- 0 ding student is known kno throughout the school as Trade Tech's spoon player Robert started playing the spoons when he wasp was 17 after watching a spoon players player's performance on the IJa Lawrence Welk show His mother thought he was vas going out of his mind he said She came to the basement door and told me to cut out the noise and go to bed bed 1 Robert related I J told her that I would in a little while At the end end of the little while Robert had begun to master the thet t technique of rhythmically clicking together two tablespoons He began to click them together in accompaniment to records he heard jazz heard jazz western vestern and rock n n- n roll The first time he appeared on onstage onstage onstage stage with his spoon-playing spoon act was vas last year at the University of Utah He intends to use his musical spoons further in his musical career But they arent aren't the only instrument instrument instrument ment he plays Robert a veteran of service with 15 bands also plays the castanets bass and clarinet He hopes to attend the University of Utah to continue his musical stu stu- dies He has played clarinet with a Dixieland band |