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Show Page 11 Spring week will include free concert IT During Spring Fever week Cecilio and Kapono will perform in an ASWSC sponsored free student concert. It will be on May 12 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. It is free to WSC students with valid. I.D. To non-WSC students the admission cost is $3. C & K (as they are coming to be known) have been described by various reviewers as a cross between Cheech & Chong, Seals & Crofts, Loggins & Messina and Simon & Garfunkel, with a dash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and-or Young thrown in, yet totally unique and obviously not trying to be anyone except themselves two long-haired troubadors with guitars and nice voices. They play foot-stomping rockers to haunting contemporary ballads. The two voices are pure and naturally-blended. Add to this Cecilio's comedy and Kapono's warmth. After becoming the top draw for months in Hawaii, Cecilio & Kapono made their mainland debut in California in 1973. Originally booked for a week, their engagement was extended for an additional six. Word spread that C & K had "it," that elusive quality of which stars are made. Offers began to come in and record companies began to nose around, following C & K to Colorado, where they continued to draw standing ovations, sold-out shows night after night, and more offers. Their first album was simply entitled "Cecilio & Kapono." It sold over 60,000 copies. Their newest release is "Elua." It is a masterful mix of C & K songs which is a sampler of their versatility, from thecommercially-favored opener "Good Night and Good Morning," through "Care About You," to the closing cut, "Railway Station," a country rocker. Cecilio, of Mexican-Indian. Next Stop WSC: Cecilio and Kapono, popular Hawaiian singing group, will be the free ASWSC Spring concert on May 12 at 8 p.m. in the FAC main auditorium. heritage, was born and raised in the coastal city of Santa Barbara, Calif. Henry "Kapono" Kaaihue, delivered by his father in natural childbirth, comes from Kapahulu, outside of Waikiki on the island of Oahu. Both Cecilio and Kapono were raised in families in which music was part of the day to day environment; both began singing in church choirs; both took up the trumpet as their first instrument, and began composing music and mastering acoustic guitar at about the same time. Both made their professional debuts as solo artists in local folk clubs, then taking the next step into rock groups. Cecilio was with Poverty Train, Unicorn and Little Anthony and The Imperials; Kapono' with a popular Island group called Pakalolo. When the two distinctly different personalities from totally different backgrounds met, it opened up new horizons. Neither has had to sacrifice his own individuality. Cecioio and Kapono continue to write their own songs separately, polishing and refining in daily rehearsal sessions at least four hours. TtX-Hl list! t rt l.K 1 v r u Hi (!) ests B Registered Jeweltr American Gem Sooety 2429 Washington Blvd. Banquet to honor Dr. Burke The Founders' Day Banquet, an annual Weber State College Alumni sponsored event, commemorates the founding of the college and honors an outstanding faculty member May 7 at noon in the WSC Union Building Ballroom. ' Speaker for the commemoration will be David M. Kennedy, currently a special representative for the First Presidency, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is a former secretary of the Treasury and chairman of the board of the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company. He is a 1928 alumnus of WSC. The faculty member chosen to receive the Seventh annual prestigious Henry Aldous Dixon Award is Dr. Caseel D. Burke, professor of Education and former Dean, School of Education. Dr. Burke was chosen for the honor for his outstanding contributions to education. Governor Calvin Rampton will make brief remarks and G. Homer Durham, commissioner of higher education, will be a guest. Everyone is invited to attend to hear Mr. Kennedy and honor Dr. Burke. i .. . i 1. .iirr-li inn ii i . - '" PKEE 1VBE ftflQNIDAY D-d j |