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Show entertainment 'Minstrels5 Rollick by M. B. Saffle A small but satisified audience heard the New Christy Minstrels, king-pin American folk-singing group, strut their stuff and entertaining enter-taining stuff it was Wednesday night in the Union Ballroom. Of course, the New Christy Minstrels Min-strels need no introduction from me, or from anyone. One of the largest, and sauvest, of the over-numerous over-numerous folk-singing aggregations, aggrega-tions, the Christy Minstrels have sold several millions of records, toured the world and performed at the White House. Seven men and two girls, sporting tambourines, guitars, banjo, and bass, provide tender and tough folk material, sung with enthusiasm. What more can one say? The whole story, though, is not so simple. Though the New Christy Minstrels are excellent performers, their music is frequently less than spectacular, frequently dull. Too many microphones and too much shouting instead of singing are also a handicap, but a minor one. If you attended the concert, you probably went because you had heard, and liked the Minstrels' recordings. re-cordings. At any rate, you went for entertainment. No one can say that the group is not entertaining. Indeed, In-deed, they are usually as fun to watch as they are to listen to and that's saying something. If the New Christy Minstrels return, re-turn, and if you have been so unfortunate un-fortunate as to miss their discs, don's miss them. They're about the best our country's got. |