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Show ... Wednesday, April 14, 1976 iTEB Pego9 ' by Johnson Louis It was set up as a dual elimination up on Nail Driver, between the runs Blanche and Widow Maker off the Payday lift, the conditions when the sun shone being slush. And when welterweight welter-weight scattered clouds wisped past, the course became more like a carnival of diluted root beer snow cones. ' This was Tuesday, the day of the Town Race, and though both the up and the down were mostly "greyish-brown, the town at least was ready ready for a new champion; and you couldn't have stopped them smearing molasses or even tar on. their finely honed fingernail scraped ski bottoms. Down at the Lodge at the Rusty Nail Club fifty dollars awaited a winner, ; thirty the runner-up, and twenty more for show ; and seeing ahead another slow summer when businesses close, when most jobs end, they raced for a piece of the purse, and glory be damned. Lining either side of the course a large gallery sat or stood drinking wine and beer and eating crackers and cheese and bread, hooting and cheering for friends and crashes and speed. Their skis were jabbed like gates in the snow, like Weyerhauser fast-growing fiberglass trees. Any make and size camera clicked still after still and. the Super 8's droned away maybe a mile of unexposed feet, while the Video Man (where doesn't he show up?) casually taped each and every carving duet, for expunge he can, and did it soundlessly. Also here on the sideline, west for the week from Phily, last year's runner-up, a ski , bum grown up and turned banker and now burnt pink a baby girl's clothes, itched anxious and discontent as a non-resident, not enough thrill through his zoom lense. Like socks they came to the starting gate yoke at the cat track, laughing, loose, friends. But once there, placing their poles for good leverage and ',hOMJM:ing to keep, ljjnber ;.UiQse .legs. and. gettipgj:owchedhack toprjog.up.and out.and down - oneethere it was oneonone.-the love lost, dog eat dog till the finish, where one would be all smiles and arms raised and then in a hurry to chair ride up to the next bracket, and the other a head hung, stabbing his poles, or back up the mountain still either prone or dejectedly dusting off snow. Cutting the race into thirds were two yard-high bumps built after those used by the pros, each stretching horizontally across both race paths. T Both bumps but especially the first caused more blow-ups than bubble gum in a kid's mouth, and in most casts catapulted out of control the man who would loose. A couple racers did back layouts. Some nearly guillotined their opponents. One ended up helicoptering only half-way and " came close to being skewered by the next gate. Another splashed down in the gallelry, crunching crun-ching a couple cameras. And another, after the race was officially over and won, did something like a forward dive in the tuck position and landed head first in the other track, where who else but our banker form Phily, who had finally found a challenge, touched down splat on top of him. It was awarded Crash of the Day, a soothing pitcher of beer apiece the prize. . Several times during these crashes a binding released - to the owner's relief - and the ski without the skier schussed wildly downhill, and people yelled "Ski! Ski!" loud so that everyone heard and got out of its way. No one was hurt. And also several times, the crowd impaitent with the long Payday lift bringing the racers back to the race, snowball skirmishes arose between the two .sides of the course, and during one of these fights a green half-gallon bottle of w(ne slipped away from its owner, but people were quick to yell "Bottle! Bottle!" and furunately again, rio one was hurt. Vail Evont Canceled During a, recent meeting between representateves of Ski Promotions, Inc.,- and the: Vail Associates Marketing Department, it was decided to cancel the Budweiser Women's Ballet-Mogul World Championships. Originally; scheduled in Vail for the weekend of March 27-28, the event was temporarily postponed, following the tragic Gondola No. 2 accident on March 26th. The planners had considered con-sidered holding the event on April 10-11, as part of the Vail' Springfest '76 activities. However, additional' costs, limited spectator attendance (Gondola No. 1 which would have provided spectator acess to the contest will not operate for the rest of the ski season), possible inadequate snow cover on the mogul run were some of the factors in the mutual decision to cancel the event. Ski Promotions announced ' that the event would not be rescheduled for this season, but that Budweiser would remain with the organization as a sponsor with the possibility that either the event's purse would be increased in-creased next season, or that more than one women's . freestyle event would be . scheduled. Never Again Joint Concerts Move Ahead by Jay Meehan Park City's musical high point for the winter on 1972-1973 was Whitewater's performance on Phil Thalman's Handlebar stage. Headquar-teddin Headquar-teddin Hailey, Idaho, Whitewater, a country- located a few miles east of Kellogg in northern Idaho. Alden adds autoharp and harmonica for this particular cut. But the main story of "A Period of Time", as is Officials of the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Monday said progress on an outdoor Bicentennial amphitheater am-phitheater near Zion National Park is going "very well". UARBC Chairman Obert C. Tanner outlined developments develop-ments of a series of joint concerts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony during a meeting of business and media leaders in Salt Lake City. The Bicentennial Commission Com-mission is sponsoring a series of concerts in late May and early June, including an outdoor sunset concert on the edge of colorful Zion National Park. Utah Bicentennial funds will help provide an amphitheater at Springdale for the Zion Concert. . Dr. Tanner said ' the amphitheater am-phitheater construction is on .schedule and in face, "it is moving along very well!' He continued, "These joint concerts with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be the highlight of Utah's Bicentennial Bicen-tennial celebration since these two world-acclaimed groups have never before performed together." Springdale Mayor Howard Smith says most of the cement has beern poured for bluegrass oriented band, was at that time a four . the case with most albums, concerns pickin' and The World 1 Pro Skiing ' Champion for 1976, Henri Duvillardof Megeve, France, predicts that no one will ever duplicate his winning season. ' Not even himself next year, - -when he returns to dtf ejid his, DuviBard; woru KLuof 21,,, events in 1976. He had five perfect meets - three - on consecutive weekends. At one point, he had won seven races in a row. He skied to first in all but two giant slaloms from early December, to early April. He won all but four slaloms. He earned $66,900, a record for prize winnings exclusive of end-of-the-season bonuses. According to the compact Gaul, it takes a lot of luck to win like he did in 1976. "I train hard and I ski well," he analyzed. "But , you need some luck too. I was not sick all winter and I had no in-, juries. I don't think anyone can ever win like this : again." It provides cash to help with those extra expenses when you're in the hospital. Call me. Tom Ligare Silver King Bank 649-8441 piece group:1 Teddy Jones on Fiddle; Michael Wendling on five-string banjo and a unique tenor National steel bottlenect quitar, Paul Smith on - mandolin and rhythm guitar and Alden Yates on bass and mouth harp. They were to return the following summer but with a change. Teddy Jones was on one of his semi-regular leaves-of-absence and had been replaced by steel guitar-banjoist guitar-banjoist Jake .Hoffman. Whitewater was then break up, with pther groups being formed. These second generation groups are now responsible for three recently released albums. A bried glance at all three is the subject of this weeks column. ' It's been over two years since Teddy and some friends formed Tarwater. This excellent "hard country" group, recorded their LP "Tarnation" American Heritage AH-401-519) in December of 1974 at Tioga Recording Studios in Allegany, Oregon. The album has been out about a year, and received a lot of radio airplay during the pre-Diana pre-Diana Ross day's at KMOR. Besids Teddy on fiddle and guitar, are Jake Hoffman, Steel1 dobro, 5-string and mandolin man-dolin ;David Lee p vans, bass, mandolin; Dennis Ashley, guitars; and Larry Baun, drums. They all sing. I They let you know right off they're a cowboy band. The first tiwo cuts are Leon McAuliff's classic "Panhankle Rag" and the tune made famous by GenejAutrey and the Sons of the Pioneers, the beautiful "South of the Border". The first single from the LP, "Honkey'Tonk Painful Feeling" 1 is a saloon lament of the highest order, and features Teddy's country-, blues vocal line.: Bassman Evans has two the seating at the Springdale original compositions on the album: "Get My amphitheater and the Tail in Off the Street" and the very effective "Simmer for Awhile". ; They even take us to Memphis in the '50s but we're traveling by horse as theywe're traveling by horse as they give Carl Perkin's great "Boppin the Blues" the Tarwater treatment. Two other Teddy Jones originals thus far as progressing Well. J"'Forget the.Times'' and "Treat Me Good Baby " -The.Symphony-and-Choir,ione,with the ballad "Sometimes" and three Ml 1 l Jl a. , r - i u aWifflisV-iiMtriHiiEiitotefwraB. vpM great 8;00 p.m. The following Co., Box 243, Boise, 83701 -Amer. Heratige Music performances will" be Corp. 1208 Everett, Calsdwell, Idaho 83605) ' - Faul bmith and Michael Wendling were a very special part of Whitewater : the folk music part. Almost invariably he Ian and Sylvia-Gordon Lightf oot-Dock Watson portion of their repertoire reper-toire would feature the pickin' and vocal talents of Paul and Michael at the nucleus of the arrangement. The collective personalities of these two dudes also served to enhance Whitewaters almost legendary stage presence: a casual, but immediate breaking down of any barriers that might exist between performer and audience. ; Following the breakup of Whitewater, Paul it is being comnosed bv vana , Micnaei, togetner, wun raw s Drotner Conductor Dr. Crawford William, formed the Boulder Brothers and began Gates and Poet Carol Lynn performing throughout the west. Last June they Pearson. The three- found themselves in 'Allegany Oregon at the movement cnorai-sympnony same Tioca studios ufiijzed bv Tarwater. The album is entitled "A Period of Time,(Sheepeater Records SR0OO-1), and features all original tunes, a few penned by friends of the Boulder Brothers. A couple of the songs were Whitewater standards at the Handlebar, Han-dlebar, and appear here on record for the first time. Both "Montana Man" and "Working In the Sunshine" feature lyrics by Tony Taylor. Paul provided music for the former while Alden Yates, Whitewater's bass and Harp man, composed the moody, almost fateful sounds used to surround the story of .the 1972 Sunshine Mine Disaster. Minety-three miners were trapped by the explosion. Two were rescued from the shaft, footings have been installed for the stage. "Water is hooked up, the power line is in and we're on the final phase of the road," the Mayor said. He assessed construction Tuesday June 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Logan; Saturday June 5 at 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. in Ogdcn; Wednesday June 9 at 8:00 p.m. in Provo;. Friday June 11 at 6:15 p.m. in Springdale; and Saturday June 12 at 7:00 p.m. in Manti. . In addition to funds allocated to provide the concerts, the UARBC has commissioned a special musical number to be written for the tour. Entitled "A New Morning; Symphony No. 4," singing. The Smith brothers provide the always "on time" rhythm, alternating bass and rhythm guitar, leaving Mike's incredibly intricate finger-pickin to blow us away. His 12-string "bottleneck" work seems almost orchestral at times, but more on this man's pickin a little later in the review. . It is said, "the Lord works in mysterious ways." Never was this work any stranger than when He genetically produced the larynges (or larynex if you will) of Paul and William Smith.' They re-define the term bass, as used to denote vocal pitch. Whether in person, or through stereo speakers, their voices give whatever is sung a sort of eternal, absolute impact. Moses could probably explain it better. In this album the Boulder Brothers, by their tasty use of harmony and the humanity evident in their extremely poetic and musical composition com-position make the concept of "folk-song trio" work. By giving us a glimpse of their own -uniqueness, they have helped us respect our own. The third LP is Michael Wendling's solo instrumental in-strumental work "Theres Something About the Arco, Desert",(Sheepeater SR000-2). If you've been spending any time at all at the Utah Coal and Lumber bar, you've , probably already familiar with it, as Phil has been using it to sooth his shifts the last few months. Joined by long time pickin' crony John Hansen and Tarwater, Michael gives us a short course in the use of a ' variety of instruments: 12-string guitar (with and without bottleneck), 5-string mandolin-banjo, mandolin-banjo, 6-strjng guitar and 5-string banjo. He even fingerpicks fiddle-tune medleys ona 12-string. A "Tribute to the National Blues", features Tarwater and "bits, pieces, and ideas" from traditional tunes. The Idaho St State Song is followed by the LP's title tune, and "Heide", a beautifully soft interaction of the 12-string and' steel guitar. The original "Homemade Ice Cream "showcases Mikes bottleneck work. Itr's interweaving 6-strings on the traditionsl " "'Grandfathers Clock" followed by everyone on ' ."Ruepert's Intertube" a takeoff on , "Ruebens ' m t w r ai ( ttt k. wi j t ml ' a ' Night-Noel" medley wraps up Mikes first solo, album. You'll love it. . . !'.', Two good, answers to the question: "What , . have Paul Smith and Michael Wendling been up . to lately?" Now available from Sheepeater Records, P.O. Box 505, Hailey, Idaho, 83333. Special thanks to Mike Hess, another unemployed un-employed Disc Jockey and Tarwater "roadie", for the records. will be 45 minutes in length and will be featured at each concert. I sran Custodian for Memorial Building. 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