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Show EtilED Announces "Holiday on 7 -3 1 i . It you're looking for ' festivity and entertainment in, "early December, .you'll ; : find plenty to capture your ; fancy on KUED.jChannel 7. j Nine lively days of special programming and member-. member-. ship awareness offer you everything from bluegrass to Ella Fitzgerald... from Louis Armstrong to "Carmen." Bizet's tempestuous heroine her-oine will steal your heart . away. The first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald, sings up a storm. You can discover the ' grace and speed of championship cham-pionship skating and accompany accom-pany explorer Jacques Cousteau down, the world's longest river, the Nile. And there will be enough Hollv- wood musicals to send you .humming right into the New ' S . 'v.. V;.;- -i A two-hour extravaganza. -a 4Blue.grass Spectacular" -v taped live fron, Nashville's - Grand tle Opry kicks off the event by bringing together some of the most proficient pickers in the business. ' Hosted by Tom T. Hall, it will also feature bluegrass veterans Bill Monroe and Wilma Lee Cooper. The sound that is echoing through the concert halls and night clubs of America will fill KUED's broadcast air. On December 3 , one of the masters, of; choral music, Fred Waring, offers love songs, all the way from the 20$to disco, in a special "tribute to American, tunes. The Young Pennsylvanians show the tremendous range ,ofWaring's arrangements, ? with classics, Contemporary IN hits, patriotic. selections. nd:?1 movie tunes MjuB Louis Armstrong s career J spanned so many decades, 1 generations and continents ( that it is difficult to reduce - -him to one medium. But with 1 the help of his family and friends, public television will paint ;iorie of the most ambitions portraits of the ' man affectionately known as "Satchmo.", . Whether she scat sings with trumpet player Roy ' Eldndge and saxophonist Zoot Sims, or taps out . rhythms with Count Basie,; , Ella Fitzgerald's -:art, is ageless on a 90-minute r'-Soundstage" r'-Soundstage" special durV ing Holiday On Seven. Chick -Corea is also a "Sound-stage" "Sound-stage" headliner during KUED's nine days of top programming. Other specials follow thick and fast. George Bizet's 'Carmen," staged by internationally-known director Franco Zefirelli, features two great interpreters of the I leading roles: Elena Obrazt-sova Obrazt-sova and Placido Domingo. Captain Jacques Cousteau and his crew begin a fascinating journey along The Nile" in the first of a . two-part special which opens ' the third season of "The Cousteau Odyssey." Dick Cavett's guests are songstress Alberta Hunter, acress Catherine Deneuve . and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. And for a powerful combination of music, muscle and grace "An Evening of Championship Champion-ship Skating" provides a preview of what can be . expected during the 1980 Olympic Games at Lake Placid. Under the deft direction of Charles Vidor, Doris Day and James Cagney burn up the celluloid in a story of Ruth Etting and her husband, 4 4 Love Me or Leave Me. ' , Other movie favorites are 44Singin' in the Rain," starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds; and an engaging remake of 4 The Philadelphia Story, ' ' with Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly -'High Society." Not to be missedi of course, are public television's televi-sion's regular offerings. 4 'Washington Week in Review" Re-view" and 4iWall Street . Week" brings political and financial experts right into yous. living-room. NOVA makes science come alive in a most appealing way. And everyone will want to see the final episodes of 4 4 Love for Lydia" on Masterpiece Theatre and James Burke's acclaimed series 4 'Connections.''. 'Connec-tions.''. ,.. |
