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Show . . i. - .... . i .i . , his skin. ' ' It was an ugly injustice of the times. Injustice In-justice is always ugly, and the question ' whether the United States athletes should participate in the summer Olympics immediately comes to mind... Tennis shoes, balletgymnastic balletgym-nastic slippers, and cleated track shoes may never make it out of their boxes this summer if the U.S. athletes don't participate in the summer games. I spoke this week with Stein Eriksen, former gold medal Olympic winner in skiing. Stein felt that since there were no more friendly relations, there should be no friendly competition. At this writing it looks very good (or bad, depending on your perspective) that the U.S. will not attend the games in Moscow. And of course, few people would argue that international politics should be allowed to cloud the games. In this country, our athletes fund themselves, without any ' government support. For years individuals individu-als dreaming of becoming Olympians have been sacrificing sacri-ficing careers, relationships and who knows what else," in their pursuit of excellence. . The real crime, tragedy and injustice will be it their final sacrifice turns out to be the games themselves. Strike a vein?... When you bend down to tie those laces this week, give a thought to those who have trained and strained for years in preparation prepara-tion of the final test. Would you give up that chance? It is a sad commentary of our times that the Olympics too, have become a political tool... Jamie. Feet... . Not the measurement, but the body appendage. I saw them clad in ski boots, cowboy boots and wing tips this week. Some feet kept time to music, some trudged through the snow, and still others carried bodies running. run-ning. I though of all the expressions about shoes and feet.. . the shoes of the fisherman, feet of clay, big v boots to fill, light on your feet... just to mention a few. Two groups of toes interested interest-ed me the most... the toe tappers and the race run-ners. run-ners. : Friday night at the Kimball Kim-ball Art Center, the Easy Winners Dixieland Jazz Band performed. Their name is derived from a Scott Joplin rag, one many would find familiar; it was, used in the movie "The Sting." The band's special blend of jazz soon had the entire room toe-tapping toe-tapping and hand-clapping along. It was during the middle of a rousing song I dropped my pencil and had to bend down to pick it up. What I saw at that level was a sea of soles bouncing to the beat. I tried to count how very many different kinds of shoes I saw. ..there were hiking boots and snow boots, clogs and cowboy boots, polished pumps and waxed wing tips ... and all of them were keeping time with King Kong violin. The guy banging the black and whites on the moth-box moth-box kept up a steady banter with the audience. "The next song we'd like to do for you is that old familiar tune UI Can't Give You Anything But Love... And A Baby." And the dancing feet in the room couldn't be contained. First, one couple got up to dance, then another followed; until several were dancing in the gallery. The female singer belted out (beautifully) "St. Louis Blues" and the shoulders should-ers swayed to the tune. And ; what a group was there; everyone from a six year old little girl (snow boots) to a senior citizen lady (black leather pumps with a smart gold chain across them). Dave Chaplin and his wife Marianne were there, proving prov-ing that visual arts and performing arts often overlap over-lap in appreciative audien- vCes.V:'-:': V.ry Bob Powers (see... I didn't call you Captain for a change!), a long time jazz and blues fan, sat in the back row (cowboy boots). Often times Bob can be coerced into playing a few old Dixieland numbers on the piano and when he does, he gives a little history of the origin of the music. (Hmmm, mavbe he'll consider that for the upcoming Coffee House?) Pat (wooden clogs) and her husband Bob (cowboy (cow-boy boots) Whitfield, also Dixieland buffs, kept in time with the music. Pat agreed with me that the coronet player was by far the most fun to watch. Every inch of this musician gyrated to the beat of the music; his eyebrows,, eye-brows,, lifted on the proper notes, his knees locked in and out, and even his belt buckle seemed to move with the melody. The female singer (high black sandals) with this band was excellent and certainly in her finest form with the Fats Waller song, 4 Black and Blue." She explained that many of this songs were published by white composers compos-ers during the 30s and 40s because at that time it was difficult for a black man to get published. Then the song she sang, written by Waller in his early 20s, spoke of "his only sin was the color of Join Lynn Holly Johnson, star of the recent movie 'Ice Castles', in a free concert on Main Street Tuesday night, at 6 pm. The concert is part of the filming of the special 'Celebration', also starring Burl Ives and the ReGeneration. This is your chance to be a star. |