THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980 ,ocaI Russian pianist dazzles small crowd By NANCY ANDERSEN Battalion Staff I’ve never heard her — is she {standing? ( ‘The best.” I’m no critic, but I must agree with ie guys sitting behind me — Bella dovich is the best pianist I’ve er heard. Now before I go any her I’d like to explain that I ha n’t even taken the Humanities 201 Itlusic Appreciation course, so I’m Review 'in wrote to e my vil back, ite in e doesn’t« obably not the best person to be Sviewing one of the world’s leading Jiists. I But you don’t need to be an expert || know that this woman is great. She walks on stage with all the ' address li(B arin S of ro > ,aIt y and then she P la y s □ allmy^ andlets you know that she is the ij been of the keyboards. )neW0 l During her MSC OPAS- lonsored concert, Davidovich per- 5ir own liti )rme( j Haydn’s Sonata N. 21 F Ma li his life ft Schumann’s Humoresque Op. inutetosk 20 B flat Major, Mendelssohn’s line: Variations Serieuses Op. 54 D minor land six Chopin selections. ■ But Davidovich doesn’t just play ^ . Be piano, no this woman plays the • tirtoo, stroking and weaving as she OCA tells traffic rep about parking woes By USCHI MICHEL-HOWELL Battalion Staff Changes in parking space allotments for the next fall semester were the focus of a discussion between a member of the Traffic Panel and off-campus students, Tuesday night. Paul Bettencourt, chairman of the Motor Vehicle Regulations Sub committee of the University Traffic Panel came to the Off-Campus Aggies Meeting to get student input on the use of about 1,400 new parking spaces, currently under construction. Presently 900 new spaces are being built adjacent to the blue-sticker day student lot at Zachry Engineering Center. One-hundred fifty of the new spaces will be allotted to staff and faculty, with the rest to students, Bettencourt said. Five hundred spaces will possibly be rezoned at Kyle Field. Complaints were voiced about on-campus students taking up off- campus parking spaces. Bettencourt said that it is not possible to check each student’s true residence at the time he registers for a sticker. This semester, 58 students with incorrect stickers have been identified by University Police, he said. The final decision on the lots will be made in early spring to be effective next fall, he added. Russian pianist Bella Davidovich receives the applause of the crowd during last night’s performance in Rudder Auditorium. Take «|goes. She drives and drives with mite streaks for hands and then mo ments later, she changes tempo and I tarts picking out single keys like a L lunt-and-peck typist. . , : | And for once I could tell when the 111 gel jj ece ended. Davidovich has a pa- J tently Russian flair for the dramatic, pe doesn’t merely end a piece and move her hands. No, Davidovich rows her hands off the keys as if ley were red hot. And that’s what she is on her first American tour. Davidovich recently emigrated from the Soviet Union af ter her 1978 western tour was cancel led by U.S.S.R. authorities. Although the crowd was consider ably less than capacity, those attend ing were highly appreciative. She re ceived two standing ovations during the performance and the audience almost didn’t let her leave for inter mission. “She’s the best we’ve ever had,” said one mink-clad woman. “Gee, do you think we could get her again tomorrow?” asked another. —Campus Names — Dr. W.A. Porter, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M University, has been elected to the board of directors of Electro Scientific Industries Inc. Porter, an electrical engineering professor at Texas A&M, directed the Institute for Solid State Electronics. Texas A&M University scholarships endowed by $40,000 from the Class of 1950 have been awarded to Glynn Lunney of Friendswood and Randall Reinisch of Kemersville, N.C. Reinisch, an Army ROTC cadet majoring in general studies, re ceived a $1,000 per year Sul Ross Scholarship named in honor of Col. James R. Woodall. 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