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Wednesday, Decembers, 1986/The Battalion/Page5 lr 'i thedJ didn’t il ours.H;| By Karl Pallmeyer Music Reviewer Jiatfl Some people might think a classi- Hal music: performance stuffy and u S8«i5cB )() | i n g. I he performance of the Ca- sBadian Brass l uesday night in Rud er Auditorium was anything but [tuffy and boring. The MSC Opera and Performing rls .Society brought the Canadian rass to an audience of about 2,400 Ipeople. Ilie ensemble’s unique llend of music and comedy, which Bias entertained audiences around ^gikBhe world, received two standing nes sofii«ivations from the crowd, sue. R li was obvious that die Canadian groupI’Srass was not going to give a conven- ... aiHional concert from the start when it lojiHhe live members of die ensemble, ans tkii tthroujd ind white tennis shoes, marched less and s brain stays tic "unctiorj lerime ine ptu :ir relau •onratra imentiit ness liessed in blue tuxedos wdrli tails nmate s weln i udems than sof|i s. s'Dill | Jiatks eirarE!| nateooi sometl :d she‘1 an.bu!::| .equeni: jbstanii 1 saidi ing. IEF: wash li lormitoi Iv tried | the< mentwl lown aisle toward the stage playing i New Orleans jazz-style version of Just a Closer Walk with Thee.” The first piece on the program, a tollection of three dance tunes by (Villiarn Byrd titled “Music from the ritzwilliam Virginal,” was intro- luced by Daellenbach who ex- ilained that the final, odd note of :ach piece was to inform the dancers hat the music was over and they hould stop dancing. Trombonist Eugene Walt intro- iuced three movements of Antonio /ivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Watt said hey would not play all 12 movements because they just re eased the entire “Four Seasons” on album and didn’t want to give it away. he most outstanding perfor- jmance of the evening was Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. The piece, originally written for organ, was arranged for the ensemble by Mills. Mills and Members of Canadian Brass perform Tuesday at Rudder Auditorium. Romm played their parts so fast and cleat that they received a healthy round of applause. Af ter a suite of songs in New Or leans jazz style and a short intermis sion, Daellenbach performed a 39 second rendition of “Flight of the Bumblebee” on the tuba. He proba bly wouldn’t have made it through the piece without Romm helping work the valves of his horn. The Canadian Brass’ “Tribute to the Ballet” was the funniest part of the performance. Daellenbach said that although they have been play ing ballet music for years, they have never seen a ballet because they had been stuck in the orchestra pit and had to rely on what they have heard from a friend. Since ballet is dance as well as music, Daellenbach said they felt they should add some danc ing. While playing music mostly from ballets by Peter Ilyich Tchai kovsky, the ensemble would dance and leap, spin around and fall on the All the classroom’s a stage, storeroom for Houston schools HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Independent School District, faced with a shortage of classroom space in some areas, is holding some classes in store rooms, while one school has a class meeting on the cafeteria stage. ( Ed Kline, assistant superinten dent for elementary schools, at tributes the situation in about 30 schools to the conversion of many adults-only apartment complexes to family apartments. Joan Cullinane, principal at El rod Elementary School in south west Houston, said she prepared for a maximum of 800 students — but 974 showed up on the first day of school. “Our enrollment has been moving steadily upward since 1983,” Cullinane said. “We have used every available space.” Kline said the overcrowded conditions at some schools have caused district officials to ask the state to waive the maximum class- size requirement of 22 students per teacher for 61 HISD class rooms. Crowded conditions make put ting classrooms in unusual places necessary, Kline said. Cunningham Elementary, also located in southwest Houston, saw its enrollment grow from 500' students last year to more than; 900 now, fie said. At Elrod, 15 pre-kindergarten students are meeting on the cafe teria stage. Two other classes at Elrod are meeting in storerooms and a small walkway leading to the cafeteria was enclosed to make room for music students to practice — two at a time. Classroom space is only part of Elrod’s problem. Bathroom facilities are inade quate and cafeteria personnel be gin serving lunch at 10 a.m. to ac comodate 950 students. Enrollment began to rise dra matically several years ago when a number of adults-only apartment complexes in the area began rent ing to families, she said. Galveston millionaire charged with fraud HOUSTON (AP) — Federal grand jurors issued a 14-count in dictment Tuesday against Galveston millionaire Shearn Moody Jr. and an assistant, charging them with mail and wire fraud in a scheme to bilk money from the Moody Foundation. Moody and Norman Revie were named in all 14 counts, which in clude nine counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud and one count of bankruptcy fraud. Each count carries up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The indictment stems from grants made to two foundations. It claims Moody, 53, used his position as a trustee of the Moody Foundation to get grants awarded to his friends and associates, who then kicked back money to Revie and Moody to pay legal fees and personal debts. Moody’s brother, Robert Moody, said “Shearn is innocent until pro ven guilty.” Moody reportedly is hospitalized in Rosenburg, Texas, assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Shaw said. Revie was not immediately available for com ment. An arrest warrant was issued for Revie, while a summons was issued for Moody to appear before a fed eral magistrate in Houston for ar raignment. The wire fraud counts allege that more than $28,000 was transferred to Moody’s bankruptcy lawyer in Houston and that $1,500 was trans ferred to an unidentified place in Galveston. The bankruptcy fraud count stems from 1 the sale of a Galveston bowling alley. The indictment says Moody’s share of the sale was $201,000, and that he laundered the money through multiple bank trans actions to hide it from creditors. The indictment says the money is still hidden. Moody and Revie were jailed in September on a civil contempt charge because they would not coop erate with a federal grand jury. A jury foreman said both men read a statement invoking their Fifth Am- dendment right against self-incrimi nation and other constitutional guarantees. The same grand jury issued Tues day’s indictments. Moody and Revie were released after the 5th Circuit Court of Ap peals in New Orleans granted them bond and then said the contempt or der was too vague. A new contempt order is pending. SCHULMAN THEATRES 2.50 ADMISSION I 1. Any Show Before 3 PM | 2. Tuesday - All Seats 3 3. Mon-Wed - Local Students With Current ID’s. i 4. 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