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By Karl Pallmeyer
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Jiatfl Some people might think a classi-
Hal music: performance stuffy and
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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-
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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.
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The quintet left the stage after
they played Romm’s arrangement of
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