uciI pianists ’ performance
Imost varied recital' to date
By Staci Finch
Reviewer
J Dual piano performers are envied
by their peers for their ability to per-
rm together with perfect timing and
ecision. Two of the finest dual pi-
o performers in the United States
lowed their prowess in the art of
lal piano playing Thursday night in
Rudder Theater.
J Stephen Nielson and Ovid Young
Rrformed for a sparse crowd of
[ about 65 people as part of the OFAS
IStark Series. Those who missed the
performance missed quite a show. As
!he came on stage, Ovid Young told
the audience the show would be “the
laost varied recital we’ve ever perfor-
flrictl." and he was right. The program
Consisted of styles ranging from clas-
llfical to modem, and showed the ver
satility of the pianists, as well as kept
the audience entertained.
Blhe evening opened with a piece
by l.S. Bach, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s
siring.’’ The short piece was
ooth and perfectly together, and
proved to the audience that these two
nists are worthy of their intema-
nal fame.
This opening was followed by a Jo-
fiannes Brahms piece “Variations on
a Theme of Hydn, Op. 56b”. If the ti
tle wasn’t familar to audience mem
bers, the melody was, as it appears in
some church hymnals as the tune to
“We Thy People Praise Thee.”
Halfway through the first part of
the program, the two pianists jumped
ahead a century, as they left the clas
sical period and swung into some
songs as American as apple pie. The
songs “Dixie,” “America the Beauti
ful,” and “When Johnny Comes
Marching Home,” had everyone tap
ping their feet, and the next medley
of “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
(the U.S. Naval Hymn) and “God of
Our Fathers” (a national hymn) were
familar as church hymns as well as
national anthems.
The first section of the program
closed with some familar tunes by Er
nesto Lecuona. The performers
brought the famous “Suite Andalu-
cia” alive with their thrilling rendition
of “Gitanerias,” “Andalucia,” and the
ever popular “Maleguena,” played by
most anyone who has played in a con
cert band or performed solo pieces.
After a short intermssion, Nielson
and Ovid ushered in the Christmas
season a little early with a selection of
traditional carols. One of the best car
ols was the arrangement of “God Rest
Ye Merry Gentleman.” Arranged by
a friend of the performers, Judith
York, the piece switched into a major
key halfway through, providing a re
freshing change from the traditional
minor key performance.
But the highlight of the evening
was in the closing piece. George
Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is
perhaps the best known of the artist’s
works, and Nielson and Ovid per
formed highlights from the piece spe
cifically arranged for dual piano. The
pianists’ rendition of the piece re
sounded throughout the theater, and
was flawless in timing, emotion and
transition.
It is not surprising that the two per
formers put together such an enter
taining evening. They have played to
gether for 17 years, after meeting
when they were both on the staff at
Olivet Nazarene University near Chi
cago. Since then, they have per
formed all over the United States and
abroad, as well as including private
coaching, teaching and writing in
their busy schedule.
Education Board approves plan
|br minority higher education
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Higher Education Coordinat-
Jloard gave preliminary approval Thursday to a plan for
proving minorities’ chances at getting a higher education.
Texas Educational Opportunity Plan for Public Higher
ation follows on the heels of a five-year integration pro-
li the state began in 1983 under pressure from the federal
gof|mment. The Coordinating Board has recommended that
the Legislature fund programs in the plan costing $29.5 mil
lion over two years.
|“1 think that we need to continue the commitment and the
pledge of the state to address what is the most critical question
^ve face in the history of the state of Texas, and that is the
[ation of our minorities,” said Kenneth Ashworth, state
pr education commissioner.
‘‘We are not going to be able to diversify our economy un
less we bring this growing proportion of our total population
into the mainstream, and education is the means to do it,
Ashworth said.
Minorities represented about 35 percent of the Texas pop
ulation in 1980, officials said. By the end of the century, they
will make up 40 percent of the entire population and 45 per
cent of the college population, it said.
Blacks currently make up about 14 percent of the college-
age population, the plan said. According to figures presented
to the board, blacks made up 7.8 percent of the public four-
year college enrollment and 9.5 percent of public community
college enrollment in fall 1987.
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AUSTIN (AP) — Two Democratic
Travis County election judges are accus
ing Republican Secretary of State Jack
Rains of overstepping his power and try
ing to intimidate minority voters by issu
ing election orders that represent a ‘‘radi
cal departure’ ’ from past practices.
Randy Erben, assistant secretary of
state, said the charge is ‘‘ridiculous.”
In documents filed Wednesday with
the Texas Supreme Court, election
judges Walter Timberlake and Jerry But-
trey seek to block Rains’ office from en
forcing certain procedures set out in Oct.
13 memos to county clerks and election
administrators.
The two take issue with the memos for
permitting pollwatchers to leave polls to
make phone calls.
They also are challenging a require
ment forcing election officials to contact
voter registrars to verify whether a per
son is registered if the person does not
present a voter registration certificate at
the polls, and warning that law enforce
ment officials will be on alert to respond
to Election Day problems.
“We contend this is just another last-
minute, 1 Ith-hour effort by the secretary
of state to enhance powers the law
doesn’t give him,” said Austin lawyer
Dave Richards, who is representing the
election judges.
Richards said the memos were written
in a fashion calculated to either create
confusion at the polls or disenfranchise
legitimate voters.
He said that they are intended to intim
idate Hispanic voters in South Texas.
Erben said former Secretary of State
Stephen Oaks ruled in 1978 that pol
lwatchers could leave the polls to make
telephone calls, although it was over
ruled by another former secretary of
state, Myra McDaniel, four years ago.
“We just happened to agree with one
Democrat over another,’’ Erben said.
However, he said, the other proce
dures outlined in the memos are consis
tent with state election law.
The voter registration certificate issue
was addressed, Erben said, after the of
fice received numerous requests from lo
cal officials about the issue.
The memo warns that federal, state
and local law enforcement officials will
be mobilized to respond to possible dis
ruptions at polling places and to be on
alert should ballots have to be im
pounded, Erben said.
“Any kind of allegation that this is
improper is absurd. I don’t want to in
timidate voters. I want to stop it,” he
said.
AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic poli-
ticans and campaigners, charging that
Republicans are trying to intimidate His
panic and black voters, Thursday de
manded the firing of a state election offi
cial.
The Democrats alleged that tactics by
Vice President George Bush’s campaign
and actions by Republican Secretary of
State Jack Rains’ office were aimed at
keeping minorities away from the polls
Nov. 8.
“(Gov.) Bill Clements is having his
henchmen, who are all supposed to be
non-partisan state officials protecting
Texans’ rights, serve in George Bush’s
dirty campaign to scare or trick minority
workers into not voting,” Land Com
missioner Garry Mauro, said.
A spokesman for Bush’s Texas effort,
Mark Sanders, said the campaign favors
full voter participation, and he charged
that Democrats were the ones who would
act improperly on Election Day.
“They (Democrats) think that if they
can get within three points (of Bush),
they can steal this election,” Sanders
said.
Mauro, Attorney General Jim Mattox,
Democratic Party executive director Ed
Martin and Jose Villarreal, Southwest
political director for Michael Dukakis’
presidential campaign, were among
those raising the charges.
They demanded the firing of Assistant
Secretary of State Randy Erben, who on
Tuesday said Hidalgo County paper bal
lots were printed improperly to allegedly
give voters the impression they could
cast separate votes for Bush for president
and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen for vice presi
dent.
The lawsuit came after the Texas cam
paign chairman for Democratic presi
dential candidate Michael Dukakis, Rail
road Commissioner John Sharp,
contended that Republicans are using
tactics in radio commercials to scare His
panic voters from the polls.
Villarreal said Rains and Erben, in
stead of protecting the election system in
an unbiased way, were “leading a cam
paign intended to impugn the integrity of
Hispanic voters by creating an atmo
sphere of mistrust and embarrassment
with the ultimate aim of suppressing His
panic voter turnout. ’’
Martin said Erben made public accus-
atons against Hidalgo County Clerk Wil
liam “Billy” Leo without investigating
what Leo has said was only a printing er
ror with the paper ballots.
“These tactics are deplorable and
should be denounced by Secretary of
State Jack Rains . . . Rains should imme
diately fire Randy Erben and replace him
with someone who will fairly and hon
estly protect the constitutional right to
vote of all Texans,” Villarreal said.
Mattox said he didn’t believe Rains
had the right to order the ballots im
pounded, and he sharply criticized Er
ben’s news conference on Tuesday.
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