Folksinger Judy Collins Performs in the CC Gymnasium Thursday
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CeKKITOS COLLEGE LIBRABti Morwalk,. California Spring Play Students Contribute In' Pictures To Open Forum (See Page 2) (See Page 8) CERRITOS ooi—ueoe: VOL. XII, NO. 27 IMIO Alondra Blvd., Norwallc, California FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 196* Folksinger Judy Collins Performs Thursday in the CC Gymnasium "Music and poetry can produce a ca This beauty with the voice of a song er with melodies that came from "some ..On writing her own music: "I feel tharsis that involves everybody. That's bird used to represent ''protest" and has where different, immediate, close." The regenerated in everything I do." what I'm after..." If Judy Collins has grown as a composer and performer to songs were not so much songs as verbal Home to Judy Collins is a large apart a creed, that would come close to de the extent that her performance is de Iookings. ment on New York's upper west side. scribing it. scribed as not just a performance but a This young woman first attracted at Vvhen at home she leads a casual, ac tention in Denver and then along the tive life — writing songs, reading, mak Judy Collins is coming to Cerritos religious experience. Chicago - New York - Cambridge folk ing clay pottery and simply "hanging College on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Miss Collins was bora hr Seattle, axis of the early 60s. nut" with close friends, Gymnasium. Tickets are available at the Wash., the daughter of a prominent ra Seven Albums Student Center Box Office. dio personality. She was raised in Den Wants To Write, Act Judy's first recording contract was ver, Colorado and started her musical As to Judy's future plans she would Judy, who was formerly labeled a with Electra Records, and she has done training at the age of seven with piano like to write more songs, do motion pic "folksinger," is now America's foremost seven albums to date with them. Her lessons. She; started working with her tures and creative TV, ski, mountain singer of contemporary art songs and is last two records were "Wildflowers" and guitar when she was 16 and has been at ilimb, work in a peace movement, travel a writer of songs herself. She tells it. the ; "In My Life." The latter is hailed as it ever since. • ' and be with the people she loves and the a milestone, a new attitude tow aids con way it used to be with nostalgia, like it people who love her. is with bitterness, and how it could be Her desire for staying with the guitar temporary songs as works of art, and with hope. She is, without a doubt, the was to get communication through beau the music in "Wildfiowers" is fragile, Folksinger Judy Collins has a voice that, makes the 20-year-old want to go "folk-singer's" folksinger. tiful songs. She wanted words put togeth- lyrical, poetic. Some of the songs are written by Judy herself. out and protest something, the 30-year- "After all the years of looking for old restless, and the 40-year-old wonder beautiful songs that I could sing, wanted »\hat happened to those dreams of liv to sing, I started to write my own songs, ing in a left bank garret. Lecture by Aguirre and that is completely different.' Paul Come and listen to two hours of un Simon told me that it straightens out interrupted mental agitation as Miss Col your heart, and he is right!" stated lins comes to Cerritos Thursday night at. Shows Art Expression Judy. * p.m. in the Gym. " "Pity the person so inarticulate or very hard because the capacity for it stunned he cannot express himself in one cannot be taught. The imagination and way or another," commented Rudolph entertainment that goes with a child's Spring Play Begins Aguirre, art instructor, in his lecture painting doesn't last long. And, as presented Tuesday in the BC Theater. Aguirre said, "We can never return to it, but it is good to contemplate it." The topic of the lecture was "Modern "FOLKSINGER'S" FOLKSINGER—Judy Collins will sing her hit songs as well Man's Need for Expression." In it Through his slides, the examples Final Productions as some others written especially for her Thursday in the Cerritos Gymnasium Aguirre began with slides of ancient which ranged from ancient to Golden at 8 p.m. ' paleolitic ait and traced briefly the Age to modern interpretative art, he re "The Importance of Being Earnest," The second act is decorated by a gar need for expression which has always vealed the various types' of expression the spring play by the Theater Arts den profusion of live plants and flowers been a part of man. which have evolved through time. Society, will be presented in its final donated by the H and H Nursery in With the use of the slides he showed Art Types Change two performances tonight and Saturday Downey. The costumes for the produc The purpose of the types of art have night at 8 p.m. in BC-31. tion are authentic and were actually Last Art Gallery Showing Today changed from symbolic to magic and The 1895 Victorian play revolves used in the period they represent. Furni ritual to functional aspects. • It has gone around manners and subtle wit. Every ture is also authentic and was rented from a contact with nature to tireless emotion in the play is curbed by a re from a Hollywood studio.. images such.as the Mona. Lisa. minder ; of proper English • manners. For Dfst. High School Exhibits The cast includes: Walter Orange, Basically the play revolves around two Lahe; Mike Green, Algernon; Paul Lar men, Ernest Worthy and Algenon. It is The 5th Annual District High School amore, John; Rosemaiy Price, Gwendo La Mirada, Norwalk, Pius X and War said of these two men, "They have noth Show is on exhibit for the last time to Trike Race Will Be lyn; Mary Jacobs, Lady Bracket); Debbie ren high schools. ing and show everything." day in the Cerritos Art Gallery. Ciahm, Miss Prism; Laura Vale, Judging was done by Richard John In Quad Tuesday 'Greatest Play' . '•' oily; Jerry Herbener, Chausable; Glen The nine schools who participated in son, an art teacher at Jordan High Lee Korf, ^irec-to!.- <J the pUy, /Ute*.- *.'°! ci nan; .i«vif. Perosh^n wop the exhibit were Belli'lower, Downey, School in L.A. Johnson presented yellow The long-awaited Tricycle Race will "It's probably the most witty comedy ant. fcxceisior, •Richard. Galti-, „vii'a Glean,- ribboc.<. Cla.ron«-.c Beck, a'.t i^c'-.t-r at take place Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the and the greatest play of all times. It's a California High School in Whittier, pre Quad. The reason for the postponement masterpiece of Victorian manners and ssed led ribbons. And Joseph Girtner, from April 17 was that there weren't morals." Korf provided a quote by Edith ait teat her at Cerritos, presented blue enough tricycles registered. Remember Oliver of the Tiijes, who having seen ribbons. students—the profits from the race go to the Broadway, production stated how Each school was fiermitted to enter Yung Woon Choi, the Korean boy adopt well the jokes held up after the millionth 20 woiks of art. They ranged from ed by Cerritos. The money is used to by time and how they just slide by and sculptures to paintings. his food, supplies and school expenses. suddenly pop out. "The show crackles Of all the entreesno one received with-'intellectual fireworks and match Along with supporting the boy, it is three ribbons. Two ribbon winners were less wit," said Miss Oliver. Rudolph Aguirre the hope of the Yung Woon Choi Com Gary Foose from John Glenn for "Ital mittee and all the concerned students "I think for this production we have ian Village" and "Hippocracy's Faces" that someday enough funds will be saved man's need for identification and. search the strongest cast ever," continued Korf. by Dan Tom of Glenn. Items of interest in order To bring Yung Woon Choi here iu pictures. include a huge Cracker Jack box by to attend Cerritos. when, he' becomes-of Eileen Moore from Norwalk High School Expression Needed age. The adoption of this Korean boy and Card House" by Julie Stroh from An example of the expression needed is all part of the program for under ASCC Luau Will Warren: in-everyone is most noticeable-in chil privileged children in the economically- Coming soon to the Art Gallery will dren. Through a child's drawings, one depressed areas set up by the. Save-A- be. a display of 50 oil paintings from can see the development of a person's Child Federation. .. Mexican student artists., The Norwalk feelings and ouilook. Be Held May 2 Students who are interested in partic Hermosrllo Friendship Commission 'will Aguirre explained expression can be ipating in this annual race can still sign The final event of the Associated Stu host a group of art students from. the up in the Office of Student Affairs: The dents of Cerritos College this semester University of Sonora- and their teacher entry fee is $1.50 per tricycle; Competi will be a Spring Luau on May 2, 7:30 Hector Martinez Artec-he, director of the New CC Pep Squad tion is open to both clubs and independ p.m. at the Lobster House in Redondo Academy of Arts and Plastics. ents: The deadline, for tricycle registra Beach. Guests will be dancing to the 1 he first public showing of these Members Announced tion is Tuesday at 10:30' a.m.