MUSIC STIRS MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist LANCASTER - Larry O'Brien
Lawrence "Larry" Francis O'Brien, Jr. (July 7 1917 – September 28, 1990) was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists when, for more than two and his Glenn Miller Orchestra The Glenn Miller Orchestra was originally formed in 1937 by Glenn Miller. It was arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three other saxophones played the harmony. played June 1 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. to an appreciative audience dominated by ``the greatest generation.'' Young musicians played the music of those who had survived the sacrifices of the Great Depression only to move on to the even more devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. sacrifices of World War II. ``This music of the '40s continues to thrive and seems to be more and more enticing to the current crop of young people. It's terrific,'' said Loren Dexheimer, a local disc jockey disc jockey (DJ) Person who plays recorded music on radio or television or at a nightclub or other live venue. Disc jockey programs became the economic base of many radio stations in the U.S. after World War II. who sat in the theater's front row for the performance. O'Brien's musicians sounded like the old Glenn Miller orchestra and also offered arrangements by other artists, including Ted Heath, Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) (pianist) led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator. and Dean Sorenson. O'Brien's big band played such diverse Miller classics as ``My Romance,'' and ``Anvil Chorus The Anvil Chorus is the English term for the Coro di zingari (Italian gypsy chorus), a piece of music from Act 2, Scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore ,'' then he called for audience participation on ``Pennsylvania 6-5000.'' There was a swell of moans when he paused in the middle to chide the listeners with ``they do it much better in Palmdale!'' The next ``Pennsylvania 6-500'' shouts were much louder. There were also vocals, among them, a medley of ``Juke Box Saturday Night,`` and ``I'll Never Smile Again,'' by The Moonlight Serenaders. O'Brien paid tribute to all of the veterans in the audience with his dedication of the classic Miller Army Air Force Band version of ``American Patrol.'' To hear these perennial ``goodies'' that topped the charts 60 years ago was to live once more in the days when there was a tremendous urge to shut out the horrors of war, to lose one's self in the romance and rhythms of the music. < Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster, Palmdale and South Valley have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk for a donation of $2. Monday: Spaghetti with meatballs, mixed vegetables, tossed salad, grape juice, apple. Tuesday: Barbecued pork, parsleyed potatoes, green beans, coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , chocolate pudding. Wednesday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, corn Niblets, marinated salad, apple cobbler. Thursday: Tuna pasta salad, pea salad, garden salad, cherry Jell-O with pears, orange juice. Friday: Crispy chicken, baked potatoes, beets, carrot, raisin and pineapple salad, fruit cocktail. |
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