BY W. GERALD COCHRANFor Salisbury Post

“Solving Mysteries” wasthe theme of the final concertof the Salisbury Symphony’sregular season, performed inKeppel Auditorium of Cataw-ba College on May 8. MusicDirector David Hagy pro-grammed a collection of lightclassical works with familiarthemes, but whose origin youmight not know.

The grand opening was“Graduation,” which could benone other than Edward El-gar’s (1857-1934) “Pomp andCircumstance March No. 1.”Of course, many do not real-ize that there is more to thepiece than one usually hearsat graduation. One would behard pressed to find a granderand more regal performanceof this work anywhere thanwas presented here. Even theLast Night of the Proms atLondon’s Royal Albert Hallwould be jealous.

“A Letter from Camp” re-called Allan Sherman’s 1963hit “Hello Muddah, Hello Fad-duh, Here I am at CampGranada,” actually “Dance ofthe Hours” from La Giacondaby Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886). Of course, one wouldhave to be of a certain age torecognize this as anything butfrom an opera.

Alfred Hitchcock made anappearance in “A Half Hour ofthe Macabre,” which uses as

the opening theme for theshow Charles Gounod’s (1818-1893) “Funeral March of aMarionette.” This piece fea-tures a clarinet solo, which waswonderfully played by EileenYoung, principal clarinetist.

“A Vamp Flirts” recalledGeorges Bizet’s (1838-1875)opera “Carmen” and the titlecharacter’s seductive dance“Habanera,” played lustily bythe orchestra.

“An Attempt at Delicacy”brought back visions of ele-phants and hippos in tutusfrom Walt Disney’s film “Fan-tasia” when the orchestraplayed “Pizzicati” by Leo De-libes (1836-1891), from hisopera Sylvia. Using mostlypizzicato (plucked) strings, theperformance was very deli-cate indeed, with not a lumber-ing footstep to be heard.

On a more serious note, theorchestra played Samuel Bar-ber’s (1910-1981) “Adagio forStrings,” which has become ametaphor for loss or tragedy.This piece was dedicated toDr. Albert Chaffoo, the found-ing conductor of the SalisburySymphony, who recently diedat the age of 93.

It has been said that the signof an educated person is onewho can hear “The WilliamTell Overture” by GioacchinoRossini (1792-1868) withoutthinking of the Lone Ranger(again an age thing), but Mae-stro Hagy would not let us for-get where we usually hear thispiece, try as we may. It was

certainly played with greatfury in the storm, followedwith pastoral sweetness of thecalm, and ending in grand tri-umph for all.

Almost everyone knows theOlympic theme that is heardon television. Most do not knowthat its real title is “Bugler’sDream” from “Charge!”, orthat it is a much longer workfor brass and percussion writ-ten by Leo Arnaud (1904-1991).Arnaud was a film composerwho settled in Yadkin Countyafter his retirement and isburied in Hamptonville. Herethe players were in all theirglory playing this grand fan-fare with great gusto.

For romance, any numberof themes could have been cho-sen, but Hagy settled on“Waltz” from the ballet Sleep-ing Beauty by Peter IlyichTchaikovsky (1840-1893), a del-icate and lovely theme famil-iar to most everyone.

We have all heard the waltzassociated with tightropewalkers and trapeze artists,and often played by circus or-gans, but few know that it waswritten by Mexican composerJuventino Rosas (1868-1894).It was also used for the tune“The Loveliest Night of theYear” from the film “TheGreat Caruso.” While the or-chestra played, the “tightrope”walker balanced himself onthe edge of the stage, usheringin the All County Fifth GradeHonors Chorus.

This is the 14th year that

the Fifth Grade Honors Cho-rus has performed with theSalisbury Symphony. Theyopened with “Almost There”from Disney’s The Princessand the Frog by Randy New-man, and then sang “Why WeSing” by Greg Gilpin. This isthe first time that I can recallthat they have sung in parts,and they were spectacular.Their parents and teachershave every right to be proudof this wonderful group ofsingers.

The victorious conclusionof the concert was “TriumphalMarch” from the opera Aidaby Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). This was grand opera atits grandest, with magnificenttrumpet fanfares and solos byLuke Boudreault, Greg Hall,Jay Meachum, and Alex Fish-er.

What a wonderful way toend the season. Although theprogram was “light” classicalmusic, there was nothing lightabout the performance. Thesemusicians worked hard andproduced a very fine concert.All it lacked to rival theBoston Pops was the tableswith food and wine.

Salisbury Mayor SusanKluttz and Rowan CountyCommission Chair Carl Fordmet with Rowan County may-ors Friday to discuss detailsof the upcoming 2010 Salis-bury-Rowan Reads free bookgiveaway program.

Representatives from theRowan-Salisbury School Sys-tem, the Rowan Public Li-brary and Smart Start Rowanwere also present.

Mayors and municipalleaders reported details asso-ciated with the reading pro-gram, which is funded by thecity of Salisbury and RowanCounty. It is the second yearof the learning initiative andfree book giveaway.

Salisbury-Rowan Readswill take place Wednesdaysfrom 5 to 7 p.m. at a differentlocation each week. Theschedule is:

• July 14, Rowan Public Li-brary, 201 W. Fisher St.

• July 21, East Branch Li-brary, 110 Broad St., Rock-well.

• July 28, Spencer LibraryPark, Fourth Street, Spencer.

• Aug. 4, Frank T. TadlockSouth Branch Library, 920Kimball Road, China Grove.

• Aug. 11, Cleveland Ele-mentary School, 107 SchoolSt., Cleveland.

The purpose of the pro-gram is to promote reading,encourage children to get afree library card and to pro-vide a free book to all childrenin attendance each week. Forfaster check-in during regis-tration, children already inpossession of library cardsshould bring theirs.

Each week, events will of-fer free refreshments andgiveaways, story time by lo-cal government leaders,emergency service vehicledisplays, games for children

and door prizes. A NintendoWii System will be given awayeach week as a grand prize.

“The city of Salisbury isproud to once again partnerwith Rowan County to fundthis program as together wepromote reading to children,”said Kluttz, on behalf of theCity Council. “A love for read-ing is truly one of the great-est gifts a child can receive.Reading to a child strength-ens the emotional bond be-tween a parent and a child andallows children to learn moreabout the world in which welive.”

She continued, “The enthu-siasm and support from ourlocal government leaders has

been amazing. The towns ofChina Grove, Cleveland, EastSpencer, Faith, Granite Quar-ry, Landis, Rockwell andSpencer, along with the cityof Kannapolis, have pledgedtheir continued support on be-half of our children.”

The mayor also acknowl-edges the support of Dr. JudyGrissom, superintendent ofthe Rowan-Salisbury Schools;Dr. Sarah Hensley, directorof elementary education; andJeff Hall and Suzanne Whiteof the Rowan Public Library.

For more information,contact Karen Wilkinson atthe city of Salisbury PublicInformation Office at 704-638-2113.

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RALEIGH (AP) — Hun-dreds of people rallied in NorthCarolina’s capital city toprotest teacher job losses andto put pressure on lawmakersfor more education funding.

The Fund Schools Firstevent Saturday was organizedby the North Carolina Associ-ation of Educators, North Car-olina Parent-Teacher Associa-tion and other educationgroups.

The groups want to restore$225 million in discretionarycuts for local school districtsin this year’s state budget.They say most of the reduc-tions resulted in thousands ofjob losses for teachers, teacherassistants and instructionalsupport staff. Gov. BeverlyPerdue and lawmakers areconsidering whether to expandthose cuts for next year.

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