Word: alls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Have you ever seen a runner in the last lap, racing for the tape? Doesn't look very happy, does he? And he probably isn't able to think of much else besides getting to the finish. This analogy fits the "stiff" dance band exactly. Guys who play in them...
The bands most guilty of this are the white bands. Goodman, Krupa, Barnet, Dorsey, and others have all suffered from this failing. The first two seem to be getting away from it now.
This playing "behind" and "ahead" of the beat is the difference between "all the colored boys" having rhythm and "all of the white boys" not having it. It's not a question of having it: it's a question of knowing what to do with it, once you've set...
And don't think "lag" style can be found by pounding ahead in four-four drive. Just the opposite results. And if your are going to be successful, you must have a band that plays in the "same hag"; in other words, plays as a unit the same amount behind...
Continuing in a tradition set last year, Dunster House will present an all-student play, "Take It Off", in the dining hall tonight. The play is written and directed by Robert Anderson '39, 1G., who was the author of "Hour Town" presented last Christmas.