Word: basse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attention. A whistle blew and the hundred members of the Saint William's Catholic Youth Organization Champion Band marched up the street, blasting their way through the Washington Post March. Half a dozen puttee'd policemen leaped on their machines and raced ahead to clear the way. The bass drum thumped into the smoky air and crowds of civilian marchers fell in behind. The firemen followed, in step, bearing posters that read VOTE YES ON 4. A red-white-and-blue semi-trailer truck rumbled into the square snorting diesel smoke and music, staffed by ten young men who threw...
...Champion Auburn, defensively superb but unimaginative on offense in a plodding 8-0 victory over Kentucky. ¶ Wisconsin's crunching defense dogged Purdue passers all day, cashed two pass interceptions and a blocked kick for scores in a 31-6 victory. ¶ On the West Coast, Halfback Dick Bass maintained his lead as the nation's leading ground-gainer, averaged 11.3 yds. a carry for 135 yds. as little (enrollment: 1,670) College of the Pacific rolled over Brigham Young 26-8. Outgained in all departments, Navy made use of a rocklike defense to stop Michigan drives seven...
Ramsey Lewis and His Gentlemen of Swing: Ramsey Lewis, piano; El Young, bass; Isaac Holt, drums (Argo LP). A lightly swinging trio brushes over some standards-Carmen, I'll Remember April -with a pleasantly antic air. Drummer Holt cuts his figures as fine and fancy as a man on a trampolin...
...bucket brigade" of Bandsmen and bystanders succeeded in removing most of the instruments before they could be damaged, but several drum heads were warped by the heat, and a newly purchased bassoon was completely destroyed. The big bass drum, long a Band trade mark, was taken from the building while its case was in flames, but remained apparently unharmed by the flames or heat...
...summer of seasoning in Italy. Winners would get round-trip fare to Italy and a living allowance, free coaching in Milan and a crack at singing professionally on Italian opera stages. Last week five of the first batch of eight winners (four sopranos, one tenor, two baritones, one bass) had a chance to show off their talents in a student production of La Bohème in Florence's famed Teatro della Pergola...