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Died. Margarita Sierra, 26, peppery Spanish nightingale, who as Cha Cha O'Brien, Castanet-clacking Miami nightclub singer on TV's Surfside 6, for three years played herself down to the last brightly mangled bit of syntax; following surgery for damaged heart valves; in Los Angeles...
...ornate grilles on either side of the stage in a theater are a number of rooms, each bristling with ranks of pipe (one rank sounds like a flute, another a musical foghorn, a saxophone, a violin, a trumpet) or the percussion instruments, ranging from a grand piano to a castanet, which gives the Wurlitzer its one-man-band versatility. These organ chambers must be duplicated in a home installation, and even the smallest organ needs more space than a kitchen for its hundreds of pipes, which vary in size from a pea shooter to a howitzer...
Died. Argentinita (real name: Encarnacion Lopez),* 47, whose brilliant footwork, miming and castanet playing earned her critical as well as public cheers; after two major operations, 17 blood transfusions; in Manhattan. Born in Buenos Aires but raised in Spain by her Castilian parents, she took her stage name from her childhood nickname, "the little Argentinian...
...wrigglings of her round rump and wiry body, the tossings of her disheveled gypsy hair, the animal fury of her tough, splash-mouthed face. In the improvised measures of flamenco dances like the Soleares and Alegrias, never twice alike, Amaya's incredibly swift foot-stamps, finger-snappings and castanet-clacks are something to see and hear. "When I dance," says she, "my heart comes out of my mouth." Watchers can almost see it happen...
Last week Dancer Argentinita made another try with a concert in Manhattan's Majestic Theatre. This time Manhattanites, finally aware of who she was, thronged the theatre, stamped and yelled, gaped at castanet playing that would have made Gene Krupa sit up, footwork (zapateado) that would have made Bill Robinson's eyes pop. Though Dancer Argentinita is known to be an ardent Spanish Loyalist, Manhattan's Spaniards called an armistice for an evening. Both Leftists and Rightists turned out to give her a big hand...