Word: chanting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Night Chant of North and South American Indian life, death and regeneration myths. An original ensemble piece by the Theatre Experiment Laboratory at the Boston Centre for the Arts, 541 Tremont St., Boston. Thursdays and Fridays at 8 and Saturdays at 7 and 9:30. Tickets are $3.75. Call 965-0783 for reservations...
...foot and listens raptly to a conch shell. A man dressed like a mechanic, a red wrench protruding from his hip pocket, obsessively chalks mathematical equations in the air. A handsome gray steam engine chugs into view. From the pit a chorus raises a wordless three-note chant...
...exploding overhead, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched over the cobblestones of T'ien An Men Square dutifully shouting "Ta-tao Chiang Ch 'ing [Down with Chiang Ch'ing]." Two of the women who were closest to Mao joined in the anti-Chiang Ch'ing chant. One was Mao's favorite niece, Wang Hai-jung, a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; the other was American-educated Nancy T'ang, the late Chairman's trusted interpreter. Radio Peking claimed that some 3.3 million people had taken to the streets in the Chinese capital...
...sounding like a bunch of Democrats." Although the sentiment for Reagan among his backers needed little prompting, the big demonstration for him on nominating night was far from spontaneous. His delegates had been instructed to begin with "flags, sirens and horns," then, after two minutes, break into the chant "We need Reagan!" Texas and California delegations were to snake dance into the aisles two minutes later. At nine minutes the horns were to dominate the action. But it all went on much longer than planned...
...convention's impact on New York, the city can enter the event as a distinct plus on the image ledger. On the final night of the convention, Texas delegates held up cards spelling out TEXAS THANKS NEW YORK CITY, and the rest of the crowd began a chant that must have been music to Mayor Abe Beame's ears: "We love New York, we love New York...